I use a Tire Step. Works great, and can't slide out from under me. It makes lots of those under the hood jobs a lot easier. Heck, I'm heading back out into the garage in a few minutes to put mine back to work.

 

^^^I use my bumper. Also, if you just pull the whole throttle body off it's much easier to tinker on.

 

i just pull up behind my other truck and drop the tailgate. lucky for me tho i could sit under the hood of my trucks and fix stuff.

and just for your info the IAC is on the back of the throttle body.

 

did sone end of the season yard work






it was about a yard and a half of loam.... used my plow to spread it out. trying to level out and fill in a small ditch in my yard. still need about 3-4 yards of loam. love making my truck work.

after i swept out the remaining dirt i put my ballast retainer in. couple more weeks and the ballast will be in for good until spring.

 

Yeah, but then I will see all that oil pooled in the intake....I'm not ready to tackle that job yet....I just got the truck a month ago!

 

You call that work? Not even on the bump stop...you coulda put another half a yard in there!!!

 

I do that too. But I have a brush guard to it's kind of a pain.
I've done this on mine too.

 

if it was a stock rear suspension it would have been on the stops and then some. i have a 2" HD add a leaf in there. truck dont.move at all. thays the most ive ever had in the bed!

 

I do notice the shock completely compressed. lol

 

Topped off the power steering fluid, as it was at the low mark (first time this was ever needed since new).

Did some more sleuthing on the coolant consumption issue... I'm confidant (thankful) that it isn't the heater core... I noted a few drips of water from the front lip of the oil pan, dripping onto the cross member... the inside of the water pump pulley and the bottom of the water pump bearing housing did not appear wet... more investigation needed.

Since the heater core is not the culprit, that means the water on the passenger floor has to be coming from the rear cab seam or the window, despite not being confirmed by a hose down last week... the floor has dried since we've had several rain free days, so this also points to a cab leak.
So I took a small tube of "flowing" silicone window sealant and ran around the cab seams, the rear window, and 3rd brake light, just for good measure.
The next heavy rain will be the test.