im done spending money... for a while

[jacobwebb57]

im done spending money for a while.. im gonna save up for body work, but im not doing that till spring so i need something to do.. im the type that always has to be tinkering with something, so i was wondering what kind of cheep to free mods i can do that may or may not make a difference but are worth trying.. any ideas? thanks in advance

[JustinRhodes]

im done spending money for a while.. im gonna save up for body work, but im not doing that till spring so i need something to do.. im the type that always has to be tinkering with something, so i was wondering what kind of cheep to free mods i can do that may or may not make a difference but are worth trying.. any ideas? thanks in advance

This is exactly what i should be doing, quitting the mods and saving up for body work.. but you know how that goes. It seems like you got all the free mods, maybe tune your afc and mess with your timing.

[93flatbed]

Polish everything you can remove and put back on in the same day. Clean up all of the loose ends of wires, put wiring loom over all the old burnt up stuff that came from the factory. Clean out your Hvac box. Clean and paint the little things that will make a big difference once you get your paint and body work done. No point in having a really nice truck until you pop the hood at the local show and shine!

[jacobwebb57]

thatks kinda what i was planing on

[ahale2772]

Pull you injection pump off, replace the shaft seal, clean up the tappet cover while your there, maybe replace the gasket.

cheep $ to clean the whole left side of the motor, and replace the seal with loctight so your not worried about it popping out

[jacobwebb57]

what all would replacing the seal involve

[ahale2772]

you need to remove the IP...

pull throttle bracket off, with assorted cables and wiring going to the IP

pull pump mounting bracket of the bottom,

pull all injector lines

pull return line, inlet line

pull AFC line to top of pump

Lock the IP "jam" bolt that locks the IP shaft

CAREFULLY remove IP gear, nut and lock washer, let the gear just sit in the case, making sure not to rotate it (OR THE ENGINE) while you have the pump off

remove the 3 pump mounting bolts, and just pull it off

then just remove the seal with a small screw driver... you kind of have to destroy it to get it off.. but there it nothing behind it that you can damage, so just go at it with a small screw driver


sounds complicated... but its easy... just remove stuff, and put stuff back on. i can pull one off, replce it and have it running in about 3 hrs now

[jacobwebb57]

ok thanks.. i think im gonna get soem head lights then i might mess around with it

[Tacoclaw]

Clean up all of the loose ends of wires, put wiring loom over all the old burnt up stuff that came from the factory.

This is definitely something I would look into. Nothing worse than laying all over your clean truck to get to some wire in the middle of the firewall. Look into putting relays on all the heavy electrical loads and cleaning up/covering the wiring. Try to get a handle on what operates what in the electrical system so something simple doesn't end up parking your truck for a week while you try to figure it out.

[jacobwebb57]

speeking of something simple...i was cleanign up some wireing under my dash and was putting it back together adn i saw a spark. every thing works except my radio both fuses are good and they ground is still hooked up..any ides?

[Tsbourne09]

Fusible link? Check duckbill?

[jacobwebb57]

i hate to sound dumb but what is the duck bill

[ahale2772]

^ I know not the answer either

[Tacoclaw]

The rubber thing all the fusible links branch out of.

[ellis93]

I've wondered what its proper name was.