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[jeeptj19992001]

Ready for our yearly pig roast.
Some friends are over who help set up today.
Getting primed up.
Will not be on the snlc.
Will be filled with pork and giving kids hay rides.

 

[cj3a]

Please report to the winning thread.

 

[det107]

In...

On break... Back to salt mines.

Good night comrades-

will not be on the snlc.

Not even a description or pix of wild party?

 

[Lawless]

In. Busy day for me. I've been my GF's bitch most all day. We went blueberry picking first thing then I got busy picking cukes, scrubbing the pricks off of them, maybe 20lbs or so. Got them in the ice water then on to the peppers, onions and garlic. Once that was done I got busy on the meat slicer with a ham and turkey breast.

I am done now and about to bust into the OG Coors while she continues in the kitchen. She's making pasta from scratch, a chili, blackberry scones and blueberry muffins.

It's been 5 years just the two of us and she's still cooking for five.

 

[dave_dj1]

In, didn't do **** today. My guy whom I order steel through "forgot" to order is so now I'm on a scramble in the am to find some.

 

[DRTDEVL]

In.

I am almost done with the engine swap and Mercedes grille conversion in a customer's sprinter. Since my kid's daycare got shut down for a covid quarantine due to one staff member testing positive, I have only been able to work on this during his nap times and after he goes to bed since my wife works full-time. I'm about 15 hours into the job over the last 5 days, and only have an hour of final buttoning up to do like installing the hood, removing the Dodge chrome strip on the front of the hood, and getting the transmission fluid level correct.

 

[Roc Doc]

In.

I am almost done with the engine swap and Mercedes grille conversion in a customer's sprinter. Since my kid's daycare got shut down for a covid quarantine due to one staff member testing positive, I have only been able to work on this during his nap times and after he goes to bed since my wife works full-time. I'm about 15 hours into the job over the last 5 days, and only have an hour of final buttoning up to do like installing the hood, removing the Dodge chrome strip on the front of the hood, and getting the transmission fluid level correct.

What's the deal with those things? Reliable 300k vehicles or explody?

 

[Scooter]

In from the couch.

 

[Jes]

**** day. While I was stopped at a stop light I had some stupid ****tard on a motorcycle crash and hit the front bumper on my work truck. Because of that it triggered a slew of paperwork, a trip to the police station, and probably more paperwork and nonsense on Monday.

 

[Captain Call]

In. Tearing into a 44 front.

 

[V30crewcab]

Sitting around at the inlaws in western mass at the moment. Just got here last night and can't wait to head back to tn.

 

[Sandy Johnson]

My ankle is still busted up, so my brand new never-seen-dirt mountain bike is going to sit in the garage while I watch the kids so my wife can go for a ride. Oh well.

Taking the mobile meth lab camping tomorrow, so at least I got that going for me. It's a little worrisome that my activity level has dropped this last week while my beer intake has remained rock-solid steady.

 

[RUGER]

In
Been working a **** ton of overtime and back at it tomorrow. Pretty much relaxing on the couch having a few cold ones.
RUGER

 

[Tin Roof]

In
Down to the last few boxes of vinyl plank tile. Tomorrow I’ll put the base trim back on and put everything back where it belongs. My back hates this ****.

 

[DRTDEVL]

What's the deal with those things? Reliable 300k vehicles or explody?

They are picky about their maintenance, but if you stay on top of things and use quality parts, they can easily go 750,000 miles or more on the original engine, transmission, and rear end. The biggest problems I run across is people thinking they are helping the situation by performing maintenance, but they're using parts made of Chineseium. Well, that and using the wrong fluids which tears them up quicker than ****. The 2004 to 2006 models are the best, you just have to make sure that it only ever sees 0w-40 or 5w40 diesel oil and Hengst filter in the engine every 10,000 miles, Hengst fuel filter every 20,000 miles, Shell 134 ATF, Fuchs ***an ATF 134, or Valvoline MaxLife ATF in the transmission every 50,000 miles, and a quality synthetic 80w90 in the rear end.

Every 120,000 miles, preemptively change out the glow plugs, the glow plug controller, water pump, thermostat, idler pulleys, tensioner pulley, fan/clutch assembly, and all the turbo piping and coolant hoses. By just following those simple replacement items every 120,000 miles, the vans just really don't break down. The most common problem you will find is random limp mode for a boost leak because they are sensitive enough to de rate the engine if the actual boost is not within three PSI of the commanded boost.

The most common major failure would be an injector taking out a piston, so I advocate that every 200,000 miles an owner should preemptively replace their fuel injectors and seals. It's a tough pill to swallow for an owner, because a new set of injectors is about $2,000 plus the labor, but a remanufactured engine is about $7,000 (if you can even find one). This van in particular had its injectors changed at 200,000 miles, but the previous owner had used cheap eBay remanufactured injectors when he did it. Now, at about 240,000 mi, an injector took out a piston. I don't even have to open the engine up to know this, because it had an uneven cranking speed, and would pop the dipstick out of the tube when you tried to start the engine. Classic symptoms of a hole in the piston.

 

[BUCKLAND]

Sitting around at the inlaws in western mass at the moment. Just got here last night and can't wait to head back to tn.

Where you in WMA?

 

[Roc Doc]

They are picky about their maintenance, but if you stay on top of things and use quality parts, they can easily go 750,000 miles or more on the original engine, transmission, and rear end. The biggest problems I run across is people thinking they are helping the situation by performing maintenance, but they're using parts made of Chineseium. Well, that and using the wrong fluids which tears them up quicker than ****. The 2004 to 2006 models are the best, you just have to make sure that it only ever sees 0w-40 or 5w40 diesel oil and Hengst filter in the engine every 10,000 miles, Hengst fuel filter every 20,000 miles, Shell 134 ATF, Fuchs ***an ATF 134, or Valvoline MaxLife ATF in the transmission every 50,000 miles, and a quality synthetic 80w90 in the rear end.

Every 120,000 miles, preemptively change out the glow plugs, the glow plug controller, water pump, thermostat, idler pulleys, tensioner pulley, fan/clutch assembly, and all the turbo piping and coolant hoses. By just following those simple replacement items every 120,000 miles, the vans just really don't break down. The most common problem you will find is random limp mode for a boost leak because they are sensitive enough to de rate the engine if the actual boost is not within three PSI of the commanded boost.

The most common major failure would be an injector taking out a piston, so I advocate that every 200,000 miles an owner should preemptively replace their fuel injectors and seals. It's a tough pill to swallow for an owner, because a new set of injectors is about $2,000 plus the labor, but a remanufactured engine is about $7,000 (if you can even find one). This van in particular had its injectors changed at 200,000 miles, but the previous owner had used cheap eBay remanufactured injectors when he did it. Now, at about 240,000 mi, an injector took out a piston. I don't even have to open the engine up to know this, because it had an uneven cranking speed, and would pop the dipstick out of the tube when you tried to start the engine. Classic symptoms of a hole in the piston.

I've got a 2015 EcoDiesel with 146k on it and I've been meticulous about the maintenance, all done at the dealer with FCA parts and that gucci oil it requires and it's been flawless other than an o-ring on the WP housing. Would like to have a travel van but finding one like you describe with all the service records might be near impossible.

 

[Santa]

In. Had a good day at work telling a bunch of people NO. Completely took the sail out of one of our contractors who tried to blame us for an upcoming delay. In short, I'm sick of trying to be your "partner" it's been 3 years, finish the ****ing project by the end of the month like the contract states.
Now I'm just relaxing drinking some beer and thinking about vacuuming the house Definitely loser tonight.

 

[BUCKLAND]

In. On call so behaving. Been to work twice already today. Our 1973 Cummins VT12-800-GS is starting to show its age. Looks like the PT pump is starting to loose pressure. Machine only runs if the day tank is above 3/4 full, which is slightly higher than the PT pump. Cummins NE said it could take up to a month to get the parts to rebuild the pump. I don’t know, I’m just an electrician.

 

[TiTRD]

Where you in WMA?

Bukkake party?

Just installed a new 7 pin plug on the camper project. Getting new tires put on tomorrow. Will probably do a build thread. We bought flooring for it last night too. Maiden voyage is next weekend up to the islands. It'll be just an air mattress, but plans are to build a full on camper.

 

[V30crewcab]

Where you in WMA?

ashfield

 

[woods]

In
Down to the last few boxes of vinyl plank tile. Tomorrow I’ll put the base trim back on and put everything back where it belongs. My back hates this ****.

I have the exact same floors and color. Looks great.

 

[CDA 455 II]

In


Worked on the Bronco/camper.

Now back hurts.

 

[woods]

In.

I am almost done with the engine swap and Mercedes grille conversion in a customer's sprinter. Since my kid's daycare got shut down for a covid quarantine due to one staff member testing positive, I have only been able to work on this during his nap times and after he goes to bed since my wife works full-time. I'm about 15 hours into the job over the last 5 days, and only have an hour of final buttoning up to do like installing the hood, removing the Dodge chrome strip on the front of the hood, and getting the transmission fluid level correct.

That looks like an absolute **** show.

I'm in. Playing a little bit of Guild Wars 2. Wife says she's going to take the kid kayaking tomorrow so I can go for a motorcycle ride. So I'll be cruising New England on the street bike. That'll be nice.

 

[ridenby]

They are picky about their maintenance, but if you stay on top of things and use quality parts, they can easily go 750,000 miles or more on the original engine, transmission, and rear end. The biggest problems I run across is people thinking they are helping the situation by performing maintenance, but they're using parts made of Chineseium. Well, that and using the wrong fluids which tears them up quicker than ****. The 2004 to 2006 models are the best, you just have to make sure that it only ever sees 0w-40 or 5w40 diesel oil and Hengst filter in the engine every 10,000 miles, Hengst fuel filter every 20,000 miles, Shell 134 ATF, Fuchs ***an ATF 134, or Valvoline MaxLife ATF in the transmission every 50,000 miles, and a quality synthetic 80w90 in the rear end.

Every 120,000 miles, preemptively change out the glow plugs, the glow plug controller, water pump, thermostat, idler pulleys, tensioner pulley, fan/clutch assembly, and all the turbo piping and coolant hoses. By just following those simple replacement items every 120,000 miles, the vans just really don't break down. The most common problem you will find is random limp mode for a boost leak because they are sensitive enough to de rate the engine if the actual boost is not within three PSI of the commanded boost.

The most common major failure would be an injector taking out a piston, so I advocate that every 200,000 miles an owner should preemptively replace their fuel injectors and seals. It's a tough pill to swallow for an owner, because a new set of injectors is about $2,000 plus the labor, but a remanufactured engine is about $7,000 (if you can even find one). This van in particular had its injectors changed at 200,000 miles, but the previous owner had used cheap eBay remanufactured injectors when he did it. Now, at about 240,000 mi, an injector took out a piston. I don't even have to open the engine up to know this, because it had an uneven cranking speed, and would pop the dipstick out of the tube when you tried to start the engine. Classic symptoms of a hole in the piston.

I am in. And amazed at the random bits of knowledge gleaned from this site. Thank you all.

 

[BUCKLAND]

ashfield

Next town over from me. Lots o hippies up there in ashfield. The Lake House used to be a badass bar, now it’s owned by ***s. Haven’t been there in years. Stop by Porters Family Farms on Steady Lane for some good local steak to grill up.

 

[Santa]

In
Down to the last few boxes of vinyl plank tile. Tomorrow I’ll put the base trim back on and put everything back where it belongs. My back hates this ****.

You going to paint the bunt wood post too?

If so,, We did a similar floor in the Sacramento house before we sold it and a grey/blue white paint looked really good with the grey floor.

 

[Tin Roof]

You going to paint the bunt wood post too?

If so,, We did a similar floor in the Sacramento house before we sold it and a grey/blue white paint looked really good with the grey floor.

We’re going to leave the burnt wood trim and posts for now. I’m hoping the place sells before I have to do any more work on it.

 

[Fishbone333]

In. Sitting on the couch surfin. Going to buy a yamaha roadstar tomorrow, pretty ****ing stoked to get back on a bike after 20 yrs. Last bike I rode was a gs550. The road star is a 1700.

 

[Aggie06]

In.

Not sure what I really accomplished today. Did spend some time reading up on oil consumption in the latest Chevy 5.3.