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"To Do" list

Postby BC847 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:25 pm

For the last three or so years, I've been promising the wife I'd remodel the bathroom. New tub/shower surround, complete drop-in ceiling, exhaust fan, all new paint, etc. It includes substantial cleaning of the fiberglass tub (Easy-Off brand, No-Fume oven cleaner, in the Blue can, . . . . is THE sthi) followed by polishing with some automotive paint polishing compound and a quality wax (less the floor).

Dang it! The mess wouldn't be so difficult if I wasn't so anal about the detail. :roll:

Any hoot, it's done, she's happy, I've got a new job and it's good. With that, I've got till this coming Thursday to do my chit. 8)

- Verify/reset valve-clearances.
- Replace engine coolant water-pump suspected of intermittent leakage (shaft seal).
- Basic engine coolant system flush / renew antifreeze.
- Change oil & filter.
- Remove "Boost-Fooler" controlling AFC & W/M based on the total charge-air system (twin-turbo) boost, and reconfigure the AFC and W/M to be fed directly from the Primary turbo's output. Dial-in Star-Wheel as needed.
- Maybe Dick with that other injection event timing thingy (perhaps back it off just a tad). More on that once I get it cyphered better.

Can y'all think of anything I'm missing?
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby skilletky » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:34 pm

clean or replace the air filter
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby bmoeller » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:40 am

You never clean a filter, unless you run a secondary inner air filter. Too great of a risk to blow a hole in it, or otherwise damage it.

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Re: "To Do" list

Postby skilletky » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:44 am

I didn't mean a disposable filter, I ment a washable type, which you should not use compressed air to clean.
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby CumminsPower59 » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:47 am

I have always blown out paper air filters, from the inside out, using moderate air pressure and gentle tapping on the ground. Wether it be one on a Peterbilt 377 (corn chaff), or an Oshkosh M984A2 HEMTT Wrecker (Iraqi "moon dust"), I have never had a problem ;)
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby BC847 » Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:59 am

My air filter is a home-made BHAF. Two 7" x 12" (or there about) K&Ns glued together with a blank aluminum plate one one end, and an aluminum plate with a BHAF throat/connector on the other. I've cleaned it not too long ago. I need to get more cleaner and filter-erl.

- Service/Replacement water-pump installed: Check.
- Engine coolant circuit purged of old antifreeze and refilled with water and cleaner: Check.

Gonna drive it with no radiator fan to Angier and get some Rotilla engine erl.

Be right back. :)
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby cougar » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:19 am

Reclaim loose change from under the seat and carpet. :D
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby Mark Nixon » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:45 pm

cougar wrote:Reclaim loose change from under the seat and carpet. :D

Might add the glovebox and ashtray to that, too. ;)
If you have a 1st or 2nd gen bucket console set-up, check the console, too. :D

Also check where the rubber meets the road, tire pressure is important now that it's colder out, as is lubing the chassis.

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Re: "To Do" list

Postby BC847 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:11 pm

- Thoroughly purge cleaner from coolant circuit and fill with 50/50% antifreeze ~ Check.
- Engine lube oil and filter change ~ Check.
- Clean, dry, reoil air filter ~ Check.
- Replumbed AFC and W/M so as to be fed from the primary turbo ~ Check. Still gotta dial it in. Seems to work OK.
- Gleaned change from floor and cup-holders ~ Check. $.80.

I think I'm gonna leave the radiator fan and shroud off for a while.

I've gotta get a new air compressor. :(
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby Tacoclaw » Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:25 pm

Mark Nixon wrote:Might add the glovebox and ashtray to that, too. ;)


Clean "extra" trim screws out of cigarette lighter.

Replace cigarette lighter fuse. :D

I'm sure you've done it, but anytime I have the truck down for any amount of time the steering linkages all get a few pumps of grease through them whether they need it or not. The front axle joints as well, since they always seem to go bad on my truck even when I haven't used 4wd in recent memory.
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby Mark Nixon » Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:29 pm

Tacoclaw wrote:Clean "extra" trim screws out of cigarette lighter.

Replace cigarette lighter fuse...


Or the penny/dime that slid down there and popped the fuse.
I use my 1stgen's ashtray for change and cellphone storage, but it also has an AFC line/bolt assembly and some screws in there, too. ;-)

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Re: "To Do" list

Postby D-dog357 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:58 pm

Have ya peeked/adjusted yur r/brakes lately ? If they're like mine the self-adjust is toast.

While your back there whats those shocks look like ?

Then there's the leaf springs - they might like a quick spray'n off and some oil for a smoother ride.

Of course I didn't pay attention to where you live so it might be a bit cold to get wet and all. Not here though - sunny and 65*. :D

I guess I should do mine while I'm think'n of it.

Sorry Mark your right - I got no manners at all ----------- AZ east of Phoenix :mrgreen:
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Re: "To Do" list

Postby Mark Nixon » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:18 pm

D-dog357 wrote:Of course I didn't pay attention to where you live so it might be a bit cold to get wet and all. Not here though - sunny and 65*. :D

If you're going to brag about temps and be a nard about it, at least mention the location.

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Re: "To Do" list

Postby D-dog357 » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:01 pm

Mark Nixon wrote:
D-dog357 wrote:Of course I didn't pay attention to where you live so it might be a bit cold to get wet and all. Not here though - sunny and 65*. :D

If you're going to brag about temps and be a nard about it, at least mention the location.

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Re: "To Do" list

Postby Mark Nixon » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:11 pm

D-dog357 wrote:Sorry Mark your right - I got no manners at all ----------- AZ east of Phoenix :mrgreen:

Sorry, if I came off abrasive, we critters in the snowy parts tend to get obnoxious this time of year. :(
Though it WAS decent here, today. 8)

With any real luck, by this weekend, or early next week, I'll be heading to the Barstow, CA area to pick up a 1993 5 speed truck and some rustfree beds in my 1996, with the 30-footer behind me.
Of course, I'll need to get a window in the '96, but I figure some windshield adhesive and a piece of 3/16" plexiglass will plug that hole nice enough for me. :D

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