Hey Tincan, what kind of truck are you flipping?

 

^01 Ram 1500 4x4...............Let the wife use it to sell her house in NC. (that death flash fixed also). K

Brought home by a 2nd gen Cummins.

 

Truck developed a surge this week so I picked up a new TPS and IAC motor for installation tomorrow. Hopefully that'll take care of it.

 

Took the old motor to the recycling center. Got $27.50 for it. I had it on Craigslist for a couple months but no one wanted it.

 

Changed the oil in an 01 Ram, cleaned out the front and back bench seat. K.

 

Almost doesn't seem worth the trouble.

 

Left work for my usual 30mile trek back home, and got a txt from the wife saying I95 was backed up, and I should take Federal Hwy home... not a problem, thanks for the heads-up.

About 4miles into the trip I get the warning "BING" and a Check Gauges light (first time ever)... a quick glance and I see temp is high, so I back off and take the first drive off the street... it happened to be an old closed down auto parts store (irrelevant to the story), and I rolled around the back... popped the hood to see the top radiator hose flapping in the breeze.
The plastic bib had broken off the top of the left tank at the hose clamp.
OK... break out the screwdriver, loosen the clamp (don't burn yourself) slide the clamp within an 1/8" of the end of the hose, push the hose onto the stub of the bib and tighten it up.
Now, for some water... looked around, and there was a coiled hose under a bush on the corner of the building, so I was in luck... fill it up, started it up and topped it off after it burped a few times, cap on, and I was on my merry way... lost about 15min of happy hour

What temp does the check gauges light come on at?
It hit around 235°F on the gauge by the time I shut down... I'm hoping I haven't damaged the heads.

Guess I'm looking for a good ali radiator over the weekend.

 

You should get more if it is stripped clean of all bolts, plugs etc... any contaminants lessen the price.

 

I wasn't expecting to get much for it. I just needed to get it out of the way(parents orders) since it will be snowing soon and it was along the driveway by the garage. It was pretty cool watching the excavator with the big magnet pick it up from the back of the truck. Then he just whipped it and turned off the magnet and the thing went flying. Seemed kind of inhumane for my poor old motor haha.

 

Hauled up 4 loads of firewood from down at the creek.

Took video of the trip and and up the little dirt trail, kinda boring since I didn't have any trouble but will post them once they've uploaded...