two years and counting

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kahuna bill
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Re: two years and counting

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thanks Steve. yeah, i thought about it when i first starting pulling the intake apart, but the tips looked really clean and the little micro filter at the other end looked just as good. i didn't see any deposits at all. could there be built up gunk inside? would an injector cleaner gas additive help? like sea foam or something similar?
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Re: two years and counting

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been a few months since i've posted the progress on the truck...

first off i found out that the idle issue was due to the throttle position valve. and the sticky throttle was due to tight clearences on the thottle body discs. so i just pulled a complete throttle body off my donor engine and the problems were fixed. pass smog a few days later with flying colors.

since than, i've built up a spare tire holder. this pivots down instead of to the ground. it needs some modifications as it's a bit too high and when it's dropped the tail gate hits the froward brace. i might just bend new tube, or find a way to make the forward link telescoping and allow clearence for the tail gate. a month or two i'll know what i want to do.

material is 1 3/4" .120 wall tubing (they were out of .095) strong as an ox! i went and tested it at ocotillo with no problems. in fact i think it's the only part of teh truck that doesn't move when hauling ass in the washes!

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kahuna bill
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Re: two years and counting

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went to superstition mt this past weekend for some fun. put the go pro on the skid plate and took some footage of the front suspension.
I came to two conclusions after watching the video;
1) 15 psi in the rear tires is too low. (was running 20 psi fwd which felt and looked fine in the video)
2) i'll be buying a set of auto fab motor mounts. watch the oil pan move around during the slow motion sections. scary :shock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtUiCjrZ6xI
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Cool view for sure!
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Nice!
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Re: two years and counting

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Is that going to pivot to lay down?
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Re: two years and counting

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Just pull the center leg bolt I mean? Is that the plan?
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Re: two years and counting

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Rmc wrote:Just pull the center leg bolt I mean? Is that the plan?
yeah it drops right on down and pivots off the outer two legs. i had to put a knuckle in the middle of the center leg to help clear the tailgate. just pull the bolts and she's easy to drop. however, it's heavy to lift.
i don't have any photos at the moment of it down, but i'll throw some on tonight.
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Re: two years and counting

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Cool. Hey check McMaster Carr, they have all different sizes of pulling gas shocks sold in 50lb increments. If you find the right one lifting should be as easy as a 1 finger operation. They look like screen door cylinders on a house security door. It may make life easy. Looking good man.
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