What have you done to your vehicle lately?

[coachrick]

I noticed a screw in my front right tire. The thought of waiting around Discount Tire wearing a mask to have it check out & the tires rotated just aint very appealling to me.

Ours shares a parking lot with Home Depot and WhatABurger...makes the wait a bit more tolerable

 

[flgfish]

Yearly oil change. Didn’t even put 5k on her this year. That’s sad and I will do better next year. You can see so much engine!

 

[Dougw1515]

Yearly oil change. Didn’t even put 5k on her this year. That’s sad and I will do better next year. You can see so much engine! View attachment 229230 View attachment 229232

Nice! Bring it to the reunion where all of us will take turns off-roadin' with it!

 

[Bozz10mm]

New headlight assemblies for the '03 Expedition. You don't realize how bad they are until you see the new ones.

 

[baseball8819]

Got my tires rotated a week ago after submitting my fingerprints to identogo. Free rotations for the life of the tires through NTB is nice enough. And this time they didn't bring out a fake air filter that I don't need to pay someone to change, so there's that!

 

[TheDan]

Came up with an easy way to pull broken cars into the shop.

 

[deemus]

New headlight assemblies for the '03 Expedition. You don't realize how bad they are until you see the new ones.

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Where did you get these at? I have one I need to replace the lenses on. They are awful.

 

[Lost Spurs]

I guess this is car related. I got awarded this today. Even had a feller from cooperate MB swing by and make a mention.

It is gold plated. I also have a 10 and 15 year one in brass and silver plate respectively.

20 years in the shop.

AdamT

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[Bozz10mm]

Where did you get these at? I have one I need to replace the lenses on. They are awful.

carparts.com

 

[Lost Spurs]

Not sure if I put this up or not. I finished up an install on my 2012 suburban.

I fitted a second battery in the stock tray and replaced both with Walmart AGM batteries. Long back story on being a fan of the batteries from Walmart. Basically 24hr replacement at any store in the USA. The AGM batteries have a 4 year coverage. No receipt required (uses date code on battery).

Currently they are wired with no isolator, just a second battery off the alternator. Mind you I have no additional load wired anywhere in the car. Eventually I will wire in a isolator with a low voltage cutoff on one of them. That way of it runs dead it will cut off one battery leaving it charged enough to start.

I topped off the washer fluid and put in a soap additive.

Kicked all 4 tires and thought about getting it in the shop. I have noted a slight clunk noise on slow speed left turns. It could also use a new drive belt.

This is mommas kid and baseball gear hauler. She loves it.

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[pronstar]

Not sure if I put this up or not. I finished up an install on my 2012 suburban.

I fitted a second battery in the stock tray and replaced both with Walmart AGM batteries. Long back story on being a fan of the batteries from Walmart. Basically 24hr replacement at any store in the USA. The AGM batteries have a 4 year coverage. No receipt required (uses date code on battery).

Currently they are wired with no isolator, just a second battery off the alternator. Mind you I have no additional load wired anywhere in the car. Eventually I will wire in a isolator with a low voltage cutoff on one of them. That way of it runs dead it will cut off one battery leaving it charged enough to start.

Lots of boats are setup similarly, or with a mechanical isolator.


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[TheDan]

Got started on a project for a guy... I told him the car wasn't worth it, but it has sentimental value. It's actually not that bad. Not going for a full restoration. He just wants to be able to safely drive it.

 

[Lost Spurs]

Got started on a project for a guy... I told him the car wasn't worth it, but it has sentimental value. It's actually not that bad. Not going for a full restoration. He just wants to be able to safely drive it.

That should be fun. I have worked on a couple handful of 70's and 80's Mercedes. Some of the work can get rough having to dig up old factory manuals and parts catalog. Alot of our remaining documentation from from back then is crappy scans of old microfiche. It doesn't flow the same in a PDF.



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[TheDan]

That should be fun. I have worked on a couple handful of 70's and 80's Mercedes. Some of the work can get rough having to dig up old factory manuals and parts catalog. Alot of our remaining documentation from from back then is crappy scans of old microfiche. It doesn't flow the same in a PDF.

I have a reproduction of the factory manual as well as all the aftermarket manuals, so good to go there. Mechanical parts are readily available, too. The main problem with these is typically fixing other people's "repairs", and dealing with the consequences of poor maintenance.

 

[southtexaspilot]

Decided to do a diesel carbon buildup cleaning and maybe forget to put on a few emissions to prevent future carbon. Got the intake off tonight. Sending it out to be ultrasonic cleaned. I’m going to walnut blast the head myself. Exhaust system is still being built so the DPF and SCR will remain for at least another week or so. I’ll post pics as I go along.

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[TreyG-20]

New filters all around, squeaky belt replaced and a new set of headlights. Old ones were beyond polishing. Ebay to the rescue.

 

[satx78247]

REPLACED 2 front tires.

yours, satx

 

[MacZC7]

New filters all around, squeaky belt replaced and a new set of headlights. Old ones were beyond polishing. Ebay to the rescue.

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Very nice looking truck.

 

[TreyG-20]

Very nice looking truck.

Thanks. I inherited it. It was my Grandpas old hay truck. It sat for 2 years under a tree before I had it towed to me. It has been a non stop work in progress, but it's starting to be a pretty solid truck again. Sounds like a learjet at idle with the 4 inch straight pipe and Garrett turbo. New clock spring will be going in tomorrow. I'm nervous because I hate messing with airbags.

 

[TheDan]

It was my Grandpas old hay truck.

That's awesome!