My new truck

[bowtiebutler956]

That is a gorgeous old dually! Congrats, and I love the color.

Matt

 

[ak diesel driver]

Picked up an overhead console that I can put gauges in today. Also I ordered 2 1000w block heaters and 2 250w glue on pan heaters. 1 for the oil pan and 1 for the tranny pan. Kinda nice to have another truck to drive while I fix this one up. Gonna have to dive into the glow plug system to find out why it is so hard to start. I pulled one of the easy ones and it is a duraterm. I'm wondering if I have wiring issues on the passenger side.

 

[DieselCash]

Be advised the over head gauges are not the easiest to read. That is why I have the trans and rear diff up there.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Yeah I was planning on putting gauges up there I wouldn't look at frequently. Fuel pressure and....... still thinking about which one for the other one. Open to suggestions

 

[JayTheCPA]

Yeah I was planning on putting gauges up there I wouldn't look at frequently. Fuel pressure and....... still thinking about which one for the other one. Open to suggestions

Am still loving the Edge. It is highly flexible in that I can quickly switch what ECM and add-on data I want to see, set custom alert levels, read / clear codes on the fly, and see either 5 mixed mode (three 'analog' style + 2 digital style) or 8 digital gauges in one spot. Having all the read-outs in one spot lessens the time my eyes are not on the road.

 

[Burning oil]

Barometer? then you'll know when its time to go fishing!

 

[JMJNet]

Nice find!!! Have fun.

 

[JayTheCPA]

Barometer? then you'll know when its time to go fishing!

Something is telling me that AK will need an App to decide whether to grab the rod for when the fish are running, or the rifle if the bears get there first

 

[bison]

Combo rifle/fishing rod is the answer.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Got my mirrors today. Slowly collecting parts.

 

[NVW]

Nice mirrors Les, look like the ones I got. Where did you get them?

An exh. back pressure gauge in the OH console maybe?

 

[ak diesel driver]

I found a guy on ebay that would ship them USPS. $251 to my door. I know glowshift doesn't have a very good rep but I'm looking at their dual IAT gauge.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Oh I forgot to say the mirrors have power,heat, and led turn

 

[NVW]

Nice, mine were cheaper but are just mirrors.

 

[btfarm]

Pretty much the same as the later ones like on our GMT800S. You'll really like those!

 

[ak diesel driver]

So I'm planning on buying a FSM been thinking I should buy a 98 rather than a 99 so as not to get the new body style stuff. Any changes from 98-99 that might be an issue?

 

[ak diesel driver]

Put on a 4" exhaust today. I think it was a diamond eye system. I got it from member jamiereo (sp?) A few years ago along with a bunch of other parts after he sold his truck. Pretty good system for the most part and I wonder if my issues were from being a CC dually. First thing I noticed was the first bend or kink over the torsion bar cross member wasn't centered very good. Then the hanger in front of the muffler wasn't even close to being right and I custom made it. The very front one hit the ball and socket assy so I took it completely off. Still considering moving it back a bit and making another custom hanger to take a little weight off the turbo. Sounds good

 

[ak diesel driver]

Couple of pics

 

[ak diesel driver]

Anyone care to tell what's with this setup? Single red wire goes to wiper motor, black wire goes to the under hood fuse center and the double red wire goes to a camper plug.

 

[WarWagon]

Ignition on tap to prevent the camper from draining the starting batts? Solenoid turns on with the key from the wiper motor plug wire tap?