took off my black piece on my tail gate along with the decals , what a pain, started too wet sand it, starting too look great!! 1st time doing this.. makes me want to wet sand my whole truck ! also tommorrow going to take off the oldpinstrips that came when i bought it.

also taking out my black housing headlights and installing chrome halo's going to look like a badass truck , installed the chrome 3rd brake light alreadyPICS SOON when trucks all done

 

pulled my truck off the road....ill be using the maxima for a while....i have a big camping trip next month and i have to get her ready....im going to be camping with my DAD in maine, but where we are camping, its 8 hours from here....

This is what i need to do before i drive it again....i have a little less than a month.

-pass. axle seal (again....)
-Alignment
-Harmonic Balencer
-Oil Change

 

Got a new gauge today but not sure where in the trans to install the sending unit. Anyone have an idea? These are the fittings and sending unit.

 

Today is day two of ownership, so, went to a construction site, and had them load the bed down with wet topsoil.... (its been raining the last several days.) discovered that one of the hold downs on the gastank heat shield isn't anymore, so, when the truck squats, the shield rubs on the drive shaft. THAT is annoying.....

Oh well, taking it into the shop on Sunday to play. Gotta address the loose steering, and check out the brakes. Should be fun.

 

so if i just pull the original ones off, and put the new ones on without rotataing the cam or crank, and just rotate the sprockets to line up with the key ways on the cam and crank, and slide them right on, ill be good then?

 

Should be. I had the line and the dot lined up instead of them being dot to dot and I asked about it and that's what I was told to do and it turned out fine.

 

alright, ill do the t-chain then.

list of to-dos:
Hughes Plenum
Intake gaskets
valve cover gaskets
water pump
timing chain
thermostat
governor pressure sensor, and solenoid(getting done asap, $40 in labor if i provide parts, and filter/fluid)



i want to get me a 53mm fastman, and a CAI or 14x3

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i say fastman 1st and 53 too big you would want 52mm for the 5.9

 

Don't forget to buy a replacement Heater bypass hose, chances are you will have to cut it to get it off, It's the hose that goes from the fromt of the intake to the top of the water pump. I found myself calling a cab to get to the store because of it.

 

Bought a new antenna