What did you do to your Gen 1 today?
#5866
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The weather has been pretty mild. September to early November was hot but not too humid and the winter had a few days below zero with one snow day and one freezing mist. not too bad. I am waiting on the spring storms for better clouds to take some black &white pictures of abandoned buildings and Cathedral square in town.
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You could always buy DE stainless exhaust system with stainless band clamps....Then it would all be stainless, so the dissimilar metal issue would be non issue.
That is what I will be doing on my 12V '78 Ramcharger build.
I don't use guillotine clamps on any of my exhaust systems for anything other than hangers.
That is what I will be doing on my 12V '78 Ramcharger build.
I don't use guillotine clamps on any of my exhaust systems for anything other than hangers.
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We haven't made it up to Coffeyville yet. We go to grove OK pretty often and Carthage MO. once in a while.
The weather has been pretty mild. September to early November was hot but not too humid and the winter had a few days below zero with one snow day and one freezing mist. not too bad. I am waiting on the spring storms for better clouds to take some black &white pictures of abandoned buildings and Cathedral square in town.
The weather has been pretty mild. September to early November was hot but not too humid and the winter had a few days below zero with one snow day and one freezing mist. not too bad. I am waiting on the spring storms for better clouds to take some black &white pictures of abandoned buildings and Cathedral square in town.
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My brother in law moved to Grove for the fishing. We always take old route 66 to Grove, the turnpike sucks! The only interesting thing to see on the turdpipe is the McDonalds that crosses over the highway.
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Put the plow back on, after removing it from the last fake Nor Easter here
Supposedly another snow event for Tuesday.
Umm, I'll believe it when I see it.
Put the plow back on, after removing it from the last fake Nor Easter here
Supposedly another snow event for Tuesday.
Umm, I'll believe it when I see it.
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I had a great night last night getting the two frame sections mocked up for the 8 lug Ramcharger build.
I will be headed back out to the shop shortly to do a little fine tune grinding and it will be ready for final clamping up / leveling out for welding.
Then next I will get some prep work done to pull the 12V out of the black crew cab for a new [good used OEM one] oil pan, a few fresh gaskets and a HVLP lift pump install.
I am prepping up for a busy Wrench Week at the end of the month.
I will be headed back out to the shop shortly to do a little fine tune grinding and it will be ready for final clamping up / leveling out for welding.
Then next I will get some prep work done to pull the 12V out of the black crew cab for a new [good used OEM one] oil pan, a few fresh gaskets and a HVLP lift pump install.
I am prepping up for a busy Wrench Week at the end of the month.
#5872
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We have gotten a bunch of snow recently but the weather has been pretty warm.
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Thanks Oliver, I think that it was -10 F..I really like how you say "not that cold" and "-15" in the same sentence ...Mark
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Loaded the truck up with the old cans and bottles we've been saving and took them to the recycling center. Got over $65. Then drove over to Costco and spent that and more on food and soap.
The voltage held steady at 14.4 volts every time I looked at it. Hopefully it's fixed but I still don't know why it blips up to 16-17 volts when I first start it up in the morning. Maybe it's normal and I just never noticed before I had a voltmeter. I notice that the battery is down to 11.6 in the mornings but it starts fine. I think the radio drains it some overnight. It's a cheap O'Reilly battery that's undersized anyway. When it wears out I'll get the proper battery for it.
Edwin
The voltage held steady at 14.4 volts every time I looked at it. Hopefully it's fixed but I still don't know why it blips up to 16-17 volts when I first start it up in the morning. Maybe it's normal and I just never noticed before I had a voltmeter. I notice that the battery is down to 11.6 in the mornings but it starts fine. I think the radio drains it some overnight. It's a cheap O'Reilly battery that's undersized anyway. When it wears out I'll get the proper battery for it.
Edwin
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Loaded the truck up with the old cans and bottles we've been saving and took them to the recycling center. Got over $65. Then drove over to Costco and spent that and more on food and soap.
The voltage held steady at 14.4 volts every time I looked at it. Hopefully it's fixed but I still don't know why it blips up to 16-17 volts when I first start it up in the morning. Maybe it's normal and I just never noticed before I had a voltmeter. I notice that the battery is down to 11.6 in the mornings but it starts fine. I think the radio drains it some overnight. It's a cheap O'Reilly battery that's undersized anyway. When it wears out I'll get the proper battery for it.
Edwin
The voltage held steady at 14.4 volts every time I looked at it. Hopefully it's fixed but I still don't know why it blips up to 16-17 volts when I first start it up in the morning. Maybe it's normal and I just never noticed before I had a voltmeter. I notice that the battery is down to 11.6 in the mornings but it starts fine. I think the radio drains it some overnight. It's a cheap O'Reilly battery that's undersized anyway. When it wears out I'll get the proper battery for it.
Edwin
Do you have functional grid heaters?
Have you ever disconnected the neg battery cable, and used a test light between the cable end, and the negative terminal? Looking for a drain. Glows dim, very light draw,, glows bright, heavy draw
Old school way of finding a draw. My radio always pulls a light draw, but never enough to kill the battery
#5878
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Set out to do some front end work today. Replaced upper and lower ball joints, the steering box and brake pads. Decided to send my buddy a picture in the middle of it and he says “don’t forget axle shaft seals”. Well, since I’m planning on swapping out the front end for a Dana “Super 60”, I didn’t think I needed them. As I scoot over to the passenger side, I see this! Thanks for the jinx good buddy! Head over to Vatozone, grab a seat of axle seals and some gear lube, then head home. Hopefully, I’ll be done in 2-3 hours tomorrow, 4 if I replace the shocks.
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Maybe I should lease this truck, so I can go over every nut, bolt, bearing and seal on my truck. I need to spend a week on the old girl, to finish everything up, once and for...awhile
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Do you have functional grid heaters?
Have you ever disconnected the neg battery cable, and used a test light between the cable end, and the negative terminal? Looking for a drain. Glows dim, very light draw,, glows bright, heavy draw
Old school way of finding a draw. My radio always pulls a light draw, but never enough to kill the battery
Do you have functional grid heaters?
Have you ever disconnected the neg battery cable, and used a test light between the cable end, and the negative terminal? Looking for a drain. Glows dim, very light draw,, glows bright, heavy draw
Old school way of finding a draw. My radio always pulls a light draw, but never enough to kill the battery
No I haven't measured the drain from the negative cable but that's a good idea. It could be a lot more than the few milliamps the radio clock would take.
Any idea if the voltage spike after starting is normal? Has anyone ever seen this? I think later years all had the VR built into the ECU or something like that. I see a lot of kits for bypassing that setup with the old style VR like I have.