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Went back to my guy today, and had him take a look at them. They were tight when I checked them but I don't have pneumatic tools to work with. He pulled them off, re-arranged the bushing a little bit, threw them back in and torqued them down and the noise seems to have disappeared completely. It was either the bushing on both sides being finnicky or he didn't tighten them down all that well the first time. Hopefully they stay quiet now, but I know the fix if they start acting up again. (A longer blast with the air gun).
Now enough with the depressing help me fix it posts, I really do not post enough about how much I LOVE THIS TRUCK AND THE MODS I'VE DONE SO FAR. I get so many compliments and looks on a day to day basis, and it's really nice to see people appreciate the uniqueness of the build. It feels even better having funded almost everything myself, it gives you a sense of pride in your work.
I've held off on posting most of the pictures of the truck because of the warranty issues, but here's some pretty low quality iPhone photos, with the last photo collage being the exception. Expect some higher quality photos soon.
I finally bit the bullet and got a tuner for the truck. I've always wanted a boost gauge on this thing but didn't want to lose my vent with a vent pod, or plumb a mechanical boost gauge. I had heard great things about the SCT Livewire TS, because of it's live monitoring features and touch-screen. I did a little more research and found that it had a boost gauge function and it was perfect for what I was looking for. My last hurdle was deciding which company I wanted custom tunes from. MPT stood out as the front runner and they had a nice packaged deal, with the Livewire and 3 custom tunes available for purchase on the website.
Shipping was fast from Florida; the tuner was at my door in two days. I hooked it up roughly when I first got home, just to do some monitoring and to get a base line of where I should expect temperatures and other figures to be when tuned.
After messing with it the first night, I decided to run the wire a little more permanently.
Since I did a ton of searching on several forums and didn't come up with a good how to on running the wire behind the dash cleanly, I decided I would do some experimenting and do my own write up. I'll post up this weekend with some quality photos and a step by step on my permanent setup.
After running the wire, it was time to load the 93 octane canned tune. The tuner still required an internet connection to actually load the tune, even after I updated the device on my computer. The cool thing about SCT canned tunes is it allowed me to adjust the tire size and correct my speedo, as well as adjust for a number of other parameters.
I was very impressed with the power and response I got from just a 93 canned tune, so I can't wait to test out the MPT custom tunes and get an idea for myself the type of performance gains everyone is getting.
Here are some photos of the installed device and tune loading process.
Truck is looking good! Glad everything started to work itself out. Also nice crf as well.
Thanks! Yeah there is always some rough patches with modifying things and nothing ever seems to go exactly as planned but things are finally starting to smooth out and fall into place. Do you ride as well?
Thanks! Yeah there is always some rough patches with modifying things and nothing ever seems to go exactly as planned but things are finally starting to smooth out and fall into place. Do you ride as well?
Yeah it seems like theres always a problem getting something bigger done to the truck. Yeah I do.
Yeah it seems like theres always a problem getting something bigger done to the truck. Yeah I do.
Where do you do most of your riding? I'm in New England and we are limited by track closures, land availability, rocks and the seasons. I real want to get out west or down south some time to do a good bit of training.
Snapped a couple pics with the DSLR this evening. Truck was filthy and hasn't been washed in nearly two weeks due to my schedule. I was taking some rolling shots of my buddies GLI and was treated to a nice sunset so I couldn't resist.
Haven't posted in a while, but I just wanted to show how I routed the OBD II port cable for my Livewire TS that is currently mounted in my truck, because I didn't find too much on the subject when I was researching it. First, figure out a location where you want the Livewire to attach on your dash. I have mine tucked down as far into the bottom left corner of the windshield as possible. It isn't resting on the dash at all and fits into the corner nicely, almost as if it were an edge device in that dash pod mount. (The current location is a bit more down and left than shown in that original photo) Second, remove the side panel piece that holds the hole for your AC door vents. If you pull at the edge opposite the weather stripping, it should pop off fairly easily. Do not force anything.
Next, pull on the inner edge of the weather stripping right below the pillar cover, and you should see that there is a large enough gap once that panel is off to fit the cable under the weather stripping and behind the dash. The opening created is big enough to allow you to run the HDMI plug end up and through it. You're basically doing this in reverse order, running the HDMI end up through the bottom of the dash and out the weather stripping from behind the dash to end at where ever you placed your tuner on the top of the dash/ lower corner of the windshield.
Once you have the HDMI end run behind the dash and through the weather stripping, connect the cable to the tuner on the HDMI end and then to OBD II port to see how much excess cable you have. I simply zip tied the excess cable to the wire harness already behind the dash and it has stayed out of the way since. Once the cable is run into the weather stripping and behind the dash, you are able to put the weather stripping back into place, and put the side dash cover back on. The weather stripping is unaffected on the door side where it actually needs to seal and the only thing you see is the wire creating a small bump as it runs underneath the passenger compartment side of the stripping and behind the dash.
Probably taking this build thread thing too seriously, so if anyone has any suggestions on things they'd like to see done I'm all ears. Race season is over here in the Northeast and I'm starting to go crazy not having anything to do.
10-21-2015, 12:02 AM
