Alabama thread!

I think when I folded the pinch weld over I bent that tab flat and still put a pin back in I hadn’t thought of just zip tying it. Yea I wanted to do one super aggressive cut once and be done, I think I got it where these plates will fit good.

Lol it clearanced itself something terrible yesterday evening, my daughter said your tires are bad daddy

Lol I’m sure it can handle more than I wanna give, I’ve got spare lca now need to reboot an axle and I’ll have a spare cv.

Yea I replaced all the idlers and belt awhile ago just cause of mileage and tracking down a noise I had, you get your front main replaced?

 

Yeah up in PA at AOAA had to rent a uhaul and dolly to get her home.

Yeah the 4.0 timing cover would leak but I never saw one that was pissing oil like crazy and they updated it or something to fix it. I didn't know the 3rd gens had issues too. My truck gets something fixed on it like 1-2 a month or mods or something. But it'll be a whole new truck eventually

 

My spare CV has a leaky boot F-it it's a spare I don't care all it's there for is to get me home and off the trail.

 

My lil timing cover inspection plate is moist/weeping but never amounts to a drip so I’ve left it.

Lol well I bent the dust seals on the end I gotta smack them smooth, used the cable hammer puller method I’ll prolly just send it in and get another cvj the passenger boot dry rotted and busted finally lol it was original.

 

new seal is in. Should have everything put back together tonight.

 

Mine on my old engine did too I didn't even care. I catch more in my catch can over an oil change than that thing leaked

 

I have beat on mine pretty hard and the only damage I have had is CVs and that was my fault each time, I drive it every where I offroad, including two trips to Utah and two 600 mile offroad rallies. It has 280,000 miles on it and never did anything but general maintenance.

 

after seeing the oil in my PCV valve, I’m thinking about a catch can on my engine. The 3rd gens pull a stupid amount of oil Into them but their PCV is on the lower side of the head.

 

Morning crew

 

What up Murph!

 

They'll also blow up if they sit angled too long and smoke. That's what happened to Spartanxtaco at Windrock recently. The 4.0 doesn't have that issue but just normal driving it's good to keep it out of the intake. All that oil starts coking the intake valves intake runners and such and starts hurting efficiency and can drop fuel mileage too.

 

My rear main seal was caked with mud when i pulled my trannny. I cleaned it and replaced the seal. well, @JBTacoma did lol.

 

Same I mean the issues I've had were my fault so I'm not complaining. Mine has almost as many miles as yours I'm around 250k

 

From AlabamaWX

SCATTERED STORMS LATER TODAY: The radar is quiet early this morning, but scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop in the moist, unstable airmass across Alabama later today and tonight. Most of the showers will come from noon to midnight, and odds of any one spot getting wet are 50/60 percent. Otherwise, look for a partly sunny sky today with a high around 90 degrees. The average high for Birmingham on September 1 is 89.

REST OF THE WEEK: A strengthening upper ridge will bring a trend toward hotter and drier weather to Alabama. Look for mostly sunny days, fair nights, and only isolated afternoon showers. Highs will be in the 91-94 degree range for most communities; a reminder it can be pretty hot around here in September.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND: Not much change Saturday; the sky will be mostly sunny with only a small risk of any one spot seeing a shower. Heat levels come down with a high in the upper 80s. Then, moisture levels slowly rise Sunday and Monday… we will bring in a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms both days with highs between 85 and 89 degrees. Highest coverage of s showers should come on Monday with a surface front approaching.

NEXT WEEK: Scattered showers and storms remain in the forecast Tuesday and Wednesday, but a nice push of cooler, drier air should roll into Alabama by Thursday and Friday. Model data suggests highs will drop into the low 80s, with lows in the 50s for much of North Alabama by then. A nice reminder that fall weather is close. See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.



FOOTBALL WEATHER: UAB kicks off their season Thursday night against Central Arkansas (7p CT at Legion Field)… it will be a great night for football. A clear sky; 88 degrees at kickoff, 82 by the final whistle. Light SW wind.

TROPICS: Tropical Depression 15 formed yesterday off the coast of the Carolinas; the latest forecast from NHC suggests the system will remain a tropical depression, and move out into the open Atlantic. Another weak, junk system that is no threat to land.



Elsewhere, a seemingly well-organized cluster of showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave is moving quickly westward across the central Caribbean Sea, but satellite-derived wind data from a few hours ago again showed that the system has not developed a closed surface wind circulation. The wave is, however, producing an area of winds near tropical storm force south of the coast of Haiti, which will move near or south of Jamaica later this morning. Environmental conditions are expected to become a little more conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next couple of days before the system reaches Central America tomorrow night. This system will remain south of the Gulf of Mexico.



And, a tropical wave is expected to emerge off the coast of Africa in a day or so. Gradual development of this system will be possible through the end of the week while it moves slowly westward over the far eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Way too early to know if this will impact any land mass.

No tropical trouble for the Central Gulf Coast (Gulf Shores to Panama City Beach) for the Labor Day weekend; the weather will be routine with the usual mix of sun and scattered storms.

ON THIS DATE IN 1974: Lt. Judy Neuffer became the first female to fly a Hurricane Hunter aircraft through the eye of a hurricane (Carmen). Carmen moved ashore on the Yucatán Peninsula as a category four hurricane, where, despite striking a sparsely populated region, it caused significant crop damage and killed several people. Landfall then came later on the U.S. coast over southern Louisiana, west of New Orleans. Many Mississippi citizens, having experienced the destruction of Hurricane Camille just five years earlier, quickly left their coastal homes.

 

man, I just saw that. Anyone who wheels a 3rd gen should get a catch can on their truck yesterday, lol.

 

Yea I thought about pulling it off and putting some toyota grey sealant seems like an easy job.

Yea you do serious stuff in yours thats good to know, idk your truck had that many miles still looks great!

I've thought about adding one after seeing everybody's results with them but then im like ehhh its got 140k its been fine this long?

 

Yeah I've been back and forth on it. The problem people brought up is now you're starving the engine of oil. Though I never heard of someone crushing their engine from it, so I let it be rather than have dry.

Edit: an actual fix would be a relocation of the valve

 

How modded are you is the real question

Nevermind I saw your build. Good to know your only issues is CV's locked and not babied. Though probably has more to do with driving than anything else....the fact it is a first gen doesn't hurt either

 

He’s pretty modded running 295s, winch, skids, sliders, armor, suspension, etc.

 

Yep not good.