I just wrapped up my extended warranty period, and it's time to get digging into the truck.
As an aside; here are all of the things which I had replaced during the extended period (I think I paid just over $2k for it when I bought the truck:
- 8 Ball Joints
- 2 Tie Rods
- 3 Brake Calipers
- 2 Wheel Hubs
- Water Pump (before the recall)
- Coolant Sensor level x2
- Alternator
- Heater Core
So certainly it was worth the cost.
Unfortunately, I have some mechanical issues to address before getting to the fun stuff:
- Believe the other wheel hub has now given up the ghost. I'm going to replace the U-joint while I'm there
- Based on how my tires look, the ball joints, at least on one side, are crap. Bought a set of EMF's all around.
- My clutch has started to slip when pulling a trailer (11k lbs or so). Going to order up an SB single disk.
Fun stuff:
- Have a delete kit, S&B intake, Banks Airhorn, and 5" FloPro with twister resonator sitting in the garage
- Ordered up an MM3 from DRD - will be here end of the week
Hoping to get the front-end issues resolved this week.
Lots of swearing coming, but the job itself seems fairly straight forward.
Thinking that I'll remove the airbox, EGR, and exhaust next - giving me a little more space to deal with the clutch.
After I get that out of the way, I'll put in the new exhaust, finish the delete kit, etc.
Stay tuned...
Steve
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