What did you do to your other vehicle today?

Rickyd said:
I did just see a shave kit on marketplace for half off..... but, at least for now the plan is 2" lift,all terrains and street duty. I was a little bummed the 06 axle didn't have a factory limited slip or locker though.

Got the new axle in and everything hooked up!06 brake hose used standard thread at the frame.so that was easy.two short side silverado ebrake cables and creative placement of mounting tabs got the ebrake set up. Spring pads and shock mounts were easy. @ColoJeep This is the 30 gal blazer tank. Squarebody blazer crossmembers and blazer fuel door
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Measured for,and ordered a tom woods rear driveshaft for the k20. 1350 ujoint at the tcase and 1410 at the rear axle. Made some bump stop extensions for the rear out of square tube and got them in(the squarebody 7 leaf pack i took from a 1 ton give it 2-3" inch lift).
With that the bed went back on the truck hopefully to stay!

Also got the silverado fan shroud to fit with some trimming. It isn't the fanciest looking swap.but adapting the silverado radiator and other components means local parts stores can get me going again from the side of the road. Rather than needing to order conversion $tuff and waiting weeks
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Next step in the underhood cleanup is a bulkhead connector to send the obd2/mil lamp wires through the firewall,a new coolant bottle that isn't stained and gross and hydroboost to save a bunch of space and get better braking. Need a new heater core too.
 
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I have an efan shroud setup from an 05 tahoe and the complete oem relay harness controlled by the pcm. I enabled it in the pcm before going to install and finding that the efan setups are only for the wider of the two silverado radiators. Pretty bummed about that since i can't physically fit the bigger radiator. Would have been a really clean setup.
Oh well, simple clutch fan for a simple truck i guess
 
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The ABS control module came in for the old MBZ, and I took it down to the shop. I stupidly didn't check the damn thing before I went down there, so I got "the call"...

I paid an extra $300 for a NOS, "improved, drop in replacement", it is NOT. It may or may not still work, but at the very least I need a different relay, maybe two; and a different cover as well. An email is off to the idiot that sold it to me...
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Zorba said:
The ABS control module came in for the old MBZ, and I took it down to the shop. I stupidly didn't check the damn thing before I went down there, so I got "the call"...

I paid an extra $300 for a NOS, "improved, drop in replacement", it is NOT. It may or may not still work, but at the very least I need a different relay, maybe two; and a different cover as well. An email is off to the idiot that sold it to me...
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Well, said idiot is standing behind his product - which is becoming entirely too rare these days. New relays and a cover are on the way overnight. Screwups happen, how they're handled is what's important.
 
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I've been chasing a O/D off light flashing in my 2010 Ranger with the 5r55E for a couple years and replaced the output shaft speed sensor yesterday and the truck shifts a little worse from 1st to 2nd but 2nd to 3rd is better (the rest of the gears shift great, always have) - I have a rebuilt valve body coming that I'm gonna put in this weekend - truck has 210k so I'm trying to avoid a full rebuild as long as I can
 
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Zorba said:
Well, said idiot is standing behind his product - which is becoming entirely too rare these days. New relays and a cover are on the way overnight. Screwups happen, how they're handled is what's important.
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"New and Improved" part is now in. Life is much better - car brakes correctly now, doesn't pull to one side, doesn't drag the passenger front caliper. Now emailed "the guy" about the old one as he's indicated he wants to purchase it as a core. He can have it...
 
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Zorba said:
"New and Improved" part is now in. Life is much better - car brakes correctly now, doesn't pull to one side, doesn't drag the passenger front caliper. Now emailed "the guy" about the old one as he's indicated he wants to purchase it as a core. He can have it...
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Glad the dude stepped up and everything worked out !
 
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With about 5 minutes left in my 2 hour drive to work yesterday morning (I only go in once a week) the blower in my DD pickup started vibrating. I turned the speed down and thought well, this timing could be better. I'm up here two days and highs are around 100.

Went to lunch, same. With the speed cranked up it violently shook the whole dash but I could run it at 2 without being too severe and that would keep it just cool enough not to sweat in my office clothes.

A buddy offered to let me use his tools and driveway to change out the blower after work so I picked one up at the Irish parts store and made the 30 minute drive.

I found myself appreciating the TJ for how easy it is to work on as I fought with several fasteners buried right above the tunnel or against the firewall.

The blower itself was fine, but I didn't want to be doing this work again so I put the new one in anyway.

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freedom_in_4low said:
With about 5 minutes left in my 2 hour drive to work yesterday morning (I only go in once a week) the blower in my DD pickup started vibrating. I turned the speed down and thought well, this timing could be better. I'm up here two days and highs are around 100.

Went to lunch, same. With the speed cranked up it violently shook the whole dash but I could run it at 2 without being too severe and that would keep it just cool enough not to sweat in my office clothes.

A buddy offered to let me use his tools and driveway to change out the blower after work so I picked one up at the Irish parts store and made the 30 minute drive.

I found myself appreciating the TJ for how easy it is to work on as I fought with several fasteners buried right above the tunnel or against the firewall.

The blower itself was fine, but I didn't want to be doing this work again so I put the new one in anyway.

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BTDT - numerous times! My daily driver Subaru heap is parked outside 24/7, and we’re rural. Lots of critters around. A few months ago, I discovered a firewall hole I think they were using to get in, so I riveted a piece of aluminum over it. Time will tell if it worked…

Edited because I realized something I missed in your post the first time I read it. If you were driving for nearly two hours with no issues, the mouse must have jumped in there while the blower was spinning! Crazy.
 
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sab said:
BTDT - numerous times! My daily driver Subaru heap is parked outside 24/7, and we’re rural. Lots of critters around. A few months ago, I discovered a firewall hole I think they were using to get in, so I riveted a piece of aluminum over it. Time will tell if it worked…

Edited because I realized something I missed in your post the first time I read it. If you were driving for nearly two hours with no issues, the mouse must have jumped in there while the blower was spinning! Crazy.
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Mouse thought it was a hamster lol
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freedom_in_4low said:
With about 5 minutes left in my 2 hour drive to work yesterday morning (I only go in once a week) the blower in my DD pickup started vibrating. I turned the speed down and thought well, this timing could be better. I'm up here two days and highs are around 100.

Went to lunch, same. With the speed cranked up it violently shook the whole dash but I could run it at 2 without being too severe and that would keep it just cool enough not to sweat in my office clothes.

A buddy offered to let me use his tools and driveway to change out the blower after work so I picked one up at the Irish parts store and made the 30 minute drive.

I found myself appreciating the TJ for how easy it is to work on as I fought with several fasteners buried right above the tunnel or against the firewall.

The blower itself was fine, but I didn't want to be doing this work again so I put the new one in anyway.

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Time to check the cowl for access points. If its your silverado there are flappers to drain water on the sides that i believe the fenders need to come off to access also
 
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RangerTJ said:
Holy Centrifugal Force Batman! (there is no force, it's really inertia)
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Newton's Second Law is F=ma, or in this case, centrifugal acceleration on the mouse's body resulted in the fan imparting a force on the mouse's body. Was that force centrifugal? I'm not sure the mouse cares anymore... :ROFLMAO:
 
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