That included installation of the front cats y-pipe and fabrication of rest and notching skid and muffler.
What's a northern Wisconsin hourly shop rate are you guys in the 125-140 range like out here?
I meant did they supply them? I supplied my muffler for my mid arm exhaust set up. From the cat to the muffler and out back was $190. No contact at full droop or full bump. They used all the stock mounting points on the frame with the stock hardware.
I supplied the magnaflow y pipe / cats. That alone was $400+. I don't have any stock hardware left anywhere lol.
It is a chilly 91F here today. We are testing driving one on 40's to get it dialed in. It has 5.38's and it is an absolute dog so we are working the trans hard. It is a rock solid 180 on the gauge which is exactly where I expect it to be.Thanks for the update, guess your days of worrying about 42RLE temps are nearing the end.
Your report points to my cooler temps on highway being normal. I actually meant to mention my own transmission temperature report from Sunday. I repeated the same wheeling hill that I did a month ago. A month ago my temp sender was in the external remote oil filter right BEFORE the cooler. This hill is not the highgest heating hill as i was in 4-lo but last time i stopped 2/3 of the way up the climb when i hit 220°F on the gauge. This time i hit 140-150°F. So things are notablly lower when measured at the oil pan and the good part is i see the temp actually stabilize. When i measuring pre cooler it seemed to keep escalating once it got hot. I have lots more testing to do watch to see if I need to add an extra elec fan cooler. This weekend temps are set to be 89° two of the days so I should get opportunity to watch the gauge go up.
That's not a terrible way to go. We truck camped with a truck tent in JV for well over 10 years. Long enough that we wore out 3 truck tents. It gets cold out there so we had a propane heater in the tent and slept in the back of the truck on a mattress that fit perfectly between the wheel wells. Pretty comfy for what it was. I liked the truck tent because I could stand up in it to get dressed. I didn't like laying down on top of an ice cold sleeping bag and getting dressed when I was a kid and my distaste only got worse as I grew up.Getting ready for my trip. Swapped out serp belt and idler and will pack an extra alternator. Built this sleeping situation in the back of the Ford. Should suffice till the camper money shows up (can I hear a stimulus round 2!?)
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I am bringing a Mr. buddy heater but it looks like a nice weather trip but we are at 3000' elevation so could get cold. What is a truck tent? One that fits in the bed or one of those cool roof top tents? Wait are you an overlander???
That's kind of awesome! With the truck canopy and that it would be pretty damn luxurious camp. I have a huge canvas family tent problem is it requires many stakes into the ground and we'll be camping on side of road area which is why im not bringing the tent.