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did you have a lot play in your steering wheel prior to replacing those parts?
Yep, I did! It's kind of hard to come up with some "measurement" of the slop before and then after, but I'm guessing it's maybe about a third to a quarter of what it was. Plus it goes down the road really straight without a lot of correction. Definitely worth the cost and time to replace!
My truck has been off the road for several months. Been driving my old E150 van. Do not enjoy that. So last week, I finally took off my bed, ordered and replaced both fuel pumps, but on new shocks while it was off and got it running again. Yesterday I got the bed back on and could not be happier that I'm driving the old truck again. Also installed a better radio in it then the last cheap one I bought. I can now hear it with the windows down.
On my 95 I6 300 I tightened the block side cover plate. This gasket drys out and seams to get loose after 5-10 years. Hopefully this will reduce the oil spots.
Last night I sprayed the expedition with rust preventive oil. I used two types of aerosol sprays, Liquid wrench rust inhibitor(new) and Fluid Film. fluid Film has an optional 360d 24” hose sprayer, which is required to get inside fender corners and tubular body panels. I taped a piece of wire to the hose so I could bend it the way I wanted it. The Liquid wrench rust inhibitor has a much better spray nozzle to overall “paint” the stuff that is accessible. On my expedition I used 1 can of each and I didn’t get everything covered. I still need to spray Fluid Film in the rocker panels on the passenger side. And I need to tape up the rocker panel holes.
These threads are always fun. A place to talk about your new goodies and projects where other people actually care.
Today I'm going to tint my headlights and tail lights, and repaint my front shocks. I'm thinking about doing horizontal 1 inch stripes on the tail lights but I'm not sure yet.
I already cleaned the engine compartment with a big can of gunk engine cleaner gel, and took some black steel wool to my rims to buff them out. Today is a good cleaning day for me.
I kicked my truck today! Did no good but felt right!
09-17-2016, 09:29 PM
my truck
I kicked my truck today! Did no good but felt right!