What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
Record Breaker
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Amarillo, Texas
Installed weatherstrip that I got off of ebay today less then 1/2 the price of OEM. Perfect fit.. That should help some of the leaking I have.. My seat belt strap gets wet every time it rains, I'm guessing my rear window is leaking somewhere? And I'm still getting water on the passenger side under the glove box. And it's not the heater core, it's water.. Windshield must have a leak somewhere??
Legend
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 8,259
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From: Austin, TX
After finishing ball joints, tie rods, steering gear and pump yesterday, decided to take on brakes today. Discovered shocks were factory (133,000 on truck) so I decided to change them out as well.
Drives like a different truck now!
Kegger mod goes from bench to engine next week, as well as water pump, timing set, and SCT Tune. Too many ball games to watch this weekend to start on it!
Drives like a different truck now!
Kegger mod goes from bench to engine next week, as well as water pump, timing set, and SCT Tune. Too many ball games to watch this weekend to start on it!
Pulled the hubs and brakes off today and decided since I'm gonna die broke I might as well do the ball joints too.
Good thing...the lowers were shot!
Need to order in a press and the joints.
I hope this gets most of my problems solved!
Good thing...the lowers were shot!
Need to order in a press and the joints.
I hope this gets most of my problems solved!
Continuation...got the ball joints pressed out and the spindles and brake caliper bracksets cleaned and prepped for paint.
I am sad because my budget can't cover powder coating.
I am sad because my budget can't cover powder coating.
Grand Champion
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 5,011
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From: Meeker, CO
Found my razzle-frazzin' coolant leak!
I was all set to dive in to do a water pump replacement and a timing set while I was in deep, new hoses, thermostat, and so on, but it was bugging the heck out of me that I didn't know precisely where the coolant was coming from. I'd hunted and cussed for a cumulative total of about three and a half hours with a big bright flashlight, a smaller bendy light, two different inspection mirrors, rags and paper towels, and a mood that got sourer by the minute.
Today I decided that it was time to get heart attack serious about finding that stinking leak. I just didn't want to tear into the timing cover and catch a radiator leak out of the corner of my eye, ya know?
About an hour into it today, I spotted the culprit. I don't know how it got past me before, but I figure I was lucky to catch it while it was acting up:
It was leaking in two places around the gauge face, the fan was drawing the coolant through the gap between the radiator and shroud and blowing it onto the engine. I put the old cap back on, topped up and burped, and everything's bone dry again. FINALLY!
Today I decided that it was time to get heart attack serious about finding that stinking leak. I just didn't want to tear into the timing cover and catch a radiator leak out of the corner of my eye, ya know?
About an hour into it today, I spotted the culprit. I don't know how it got past me before, but I figure I was lucky to catch it while it was acting up:
It was leaking in two places around the gauge face, the fan was drawing the coolant through the gap between the radiator and shroud and blowing it onto the engine. I put the old cap back on, topped up and burped, and everything's bone dry again. FINALLY!
