The official 2012-2013 "this is what i fixed/replaced/modified today" thread

[GSS LLC]

Alright, what did you fix, repair, replace, modify, add to your skid/truck/plow/dump/atv/wife this year to get ready for snow season???

Today, skidloader day
new tires
new windshield (long story, not really, broke it out moving a sander)
greased, lubed and filter changes

replaced a hose on the 77 flatbed plow.

Im bushed. what else is everyone doing?

[1olddogtwo]

Reading PS

[Dogplow Dodge]

No work today, so..

Went to costco,

Came home and beat the wife

Went to the gym

Came back home and beat the wife

Stopped at the local pub for a beer and a sandwich

Came back home and beat the wife.


Tomorrow the wife works, so i'm going to play around with the plow truck and use the FF for the first season....

I'll get back to beating the wife sometime later tomorrow night.

[GSS LLC]

you have to stay on top of those wifes. they got cocky ever since we let them vote. haha.

(we talk a big game in secret)

[grandview]

Where's Birdseedd?

[Dogplow Dodge]

Originally Posted by grandview

Where's Birdseedd?

Are you a glutton for punishment ?

[Dogplow Dodge]

Ok, I'll play along...

I just finished up doing this....


Spread my diff



Pulled the bad clutches



The internals:




Put it all back together... with new spiders, clutches / etc.




Amazing what "new parts" feel like when replacing worn out junk

[GSS LLC]

Originally Posted by grandview

Where's Birdseedd?

ahahahaha!!! hes welding right now. you dont want to know.

[GSS LLC]

wow man, way to go, not many people will tackle that. all my chevys have 14 bolt full floaters so i just welded them.

my 2.5ton rockwells, i did put a locker in the front. but those are a different animal.

[Dogplow Dodge]

When you have some free time, and don't feel like spending money on something you can fab up for $0, you do this..

Bearing race installer..

Cut an old race, squeeze it together in a clamp, and weld it back together to make it just a smidge (technical term) smaller than the new race size.



Weld in a crossbar:



Weld on a rod for a handle



Tap in your new races in no time at all.

[Dogplow Dodge]

Install an upgraded spring for MORE POWER

Here is the inside of the top of my fuel injector where there is a little governor spring that gets changed to make the fuel curve act quicker, giving more usable power and torque for improved driveability

Here's the inside of the FI unit where the spring is housed



This is the lower sector of the FI that the part previously shown mounts to.




WORTH EVERY MOMENT SPENT

[Dogplow Dodge]

How about filling your roof with a rust converter to stop the eventual decay of your 20 year old pig ?



Here I removed the sun shade to access the inside of the roof as well

[Dogplow Dodge]

KDP Prevention


New water pump, fan clutch, fan, fan mount bearing, hoses, clamps, belt, timing cover gasket and killing the KDP and timing case bolts in my cummins..

KDP Killed



Tightening and locktite--ing the other bolts



new parts installed and putting it back together



Fancy schmancy silicone hoses and repainted heater tubing

[Banksy]

Originally Posted by grandview

Where's Birdseedd?

....

[clark lawn]

Hot side EGR cooler, egr valve, intake throttle valve and a high pressure fuel pump on a maxxforce 13

[M&S Snowplowing]

Put the plow on the truck. ....went to work....put truck in the dock pulled plow off and changed cutting bar (that 10ton overhead crane sure came in handy)
Pulled pump off the truck and took it back to maintenance shop and put a bunch of new seals in the ol e47.
Put everything back on truck....love it when they pay me double time to work on my own stuff l