Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Cowlers are large cans growlers are the larger jugs but what I have is an actual camelback thats only used for beer. I replaced the 2 liter bag with a four and a half (its a tight fit).
As long as its cleaned right it works great.

 

What are we talking about?

 

Along with the CVs, adjusted driver side coilover (taco lean developed after the coils settled)

Two full turns of the collar did the trick.




Re-welded the stinking bracket that came off with the skid plate.



And burned in a set of @eimkeith shock tower reinforcement plates.

 

Wasn’t a typo, crawl + growler = crowler. But never mind, this works but lose the tubing.

 

Not sure anymore but I’ve got something in mind.

 

Need a pick up in Benicia. And back toward Paradise. Sac will work if they can store till a weekend. I have a package to drop off in sac and can pick up same time. Let me know if anyone can.

 

How big is said package?

 

where? i work in benicia and live in vacaville and head to Elk Grove area frequently.

Ill also be heading to Chester soon.

 

Bless me father for i have sinned.

 

Long shot here... I’m wondering if anybody has a seal kit for icons remote reservoir 2.5” coilovers laying around. My shocks have been in the shop for 6 weeks waiting on the seal kit and I’d really like to get it back up. It’s a 7 hour round trip for me that I’d like to avoid going and picking them up and putting them back on my truck leaking. Willing to pay more than you got them for at this point

 

Keep sinning please.

 

Set of sliders at bamf

 

So, time to vent

For those that don't already know it. SMOG is a fucking scam.




We're still trying to SMOG my son's T4R for change of ownership.

This thing passed in 2019. It has less than 5000 miles on it since it's last smog. We had done a lot of work to the rest of the truck, but did basically nothing to the engine... so everything in there was in basically the same as it was when it passed smog last time.

So it failed it's initial test due to HC PPM reading being too high.

What are the causes of HC PPM being to high?

Faulty ignition componants
Lean/rich fuel mixture
Faulty intake componants or vacuum leaks
Low cylinder compression
Bad Cat convertor

Ok...
So we replaced the spark plugs, the old ones were fouled, and the wrong ones were installed on driver side. We also replaced the spark plug wires.

We ran the fuel out of the tank, (which was over a year old at the time of the initial test) and ran fuel injector cleaner (we did this before we replaced the spark plugs). We then filled the tank with 91 and octane boost.

We also examined the intake system and found a half dozen potential leaks (loose connections etc) we addressed those.

This made absolutely ZERO difference on the 2nd test. Numbers were exactly the same... tell me how that is possible.

Now... the check engine light is not on, and the OB2 does not have any stored faults. The truck runs with a crystal smooth idle, there is absolutely no loss of power, no egg smell, and no rattling in the exhaust system... so I think we can run out loss of compression and cat convertor... but even if these were bad... how did the numbers not change at all, with all of the other stuff that was identified and fixed?

Not to mention, the thing passed with all of the problems we identified... and you don't drop compression or blow a cat converter in 5,000 miles.

 

Oof. Does it burn oil? That’ll foul a cat fast.

I’d run some kind of “pass smog” system cleaner and try and get the cat as hot as possible. Maybe burn some carbon out.

Before all that if you have a IR temp gun I’d check the exhaust going in, the temp of the cat and the outlet exhaust. The temp should be way hotter coming out. Like 500f hot. Cat will be up there too if it’s working.

 

Although with OBDII you’ll usually get a code for lean left bank or something.

 

Giggity