Brandy new 4500 Cummins

[mr.mindless]

Yeah that does seem like a fair bit of deflection. Weird wear!

[M4wdFab]

saw another eggshelled 271 on a youtube channel i follow, so i got back thinking about this today lol 

more research shows pretty common for 100k ish.  the NP cases seem to clunk and wear through the housing / gernade.  the BW cases seem to do the "chain slip" noise so pretty sure thats where im at. 

also in a few places searching found stated the rear case half cant be removed while in truck, case needs to be completely removed, joy.

not paying 611$ for a chain that GVD can have tomorrow. bah.   amazon 148 for no name?!  looks like torqeking has USA chain for 200$

[M4wdFab]

installed, no suprises.

contrary to all threads on the web, could have done it in the truck like a Jeep 231... but was good i guess to have on the bench to inspect and clean up.

man that rear 2 piece shaft is HEAVY lol  def a jack stand item for install

[M4wdFab]

4x4 tested ok in the driveway and didnt egshell after 120 miles of the thruway, so sounds success! 

[M4wdFab]

Oil and filter, both fuel filters, front rotors and pads, front end lube 89K service


needs drives and a sticker.  looking at a guy in Palmyra that has a few options for G rated 225s in the 205$ cash range on market place with current date codes

[M4wdFab]

new drives mounted, sticker scheduled next friday at Jacks

[M4wdFab]

sticker achieved 
only 3 pages of recalls attached. 
improper weight class warning also attached to print out lol
164$ to NY for Reg fee bah

[M4wdFab]

chain binder yesterday took out the support to my headake rack- its rotten so bad, i think it requires some new steel or a new bed next year. 


dam NY salt. 

[mr.mindless]

Ouch, that’s way too soon

I scraped at some of the rust bubbles and peeling powder coat on mine when I was designing my crane, found the lower panel on the headache rack is gone through where it was tight to the uprights. They sandwiched it instead of butt welding to the inside dimension and that explains all the scale there. No structural issues noted yet though but I’m sure the front face of those uprights are half what they used to be.

[M4wdFab]

low coolant light message about 2-3 uses ago, checked today, added about 3/4 of a gallon of HOAT collant 50/50


dip stick about 1/2" high wich is about 1/4" higher than i set it when changing the oil....



ill pretend none of this matters. 

plan to crack the oil drain plug  in a few days after sitting to see whats in the bottom of the pan.  hopefully not 3/4 gallon of coolant   

[etk300ex]

yikes

[M4wdFab]

I'm leaning towards it's fine as I also realized I checked the oil on a incline pulled up to shop, and I swear it's had a coolant leak since the dealer changed the turbo and fucked with egr fittings at 50k ish. 

I wouldn't be surprised with the wight it pulls and tune it runs. 

[M4wdFab]

fun load tomorrow!  picking up two escalades if the deal goes through with the RAM/extensions and equipment trailer.  i guess we will see if the reason i made my flat bed extensions flat instead of tilted down like every one questions they should be, will work as i intended. 

had to pull 4 bolts and move the tool box on my trailer, but looks good to 50degrees turning without issue. 

pics of adventure to follow. 

one drives one requires winching. 

[mr.mindless]

Oh boy

[M4wdFab]

uneventful success.