TORSPD: NEVR

Truck started farting recently. Like I am fueling it with a mix of ranch style and refried beans. Farted so much that is blew out a seam.

 

That’s a bummer, those bellows are really nice looking (nice job on the welds btw) but I have found that they always crack. Instead I go with the ones that are braided over the bellows and have never had one crack.

 

Ditto. All prior construction has been with braided couplings.

 

On that note, I have found a few places that sell Made in USA bellows. www.reidwashbon.com bring one of them. They also sell inconel bellows. I would have to look up which class of filler rod that would take to weld that to stainless. Out of curiosity.

 

Inconel 625, same as what you'd use on an inconel/inconel joint. Treat the weld itself like an inconel weld as far as prep and post weld cleaning. Oxidation is a bit of a pain to clean after it's cooled so clean it hot. Some people say the different melting points can make it difficult, but those two are closer than a mild steel/stainless steel joint (which is not difficult), so I tend to question those folks.

 

Very good to know. Thank you.

 

Mark,
Here you go a brand new 2015 X-runner!!

 

This is far better.

 

Had a short window to work on my exhaust last night. Which was then rushed even more when I was called back into work. Time frame aside, I was able to get the new flex coupling in, but not a lot of photos. Here is the old bellow and it's crack. Then a photo of the tubes prepped, awaiting a wipe down.

 

This happed not too long ago. Wideband gauge and sensor malfunctions. Any of you guys ever seen this?

https://rumble.com/v5kgo11-wideband-gauge-malfunction.html

It was purchased used a few years ago.

 

Gauge issue. Aem will fix and and cost about the same as a new one. Speaking from experience with same type of gauge.

 

Good thing that I have a new one waiting in the cart. I had been staying out of the throttle for a good while. Then I found the exhaust leak and was relieved that I had been, but also quickly realized that the gauge/sensor were still acting the same.

Referenced against the Haltech, and the AFRs were as intended.

At least the wiring won't have to be messed with, and I'll be left with spare wire.

 

The older afr gauges seem alot more reliable. It could be the initial batch had a bad board or something like that for the newer afr series.

 

Technical difficulties

 

My 10 year old AEM is going strong. Always thought it was weird though, that on its startup sequence is flashes "POO" for a second.

 

Well at least yours isn't POO-POO.

 

Do they all do this?
https://youtu.be/CoMUwMTAqvM?si=pWcRz8yixFTvrrGY

 

Does this mean yours finally died?