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Re: High Miler
« Reply #735 on: September 26, 2020, 07:35:46 PM »
I whipped up some quick stake sides for wood at Brett’s the other day. Upgraded them.

Wood and compost/topsoil. Probably brush and branches from tree trimming next week, not that that really needs sides. Sand and gravel as needed for beach and driveway.

All things that want it to dump :)

I need a 40s cab on a 4x4 chassis with dump bed and plow. The year round fun machine. After the Chevy breaks in half.
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #736 on: September 26, 2020, 07:37:42 PM »
i have one of those in my barn ready to go, needs the dumb bed part though :)

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Re: High Miler
« Reply #737 on: September 27, 2020, 11:45:51 AM »
If it fits it ships. Let’s go get fuel oil from the back side of a rando’s house!

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Re: High Miler
« Reply #738 on: September 27, 2020, 01:56:56 PM »
That picture just made me think of the Jeff foxworthy bit how you know your a redneck if you have a working TV on top of a non working TV
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 #739 on: September 27, 2020, 02:03:46 PM »
I love Gus



Could really use low range but full send worked. 100 gallons in the bed.
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High Miler
« Reply #740 on: September 27, 2020, 09:01:32 PM »
Stakesides doing werk

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Re: High Miler
« Reply #741 on: October 09, 2020, 10:13:53 AM »
Need to move the spare tire to be able to get a couple feet closer and shorten it up for campus parking.
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #742 on: October 18, 2020, 01:04:11 AM »
Intermittent problem has become more frequent. I think voltage regulator is failing in a weird way. For a minute or five a couple times per hour, all electricals pulse. I had my voltmeter-equipped usb charger in place today and when it’s good I see 14.6-14.7v. When it’s pulsing at maybe 5-8Hz, I see a min/max of 13.7 to 15.1.

I expect the regulator is in the PCM. truck is on its third alternator that I know of, year or two old. Could be poor response and lag in alt? Or bad pcm regulator?

Need to decide between throwing alternator at it or setting up an external regulator, I think. It’s irregular enough that it would be hard to sketch with a scan tool unless it was on all the time. The CTS insight sees a steady 13.0v at all times. I don’t know if it’s measuring, or polling ECU.
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #743 on: October 18, 2020, 09:28:59 AM »
You had Lucas electronics on the trailer
I’m sure that had something to do with it...

Try it again once disconnected...
I never wanted a red car.. always thought they were tacky and common...
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #744 on: October 18, 2020, 09:50:32 AM »
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #745 on: October 18, 2020, 06:53:51 PM »
how about a wire brush to the battery contacts and check chassis grounds before we get all nick and excel on this

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Re: High Miler
« Reply #746 on: June 03, 2021, 03:15:35 PM »
>:-(



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Re: High Miler
« Reply #747 on: July 05, 2021, 10:10:10 PM »
Dead batteries a month ago. cleaned all terminals and contact points at the batteries thoroughly and it's been good. Haven't driven it long enough nor at dusk/dark to see if the overcharge/pulse charging thing has changed from it. Started right up today.

Threw it on the lift, pulled rear wheels expecting to find rear brakes worn to nothing and they are at least at 50-70%.
It has acted like a stuck caliper once or twice, and pedal feel changed a smidge a bit ago. I guess I'll check the slides and e-brake hardware but it's drum-in-disk, so that shouldn't have any effect on pedal feel at all. Very strange.
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #748 on: July 31, 2021, 05:29:36 PM »
batteries have been behaving.
just did oil change and fuel filters and swapped that LR caliper. tightened the steering box. for my ref: redhead box has 3/16 hex and uses double jam nuts, top 11/16, lower 5/8

probably turned the hex in nearly 1 full turn. it's 1/16 turn loose of touching. put the front on the turntables and no binding through full steering range. hopefully that fixes the wander/loose feeling.
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Re: High Miler
« Reply #749 on: August 05, 2021, 10:26:47 AM »
if it wants to strech its legs I may have something :)
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