What did you do to your truck today?

[AKSuperDually]

I love cruising through the "what did you do to your camper today" thread, I figured I'd add a "what did you do to your truck today".

I'm sure that many of you are like me....and your truck that you use to haul your camper gets a lot of special attention to make sure it's in tip-top shape for your adventures.

I'll start out.....


Today I mounted 2 PIAA 520 Fog lights and 2 PIAA Driving lights to my winch bumper, and aimed them.



This evening, I received a box containing torklift stableload bumpstops. Those will have to wait for another day....we've got a blizzard going on here.

[Bedlam]

If you run biodiesel often, your injectors will last longer in those older diesels. After they removed the sulfur from fuel, you really have to be consistent with adding fuel treatment or run the highest blend bio your engine will tolerate to keep lubricity up. My 6.0 PSD ran quieter and was more fuel efficient running B10 verses straight diesel with an additive.

[joeshmoe]

tad94564 wrote:
It's the disposing part that a PITA to do around here.. The only legal place to take antifreeze is not open on weekend's. So it's far easier to take it a local shop and have them do it. The oil change is a enough of a PITA to do on my own.

WAY too many shops use a garden hose to refill the coolant system after they use whatever off-brand,cheap coolant that they have on hand. Watched it happen many times when I was working at a shop. And what passes for a tranny "flush" is often jaw dropping.

kjenckes wrote:
My truck is a 96 Ford F250 with the 7.3 power stroke diesel and 402,000 miles on the original injectors. Time for new ones. The PSD requires you to pull the valve covers to do this. My son and I did this last weekend. While we were there we did the injectors, new glow plugs, and new gaskets (these are reusable gaskets which have the wiring harness built in so we figured the wiring would be the weak spot). The injectors are Baby Swamps which have a nice range of flow to go with the TS-6 Chip we also put in. This chip has 6 settings. Stock, high idle, economy, tow, and 2 basically street drag-coal roll choices.

This truck popped back to life after this. Wow. I am extremely happy with these injectors and the chip. Ford wanted $5000- for their injectors and install. I paid $1900- for all of the above. Took us about 6 hours taking our time. Wish I hadn't waited as long.

Nice. Can't beat that 7.3. Almost wished they bring it back. Not gonna happen, I know.

Good to see you're able and willing to take repairs into your own hands rather than letting some hack get a hold of it. I rebuilt my injectors so to speak. Replaced all the seals and sanded the spools to remove the oxidation that was causing stiction. That was 2 years ago. Still running smooth at cold start up. I use fuel conditioner/treatment with every fill up so we'll see how long I can go til they need full replacement. Supposedly can go about 200K if you pamper them. Currently at 122K

[SidecarFlip]

I should have looked at your state location. Kalifornia is kind of 'unique' in many respects....lol

Around here, TSC takes used AF as well as most mechanic shops. I don't recycle used oil, I burn it in my waste oil heater in the shop.

[tad94564]

It's the disposing part that a PITA to do around here.. The only legal place to take antifreeze is not open on weekend's. So it's far easier to take it a local shop and have them do it. The oil change is a enough of a PITA to do on my own.

[SidecarFlip]

tad94564 wrote:
Took the Superduty over to the local mechanic to have the radiator hoses, serpentine belt, coolant flush and power steering pump replaced. 140k, 15+ years old components. I can do it myself, but the the amount of antifreeze needed is overwhelming for me to handle.

Did all that last week. Installed a green stripe Gates ambulance duty serpentine belt too. new hoses, new thermostat, new tensioner, new top idler pulley, new antifreeze and 2 pint bottles of DCA4 additive to the coolant. Forgot, removed and cleaned the overflow bottle too.

I'm 67 and had no issue with the AF at all. I need a stool to get in the engine bay, but thats it.

AF comes in gallon jugs today. No biggie. I did flush the system and switched to extended life (pink) coolant from the standard green stuff.

[tad94564]

Took the Superduty over to the local mechanic to have the radiator hoses, serpentine belt, coolant flush and power steering pump replaced. 140k, 15+ years old components. I can do it myself, but the the amount of antifreeze needed is overwhelming for me to handle.

[thedavidzoo]

Got 6 new tires on the Ram dually for the upcoming Alaska trip. Cooper A/T3. Look less "beefy" when compared to the stock POS General Ameritrac.

[kjenckes]

My truck is a 96 Ford F250 with the 7.3 power stroke diesel and 402,000 miles on the original injectors. Time for new ones. The PSD requires you to pull the valve covers to do this. My son and I did this last weekend. While we were there we did the injectors, new glow plugs, and new gaskets (these are reusable gaskets which have the wiring harness built in so we figured the wiring would be the weak spot). The injectors are Baby Swamps which have a nice range of flow to go with the TS-6 Chip we also put in. This chip has 6 settings. Stock, high idle, economy, tow, and 2 basically street drag-coal roll choices.

This truck popped back to life after this. Wow. I am extremely happy with these injectors and the chip. Ford wanted $5000- for their injectors and install. I paid $1900- for all of the above. Took us about 6 hours taking our time. Wish I hadn't waited as long.

[d3500ram]

I drove my truck today.

I took off the studded snow tires on the car last week (silly me) and with the 8" of snow overnight I would not have made it out of the driveway which has an up-hill slope to get to the road.
...had no choice but to take the truck this morning.

[billyray50]

Bedlam wrote:
Head shot:



No helpers needed:

Sweet!! Congratulations. More Pics please!

[Bedlam]

Head shot:



No helpers needed:

[billyray50]

Bedlam wrote:
I loaded it for the first time.

With the new Mammoth??

[thedavidzoo]

Added some Timbrens.

[Bedlam]

I loaded it for the first time.

[deltabravo]

I DROVE IT. It hasn't been driven in a few weeks.