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C25A1guy
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Took my wife to labor & delivery. Daughter born.

Chris
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I drove across town to pick up my degree since im still waiting on parts

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Took my truck into the back country of Colorado.     Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

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KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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Threw a P0446 this morning on the way to work. That's evap solenoid IIRC. Lame.

 

 

pain in the ass... seems like they all do that around 100k

 

 

 

can you explain the cat in your avatar?

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Took the Family and the new hunting pup down to my favorite duck pond to introduce her to the water. Also filled her up with 92 for 3.79....Hate these gas prices.

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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Cool dog. I have a black lab. He has been in our pool quite a bit already this year

 

 

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kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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pain in the ass... seems like they all do that around 100k

 

 

 

can you explain the cat in your avatar?

My mechanic told me it's possible that the cleaning element is just plugged, said some are cleanable.

 

The cat is a gif, it's supposed to dance. I don't have any new truck pics.

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Tomorrow Going to help my father in law put his bed back on his 94 S-10

 

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Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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Chased a damn ATF leak that's been driving me nuts for a few months.

 

The friggin freeze plug in the centre of the yolk was leakin ATF from the t-case. JB welded it, ordered updated yolk from merchant automotive :)

Mckenzie Senior Enthusiast

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drove a new 2013 crew cab long bed silverado 4x4 with the 6.0!! plane jane work truck with manual windows and a basic interior... nice truck had some good power and a good exhaust sound, but talk about some sensitive breaks!

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Tomorrow Going to help my father in law put his bed back on his 94 S-10

 

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Ryan

 

Fuel pump?

 

 

Your boy gonna miss his big toy box? :lol:

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Yea fuel pump and he replaced some of the fuel line

 

 

Ryan

 

 

SILVERADOSC540 Senior Enthusiast

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Just got back from a long road trip. Des Moines to Blue Ridge GA back to Des Moines. Learned alot about my truck and mileage on it's longest journey to date. On the way down, mileage was horrible. Drove aggressively to get there in a day, most of the time I was at 80-85 mph. 13.8 mpg on the way down. Not good. Left on Thursday with a day in Chattanooga. Left Chattanooga yesterday AM with a one day trip of about 13-14 hours with stops planned. Decided to reset my avg. MPG for the drive and stick to 4-5mph over the limit. Wow. Night and day difference. I guess the Callaway line about mileage not being affected during normal driving conditions may actually be true. I guess the bypass valve is pretty effective...

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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That 16.9 is about what I got going to Utah and back around 80-85 MPH.

 

On topic, I ordered a new DDM and headlight switch today

SILVERADOSC540 Senior Enthusiast

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Sorry, forgot the "on topic" portion of the post. Cleaned the bug cemetery off of my truck today after a long road trip, thought I'd post some mileage numbers...

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That cemetary can be hell, how much washer fluid did you go through on the drive?

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