Big T
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I don't know, but it has almost been pimped more here than cleaning grounds.
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What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....
- Thread starter deejaaa
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I don't know, but it has almost been pimped more here than cleaning grounds.
Will L.
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Nope- that is king daddy. Research and you’ll find way over half car mfrs use that exact goop. Yes I am guilty of promoting it- why is because it works awesome.
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
I have always been able to get it from the NAPA store over here.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
They all carry it here
dbrannon79
I'm getting there!
My guess is that particular area it doesn’t sell fast enough for them to want it stock it
Husker6.5
135' diagonal 16:9HD, 25KW sound!
Here in Lincoln all flavors of Permatex's Right Stuff are available at (alphabetically) Advanced Auto, A Street Auto (local parts place), Auto Zone, Carquest, NAPA, O'Reilly's, Snow Auto (local) and in Black only at the local Tru-Value and Ace Hardware stores. And those are just the places around town that I know of personally. I guess that's an advantage to living in civilization!
Loaded up the parts cannon again...
The Cummins intercooler is cracked in one of the lower corners and leaking boost pressure, so I'm going to replace it with an air to water setup instead. I can put normal headlight and marker light assemblies back in the core support and be less airflow blockage for the radiator because the heat exchanger will be smaller than the current intercooler.
The Cummins intercooler is cracked in one of the lower corners and leaking boost pressure, so I'm going to replace it with an air to water setup instead. I can put normal headlight and marker light assemblies back in the core support and be less airflow blockage for the radiator because the heat exchanger will be smaller than the current intercooler.
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
I like that intercooler in the intake manifold that @Twisted Steel Performance has put together for the 6.5 engines.
The cooler fits inside the manifold so that the intake air passes around it.
Might be a manifold similar could be built for the Cummins.
The cooler fits inside the manifold so that the intake air passes around it.
Might be a manifold similar could be built for the Cummins.
I like that intercooler in the intake manifold that @Twisted Steel Performance has put together for the 6.5 engines.
The cooler fits inside the manifold so that the intake air passes around it.
Might be a manifold similar could be built for the Cummins.
I think it's a cool piece, but out of my price range.
MrMarty51
Well-Known Member
Yup. It’d take me a very long time of saving to be able to afford that device. If I live long enough I will get one. It is added to the parts wanted list.
Big T
Well-Known Member
Well, wanted to do the full transmission fluid change, but ran into issues removing the drain pan:
I stripped two of the hex bolts in the front.
I don’t want to risk the job of extracting the bolts, as we need the vehicle this week. My wife’s 4Runner goes into the body shop for some minor bumper cover repair at the same time I’m getting a colonoscopy done (first time). So I just pulled the drain plug on the pan. Exactly one gallon came out. It was dark, but not burnt. I could do the full exchange of fluid w/o the filter change, but f it. I feel like this is the curse of Will L.
I stripped two of the hex bolts in the front.
I don’t want to risk the job of extracting the bolts, as we need the vehicle this week. My wife’s 4Runner goes into the body shop for some minor bumper cover repair at the same time I’m getting a colonoscopy done (first time). So I just pulled the drain plug on the pan. Exactly one gallon came out. It was dark, but not burnt. I could do the full exchange of fluid w/o the filter change, but f it. I feel like this is the curse of Will L.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Can you get vise grips on the head of the bolt?
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Unless they changed the colonoscopy procedure the actual colonoscopy isn't that big a deal. The prep on the other hand......
Big T
Well-Known Member
I could try, but not motivated to do so. Don’t want to risk being w/o vehicle. It must be the cold weather that has the bolts holding on so hard because I did not torque them in that hard.
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Big T
Well-Known Member
5:00 PM Monday night gulp 12 SUTAB pills and a bunch of water. Repeat early am and shove wine cork in for the 30 minute ride to the hospital.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Much different prep but mine was 30-35 years ago
dbrannon79
I'm getting there!
Your pan looks way different that what I’ve seen before. Those are Allan head bolts from the look in the photo but what about an ez-out that fits in there Use a socket extension or flat punch and tap then some to jar the threads then try the vice-grip or ez-out. Those shouldn’t seize up that bad unless the thread were dry and corrosion set in the threads
Will L.
Well-Known Member
Use on of these drive tools on a 1/4” torque wrench for install. Saves this headache in future. Hopefully it isn’t cross threaded.
I can’t imagine cold being issue because only 2 stuck but all others were ok- cold effects all of them.
OR, You could warm it up and those 2 come out easy. Heat gun? Small butane torch? Even a fireplace lighter with the flame on the bolt head?
I can’t imagine cold being issue because only 2 stuck but all others were ok- cold effects all of them.
OR, You could warm it up and those 2 come out easy. Heat gun? Small butane torch? Even a fireplace lighter with the flame on the bolt head?