Looks fairly straight forward John , you likely spent more time scraping / cleaning the gasket surface than anything else. Especially if some slather more R.T.V on , goober has change the pump before . Looks good man !
What did you do to your other vehicle today?
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Looks fairly straight forward John , you likely spent more time scraping / cleaning the gasket surface than anything else. Especially if some slather more R.T.V on , goober has change the pump before . Looks good man !
That's cool thing, there was no RTV !!! I was impressed to say the least.
I was impressed with the simplicity of the install!
New hub seals on the detach trailer. The forklift really saves your back.
My wife and I's friend had this 99 Ranger sitting on his property up north for about 3 years. Last year, he said it needed a new starter and asked me if I'd go up there with him and replace it. I did and although it now cranked, it didn't start. After determining it didn't have any fuel I noticed that the fuel filler hose was completely rotted out so that obviously needed to be replaced. This being a 4 hour drive north I was not keen on driving up there and replacing stuff part by part bringing limited tools and the local parts store having a limited supply, I wanted to get this truck back to my place and in my garage where I could properly diagnose everything and get started on repairs. But winter was coming and I didn't have the means to get it home.
Fast forward to this past June, one of my old army buddies who lives a little north of me helped me bring it down with his flatbed trailer equipped with a winch. After wheeling it off the trailer not knowing that the brakes didn't work and hitting the side of my garage, we got it in there, I got it on jack stands and started to get to work and yes, that's brake fluid leaking everywhere.
I took the bed off the truck first thing because I already knew I had to replace some fuel lines. The bed mounting bolts were so rusted and were a pain to get out, I had to cut a couple of them.
After replacing the fuel lines and the fuel filter I took care of the power steering cooler hoses up front.
Once the lines were replaced I wasn't getting any fuel delivery and after some quick troubleshooting determined that the fuel pump was bad. Once the new pump arrived I quickly discovered that somehow I had ordered the pump for the non flex fuel model. The plug was missing a wire and the wires were all routed to wrong spots.
I rerouted the wires so they were going to right spots and success! The truck is now running!! However, it is not charging...after determining that the alternator was bad, I got a new one and replaced it.
Now we were running and charging but I still had another issue to tackle, multiple rusted brake lines, pads, calipers, shoes, drums and a bad master cylinder. (The booster surprisingly was still good) I bought 50 feet of brake line and got to work on cutting, flaring and bending new lines for the whole truck. (Don't have any pics of that) I also had to replace the brake hose that ran to the back to rear brake drums. After replacing basically the entire brake system, I got everything bled and adjusted and that was another check off of a seemingly never ending list.
In addition to all of this I had to take care of a sticking gas pedal, replace all the spark plugs and plug wires, change the engine oil/filter, transmission fluid/filter, flush the cooling system which to my surprise had no rust in it and was as green as the day it was made, but I did it anyways. The next step was figuring out where the tires were leaking from. They all seemed to be still in really good condition and after spraying some water down on them found that there were multiple spots leaking from around the rim on all four tires.
I pulled all the tires off of the wheels including the spare, cleaned all the rust and grime off of them with a wire brush and wire wheel, cleaned up the beads on the tires and went onto mounting them back on the wheels. Three of them mounted back on with no problems and were leak free. The spare tire wasn't salvageable as it was severely cracked and dry rotted so I knew I already had to get at least one other tire. The last tire was giving me problems going back on the wheel and the bead started cracking and ripping apart, before I started cussing and yelling, I decided to go grab a couple good condition used tires down the street. They mounted right up and all 5 tires were now aired up and leak free!
I put the tires back on and got the truck off jack stands, now was time for the moment of truth, the road test...
I took it around the block through the neighborhood because I hadn't put the bed back on so I didn't have any taillights. It drove good and most importantly, it stopped great! After cruising about 25 mph for a little bit I wanted to open her up a little bit but didn't wanna go on the highway for obvious safety and legal reasons, but I had no qualms about letting it loose on 8 mile just south of me!! Got it up to 50 with no issues and this thing has got some oomph! I was realy surprised and how much get up it has especially considering that it was just sitting and basically rotting for 3 years.
Got it back to the house and the signs of a successful road test was no leaks in the driveway after the next few hours!!
After the road test I lubed up the door latch mechanism inside the passenger door because it wasn't latching, hence that clamp on there. Now it closes!
I did a quick scrub down on the inside and the outside and after work today with the help of the wife, I'll be putting the bed back on and this thing will be street legal and ready to drive!!
To to top it all off since we don't have a pickup and our friend has multiple cars and nowhere to store this one, it's basically ours until my wife can replace her vehicle from when her lease was up. Also, he will be reimbursing me for the price of all the parts which I was able to keep under $1,000 not including tools which I would've ended up purchasing anyways. Haha.
Fast forward to this past June, one of my old army buddies who lives a little north of me helped me bring it down with his flatbed trailer equipped with a winch. After wheeling it off the trailer not knowing that the brakes didn't work and hitting the side of my garage, we got it in there, I got it on jack stands and started to get to work and yes, that's brake fluid leaking everywhere.
I took the bed off the truck first thing because I already knew I had to replace some fuel lines. The bed mounting bolts were so rusted and were a pain to get out, I had to cut a couple of them.
After replacing the fuel lines and the fuel filter I took care of the power steering cooler hoses up front.
Once the lines were replaced I wasn't getting any fuel delivery and after some quick troubleshooting determined that the fuel pump was bad. Once the new pump arrived I quickly discovered that somehow I had ordered the pump for the non flex fuel model. The plug was missing a wire and the wires were all routed to wrong spots.
I rerouted the wires so they were going to right spots and success! The truck is now running!! However, it is not charging...after determining that the alternator was bad, I got a new one and replaced it.
Now we were running and charging but I still had another issue to tackle, multiple rusted brake lines, pads, calipers, shoes, drums and a bad master cylinder. (The booster surprisingly was still good) I bought 50 feet of brake line and got to work on cutting, flaring and bending new lines for the whole truck. (Don't have any pics of that) I also had to replace the brake hose that ran to the back to rear brake drums. After replacing basically the entire brake system, I got everything bled and adjusted and that was another check off of a seemingly never ending list.
In addition to all of this I had to take care of a sticking gas pedal, replace all the spark plugs and plug wires, change the engine oil/filter, transmission fluid/filter, flush the cooling system which to my surprise had no rust in it and was as green as the day it was made, but I did it anyways. The next step was figuring out where the tires were leaking from. They all seemed to be still in really good condition and after spraying some water down on them found that there were multiple spots leaking from around the rim on all four tires.
I pulled all the tires off of the wheels including the spare, cleaned all the rust and grime off of them with a wire brush and wire wheel, cleaned up the beads on the tires and went onto mounting them back on the wheels. Three of them mounted back on with no problems and were leak free. The spare tire wasn't salvageable as it was severely cracked and dry rotted so I knew I already had to get at least one other tire. The last tire was giving me problems going back on the wheel and the bead started cracking and ripping apart, before I started cussing and yelling, I decided to go grab a couple good condition used tires down the street. They mounted right up and all 5 tires were now aired up and leak free!
I put the tires back on and got the truck off jack stands, now was time for the moment of truth, the road test...
I took it around the block through the neighborhood because I hadn't put the bed back on so I didn't have any taillights. It drove good and most importantly, it stopped great! After cruising about 25 mph for a little bit I wanted to open her up a little bit but didn't wanna go on the highway for obvious safety and legal reasons, but I had no qualms about letting it loose on 8 mile just south of me!! Got it up to 50 with no issues and this thing has got some oomph! I was realy surprised and how much get up it has especially considering that it was just sitting and basically rotting for 3 years.
Got it back to the house and the signs of a successful road test was no leaks in the driveway after the next few hours!!
After the road test I lubed up the door latch mechanism inside the passenger door because it wasn't latching, hence that clamp on there. Now it closes!
I did a quick scrub down on the inside and the outside and after work today with the help of the wife, I'll be putting the bed back on and this thing will be street legal and ready to drive!!
To to top it all off since we don't have a pickup and our friend has multiple cars and nowhere to store this one, it's basically ours until my wife can replace her vehicle from when her lease was up. Also, he will be reimbursing me for the price of all the parts which I was able to keep under $1,000 not including tools which I would've ended up purchasing anyways. Haha.
Final tally on the cost of all the parts for this project came out to $908.54!! 
During certain trips (especially hunting) I tend to sleep in the bed of my truck. I'm not a big guy, but with a 5'7" bed I have to sleep at a diagonal. The ribs in the bed of the floor mean I have to layer a lot of cushion beneath me to be comfortable. My father-in-law bought a bunch of this used 30" wide rubber conveyor belt for another project and had a plenty left laying around. It's about 1/4" thick. I decided to cut a couple pieces to fit the floor of the bed to create a flat floor. Obviously, it's not as rigid as wood, but it's pretty rigid and you don't feel the ribbed floor. Plus, it'll never rot, and it was free. Took about 20 minutes with a razor knife and some cardboard to get it all set up. Should be able to test it out later this month on the next Washington members trip to Naches. Not sure if I'll leave it in year round or not, but probably. Just need to pull it out and wash it off.
Also, this stuff is pretty old and has been sitting outside for several months, so it doesn't seem to have too bad of a rubber smell.
Also, this stuff is pretty old and has been sitting outside for several months, so it doesn't seem to have too bad of a rubber smell.
Truck camping is great if you plan on being in a new place every day and don't want a lot of setup.i use an air mattress. It makes it really comfortable. I just lift up the mattress and shove coolers and totes under it to be on my way
Yea I don't mind it for shorter trips. And it's warmer than a tent. Unfortunately, I don't have an air mattress that would fit in the bed of my truck. But between having it flat now, egg shell foam, sleeping pads, and blankets, it should be better. Also planning to put some cardboard or something over the windows for this trip to ensure that it's plenty dark so my son will sleep. As he gets older the truck won't work so we'll have to come up with a new plan. We're toying with the idea of this style of tent camper.(Unfortunately, most of the better pictures are Toyotas). Or maybe something like a better canopy shell (Smart Cap?) and a tent on top so that we can have more control over the tent/bed style.
My lower shock mount on my 18' Power Wagon broke off on driver side. Passenger side broke off about 4 years ago, been welded since...Just ordered Carli lower shock mounts for both sides and a Thuren 1.5 leveling it w/ Fox shocks. finally decided to do it right and remove the puck and shock extensions. Parts won't be here for about a month
Not actually my vehicle. It's the neighbor's dad's 2005 Honda Element. It's got 254K miles on the little K24. The thing went into "limp mode" on him, and was throwing a code for two cylinders misfiring, as well as a P2646 code, which is associated with an oil pressure reading. I did the tune-up (plugs and coils), and the replaced the screen in the spool valve solenoid, as well as the one on the other side of the block. Apparently, someone hasn't been keeping up on their oil changes! 
The pictures tell the story. You can't even see light through the one screen. Anway, it's done, and I tooled it down I-5 at 80 mph (after an oil change...)
The pictures tell the story. You can't even see light through the one screen. Anway, it's done, and I tooled it down I-5 at 80 mph (after an oil change...)
Not actually my vehicle. It's the neighbor's dad's 2005 Honda Element. It's got 254K miles on the little K24. The thing went into "limp mode" on him, and was throwing a code for two cylinders misfiring, as well as a P2646 code, which is associated with an oil pressure reading. I did the tune-up (plugs and coils), and the replaced the screen in the spool valve solenoid, as well as the one on the other side of the block. Apparently, someone has been keeping up on their oil changes!
The pictures tell the story. You can't even see light through the one screen. Anway, it's done, and I tooled it down I-5 at 80 mph (after an oil change...)
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Got stuck 
Yes that is my house in the background. I got so close!!
Lost a caliper bracket bolt and the caliper wedged against the wheel. Easy fix and a lucky spot... Just kinda funny
Yes that is my house in the background. I got so close!!
Lost a caliper bracket bolt and the caliper wedged against the wheel. Easy fix and a lucky spot... Just kinda funny
Not today, but yesterday. Back story: A couple weeks ago, I had two simultaneous, unrelated failures on the daily driver '98 Subaru Impreza. First, the speedometer stopped working on my way to a meeting at the end of the day. Then, on the way home from that meeting, the pressure hard line on the steering rack developed a pinhole from rubbing on the header. Last weekend, I diagnosed the two problems.
Also last weekend, I ordered a new vehicle speed sensor (it arrived on Thursday) and tried to TIG weld the pinhole in the hard line, but I couldn't get the steel clean enough and had horrible porosity problems. After struggling for about an hour, I gave up trying to weld it. Since that hard line is not an available part, and I didn't feel like crawling under a junkyard Subaru in this heat, I decided to make one. Unfortunately, it uses the Saginaw-style (or GM-style, if you prefer) o-ring flares. Of all the flaring tools I have, I didn't have one for that. So, last weekend I order the complete Mastercool hydraulic flaring tool kit (it does 37°, 45°, Saginaw-style o-ring, and push-connect fuel line flares), and it arrived on Friday.
So, yesterday I installed the VSS and made a replacement hard line. The Mastercool tool is quite nice! In order to get to the hard line, I had to take almost all of the steering system apart. After about four hours putting it all back together, I went for a test ride. The speedo works, and I have no leaks in the hard line connections (yet?)
Also last weekend, I ordered a new vehicle speed sensor (it arrived on Thursday) and tried to TIG weld the pinhole in the hard line, but I couldn't get the steel clean enough and had horrible porosity problems. After struggling for about an hour, I gave up trying to weld it. Since that hard line is not an available part, and I didn't feel like crawling under a junkyard Subaru in this heat, I decided to make one. Unfortunately, it uses the Saginaw-style (or GM-style, if you prefer) o-ring flares. Of all the flaring tools I have, I didn't have one for that. So, last weekend I order the complete Mastercool hydraulic flaring tool kit (it does 37°, 45°, Saginaw-style o-ring, and push-connect fuel line flares), and it arrived on Friday.
So, yesterday I installed the VSS and made a replacement hard line. The Mastercool tool is quite nice! In order to get to the hard line, I had to take almost all of the steering system apart. After about four hours putting it all back together, I went for a test ride. The speedo works, and I have no leaks in the hard line connections (yet?)
I was asked to share a picture of Baja Boss AT’s on my truck.
Oo, oo, pick me Mr. Kah-tuh! I'll bet those are 1-7/8" ball and 2" ball tongues that can be used in place of the pintle via the receiver pin.
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