What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Beautiful supervisor with you!

 

It's not really either. It kinda protects the nose of the hood from rocks and such, but it doesn't stick up like a deflector. AVS aeroskin if you want to check them out.

 

Woah ..

Little more than your average Saturday wash and vac

 

Decided I liked the OEM look best for my switches.

 

Yeah this one has been a long time coming for me. November marked one year since the 3.5 drank all of its oil and wrecked the rod bearings, so it was time for the return to begin!

 

Yeah, that’s what I’d be expecting as well. Just over 4 years on mine heading into winter that is predicted to be colder and snowy’er this year. We’ll see I guess.

 

Finally got my Supercharger installed. Now I'm broke.

 

Finally broke free the seized up front diff plug with the help of a friend. Replaced both drain and fill with these in case anyone wants to do both. And obviously changed the fluid while down there.
Drain: 90341-24016
Fill: 90341-18060 (This wasnt listed on most of the info i came across so figured i post it if anyone else wants it. No sense leaving the stupid hex in there if you're already ordering the other part)

 

Dammit son, it just came in for an oil change!!
I at least hope you found the socket you lost...

LS swap in a 3rd gen, pretty cool... My brother has a 1st gen extended cab rwd I'd like to swap a V8 into it for a street/strip truck...

 

Installed the VTAILS standard last night, wow them blinkers are bright, maybe too bright, but you ain't gonna miss them brake lights...
Very well made kit...

Unless you want the space station to see you, I don't know why you would need them any brighter...

 

Lacking any tools actually designed to do metal fabrication, I vice-gripped and hammered my way from a fender-mount antenna bracket designed to fit a 1st gen to a fender-mount antenna bracket "designed" to fit a 3rd gen. And it worked!

Before (what it looks like new from Walcott Radio):



After:





I had to do a fair amount of grinding to get the tabs shaved down to clear some of the hood parts, as seen below. Is grinding stainless good for a grinder stone? I'm not sure, but it worked, so... <shrug>

 

Traveling for thanksgiving, i got to my parents house and decided to look under the truck and noticed the transfer case was weeping (ive never serviced this so the bolts were from the factory tight. cinched down the drain (it tightened a little) and check the other bolts. Cleaned it off and ill check on it next week to decide if i have a bigger problem on my hands.

 

I managed to find one that claimed to be designed for a 3rd gen but all the bends were 90 degrees so it angled the antenna way forward. Ended up shimming one side and mounting 1 hole forward but I was about to start hammering to rebend it.

 

They can probably already see you well enough to tell what ply TP your wiping with from the space station. Your blinkers are probably giving them a glare

 

I liked that it was a very easy reversible modification. I wanted to do the catch can but for the price this was a no brainer for me. All I have to do in case I want to revert it is to undo two hose clamps and put the hose back on, 10 mins tops.

 

InB4 I get made fun of, I think it turned out cool

All jokes and beef with holiday decorations aside, she got a much needed wash (finally stopped raining here) and I've been messing around practicing welding some round tube, got some things on order and things in the works for the front end. It might be a bit before said item shows up, gotta love those lead times lol. Other than that, just enjoying it recently. Couple things got ordered for BF, so I'm excited for when those show up!

 

Freshies are in! After 2 years the fabric on the old set started to pill. It could have been from the dog I dunno? Anyway for $200 it's easier to replace them than wash and wrestle the old set back in.

 

Installed the 4x Innovations hidden hitch mount today. Went reasonably smooth.

 

Changed out my Front Diff Fluid and greased the front Zerks. I didnt see any glittery pieces on the drain plug, just sludge and a greenish tint to the used oil.