1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

100%. Its painful being a part of. "incohernet rambling, 'Roll Coal yee yee", more incoherent rambling, "Lets line em up then brother", some more incoherent rambling, " tobacco spittoon pla-ting"

They want a big truck to go fast. Doesnt mesh well. Most of them are clueless when it comes to technical details of diesels too.

 

Idk if I wanna go into insurance long term tho. And once I take another 8-5 job, that’s my life for the foreseeable future.

 

I'll stick to the dinosaur 7.3. It's nostalgic, it's tough, it gets the job done. I'll have a fast gasser when I want speed/performance.

 

I tell myself I cant sell it every time I get in and drive it. After not for weeks. Last stint was 2 months...barely started. Even being in a climate stable storage facility. Oops lol.

 

I haven't started mine in a couple weeks. Probably take it out Sunday just to charger the batteries, top off the tanks and clean it up a little bit. I like that it's stored indoors but no electricity to keep it on a charger.

 

Solar tender an option?

 

@Speedytech7

 

Are you running any montior/gauges for PIDs yet?

 

Sadly no, that would have to sit outside and would be stolen in short order.

Outta sight outta mind. It's bone stock, it shouldn't be able to hurt itself.

 

Trans temps...4R100 might grenade just looking at it.

Edit: Although after a lot of research its said that you can run that trans at 250 degrees for 30 minutes consecutively without damage.

 

kinda wanna go test drive it, just for shits

 

That 4R100 cannot possibly be happy with what is essentially a F250s full towing rating on it all the time

 

@Ozark_RegCab

What have you heard or read about these so far

 

Shit straight out of a chocolate starfish after Taco Bell buffet

 

See my edit as well. I pulled a long slow grade this past summer. Hit 250+ for less than a minute. No damage allegedly. Maybe a bit extra clutch material but meh lol. Original trans with 176k...Im waiting for it to grenade soon. My tuner increases line pressure which is whats lengthening the life span i believe. Plus a "performance" valve body. Which helped a lot.

 

yes, increasing line pressure helps a ton with transmission life in adverse power/towing conditions

 

That long pull was from north Boulder through lazy acres and Glendale to Ward. Headed to Beaver Reservoir at the end of Coney. Not a wise route. Steeper than anticipated. We will stick to Boulder Canyon from now on lol

 

oh my god yeah lee hill and lhc drive are pretty steep... boulder canyon is an easier pull even if there's more traffic

 

i exploded the transmission in my sentra on that drive lol

 

Found out the hard way hahaha. In the dark too . May install a manual TC Lockup Switch so I can lock up in 2nd gear. Should benefit me both up and down hill.