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5/8 I went to smog & had numerous, not ready monitors. I did the hellish 5 minutes @55, decel without brakes to 20 stand on your head & remove your bowels 2x & got all but evap ready. Went back yesterday (my B-Day) & it turns out the CEL has not been lighting up, it needs a set of resistors & code on the teensy I was unaware of.
The guy that wrote the code has the fix & will eventually give it to me, he is busy. As I sold my old cluster, I just ordered one on eBay just in case. Worst case, I'll slap the eBay cluster in and get it smogged, come home & reverse the process.
Since I am in a time crunch, leaving 3 am Friday for L.A. I just dropped it at the shop that did the bung, they will fix the new broken radiator & install or sell me a refurb & install.
I argued with Amazon about not getting a replacement in a timely fashion so loudly they said keep it & have your damn money.
I need a good radiator to go to L.A. at 3am tomorrow so I took the damaged radiator to a shop, they pressure tested it & found it good, tested mine & it's leaking, they installed the new one, I was running at 205 before pre overflow nipple breakage, now it is 190.
I will order the CSF when I get back from L.A.
After 4 r&rs the bolts to the gas tank straps were a mess.
While it was there, they dropped the tank, welded in studs & put the tank back, now I can drop the tank to my heart's content (none) and not worry about the damn straps. Shoulda been studs in the first place imho.
Soooooooooo, 260 miles in on my trip to L.A. I lost all fuel pressure. Towed to a Goodyear, happy they can get to it in about an hour, not so thrilled to pay 550 to r&r the tank and hopefully install the hose for the last time.
It's the hose, other guys used but the mechanic said it is not high-pressure They are ordering the right one & will make sure it is together correctly & it will have a warranty (but I'd have to drive to Indio.
Truck is fine, drove the final 100 miles without incident, fuel pressure is higher, I have a 13mm wrench to loosen the retaining nut but not allens, going to buy a cheap set for the truck.
The filter needs to be drained before it's removed. The oem process has a plate that comes out and a fitting with a hose (if you buy it) or a little doohickey that comes with each filter. The oem housing is a pita to remove. This will simplify the process.
3rd cluster was the charm, truck passed smog & is now registered until 5/25. Swapped the 18+ cluster back in. Hopefully we'll be in Mexico before then, if not, I'll swap the clusters.
05-10-2023, 10:22 AM
They are ordering the right one & will make sure it is together correctly & it will have a warranty (but I'd have to drive to Indio.
