20 years of incrementalism or Blackjacks 98 SE
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While I have the belly pan off giving the frame a Ritchie Brothers rebuild with some Krylon Rust Tough.
Figure while I had the head pipe out this time to replace the forward O2 sensor as it was way overdue. As added a shot of high temp paint in hopes of slowing the dreaded rust.
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And new rear driveshaft. Good bit different than the whack and tap shaft and two inches longer than a 4.0 shaft.
So while I had the tcase out I also serviced the front driveshaft. Last time it did it was last December and I have put about 4000 miles on it. And to no surprise the joints were out of grease. There is a reason I tell folks 3500 miles is the recommended service interval for greaseable joints. And these were old school OEM greaseable Spicers.
While I could have just greased everything and be on my way I decided to put in the Spicer 5-1310-1X greaseable version of the SPL series. These offer better sealing compared to the regular 10 series Spicer joints as well as a slight increase in toughness.
I have run the sealed ones before so I wanted to give these a go and see how they do.
Forgot to make sure I had a Speedohealer on hand before I did the tcase but no biggie. Easy enough to install after the fact. The kit in all its glory.
A little split loom and some Tesa tape to add some protection to the harness.
From there is route the bay and plug it in. Quick trip with a GPS and using the Speedohealer app and it was painless to get right on the first try.
A little split loom and some Tesa tape to add some protection to the harness.
From there is route the bay and plug it in. Quick trip with a GPS and using the Speedohealer app and it was painless to get right on the first try.
Nothin more fun than to have this quit when it is -12f.
Luckily not a hard job but really necessary in those conditions. How did it fail? Suddenly or any warning?
Luckily I dId not have to drive much today like that but definitely had to layer up.
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No not hard and it probably took longer to confirm the diagnosis than to actually change it out. I had my suspicions as it died while on high but checked the resistor and relay first.
My guess it died of old age. 22 winters with it running on high a ton had something to do with it. It bobbled for a second this morning and died while I was warming it up at lunch. Glad it happened when it did and not on a longer trip.
This little cold snafu and not needing a rear seat so often has me thinking about going half cab again. Looks like there are a few of the Rusty Pony/Rampage tops left out there so I might have to order one up. Give me an excuse to go get an updated pic.
Damn I've got a BestTop one sitting in my garage. Can't use it with the harness bar. Wish you were closer.