What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Getting ready to do my MT next weekend. Did you use the powertrays bracket for the clutch fluid reservoir? If so did you end up trimming the hose or does it loop around in place? Anything else I need to be careful of?

 

Would it be possible for you to adopt a 58 year old slightly angry guy from Colorado?

 

What headlights are those?

 

Trimming the hose would probably help, but it snakes down without a problem. It was REALLY difficult to get everything attached though. Attach the reservoir first with the new bracket. Then attach the FRONT bolt on the tray. Then you have to jam the tray back all the way to be able to get a socket around the back bolt. I couldn't reach under there with a wrench. What I don't like is that the reservoir pushes up hard against the plugs of the SP now (see pic). I'm going to remove the reservoir and bend the OEM bracket to push it back a bit. You can pull the plastic reservoir up and out of the OEM bracket easily since it just slides in. For now it seems to be ok. Good luck!

 

oil and filter change

 

I have an exhaust tip in the pile but I’m good without it

 

I've fitted "sheep fleece" seat covers on my 2021 Sport.
The seating was not a problem for a recent cross country and back jaunt,
We drove 9000 miles, about 400 miles per day. Tented at night, (i.e. slept on the ground with a therma-rest pad)

 

Installed the rear blue Sumo Springs last weekend. I can definitely tell a difference in how the truck rides. Sometimes better, sometimes worse depending on the road conditions. I’ll be loading the truck up with landscape timbers and fence parts soon, so I figured these will help.

 

brother please share the link for those rain guards please

 

Are the rear resi's clocked correctly? Looks like the axle will crash into them at full tuck?

 

Petroleum based tire products do the damage. Tire shine helps protect from UV rays if you get the right stuff. Find the water based products. They are out there. If they are brown then scrub them.

 

Rear fog light with manual on/off switch, turning signal, & brake light.

 

Did the covers by chance extend the bottom seat any? I really just want that longer.

 

Rustoleum

 

Paint and Amsoil MPHD (heavy duty metal protector - waxy).

Five years now in humid GA and zero rust!

 

I used to use Por-15 for rust proofing, works great but I am cheap so once I ran out of the little tin my friend gave me I switched to using rustoleum primer to paint any bare metal.

One nice thing about using rustoleum primer is the quick dry time.

 

Changed the serpentine belt today, 2019 w/26k miles. It started chirping a little yesterday and a lot this morning. It also fixed some surging I’ve had for about 3yrs that I thought was just a truck thing.

 

More light

https://youtu.be/Pit33Lng2so

 

What have I done to my third Gen today? Almost shit my seat! Door decided to pop open while I was taking a right turn onto an expressway. Got it shut while not shitting my seat… so I guess me shutting my door while driving is what I did to my 3rd Gen today

and yes, the door was closed before.

 

Tuesday taco that’s funny you say that. I had my driver door fly open on my while getting on the freeway about 2 months ago and I know it was closed latched. I thought it was the strangest thing and it hasn’t happened since. I wonder how many have had this happen with a fully latched door.