What did you do to your truck today?

[Texas Jim]

Red truck:
Took it to the gas station, filled up the drivers side tank (20 Gallons) and my dad never tried the pasenger tank becuase he was always too broke. WHen you depress the button to switch from tank to tank it just makes the gauge fall down past full to the bottom of the gauge. So I said "let me put 5 gallons in the pass tank and see if it works".

Turned the truck around, stuck the nozzle in, started talking to dad on the phone about something and when I looked back I was at 18.xx gallons

SO I said dammit I hope this tank works!

Drove the left tank down to about 3/4 tank today and hit the button to see what it would do, the gauge needle still falls down, and I couldnt tell if it worked or not. I didnt feel any sputtering while it changed tanks but maybe you arent supposed to!?

Pulled the 01 out and drove it around a bit.

Since I love to whore it up I'll post a pic from today.

When I had dual tanks...I never could tell when it changed tanks.
If you drove more than a mile after you changed tanks...it is working.
Probably just a bad sending unit.
You could try a can of TECHRON Concentrate... sometimes that helps clean sending units, unless they are totally dead.

 

[Bernie]

Added some new lights to the interior of the box. Two Dual bulb mounts with red LED on one side and white LED on the other.

Pics later when it's dark enough to see them well.

 

[che22879]

Parked the 05 in the yard for repairs and drove the Bronco home.

 

[nubuilder]

^^^


Put 60 miles on it. Debating whether or not to keep it for next winter. There are several things that should be done to it and I can't decide if I'd rather keep this one or sell it and put some money into a 4x4 S10 just like it. If I keep it, it needs shocks, a coolant flush & fill, and a posi/truetrac whichever I find first/decide to spend the money on. I think this truck means more to my dad than it does me. Mostly because he's the one that found it....unlike the first S10 that I never told him about until 2 days after I got it.

As a general question, do you think this truck with a Posi in it or a S10 just like it with 4x4 would be better for the winter? I guess the main question is would a Posi make a big difference in the snow or not? I'd be looking at a 2mpg drop going to a 4x4 (1mpg is probably due to a 4x4 having at least 3.42 gears VS my current 3.08's).

We don't get a posi, we get a locker. Well, this truck has 3.08's which are considered a 2-series gear and all I was finding were Posi's. If I installed something, I was thinking a TrueTrac. I just don't want to deal with the clutches of a posi. And I don't want a Detroit Locker since it is locked all the time, unlike the factory G80. If it's a 5-speed, you have the 8.5" not the 7.2, look at 1/2 ton options, or ZR2 rear diff options. I've already looked and I currently have a 7.5" (I have pointy tabs coming down off the corners of the diff VS the larger, more blunt tabs the 8.5" has in the Silverado.

Anywho... You'll definitely get a traction increase, but 4x4 on the S-Series doesn't really change gas mileage a large amount... A traction increase with a locker/posi in a 2wd or just getting a 4x4? Heck, if I kept a 4x4 version that was in good shape, I'd probably put a locker/TrueTrac in it and make it even better! Both would give better traction... But a locker/LSD only helps if you only have one wheel losing traction... If both tires are on ice, it doesn't do anything. So far when I have lost traction (with the open diff), one tire has been on snow and the other was on pavement. I almost got stuck because of this. Luckily I could shift the weight in the bed at the time.

Heck, if you're easy on the throttle there's no difference

The mileage change is from the 3.42's Yeah Dennis, I've compared MPG ratings from every year from 94-03. There's a drop of 2 in the city and 3 on the highway. And I was pretty sure it was all do to the gearing. The 4.3 isn't the most efficient motor, but it sure gets the little truck moving! You'll probably do better in real life than on paper... I do. 3.42's in a pickup will scoot pretty good... My Blazer is much better now that it's been tuned, and has the new coil/wires. Yeah, my Silverado scoots now too and it has 3.42's. Aren't/weren't you averaging like 12 in the winter?

And you'll get an increase in city driving mileage. Well, the truck does see mostly city driving in the winter anyways. I'll be going to 4.10s when I do the rest of my stuff Yeah, you're crazy!

Dennis, would you mind PM-ing me about your BBP tune? Just curious what you had done/asked Justin to do.


Drove it to school, picked up milk, and hauled my snowblower in it.

I'll PM you in a bit

Got the PM. Thanks! How many times and colors can we get in a single quote?


Drove it to school, home, Target and picked up milk. Got home and realized I got WHOLE milk so I went back and exchanged it for my usual 1%. I hate it when I don't read the damn jug .

 

[Shanks12]

NOTHING...

Looked at it out the window...

 

[jhoff8487]

NOTHING...

Looked at it out the window...

That's my typical, as it's been well over a week since I last drove mine but today, I scrapped the windows off just because. I didn't go anywhere or start it, just scrapped it.

 

[Shanks12]

Yeah I typically only drive it Mon/Wed/Fri and maybe on the weekends if the wife doesn't drive

 

[RedRider]

Nothing

 

[agjake11]

drove it a little bit

 

[drperry]

^^^


Put 60 miles on it. Debating whether or not to keep it for next winter. There are several things that should be done to it and I can't decide if I'd rather keep this one or sell it and put some money into a 4x4 S10 just like it. If I keep it, it needs shocks, a coolant flush & fill, and a posi/truetrac whichever I find first/decide to spend the money on. I think this truck means more to my dad than it does me. Mostly because he's the one that found it....unlike the first S10 that I never told him about until 2 days after I got it.

As a general question, do you think this truck with a Posi in it or a S10 just like it with 4x4 would be better for the winter? I guess the main question is would a Posi make a big difference in the snow or not? I'd be looking at a 2mpg drop going to a 4x4 (1mpg is probably due to a 4x4 having at least 3.42 gears VS my current 3.08's).

We don't get a posi, we get a locker. Well, this truck has 3.08's which are considered a 2-series gear and all I was finding were Posi's. If I installed something, I was thinking a TrueTrac. I just don't want to deal with the clutches of a posi. And I don't want a Detroit Locker since it is locked all the time, unlike the factory G80. If it's a 5-speed, you have the 8.5" not the 7.2, look at 1/2 ton options, or ZR2 rear diff options. I've already looked and I currently have a 7.5" (I have pointy tabs coming down off the corners of the diff VS the larger, more blunt tabs the 8.5" has in the Silverado. A 4.3 manual without the 8.5? That ain't right Just swap an 8.5" with 3.42's

Anywho... You'll definitely get a traction increase, but 4x4 on the S-Series doesn't really change gas mileage a large amount... A traction increase with a locker/posi in a 2wd or just getting a 4x4? Heck, if I kept a 4x4 version that was in good shape, I'd probably put a locker/TrueTrac in it and make it even better! Both would give better traction... But a locker/LSD only helps if you only have one wheel losing traction... If both tires are on ice, it doesn't do anything. So far when I have lost traction (with the open diff), one tire has been on snow and the other was on pavement. I almost got stuck because of this. Luckily I could shift the weight in the bed at the time. The G80 is built for this kind of thing... You can find them cheap

Heck, if you're easy on the throttle there's no difference

The mileage change is from the 3.42's Yeah Dennis, I've compared MPG ratings from every year from 94-03. There's a drop of 2 in the city and 3 on the highway. And I was pretty sure it was all do to the gearing. The 4.3 isn't the most efficient motor, but it sure gets the little truck moving! You'll probably do better in real life than on paper... I do. 3.42's in a pickup will scoot pretty good... My Blazer is much better now that it's been tuned, and has the new coil/wires. Yeah, my Silverado scoots now too and it has 3.42's. Aren't/weren't you averaging like 12 in the winter? I also have bad o2 sensors and full throttle everywhere

And you'll get an increase in city driving mileage. Well, the truck does see mostly city driving in the winter anyways. I'll be going to 4.10s when I do the rest of my stuff Yeah, you're crazy! Why? I'll be running at least 32" tires

Dennis, would you mind PM-ing me about your BBP tune? Just curious what you had done/asked Justin to do.


Drove it to school, picked up milk, and hauled my snowblower in it.

I'll PM you in a bit

Got the PM. Thanks! How many times and colors can we get in a single quote? Lots


Drove it to school, home, Target and picked up milk. Got home and realized I got WHOLE milk so I went back and exchanged it for my usual 1%. I hate it when I don't read the damn jug .

I passed a Subaru in a corner again