Wrapping up 2010, what did you do on your 6.5

[colbythekid]

2010
1. Transmission
2. Front Brakes (pads and rotors)
3. One New Battery
4. Starter
5. New Latch on Pass door
6. New (used) driver door because of a bad hinge
7. Oil changes
8. New Lights (smoked out)
9. New chip tuning program (truck has some balls now)

2011
1. FTB
2. ATT
3. Back bumper to get spare tire out of cab

Colby

 

[Deere Freek]

Lets see.... oil changes, paid it off and then it WENT TO HELL!!! haven't even started it in over 2 months....

2011
PMD???????????? (thats why it doesn't run i hope)
1 ton leaf springs (trashed mine)
driver side mirror (my wife's oops)
new box and tailgate (my oops lol)
wheel center caps (all but one fell off)
maybe D-60 solid front axle (just because i can)

all of course if the pos runs...

 

[Turbine Doc]

Fuel filter
Oil Change
Brake Pads
Couple of tweaked tunes that better match ATT
Injectors
Warranty battery replacement
ATT Turbo Blanket
WMI bought but yet to be installed

 

[great white]

OkeyDokey, I'll give it a try but this may take a while:

Chassis:

inner and outer tie rods
tie rod sleeves
Pittman arm
idler pivot
idler arm
Abs sensors
4 Monroe "HD" shocks
aluminum skidplating
rear backup lights "frenched" into bumper

Engine

relocate PMD to bumper nostril
clean rad and coolers
Blasted and painted exhaust manifolds
2.5" warpspeed crossover
Bosch injectors
Bosch Duraterm glow plugs
Raptor fuel pump
Racor pre-filter + fuel heater and WIF
1/2 push lok line from tank to FM
FTB ver 2.0
Engine mounted fuel gauge
ESO valve
Boost solenoid
Boost sensor
filter changes
General cleaning, scrubbing and setting things back to right

Electronics

Tuner OBDII PCM tuning software, tuning is ongoing.....
Westers VDF
Dashcommand real time OBDII monitoring + Carcode for diagnosing and some extra data logging
Underhood Reel light
Auber boost gauge
Aber EGT gauge
Backup camera
Hi idle modification
Tekonsha P3 trailer brake controller flush mounted in dash
PAC Ipod control
MB quart 6.5 front speakers
Replaced lights in radio head
Montana CHMSL mounted in Bed cap
Suburban HVAC control head with rear window defroster control
Rear window defroster installed in truck cap (yup, electric grid heater!)

Body

Plastic welded broken grill
metal worked roof dent out where snow goose hit it (was HUGE)
Door bushings replaced
Dodge power/heated flip out towing mirrors
Truck bed cap
Metal worked out dent in driver rear corner
both drivers door outside handles replaced
tailgate handle replaced
"Pop lock" on tailgate

Interior

Sound deadened floor, firewall and rear wall
little green "hot washed" EVERYTHING
Repaired Pass seat rear entry slider
Repaired rear seat hinge mechanism
warning light information center
Custom lower console - 110v inverter, 5v power supply and 7" touch screen
installed roof console with DIC

That's about it, of the top of my head......

:skep:

 

[Big T]

"metal worked roof dent out where snow goose hit it (was HUGE)"

Pics of the goose and the dent please.:hihi:

 

[great white]

"metal worked roof dent out where snow goose hit it (was HUGE)"

Pics of the goose and the dent please.:hihi:

Have neither.

Roof was fixed, goose was cooked.

 

[gnel]

Since August 2010 I have replaced and installed;

Timing chain kit
Both balancers
Oil cooler with ss lines
Bosch injectors
AC 60g glow plugs
H/O water pump
Power steering pump
Thermostat
Wastegate solenoid
Glow plug relay
Batterys and battery mod
Fuel manager
Lift pump
OPS and extension
Boost guage
Master cylinder and booster
Front brakes
Bumper mounted PMD
Tranny oil and filter
New serpintine belt


I am now getting the IP rebuilt and if this truck isn´t running well afterwards I´m gonna have a mental and financial breakdown!

Things to do in 2011;

Clean all grounds
Change the oil in front and rear diffs and transfer case
Try and locate a K47 air box assembly
Do some extensive off road exploring and generally drive the hell out of my new "BEAST"

 

[robzombie4551]

Well since I bought it in january here is what I've done and it still needs much more..

New Injectors
New tires
New shocks [rear]
New dmax fan
New radiator
New HO water pump
New REMYAlternator
New extended range headlight bulbs
New 6 way custom tune
Used gm8 turbo
New [2] serp belts
New crank pulley isolator
New P/S pump
New AC/COMP
New receiver dryer
New expansion valve [rearAC]
New Orifice tube
New idler pulley
New Glow Plugs
New Gauges, Three pod pillar, TRANS,BOOST,EGT.
New batts. [2]
New thermostat [GM]
New PMD
New PMD extension cable
Also numerous oil and filter changes but that doesn't count, atleast to me . You do that on any vehicle.

I might have forgotten a thing or two but you get the idea. Still need new front end and brakes all around 4in. D/E in the spring. and...........................

I'm not bitchin because I still spent less than what a truck payment would be, and anything with 200.000 plus will need parts. Believe it or not It still has the original IP, and lift pump.

 

[Turbine Doc]

Well since I bought it in january here is what I've done and it still needs much more..

New tires
New shocks [rear]
New dmax fan
New radiator
New HO water pump
New REMYAlternator
New extended range headlight bulbs
New 6 way custom tune
Used gm8 turbo
New [2] serp belts
New crank pulley isolator
New P/S pump
New AC/COMP
New receiver dryer
New expansion valve [rearAC]
New Orifice tube
New idler pulley
New Glow Plugs
New Gauges, Three pod pillar, TRANS,BOOST,EGT.
New batts. [2]
New thermostat [GM]
New PMD
New PMD extension cable
Also numerous oil and filter changes but that doesn't count, atleast to me . You do that on any vehicle.

I might have forgotten a thing or two but you get the idea. Still need new front end and brakes all around 4in. D/E in the spring. and...........................

I'm not bitchin because I still spent less than what a truck payment would be, and anything with 200.000 plus will need parts. Believe it or not It still has the original IP, and lift pump.

Low $$$ to freshen up a serviceable vehicle, and extend it's life for how many years more ???

 

[robzombie4551]

Low $$$ to freshen up a serviceable vehicle, and extend it's life for how many years more ???

:thumbsup:

Especially since I picked it up for 1,400 bucks because the owner needed cash or thought it was junk because the vac/pump lines were broke and it wasn't boosting and blowing black smoke.:thumbsup::agreed::hihi:

 

[Matt Bachand]

Made alot of money behind this faithful rig in 2010. I hope she lasts forever!
Plowing, and I work out of it. Mobile shop.

D-Max Fan
TDCO -1.94
Flexplate loosened up... needed to separate trans to fix
7 of 8 lug nuts snapped mysteriously on rear tires... fortunate to make it out of that cleanly
Tires
Oil

Almost to 150k miles. Bought it at 85k. I love this thing.

 

[bison]

OkeyDokey, I'll give it a try but this may take a while:

Chassis:

inner and outer tie rods
tie rod sleeves
Pittman arm
idler pivot
idler arm
Abs sensors
4 Monroe "HD" shocks
aluminum skidplating
rear backup lights "frenched" into bumper

Engine

relocate PMD to bumper nostril
clean rad and coolers
Blasted and painted exhaust manifolds
2.5" warpspeed crossover
Bosch injectors
Bosch Duraterm glow plugs
Raptor fuel pump
Racor pre-filter + fuel heater and WIF
1/2 push lok line from tank to FM
FTB ver 2.0
Engine mounted fuel gauge
ESO valve
Boost solenoid
Boost sensor
filter changes
General cleaning, scrubbing and setting things back to right

Electronics

Tuner OBDII PCM tuning software, tuning is ongoing.....
Westers VDF
Dashcommand real time OBDII monitoring + Carcode for diagnosing and some extra data logging
Underhood Reel light
Auber boost gauge
Aber EGT gauge
Backup camera
Hi idle modification
Tekonsha P3 trailer brake controller flush mounted in dash
PAC Ipod control
MB quart 6.5 front speakers
Replaced lights in radio head
Montana CHMSL mounted in Bed cap
Suburban HVAC control head with rear window defroster control
Rear window defroster installed in truck cap (yup, electric grid heater!)

Body

Plastic welded broken grill
metal worked roof dent out where snow goose hit it (was HUGE)
Door bushings replaced
Dodge power/heated flip out towing mirrors
Truck bed cap
Metal worked out dent in driver rear corner
both drivers door outside handles replaced
tailgate handle replaced
"Pop lock" on tailgate

Interior

Sound deadened floor, firewall and rear wall
little green "hot washed" EVERYTHING
Repaired Pass seat rear entry slider
Repaired rear seat hinge mechanism
warning light information center
Custom lower console - 110v inverter, 5v power supply and 7" touch screen
installed roof console with DIC

That's about it, of the top of my head......

:skep:

above list reminded me of bubba(forest gump) when he was summing up his shrimp recepie's :hihi:

 

[handcannon]

I bought it in February as a rebuilder with 221K miles on it. The P.O., a friend at church, slid on ice and kissed a tree with it last December. He didn't feel like he wanted to do the repairs so he helped me get it from his insurance--cheap.

The drivers side frame horn that supports the radiator core support and bumper needed straightened. (bodyshop)

Went junkyard hopping for:

core support
hood
drivers fender
bumper
Radiator -- all brass, don't like it
Dual therm crossover -- stock single therm crossover was broken

New stuff:

Bosch duratherm glow plugs
Bosch injectors
DMax fan
Heath low temp fan clutch
2000 HO balanced flow water pump
4" Diamond Eye exhaust
CS 144 140 amp alternator (replaced 100 amp CS130 alt)
Brake hydrobooster
DTech PMD--relocated to core support below radiator
Glow Shift gauges--boost, EGT, tranny temp, fuel pressure, H2O temp
AC Delco OPS and extension
Two new batteries
Starter
AC pump
AC condensor and dryer
Carter 4601 lift pump (much better than stock LP)

Mods done:

OPS relay mod
TCC lockup mod
All four on headlight mod
Romote PMD mod
Changed overhead rear interior light to later model light with bullseye lights
Added short overhead console with bullseye lights and changed junk pocket over to hold two gauges
Feed the beast mod -- still need to drill out fitting in IP yet
Lifted fuel manager up to higher level from stock position
Ran fuel line from FFM to IP outside above the intake manifold
Vacuum pump delete
Boost fooler -- P.O. to my P.O. had already added turbomaster and did the intake snorkle delete
Replaced stock oil cooler lines with hydraulic hose

"Someday soon" mods:

Dodge towing mirrors--will require new wiring as current mirrors are manual
ATT
Multi-tune chip

Hopefully I remembered everything

Don

PS--I replaced all battery cables with 2/0 Welding cable, would have prefered something besides welding cable but thats all I was able to find locally.

 

[Acesneights1]

Well among alot of other stuff, ON New Years Eve Today, I installed Cruise on the Burb...

 

[Big T]

Are you looking for the OEM center caps for the steel wheels? I am on the verge of changing out to the forged Alcoa wheels and have a complete set of the stock center caps for the steel wheels, plastic lug nuts and stock lug nuts.

 

[Steve93mustanglx]

New battery, starter, alternator wires made from 2-0 welders cable
New batteries
New starter
New Alt
dmax fan
98 fan clutch
injectors
Bosch Duraterm glow plugs
transgo shift kit
new accumulator
new high side service port
new hvac head unit (control)
fixed melted fan wiring
heater resistor
new front fan
replaced light bulb behind light switch (that bulb was elusive!)
Feed the Beast
KOJO chip
installed gauge trio (pyro, trans temp, boost)
repaired wiring to hitch light
had passenger front seat recovered
removed 150 FEET of superfluous wiring from under carpet and frame (yes, 150 FEET)
v band clamp replaced on exhaust
repaired/reclocked the fuel and oil pressure gauges
PMD cable replaced
removed vacuum pump and brackets
installed shorter accessory belt
harmonic balancer replaced...

Oh... and orifice tube, front rotors and pads. Not the most fun job on 2500 4x4...

And since August have only had to do oil changes. I did all I could this year to get it dead nuts reliable as I very nearly had to live in it (job loss). It was a worthwhile endeavor. 346,000 miles and it is driving like a dream!

 

[Bullseye240]

1: Unplugged it.
2: Uncovered it.
3: Drove it 5 miles to the gas station.
4: Put in Fuel Treatment.
5: Filled up tank.
6: Drove it 5 miles back to mom's house.
7: Covered it back up.
8: Plugged it back in.

 

[3500GMC]

above list reminded me of bubba(forest gump) when he was summing up his shrimp recepie's :hihi:

Liife is Liike a boxa choc-letts.

 

[GM Guy]

Started the year with three trucks (91, 91, and 95)
just did engine oil and filter on the two 91s 95 still dead

bought the 96 with assistance from parents (2,325) plans of buying them back out of it, plans went to heck after miss, good thing old man loves the pile!
changed oil, got a pmd kit and oil cooler lines and vac pump from PMDcable.com
(still need to do some diagnosing of vac system.)
bought a K47 from restoguy
ran all over, changing oil at 3-4K wix or baldwin, rotella or delvac, greasing all the time
dad fell in love with fuel economy, motor started missing at idle, blowby still horrible.
dad bought out my share of the truck, and still runs with the miss (much more local now) might buy the POS back (I had a good fall and summer working, which explains the following) its a love hate thing with this truck...

after a good summer of combining:
the 99 chassis cab with 11 foot service body: $1,650
122K, came with near new toyo ats 235/85. debating about going back to 225/75 (arent I just the weirdest kid you guys know? )
sat till november, no need, no more money
after fall harvest, funds restored!: delvac, all filters, new fuel caps (diesel spec of course, had two gas caps on it), greased, etc
been running a little, runs like a top 16 empty, 12-14 loaded

after fall harvest as well: 94 diesel suburban, texas originator, now in desert dry boise ID 300K miles, 01-08 alloys blown cooler lines, owner keeping injection system, $1,100 (and of course a runner popped up for 2750 in texas)

and also after fall harvest: 99 engine with K47 and GM8 included (came with all but alternator and alternator harness) a 91 6.2L and the truck it came out of (700R4 went south) may rebuild truck with an NV4500 for a mudding/screw around/winter beater rig. and a 99 2wd dually front clip and a 94 long block.

plans for 2011:
1991 gas:
clutch, intake gasket
1991 diesel
fliters, fluids, fuel leak, body work and paint front tires, hopefully fluidampr
1999 diesel
ftb, guages, fluidampr, exhaust

hopefully get the 94 burb and 95 HD fixed and on the road, and maybe buy the 96 back and stab the 99 engine in. 99 engine may go in 95. 6.2L shortblock looks to be the ticket in the suburban.

I highly doubt I will be able to make enough money to do all this, so the list will probably be shortened. living in a cheap rent house, going to cheap school, and no GF should help that along though. I figure I better get it done while I can divert my income almost soley into the fleet. a buddy's married brother told him and I: buy the truck you want before you get married, because the truck fund turns into HER house fund.