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etk300ex

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #60 on: September 15, 2020, 11:09:27 AM »
Flowmaster cat installed.  Added a hanger to the muffler.  I think lack of hanger on the driver side may have been the cause of failure, there was quite a bit of torque on the cat.  Well, until my awful undertruck weld fails anyways :P.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #61 on: November 09, 2020, 01:11:30 PM »
CB and off-road lights installed.  Did not hear any chatter on channel 19 on the thruway yesterday, so that’s not a good sign...




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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #62 on: November 09, 2020, 06:21:03 PM »
cbs are still a thing lol


not betting they are

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #63 on: November 09, 2020, 06:21:20 PM »
You can borrow my handheld if you want to check operation.
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #64 on: November 09, 2020, 06:32:32 PM »
the one I put in Joe is dead. Found it's matching plug n play mate to swap in, but I haven't.
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #65 on: November 10, 2020, 07:56:16 AM »
I still have one in the dually but not sure if actually works anymore have tried listening on a few trips but never hear much.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #66 on: February 09, 2021, 07:18:34 PM »
Ordered a (6) bike rack after threatening to make one for the past several years haha.  Planning many bike trips this year! 

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #67 on: February 09, 2021, 07:20:13 PM »
Never heard any cb chatter.  I’ll have to check it with you, Mark, when the Ram is back on the road. 


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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #68 on: February 09, 2021, 07:25:58 PM »
Thinking a Ranch Hand bumper for preventative deer incidents.  Probably some rims and 33s also.  All the rims are so bad looking.  I just want some steelies. 


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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #69 on: May 11, 2021, 09:30:54 AM »
Picked up some door and cab seals and sun visors at the junk yard yesterday.  It will be nice to drive in the rain without our arms getting wet haha.

Pro tip-  The cab seals from the 2006-2008 Ram are tapered where the corner of the door by the mirror pokes into where mine, 2003-2005, are not tapered and ripped.

Ram 3rd gen is real confusing.  My chassis/engine configuration was not even available according to Wikipedia. 

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #70 on: May 11, 2021, 09:33:44 AM »
Smike weld my exhaust joints last weekend.  It kept comping apart at all locations.  Used band clamps too.  I've never had such an issue...

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #71 on: May 11, 2021, 09:51:38 AM »
Hangers must pull the pipes apart instead of all pulling on one direction?
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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #72 on: May 11, 2021, 09:58:16 AM »
Yeah, the tailpipe hanger is opposite.

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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #73 on: May 11, 2021, 11:15:39 AM »
cant seem to get through to Express metals

(2) 2"x4" box tube steel 11 gage (1/8") 24' sticks
(3) 2"x2" box tube steel 7 gage (3/16") 24' sticks
(2) diamond plate sheet steel 11gage (1/8") 4'x8' sheets


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Re: New truck for etk
« Reply #74 on: May 17, 2021, 11:14:05 AM »
I washed this unit for the first time.  I didn't know these wheels had plastic chrome cover over them, gross.