San Diego BS Thread.

Thanks chris, going to pick up right now....

 

So it is written, it shall be done.....

 

Hell yeah

 

Awesome, super stoked for ya Doug

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUklbteNWY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I have run the Baja peninsula back and forth off road in my '04 Ram Cummins and it was an awesome performer.

 

Is that your old truck?!?!? I was giving the old man a hard time but I guess your old enough that you have to stick with him...

 

Remove your radiator lines from the radiator and cooler if you have a tow package (extra remote cooler) and blow everything out with compressed air and if possible put a little trans fluid (using a pointed gear oil cap cut to keep orifice as small as possible) dripped into the lines and radiator exchanger and blown out 2 more times to try and clear out all the old material still in the system.
That should suffice, I also recommend changing the trans fluid (from the pan) on every engine oil change since it uses cheap Dextron III anyway, your trans will last much longer that way... especially during slow difficult off-roading situations where temps are generally highest in an auto trans. Once the fluid gets too hot EVEN FOR A MILLISECOND its no good anymore and will smoke the transmission guaranteed sooner than later.

 

Makes perfect sense brother, & thank you...

 

Thanks Tyler, its been so long since I've hit the dirt maybe i should find a school to refresh my memory....

 

You'll be just fine, you attended the school of hard rocks, once the rr diff lock light comes on it will all come back to ya

 

Yessir, don't get excited till the light goes solid...

 

Reminds me of when I got my first 2nd gen and I put in 4Lo for the first time and it kept beeping, I thought you've got to be shittin me, come on Toyota, that's annoying as hell. Then I realized it wasn't engaged and that's what the beeper was for. Oops

 

Nice job rook.

 

Any body been up to American Motorsports? I want to drive up and look at their shop and talk to them. Are they ok with that?

 

Yeah Brian is a cool guy he has pretty much said everyone is welcome to cruise by. Been by a few times during the week, I'd recommend calling ahead of time to ensure he's at the shop. His # is on his site

 

Im down for almost anything doug. And i work nights, so 3am is nothing for me.

 

I've been up to American Motorsports a few times, especially recently. Brian is a cool dude and really aims for customer satisfaction, he installed my bed cage and F67's. I would def call ahead of time.

 

What are you looking to have done, I have a full setup for fab and welding, Hydraulic tube benders, 350A Tig, Mig, and an auto tech.

I might be able to save you some coin, let me know what you need and maybe I can help? My only income is working on vehicles so any work I can get is much appreciated, work is sort of slow so I am starting to get nervous since the bills dont seem to slow down for me when work is not bangin..

Anyway just putting it out there, about 25% of my work I get through various forums...never had an unhappy customer after over 10 years of self employment!

 

Thinking of converting my upper total chaos arms from bushings to hiems. This would be great to adjust camber angles. Pros and cons??

 

Nfs257 you can come on by anytime you guys want. I'm pretty much at the shop 9-5 mon-sat. I do leave on occasion to get parts and metal but both are 5 mins away from my shop. All you guys can come by and check out my shop and check out my work. Just as Phil dammit on here he came from AZ and hung out for the day. We got nothing done all day. We were just shooting the shit, went and had barbque and went to stone brewery for a few beers and a little offloading to end the day. We are planning a barbque at American motorsports so you guys can come and hangout see a couple of my customers trucks and have a good time. I'll keep you guys informed on the date.