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mr.mindless

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #45 on: July 22, 2020, 12:29:25 PM »
I can believe it worked through open cell foam. Rubber probably maybe woulda worked
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #46 on: July 22, 2020, 12:55:03 PM »
It is a rubberyish foam.  It was leftover from sealing my tonneau cover.  Same usage I thought...

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #47 on: July 27, 2020, 10:47:17 AM »
Flowmaster 50 installed.  Sounds good and quiet at speed.  I swear it has improved acceleration, but its probably placebo effect haha. 

Cab lights resealed properly.  I could not find the bulbs in stock anywhere, only led replacements in super white, yuck.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #48 on: July 27, 2020, 11:23:42 AM »
thought they were just 194s, as long as they don't leak - that's the important part!
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #49 on: July 27, 2020, 11:31:48 AM »
I stopped at parts plus and the zone as it was Sunday.  I'm sure the better parts stores would have.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #50 on: July 29, 2020, 12:56:05 PM »
No leaks!

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #51 on: July 29, 2020, 01:32:41 PM »
win!

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #52 on: August 11, 2020, 11:37:17 AM »
Roof rack installed, canoe loaded




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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #53 on: August 11, 2020, 12:19:50 PM »
Definitely looks adventure ready
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #54 on: August 11, 2020, 05:54:34 PM »
Careful in the drive-thrus  ;D
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #55 on: September 08, 2020, 05:02:25 PM »
Move to projects please?

Logged a few thousand this summer.  I love it other than the the cruise is terrible and I miss the console shifter. 

Last Thursday the exhaust broke the weld and pulled out of the catalytic converter. Nothing to clamp to on converter.  Was 3 hours away, drove to the nearest town.  Loudly lol.  I was turned down at Monroe Muffler and Mavis as there company policy is they couldn't put it on the lift because it was unbalanced.  They have drive on lifts ::).  Would have been an easy weld.  After an hour on the ground in a Napa parking lot I ended up mending it with a band clamp and some water hardening exhaust wrap lol.  It worked well and is hard as steel now.  New converter on the way.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #56 on: September 08, 2020, 05:13:26 PM »
let me know if you want to throw this hog on a lift some time and give her a once over.  probably have some time next week or week after.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #57 on: September 08, 2020, 05:16:30 PM »
Oh, also took it off-roading on what I would consider a blue trail at RC.  Camper, canoe, and bikes on board.  Nice dirt road quickly turned in to a Jeep trail, no warning, no place to turn around.  Mountain on one side creek on the other.  It had fresh stone and a new culvert 250' before this.  After a quarter mile of white-knuckle 4-lo, maybe I'm exaggerating but it seemed like it, I run into a stock XJ coming back that said he had to turn around.  He said there's no way you'll be able to go much further.  Luckily, I had my DeWalt chain saw.  I found the best spot I could, which was slightly off camber, and made a turnaround on both sides of the road and did a 15 point turn.  Quote of the day from Abigail spotting me trying to back up into the turn around "Ok now really crank it."  Me "that's as cranked as its getting lol."

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #58 on: September 08, 2020, 05:18:07 PM »
nice!

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #59 on: September 08, 2020, 05:18:30 PM »
let me know if you want to throw this hog on a lift some time and give her a once over.  probably have some time next week or week after.

That would be good.  I need to talk to you about some winter projects on this unit.  Or may like two weeknights for you haha.