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

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It's pretty common to weld a bigger nut onto the manifold bolts to get them off.

 

The ones on my 1990 had never been off, all of them came out fine. Pretty funny since people break them on pickups with half the miles. :lol:

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It's pretty common to weld a bigger nut onto the manifold bolts to get them off.

 

The ones on my 1990 had never been off, all of them came out fine. Pretty funny since people break them on pickups with half the miles. :lol:

This is actually where the exhaust flange connects to the the manifold under the truck.

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You know Zach, kids are gonna interfere with truck mods [emoji23]

 

Congratulations buddy!!

 

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Haha paramedic school is doing that already anyway. Thanks man

 

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Roll coal braappp

 

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I'd get that looked at asap....

 

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Haha paramedic school is doing that already anyway. Thanks man

 

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I'd get that looked at asap....

 

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It's factory lmao
LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Just installed a power converter in my truck. Attached it to my sub box. Should help with my friends that have iphones always needing to be charged lol

 

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Has two house plugs as well as a USB port [emoji106]

 

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kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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That doesn't make sense lol. Convert 12 volt to 110 and then back to 5? volt.

 

I would like a converter to run a fridge though lol.

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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That doesn't make sense lol. Convert 12 volt to 110 and then back to 5? volt.

 

I would like a converter to run a fridge though lol.

It's for those pesky friends that always need their phone plugged in lol. I've had this inverter about 6 months and I've used it at the races and concerts to run a radio and it works great. 410 watts ain't much so I can't run anything big but for right now it will work. If need be I will upgrade to a bigger one in the future. I like how small this one is too. Fits right on the side of the box

 

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Oh I gotcha. It's not often they are back there but when I got 5 people in the truck chances are half of them need to plug their phone in. Plus I will use it to charge my drills for work

 

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