Oregon and Washington BS thread

As long as you've got the diff open.. you might as well..

Definitely an ARB fanboy.. Took my junk down to Renton this AM - had to make a trip to Seattle anyways. Locker had been pissing air out through the breather for the last few months; compressor was kicking on continuously.

It's an older RD89; forgot whether or not JT's installed the retro'd collar seal when I had it installed, the RD89s been replaced by the

$1,091 RD129 Air Locking Differential

RD129. Turns out the 8.4" diff had a lot more deflection than ARB's engineers anticipated, and was chewing up collar seals. The retrofit fixed that.

Was convinced that mine wasn't retrofitted..

Dug into it last night and found that the o-ring on the bulkhead fitting had rolled, air line wasn't sealing.

Long story short, ARB gave me 5 new o-rings - I fixed it in their parking lot, and now I've got a locker again. Awesome group of guys, they really liked my junk and are going to give me a shout next time they're snow wheeling.

 

What's great about the ecgs bushing, is that you don't have to open up the diff. Just pull the needle bearing with their puller and tap in the bushing.

 

Let's just meet at Kolt's place tomorrow. He is also in Bothwell and I am going to snag his nerf bars until I can afford to buy some sliders from Jake, then the nerf bars go to Jose. As long as you have the stuff, I can always swing by my mom's house just north of thrashers corner and get a 10x10 easy up cover.

 

I know man, just giving you shit.

 

I know. You're right tho. The best way to to fix it is with a locker. Someday, I want to do front and rear and regear! Just need mor monies.

 

Haha. I'd love too but I'm working tomorrow night. I've got a canopy as well. We could have a Christmas work party in Kolts yard. Everyone bring your covers!

 

If I had $3k to blow on nothing else, I would.

I said it once, and I'll say it again. If either diff. gets opened-up, its going to mean a regear and lockers front/back. Not tearing into it more than once.

 

My problem is guns n ammo. I'd probably be much further along then I am on the truck.

 

I am just getting into that now too. I have been watching gunbot for ammo for the last 4 days now. I have only had my gun for the past 5 days. I have to keep reminding myself that I have other things I need to put money into before ammo, like a mortgage, food, electricity and other stupid things like that. At least I won't blow extra money on range fees. Bothell is 25-30 min drive to/from my place and I can legally shoot anytime I want.

I have my next gun figured out, which is Remington 870 blackhawk spec. Thinking the next gun after that is Walter PPQ, but I may look into an AR15 or even AR57. Meanwhile, there will also have to be ammo, truck mods, ammo, improvements around the house, ammo, and anything else that comes up, hopefully not another horse that I pay for.

Also, I am working nights right now too so I didn't plan to hit Kolt's too early. I will be getting home around 1am.

 

Slickguns is pretty good for ammo too... and other goodies. http://www.slickguns.com/category/ammo

I was at a couple different gun shops today and they still had full retard pricing on everything. They hadn't moved much since the panic, and I think they bought way high, had a bunch of shit on backorder, and got it in after the bottom fell out of the market. It's a buyers market for sure now...I don't think prices will get much lower than they are. (Interwebz prices, local places are still sky high)

 

northwestfirearms.com is a good site to blow money on

 

I've been staring at random cars on ebaymotors for a long time. However, this is the first one that literally made my balls tingle a little bit. Where the hell has Jeep come from with their newer designs? I hate Jeep and think they're pieces of shit overall but the new Grand Cherokees are starting to reach Range Rover status IMO

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeep-Grand-...33339f4cd&item=151183291597&pt=US_Cars_Trucks

 

You should buy an AR and buy my BETA C-MAG.

 

hi lee lol

i find that...ehh. More of a soccer mom, or a rich kid car. lol

 

I find it as something I buy for my wife so I can drive it when I want but she can roll around like a bad ass the majority of the time. I'll still always have my truck.

Speaking of my truck, I experienced how badly diesels HATE cold weather this weekend. It was parked in front of my fiance's place for two nights in the sub-20 degree weather. Came out to start it, turned over like the starter was trying to stir molasses. No dice. It drained my batteries before the thing would fire.

Bought a MAGNETIC block heater. Ever heard of that? Works like a charm. I can reach through the wheel well and stick it on the massive oil pan. Now I just leave it on in any weather under 40 degrees to keep the old bastard happy.

 

yea the cold plagued a lot of our work trucks. The fuel gelled up a bit, started and ran like crap for about 20 minutes. It happens lol

 

With the heater on the oil pan the truck starts up like it's 50 degrees out. Still smokes for about 10 minutes but the clatter isn't nearly as dramatic. The 7.3 is still a loud ass mofo when it starts up cold though.

 

no kidding, my work truck is a '96 7.3 and she sounds like hell warming up lol. damn truck is near 300k and rolling along lol

 

Ever heard of a fuel temperature regulator for diesel? I heard about it a few years back and it essentially heats the fuel before sending it into the motor.
Were the glow plugs not warming up enough or just too thick of fuel?

 

Combination of older batteries, not running the glow plugs long enough and still running relatively thick oil for winter (15W-30). I've heard of guys going to lighter weight stuff in cold weather. But since Oregon doesn't really get truly cold weather and I don't daily drive the truck I haven't worried about it