What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I’ve seen this truck before and it’s my dream 3rd gen. The bumper with the lead headlights look so good. Love the color and tires too.

 

Not today, but not too many days ago. Probably not worth the money spent, but it was a fun project for $300.

 

I like that idea

 

I thought about doing mine in bronze, not sure how it would hold up with mild offloading, also using black wheel nuts

 

So the Pop 'n Lock stopped working again... But this time, it wasn't thunking... No nothing.

So once again, I open up the back of the tailgate, looking for a loose connection or something. Nope. All looks good.
So then I try to measure voltage. Although my multi-meter can't read fast enough, it does blink when it senses a major voltage change. I was only getting a blink on one of the two wires. So I opened up the kick-panel, and checked the 5A fuses in the T-harnes that feed to the pop-n-lock. Sure enough, one fuse was blown. So I replaced it, and presto... Working again..

Going forward, if I stop hearing a "clunk" in the tailgate, I'll know not to waste time back there, and check the fuses first...

 

@ARCHIVE shock relocation kit came in

 

Wow, thank you

 

Awesome job!
I actually cut mine from Oracal Vinyl sheets after making a template of one section of wheel.. traced it, cut and it turned out great, all I used was a heat gun while installing them.

 

Just get the OEM version! It's not saving you any money if it don't work or stops working all the time. Just my 2 cents...

 

That Backwood bumper is my favorite of all the aftermarket bumpers.
Every time I go to Bentonville to mountain bike I always consider buying a Backwoods bumper since I'll be so close to their shop, I really want their swingout rear bumper.

 

Awesome! Come on upgrade so we can see it!

 

Saw that my transfer case started to leak at 70k. From the case halves (not the shafts) Finally found time to change the fluid pull the bottom plate, pull the bolts below the fill bolt, cleaned with brake clean added permatex onto each bolt and snugged them up and smeared some permatex on the outside of the case half. Last ditch effort to see if I can avoid pulling the transfer case.

 

Installed the Cali Raised catalytic converter shield, and while doing so found that my pickup is only meant to travel forward or backward. I've been doing it wrong all this time...

 

That looks like the stock pre-'20 head unit, but with AA/CP. Am I high?

 

I wonder if your breather is plugged, like mine, pushing out your fluids. When you say the bottom plate, are you referring to undercarriage protection?

Hope you got it stopped leaking!

 

Well, I had it installed for 2-3 years before I noticed any issues... It's already purchased, so the cost is sunk. Buying an OEM version doesn't change that. Besides, the cost of a fuse is negligible when compared to a new unit. The time it takes to pull off the kick panel, check the fuses, and seal it back up? Fifteen minutes, tops. I'd consider OEM if I was starting over, but that bridge has sailed.

I can open the tailgate the old-fashioned way should it fail again.

 

You are correct and not high, 2018 OEM head unit sporting CarPlay.

 

First step was the remove the breathers and convert to the remote filter setup. No more stock "breathers"

Yep undercarriage protection.

 

Lightbar adjusted a bit better. Pics do not do it justice.