So let me state, firstly my intellectual understanding is extremely limited, simple and uneducated when it comes to science, chemistry and one could even toss in physics,…and definitely math (according to my grade 6 math teacher)…
I am however a master at critical thinking and speculating and...
Well, this last weekend was our first outing of the summer to one of our favourite camp sites in Kananaskis, AB. What was new to us was using the 50L flat IRONMAN water tank, our own designed water filter + UV light pelican case, molle panels. This is our second year using the ECOTEMP hot...
It’s been 1600km (1000 miles) since I did my oil change and emptied my collection of oil from the catch can which was 250 ml in 5000 kms. I kinda forgot about the can and figured I’d open it up and have a peek and pour it off.
Im on par for another 225-250ml oil collection for my regular 5000km...
Been thinking about a possible “cause” to transmission issues I have not read mentioned yet but made me think about for a while and I even went so far to assume my 4th transmission might even benefit from a simple procedure (though it gave no indication it needed it) and that is if we are...
@ShadowsPapa am I still the most unlucky guy here? This thread makes me sad… but,… hang on guys, you just need to stay the course and get things fixed/replaced, over and over until you get a rock solid replacement or repair done and then maintain the crap out of it!
After 2 engines, 4...
Yes, sound advice. I had seen something similar a couple months back when somebody cracked and bent their frame carrying a load of site seers. I figured I would take a closer look under there and all is well. Most of the weight I carry is at and front of axel and I don’t pull a trailer. The...
The wife and I have been working at setting up our camping experience and the newest addition for this season is the 50L IRONMAN water tank which surprisingly, doesn’t take up any room in the box and is also out of the way, nestled between the T-groove Billie bars.
We’ve taken our camping build...
This is a great UV black light to have that will spot your leak in a heartbeat if you have one. Use this light in total darkness and any coolant that’s leaked and dry will reflect very bright coloured.
That’s pretty low! It’ll only go down as it cools. Hope it isn’t going into the oil but you can check that with an oil analysis. Several members here use Blackstone Labs. Polaris Labs is another. The dealership has other tests they can do to check if coolant is in your oil but you can have the...
900 miles,… still too early to worry, things need to break-in, loosen up and work themselves out. If you haven’t yet, grab yourself the torque bar and check/retorque all your suspension nuts and bolts to spec. If you aren’t able, ask your dealership to do it. First thing I did was checked all...
Know what you’re looking at. Have your eyes and ears sharp to see and hear what’s not right. You could have found a gem, you could have found one never cared for but the sales guy washed it up nice and pretty and your senses are dulled by the desire to have it. See the lips of the sales guy...
I did a flush on my tranny (the first one had a little glycol contamination problem) and I put AMSOIL FE ATF in. Dealership said good luck but all bets off if transmission blows up. …8k kms later, it implodes and FCA said, it’s my repair bill, not ours. AMSOIL said it wasn’t our oil that caused...
What’s your milage at? I take it it’s your first trans case change? I use MOTUL VI and have for most if it’s 119k km life. Been amazing. Shifting is like butter, it gets changed every Spring time.
When you were derating, do you know what elevation you were at?
Elevations up and around where your truck was limping through @ 5000 ft + ?
(edit) pulled the photos, uploading was slow