Tazman
Maybe 'cause you were sitting in a chair with a beer watching a sprinkler?![sm=icon_cheers.gif] Whoo Hoo, Now that's high livin'! LOL

Mudding...too much work; too little reward.
WC

 

my truck was silver. it took me 3 hours to get most of it off the next day. make sure u rinse out ur rad, i ahd like a pound of mud come from my radiator alone. and no, this isnt the worse the truck has seen, its be worse, alot worse

 

Those are some pretty great tips.. much appreciation. I agree though, mudding is a weeks worth of work for a few hours of fun.. i sprayed out the rad. and a/c fins and the overall engine compartment but geez there is still a lot caked in there. I changed my oil and plan on flushing my rad. tomorrow. I'd like to change my tranny filter and fluid and gasket as well but I don't know how complicated it is. Any other recommendations would be awesome!

 

tranny filter/fluid change is easy

1. remove the dozen or so bolts holding the pan on (take them all out but one side then lower it down to slowley let the oil out otherwise youll have a mess)
2. remove the 2 toqurx screws holding the filter on
3. scrap off all the olf gasket this can be a PITA good gasket scraper will help
4 cleen all the gunk of the magnet in the pan
5 put new filter on
6 line up gasket on pan ( i used a little grease to hold it in place)
7 bolt pan on tq to 25 ft lbs
8 re-fill tranny with aproprate fluid (ATF+4)
ittl take 5-8 quorts depending on how long you let it drain

be sure to check it in nutral with the truck ideling and at opp temp.

 

Mudding = fun. new sprinkler trick shall make much better lol, im lazy. Or if u dont have a power washer take it to the local car wash that has the powerwash u use. leave the mess for them