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rejeep

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Re: High Miler
« Reply #720 on: June 24, 2020, 05:23:59 PM »
Take your time before committing things to places..

Beginning of covid I rearranged my shop/store room for the 4th time in 4 years..
Shelving helps... dumpster helps even more.
I never wanted a red car.. always thought they were tacky and common...
I now have 4 very not common cars and they are all red.. :o

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« Reply #721 on: June 24, 2020, 05:53:54 PM »
I’ve learned and proved over and over that more shelvings or work benches likely cause more issues than they solve. They all will just become catch-alls! Unless have good self discipline

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« Reply #722 on: June 25, 2020, 06:08:06 PM »
Whoever said to themselves that the solid bar picking the head was not safe and would slip was correct.

Damaged the head gasket at the very least.

Fucking idiot
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« Reply #723 on: June 25, 2020, 06:17:47 PM »
Lucked out, I think.

Waste of a little money, not a pull and deck the block.
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« Reply #724 on: June 25, 2020, 06:32:06 PM »
I missed Cummins order cutoff. Regional doesn’t have stock. Order tomorrow, in on Monday. Humbug!!
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #725 on: June 25, 2020, 10:45:45 PM »
Whoever said to themselves that the solid bar picking the head was not safe and would slip was correct.

Damaged the head gasket at the very least.

Fucking idiot


I thought that was “the way” from the picture...
I never wanted a red car.. always thought they were tacky and common...
I now have 4 very not common cars and they are all red.. :o

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Re: High Miler
« Reply #726 on: June 26, 2020, 03:03:20 AM »
if I'd put a strap or clamp on to keep the hook from slipping to one extreme on its way in, it would have been great & ideal. The tight clearance of a fixed bar is much more ideal than a strap or chains or anything else. It went in on a single 2" ratchet strap with a safety strap; didn't try to slip.

80% assembled.

set valve lash (and roll motor over in the process to make sure all is happy in pushrod land and I don't bend another one. Double checked them all on the way in)
fuel rail & injection lines
one banjo bolt on a fuel return line that got bent a bit when the head fell, that'll be fun and is what made me wash up to head in
intake horn
injector harness
valve cover
air box and intake to turbo
double check for spare parts
fill coolant

Should be done in 2 hours.
Hope it's good. Wonder what won't be since there's always something with me & mine.
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #727 on: June 26, 2020, 09:52:22 PM »
Done?
Lathe & phase converter still available. Will empty the flatbed tomorrow and plan to grab it on Sunday. Do a little test driving around in the mean time. Cleaning up the shop now
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High Miler
« Reply #728 on: June 26, 2020, 09:53:56 PM »
And it was 3-4 hours. Not 2
30-60min wasted for a loose connection at CP3 that I thought was just having trouble getting all air bled. Thought I’d tightened it but i was just making a fuel puddle

Hopefully that’s my one issue!
« Last Edit: June 27, 2020, 01:11:11 AM by mr.mindless »
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« Reply #729 on: June 27, 2020, 02:42:07 AM »
Lots of years threatening to move that toolbox.

Just a bit of cleanup and repacking to do. And maybe make a spare tire mount.

Will find out tomorrow if bed length is adequate for the lathe. Rough guess was 8’ overall.

Arb seems to have sprung a leak. Didn’t check if the locker engaged or not. Compressor cycles every few seconds instead of running once and never again.


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« Reply #730 on: June 28, 2020, 06:05:30 PM »
Aircon appears to need attention. Wasn’t quite keeping up at only 80F

Need to make sure my water in fuel sensor is plugged in securely. Had WIF light come on 5 miles from my pickup point after driving in Rausch Creek Asspour Rain for 10ish miles solid. It turned off before I got to an exit. Sight glass in my first water filter is completely clean so I’m certain it was false positive.

So very good to have the do-all truck back on the road ❤️️

Now it’s time for a drink!


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Re: High Miler
« Reply #731 on: June 28, 2020, 09:29:49 PM »
Excellent news.


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Re: High Miler
« Reply #732 on: June 29, 2020, 09:58:14 AM »
I use my 45q RTIC cooler as my standing platform when I'm in the engine bay of my Sierra.   That cooler is rock solid planted to the ground and wont move one bit, and easy to move around when needed.

As pictured.    ;D

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« Reply #733 on: September 26, 2020, 12:12:24 AM »
Slightly ugly, especially in the tailgate area since I didn’t have a full 8’ piece of 3/4 handy, nor any hooks and eyes, so a strap for now. But it’s ready to haul some shit. (And then unload by hand)


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Re: High Miler
« Reply #734 on: September 26, 2020, 07:23:41 PM »
what do we have here?  whatcha hauling?