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Old 11-04-2012, 11:42 PM
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I finally got around to doing the once-and-done valve cover bolt fix I've had in mind since I bought the beastie. Two fresh new gaskets, and a pocket full of allen bolts, lock washers, and flat washers. Not to mention thread locker. Every vehicle I've ever owned and liked has ended up with allen bolts -- back in the day when the cool kids were installing wing studs to make it easy to get in to do valve lash adjustments, I went for allen bolts. Those damned wing studs were famous for breaking off anyway, and I could get in just as fast with a t-handle without worrying about breakage. Never mind that there ain't no fast gonna happen with our "cab forward design". It's still a lot faster than messing with the factory hardware.

Hooray for no more self-loosening valve cover bolts.
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 01:53 AM
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^ Good idea...
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
I do notice the shock completely compressed. lol
i still had an inch or so of shock travel. i want to bury the suspension in the worst way. come summer time, it will be nearly impossible(going to 3/4 ton suspension). gonna be a beast!
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 10:24 AM
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^^ I put mine on the bumpstops hauling a couple loads of gravel this summer. Its not that hard
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 12:27 PM
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yours ain't gonna be hauling anything for a while
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 12:50 PM
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Did you ever get my PM, butthead?
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 12:55 PM
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I carried the 275g water tanks filled to the top last week for my septic tank leak test and never bottomed out. That's 2200# of water and about 100# for the pallet/frame and 300# of tools. So, if you haul heavy stuff regularly, get some Firestone airbags.
 
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Originally Posted by Wombat Ranger
Did you ever get my PM, butthead?
ja, just been sick this past week with a damn sinus infection. figured I'd keep that to myself till it passes rather than spread it lol. GF has the same thing, and so does some of her neighbors. it is spreading like the plague! So I been staying home playing BF3 on the puter. even got a new vid card for it so my puter would stop overheatin lol
 
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Originally Posted by redneck_ram
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.
I was hauling manure out last week Had that thing loaded all the way down to the rubber bumpers...

Originally Posted by Wombat Ranger
^^ I put mine on the bumpstops hauling a couple loads of gravel this summer. Its not that hard
It's fun too!


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I carried the 275g water tanks filled to the top last week for my septic tank leak test and never bottomed out. That's 2200# of water and about 100# for the pallet/frame and 300# of tools. So, if you haul heavy stuff regularly, get some Firestone airbags.
Airbags?
 
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http://www.summitracing.com/parts/fip-8620

Correction: That first link was for the front axle. This is for the rear axle.
 


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