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So I just picked up a case of this stuff from amosil fellas:
I wanted to know if anyone has used this stuff before. I normally run the 5W-30 and it is good stuff but figure I give this stuff a try.
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I have been running AMSOIL for a while now and love it.
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Well remind me to slap the shit out of a friend of mine. He recommended a car wash to me that he said he has never had any issue with and never messed up his paint....well now I got small little nicks on my truck. I should've listen to my gut and never bothered with it but no I had to listen to him. So piss
I wonder how much a respray of the truck would cost. Probably not even worth it. I need a drink
Granted the truck does need a paint job but I didn't need anything to speed up the damn processes.
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I've got a freeze proof faucet for the outside one. It's got a long rod that is in the housing and it's a ball valve (90*) and from the valve body to what's outside can drain when the faucet is closed. There's a cap that you loosen and a diaphram seals with water pressure and collapses and allows the water in the body to drain, preventing freezing and bursting.
Lemme c if I can find a link...
here ya go, and they're like $20.00
and you just keep the hose and stuff inside when you're done washing the truck....
I may have to look into this when things warm up. Thanks for the info.
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I figure what better place to ask this question then on the SS forum. Now I already know that you should wash your vehicle during the winter months because you do not want to leave the salt and snow on the vehicle for prolong period of time. But my question is for those of us that love to wash our vehicles by hand what do you do. I hate taking my truck to car washes that have this huge belts or whatever that are hanging down. Since I just recently bought a house I know your suppose to turn off the water to your outside spigot. If we ever finally get a day above 32 degrees, do you think it would be safe if I turn the water on to my outside spigot just to wash the cars for that day? Since I am new to this single family home ownership I was wondering what everyone else does. Specially my folks out midwest who get snow all the damn time.
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I have no words right now.
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I like the new dually dodge. Very clean.
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Imagine lining up against that thing
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It's just cold as all day in MD. 19 degrees right now but waiting for some snow. Still wish my truck was AWD ;o(
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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong as I am at work and unable to look under my hood. I beleive on the driver side, towards the firewall, attached to the valve cover, is a rubber hose about a half inch in diameter. Pull ths hose off while the truck is running. If you put your finger over it you should feel a good amount of suction. Don't leave your finger over it too long or else your truck will die. Basicly you just need to pour about 1/3rd can of sea foam into that vacum line. Go very slow and let the suction do it for you. If you add too much at one time your truck will spit and sputter and die. Its not the end of the world if it does but I can be a little hard to start up after words. This should take you about 5 to ten min. Once this is complete, re-attach the rubber vacum line to the valve cover and shut off your engine. Let your truck sit for about 20 min. After that you can start your truck and make smoke signals!!! Your truck will smoke and that is a good thing. That is all the carbon and crap tat was in your intake and valves. Rev your engine up and down until the smoke is gone. Thats about it. I pour 1/3rd in the gas tank and 1/3rd into the oil the day before I pour it into the vacum line. I always change my oil right before the smoke fest. *Note I do it before so that I avoid hot engine while changing oil. Hope this helps!
There you go brotha. Sorry I wasn't able to write anything up but I will take a pic tomorrow showing you which hose you need to use. If you want a vid, here is one way to do it...
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All I can say is the needle kept on going and so did I and never hit 4th.
My accord has 140 on the dash and put the needle past that also but I was shook in the truck. -
I wish my garage was big enough to put my truck in
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I was going to to go for MSD wires but went for taylor wires with 90 degree boot ends. No problems.
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What is going on people. So today I woke up this morning and decided to seafoam the truck. 88K right now so I figure what the hell, go for it. I suck it through the brake booster line only half a red cup :o)
Sucked it through and the truck idled funny then eventually stalled it out. Let it sit for about 30 mins and he started right up. Then comes the nice big cloud of smoke. It smoked for about 8 mins then I shut it for a little while longer. Went for a drive and decided to hit it on the highway. Lets just say people slowed down for a bit but eventually cleaned everything out. Now fowled plugs or anything. FYI....I run 93 octane (wheatley tune) and amsoil motor oil. Motor felt stronger and glad I finally got around to it. The other half went into the fuel tank. I will buy another bottle when it comes closer to change the oil and pour some in the crankcase next time and the other half through the brake line again.
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Wow I never would've guessed that the tranny was in the rear of the car. Better weight distribution.
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What was involved with the conversion.
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good stuff bro. I am glad your stuff went on without a hitch. I paid my shop to put them in and it worked out in 1 day. you got a tune?
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nice setup.
i hope to get this done in mine here shortly.GET IT DONE!!! You won't regret it!
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if you don't mind me askin, how much did all that run you? minus labor
Transgo 4L60E-HD2-C
Corvetter Servo
TRANSGO GM 1996-ON 4L60E SEPARATOR PLATE
SONNAX 4L60E PINLESS FORWARD ACCUMULATOR
SONNAX 4L60E FWD 1-2 Accumulator
SONNAX 4L60E FWD 3-4 Accumulator
SONNAX 4L60E REVERSE BOOST VALVE KIT for oversized (.490" EPC spool diameter) with o-rings
SONNAX 700R4 4L60E 4TH GEAR BILLET SERVO
WIX Filter
I got the transgo kit for $100 bucks from a member here and the rest of the parts where a combination of ebay and oregonperformancetransmission. I managed to find the items from oregonperformance on ebay as well and I think I paid a total of $250 - $300 in parts for everything. Wix filter came from amsoil and and the 160 degree stat came from jeggs.
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Dizzammmmm! Glad your ok. Does the CRX run?
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Well after all this time I finally had some work done on the truck:
Transgo 4L60E-HD2-C
Corvetter Servo
TRANSGO GM 1996-ON 4L60E SEPARATOR PLATE
SONNAX 4L60E PINLESS FORWARD ACCUMULATOR
SONNAX 4L60E FWD 1-2 Accumulator
SONNAX 4L60E FWD 3-4 Accumulator
SONNAX 4L60E REVERSE BOOST VALVE KIT for oversized (.490" EPC spool diameter) with o-rings
SONNAX 700R4 4L60E 4TH GEAR BILLET SERVO
WIX Filter
I also had a a 93 octane tune (wheatley) along with 160 degree thermostat installed.
Oh the truck drives like a dream!! Once I slapped in the new tune and drove it around for a little to let everything set in I decided to hit it coming onto the highway. To my amazement 1st gear broke the tires some and as soon as I hit 2nd gear the corvette servo kicked right in a kept rolling. I ran 2nd gear out and hit 3rd gear and it hit damn near as hard as 2nd gear and kept on rolling. After about 700 miles of driving I can't keep my foot out of it. Interesting enough the note of the truck sounds deeper and she runs so damn good. Thanks goes to Wheately for the excellent tune and Ron Lucas (Lucas Performance) in Jessup, MD for the install!!
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Congrats brotha! Nothing like finding the right woman.
Heavy Oxidiation On Chrom Wheels :O(
in Appearance, Cleaning, & Detailing
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Hey everyone. So I could really use some assistance on this one. I am finally about to put my chrome rims back on after about 2 years and lets just say they were pretty nasty looking. They had these green spots all over them which I am guessing it was from the winter. I meant to go over to my aunt's house where they were stored but never had time and had to clean them. I have no before pics but today I tried to clean the mess out of them with eagle 1 chrome cleaner, soap and water, and the put some chrome polish on them and this is what I am left with:
Is there anything I could do to restore these rims back? Now these are GM aftermarket 20s which I am guessing isn't the best chrome in the world but would like to get them back to OEM if possible.