Recent content by Paveltolz

I'm willing to bet you've got what I used for a work around until I found this one. Weird how there are so many versions, even of the same thing. I pulled the slide out cup holder from the 95 in the yard and even it is slightly different from the one I'm replacing in my 96.

Got the swap done. The one I pulled from the yard is slightly different but it works just fine. Probably because it was for a bench seat vs. the bucket seats I have. Nice to have things back to normal again. Now to address the other little things....

Here’s a couple of Screen Captures of our first pass from the Gear Head live feed on You Tube.

My driver’s side seat track, left side lost one of the rollers so the seat rocks forward. With the extended cab, the track has a release set up so that a lever on the seat back will simultaneously release both the seat back to allow it to fold forward and the seat bottom slides forward with...

Back at the races today. El Mirage Dry Lake Bed (20 miles NW of Victorville) where the SCTA runs pretty much once a month from May to November. Trying to get the 1500cc Diesel Stream Liner record set. 140mph min to establish the record. Instead of miles available at Bonneville, records at El Mo...

Back on the Salt Flats. Hopefully we don’t get rained out tomorrow. Not crewing on any cars this event. Just hanging out with the owner of the streamliner and Bill Heath. Lending a hand with another team here and there. Racing the liner at El Mirage CA next weekend though. Anyone in the area...

Dielectric grease is good but, I prefer Noalox. Noalox works similarly in that it provides a good weather seal but, it is a contact / connectivity promoter and an Anti-Oxidant; improving the connection between the metal surfaces vs dielectric which prohibits connectivity (which is why you can...

Thursday was the final day on the flats. We packed up the equipment and car Wednesday afternoon and went back out to watch friends back up their record qualifying runs from the day before. Ruiz: once you beat the current class record or ‘qualify’, you have to make another run (back up) and...

Got the Rookie pass done on Sunday. Wow, what a great experience. True, I’ve gone faster on the Autobahn but, this was so much better. Before: Going over procedures for starting, launching, shift points, steering, normal shut down, emergency bail out, normal extraction, start line procedures…...

Towed a rental travel trailer to the Bonneville recreational area so I could support our team’s race efforts and not have to pay the exorbitant $357 a night the non-Quality Inn is charging during speed week. Trust me, for the ‘quality’ of the room, that’s low compared to other places. Even the...

I've learned that thing about Karma being unkind lesson plus, when you point a finger at someone or something, there's three fingers pointing back....

My AirDogII 165 is set to the lowest delivered pressure and the Auto Meter gauge rarely drops to less than 10psi pre IP (like 12"). The FFM was removed when I installed the AirDog. Winter temps here in Salt Lake aren't severe enough to warrant the heater function. Caspar/Laramie WY is a whole...

Follow up work from the recent half-shaft / lower shock mount issue from last week. Took the incorrect replacement half-shaft the Omak WA O’Reilly’s sold me back to my local store. They requested the correct one from another store and when I went back to pick it up, it hadn’t been delivered and...

I’ve had optic sensor issues a couple of times. Most recently was a couple years ago on my newly remanufactured IP. The truck ran ok but, the internal seal failed and was allowing diesel to blow through the connector and into the wild. Apparently, the original sensor supplier isn’t making them...

I popped that code the other day. It launched the Service Engine Soon light but, self cleared. I checked codes and wrote it down and will see if it comes up again. It’s been over three weeks now and no instances. Normally I fill at Sinclair stations so I chalked it up to fuel as I had filled...