series guy
Crossmember
Last Activity: Today, 04:01 AM
Joined: 10-28-2010
Location: Pittsburgh
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Yes the nuts are welded on from below. More photos to follow.... -
Latest creation from the design studio
Sandy’s broken shifter story has always been stuck in my pea sized brain and lately I was messing around and came up with a fix that lets you change out a shifter in 10 minutes or less. It would...
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Looking forward to them....Leave a comment:
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The bumper is temporary. I didn’t notice before I got it galvanized but it is slightly bent....Leave a comment:
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I would guess that it is a rebuilders number.Leave a comment:
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What he said. I tried one on two different trucks. Finally gave up. The o2 sensor in the Sniper system might help but I would bet that it won’t have the range and will cause some trouble. I just...Last edited by series guy; 05-28-2023, 06:55 AM.Leave a comment:
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Looking very nice. That should be a beauty when completed....Leave a comment:
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I have not....Leave a comment:
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I would not use the Pierce manifold. The intake heating of the stock manifold is very beneficial to drivability...Leave a comment:
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I figured the less joints to leak the better so mine is bolted direct to the manifold. Also keeping the throttle body lower helps with bonnet clearance to the intake elbow. I have seen more than one bonnet...Leave a comment:
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I would really like to get it above 80 but it really doesn’t matter that much to me. I had my Series I with the 2.25 up to 83 on the GPS. Just makes for a fun conversation topic.Leave a comment:
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Well it seems like the old truck was just falling apart underneath me. Yesterday I thought that I would run through the valves and then change the oil and filter. All the valves were exactly the same...
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I just tightened them until they felt tight. I figured that was better than loose....Leave a comment:
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Well I got to thinking that I sort of over reacted when re shimming the right side as it could be overly tight and compensating for the left side. I removed the L F wheel and disconnected the tie rods...Leave a comment:
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Pre trip maintenance
I have been planning on giving the truck a thorough look over before the drive to New York and wanted to remove a shim from each swivel ball as the steering is just a bit loose. All my own doing as I... -
Have not watched that. It was just a spur of the moment thing. Years ago I ran a string of multi colored Christmas lights around the inside of my wife's 2a. Law enforcement did not take kindly to my holiday...Leave a comment:
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Another one of my vices
Not really sure why I felt the need at 9:30pm but then there’s not too many vehicles that can pull this off. ...
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So sorry to hear of this. It’s been 9 years since my father passed. I still think of him every day.Leave a comment:
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I will be driving up....Leave a comment:
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