Florida B.S. Thread

sounds like you have a good venture on your hands

Yea i've got way to many expensive hobbies

 

Here on the east coast of Fla we need some rain before we can grow anything. But I know a lot of guys do make money when the grass grows by cutting it.

 

hahaha, nice post in the wtf thread, tony. i was reading through the mud flaps thread a little while ago....some people.

 

yea i'm going to have to get a job come fall semester

that tread was filled with fail and facepalms...

 

Will do Colin! If you are going down through my neck of the woods let me know!

 

Anyone ever delt with twisted metal fabrication on causeway?

 

i might be visiting a friend in norfolk this summer. if that happens, i'll hit you up on the way there or back.

the name rings a bell, but i've never dealt with them. what are you looking to have done?

 

hey just wondering if anyone has used extreme truck stuff in jacksonville fl

 

went to advance autoparts on my way to work this morning to use their code reader.

it pulled three codes
1)P0430: Catalyst system below threshold, bank 2
2)P0420: Catalyst system below threshold, bank 1
3)P0420: Catalyst system efficiency below threshold, bank 1

so the potential issues that i could come up with are:
1) O2 sensor is bad
2) Fuel system needs a cleaning (opinion of the chick working at advance)
3) Got a band tank of fuel (coincidentally, this is my first tank of 89 octane in about a year, and these come up)
4)K&N filter oil gummed up my mass airflow sensor, causing my mixture to run rich, causing the inefficiency reading from the O2 sensor.
5) the catalytic converter is actually dead.

so what do you guys think?

my first step will be clean the MAF sensor. even though it's probably the least likely issue, i have MAF cleaner, and it's an 2 minute job.

tempted to just cut the cats out, buy a set of O2 simulators from URD and replace them with pipe. maybe get some mileage back. it's be nice to see 18mpg again

Edit: something to note, my mileage hasn't changed any that i can tell over the last few tanks.....

 

Meh wanted to get a quote on a front and rear bumper (even though I'm pretty satisfied with cbi's quote) idk what shipping is gunna be they got me at 900 right nor for front and rear bumper.

 

I'd say MAF could be your culprit, I highly doubt your cat's are dead

 

high-clearance for the rear? either way, you can't go wrong, jason's rear bumper is solid. gave me some solid tugs with the tow strap to help get me up a pretty rough hill while i was pulling my trailer.

i sure hope it's that simple, however, the reason i don't think it's the issue is becasue i feel like i'd experience a mileage drop if it wasn't functioning propperly. also, isn't the MAF run through the OBDII system? if so, you'd think the code would have been for that instead.

 

Not high clearance rear, but I want some kind of protection. There was a guy with a thread a little while ago who got a sick rear bumper with grey and black powder coating and he has a swing out and side protection that was sick. I don't want to cut the bedsides till I pay it off (or I'm comfortable).

 

yeah, i saw that thread, that was a nice bumper, and cool powdercoat. you going for the same thing?

 

How many miles do you have on your truck? At 30k they are supposed to clean the fuel injection system.

 

you talking about the Demello one?

 

I like the powder coating too but not going for that if thats the question. I think I'll get it "bed-lined" I just need to see it in person first. Idk how big of a pita it is. If I dont like it I'll rattle can it

I just dont like the plate bumper look, tube looks so much sicker. I really like the mix of both tho some plate some tube. Saw a frontier yesterday with a really sick tube bumper.... he cause me staring

 

rattle can bed liner

 

they have that? I knew they has diy shit but I thought that was roll on. I'm just so concerned with doing stuff right the first time.... my last truck I went through 3 sets of rims and it cost me $$$$

 

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=367

I'm pretty sure this is what Jason used on his bumpers



I've used this stuff and it's pretty good