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Post by Junior on May 12, 2016 10:31:00 GMT -7
My truck has been getting lower and lower on power for some time now, and after pulling my hair out and messing with everything else possible, I figured it much be plugged up catty's. figured it would just be a simple task to just cut the old ones out and weld in replacements. Not the case. I don't have quite enough room over the top to get a weld on it that won't leak, so I decided to drop the cross pipes out and get a good weld on there. I had the pipe dropped when I was in Texas to fix a break, although I did not remove it all the way from the truck. Last time the bolts came right out, and when I put them back together, I had put some copper coat on them thinking it would help if I ever had to take them off again. Apparently this was a bad idea, because now I can't get the bolts off, and after stripping off the threads I finally gave up and torched them. So now I got to drill out the manifolds. But anyway, onto the fun part, I only dropped the front of the cross pipe last time so that I could weld up a break right up at the flange. Trying to pull them all the way out this time so that I can weld up the pipe on both sides (can't do the passenger side with out dropping the whole thing) I found that I am gonna have to remove the cross member that hold in the transfer case. This project just keeps getting funner and funner.
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Post by missionary on May 12, 2016 17:35:04 GMT -7
Utterly amazing how the "designers" can pack the parts in there. I wonder if they ever give thought to doing a repair.
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Post by Junior on May 12, 2016 20:14:06 GMT -7
I finally got it all finished up and put back together. Ended up just welding the cross pipe to the manifold, and if I ever have to take it out again, I'll probably spend the money and with a good set of headers.
I will say it was all worth it though, because the truck is running much smoother and I can actually run highway speeds in over drive, where before it wanted to run third or even 2nd going 70.
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Post by missionary on May 13, 2016 2:55:07 GMT -7
That is good news. Nothing like a bit of real life modification to keep the wheels turning.
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Post by Junior on May 13, 2016 18:55:51 GMT -7
I put a new set of tires on it today. I bought a set about 6 months ago, and went my usual 2 sizes bigger then stock, and they were good tires, but were wearing quick, and were very heavy and dragging down my fuel mileage. So I traded them in today as well as the set that had been on the truck before, and ended up driving out with a set of Maxxis Big Horns in a 235/85R16. WAY better performance not having to lug around a extra 50 pounds of tire on each wheel.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 20:20:01 GMT -7
Good to hear the 'iron horse' is on it's feet again!
Nice to be able to have a vehicle that you can still work on!
Most any of the vehicles today you can't do much other than take it to a computer connection/machine!!
I prefer older vehicles myself - not the best of mecha-nics, but can yank wrenches hither n' yon and do some of my own work.
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Post by Junior on May 14, 2016 6:14:10 GMT -7
This truck is a 01, so it still has its share of electrical BS. For the most part it's not too bad though.
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Post by missionary on May 14, 2016 8:16:50 GMT -7
People down here ask us why being Americans we drive about in a 1987 Samurai. I smile and say " I am able to fix it when something breaks with simple wrenches". They seldom understand.
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Post by Junior on May 14, 2016 11:01:09 GMT -7
That is a nice thing about this truck. All the bolts and nuts are either 18mm, 15mm or 10mm., and with those three wrenches and a set of channel locks and a screw driver, and I can do most repairs on this truck.
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Post by wbeals on Jan 7, 2019 16:40:31 GMT -7
My car was running rough and a mechanic said it needed a valve job. Another buddy of mine that works on cars told me to put 2 cans of Sea Foam engine cleaner in the gas and run the gas all the way down. I ran that through the car and put four ounces in the oil and ran it 200 miles before the oil change. That fixed my engine and flushed the crankcase. The oil stays clean now and the car runs like new. I have never used anything like it.
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