What did you do to your 7.3 Today?

I put my pudgy butt inside and let it take me to work.

ScottyP5947 said:

Yesterday I installed new front caliper slide pins and boots with some fresh lube. I had broken springs on both sides, so I imagine the brakes were dragging a little and that explains the tiny squeal I heard when stopping. Not any more! Stops straight and no sound.

I also tightened the two torx screws under the dash that come loose and make your automatic shifter loose and feel sloppy. If your gear selector is mushy, get under your dash and tighten them up!! Feels SO much better now. Mine were about to fall out, scary!

Scott

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HMMMM - I've been getting a squeek lately. Got me wondering if I need to do some checking behind the wheels. Thx

Yesterday, I gave the ol' boy a wash! It has only rained here a couple of times so far. The road still have a bunch of summer crud on them. When it does rain, the sides of my white truck gets a bunch of turd brown spots all over it. To me, nothing looks better than a freshly washed truck and dressed tires. Boy does it look good!

Sunday, I went out to check my brakes. I've been having the 'pulsing' brake issue. Rotors looked good, pads looked good, pitman arm, tie rod ends, track bar/panhard bar all looked good. I did find my lower left ball joint moves in/out more than it should. Need to call to see how much that's going to run. Oh yay...can you tell I'm excited about laying out more money?

Saturday, I couldn't take it anymore - I washed the truck. Sunday, I did the detailing stuff (Dressed the tires, the front bumper cover/valance, the rear bumper cover and the bed-rails. All looks good.....until tomorrow when it's supposed to rain. It figures. :nod:

enginemedic73 said:

@ dusted4eva
Sorry for my ignorance but "check out your sig" is be glad to if you point me in the right direction. Again thanks for any help with my truck.

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The "Sig" or Signature is anything at the bottom of a post. You'll notice that those who have a sig have a short line on the left side of the post. Anything below that is the signature. You can set one up in your USER CP (Control Panel) by clicking on the User CP in the black nav bar at the top of the page. In the left column, under Settings & Options, you'll see "Edit Signature" - Click in there and set one up for yourself. Have fun!

It was a week ago, but I had to have the driver's side UVCH replaced on my truck. That bank quit working and boy does it make it hard to drive!

dusted4eva said:

The calipers were seized. Only the front drivers was working. So I thought I may as well shotgun them and call er good. :thumb:

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Not a big fan of shotgunning, BUT sometimes it makes the most sense. Good call!!

Saturday, I had the left side ball joints done. What was awesome was when the guy got done, he put it on the alignment rack to do the alignment.....but it came in within specs so....I didn't get charged for the alignment part! :woot:

It's amazing how much smoother it steers. :nod:

After a week or so of rain and road yuck....I got 'im washed!!! :nod:

Ordered a new dip stick. The last time my belt shredded, it took the "T" off the top of the dip stick. Waiting for it to get here so I can fish out the old one and install the one.

Fill 'er up this morning with Diesel @ $3.79/gal.

Monday evening, I had to remove my chrome fuel door to clean / adjust the mechanism that lets the door open / close. It was sticking so the door was difficult to get open at the gas station. Works much better now.

This weekend - doing oil / filter change. Also need to pull the dip stick tube to remove the old dipstick. I shredded a belt a little while ago and as it whipped around, it snapped the "T" off the top. I bought a new dip stick, it's @ the house ready to go in.

On my way to work this morning, I got watch my odometer roll over to 188,000! :woot:

7.34ever said:

Installed 6oh cooler other day. Just a lil bigger than the stock one. Put my own kit together and eliminated the cooler in the radiator. Bypass removal sleeves on the way from BD.

Towed my 5er yesterday and tranny bout 25* cooler when towing. Much better

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You'll love that thing! :thumb: One of the best mods I did to my truck!

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As scheduled, on Saturday, did my oil/filter change. Pulled the dip stick tube to remove the broken dip stick. All went according to plan and I have the new dip stick installed. :thumb:
Funny story: My 7 year old grandson wanted to "help Papa" work on the truck. He's helped his dad do oil changes before. We're laying on the driveway under the truck. I loosened the pan plug, but let him remove it. Once the oil started coming out, he asked why it was taking so long. :hehe: I dumbed down the explanation for him. While we were waiting for it to drain, he said it was boring. I said, "Not really - We get to lay under the truck, relax, in the shade." Suddenly, he thought being on the driveway under the truck was a really good idea. :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

sd2ca said:

I took old blue out of the garage today & took a for a ride to Chico & back. I topped the tank off with a little over 2 gallons of fuel, wiped the dust off the hood & then parked it back in it favorite stall. 17 miles to go before it rolls over to 25K. :yikes: I don't know what the big deal is, but I just don't want to see the odometer hit that number. :dunno:

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It's okay Neil - Lots of people have an aversion to turning a certain age they don't want to hit.