What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I find myself extremely jealous right now. Thanks!

 

I always wonder if blocking that grill (that's made to move air in to the radiator and cool the motor) causes any noticeable rise in heat or temps

 

Always in for shenanigans.

 

not overheating tonight, couldn’t even test em out!

 

I’d say waking up in CA would be a close 2nd…..

 

Story time for anyone interested.

Had seen a few posts about timing cover leaks so it’s been in the back of my mind for a couple months. Got underneath her a couple weeks ago for an oil change and sure enough there was oil residue on the front of the engine.


Called the local dealership and was told to bring it in for an inspection. They confirmed the oil seepage but they couldn’t confirm where it was coming from. Engine oil and power steering fluid levels were normal. They cleaned the residue and I was instructed to drive it for two weeks and return for another inspection. Next time back they confirmed the timing cover leak. After a week the parts arrived so I brought her in again this morning. Stopped by after work out of curiosity and my baby is torn apart. Had to hold back tears and snapped a couple quick pics. All front 4wd components are out as well as the front and top of the engine. Tech said should be done tomorrow.


Moral of the story: Keep an eye on your timing cover. Mine’s an ‘18 with 38k miles. I’m glad I caught this while still under the powertrain warranty I can’t imagine what this would cost. It wasn’t dripping oil so I probably would have just lived with the seep. If yours is leaking from the front of the engine don’t hesitate and take it to the dealership before it’s on your dime.

Side note I have the KDMax tune and it has never come up in conversation with anyone at the dealership. I’ve always heard they have no way of telling a tune has been installed. Now it’s time to have a cold one and try not to stare at the pics of the massacre that is my truck at the moment.

 

Took it to the beach for a November Sunset.

 

Good grief! Did they build the front of the truck around the timing cover?

 

Just in time for the white stuff it looks like

 

Nah. Outside of the cost of everything CA is pretty damn nice.

 

Cleaned my truck and installed my medic kit

 

Got my exhaust reroute, rerouted again after the first one was so bad that my skid plates didn’t fit and the welds started leaking. Thanks to @oostroma for the mention a month ago. And wanted to jab at @Fatback17 because they didn’t charge me.

The new exhaust tech was just like “who did this???” It fixed the horrible vibrations and even seems to have eliminated a squeak I heard in the radiator fan (so far).



Previous work for reference:

 

How are you plugging in the Apple MagSafe since it has the different connector? I would love to copy this setup!

 

I got the the KDMAX-Pro Tune today !

 

My eBay junkyard cubby arrived, and now it's installed and ready for use!

 

Welp finally got the right colored match paint for the latches, badge and hardware on the half shell, assembled everything and its ready to go on the truck, this was actually pretty fun to build, didnt take all that long just got delayed with paint and some small stuff but I think it turned out amazing what do you all think? I will put it on the truck on my next day off cant wait to see it all together!

 

How much was the Junkyard cubby? Where did you search for it, link, please? I need an accelerator resistor assembly, mine has a dead spot right at the beginning, fun getting in the garage with that issue.

 

Max Modular

 

Oh my! I can imagine you have quite the issue. I paid $112 for the cubby. Here's the link for the salvage eBay store I found it at, but there are MANY others. It just takes some digging around. I was lucky I didn't even have to go to the pick-a-part, myself.
https://www.ebay.com/str/breaves84

 

sure as hell seems like it