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Yesterday I put in some extensive work to clean up the truck, still looks like hell compared to others on here. I only have so much time idk how y'all do it lol. So I started off vacuuming, pulled all my weathertech mats and vacuumed under those. Put some leather conditioner on the seats, dash, and door panels. Cleaned the inside windows, gonna hit them again in a few days to get them good. Pressure washed the inner wheel well liners real good as well as the weathertech mats. Hand washed the outside, even the wheels. Went back over a few spots that had some baked on bug splatter, but I think I missed a few.

 

My well water has a lot of minerals I believe, because I always get a lot of water spots and of course on black trucks they really show. Anyone have any suggestions on how to clean up the water, besides a water softener system? Do you think those in line garden hose filters would help that people use on their RV water supply?

 

Next up, maybe by end of this week, oil change, tire rotation and need to swap my summer air for winter air (fill my tires to proper PSI) lol

 

I'll put up a pic of the truck tomorrow when I have time to shoot a few photos

 

And the gf left her car at my house and I took her to the airport for a business trip to Seattle, I won't see her until Sunday evening so I have a few things planned for her car while she's gone. Good exterior hand wash, vacuum the inside and seats, wipe the inside down, clean the interior windows, outside windows hit with rain-x, and then fill a small rock chip she got a few months back. Hopefully it doesn't rain until after she comes back so she can see the hardwork I put into it lol

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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I've got the same problem here - black truck and well water. Got to chamois the thing down after every wash - only way to eliminate spots.

 

If it's super dry out (which only happens up here in April and May), I keep spraying the sections I can't get to in time to keep them wet.

 

Been YEARS since I've washed the truck by hand though. Gave up after seeing how crappy the paint was on this thing. A soft branch from a forsythia bush scraped right through to the primer. Never seen paint so soft in my entire life. Cheap lawn tractors have better paint! :nonod:

 

 

 

My adventure today was doing CV axles in the '88 Trooper. Well, at least that was the plan. Nothing is ever straightforward around here! Parts got delivered early, which was a first, so I got right on it. Busted my ass getting that knuckle to let go of the ball joints. Slid the boot off, removed the circlip, and yanked the axle out of the outer housing. Open new part box, go to install ... and it doesn't friggin fit!! DAMMIT! Never fails. The star is different, and the balls are a few thousandths bigger than the old one. That's all it took. Tried swapping the old star over - can't get the circlip on, since the star is thicker in the spline area. What a joke!

 

Yet another Rockauto return procedure. My fault this time though - 2 different axles depending on where the truck was built. Easily identifiable had I taken the time to read the damn description. :sick:

 

What's another $16 burned? I'll just pick more off the money tree out back .... :uhoh: Was mad enough to punch this damn truck. :mad: Hope there were no kids within a earshot of this place today!

 

What started out as a few little preventative maintenance items has snowballed into a full restoration project it seems like. Just want this thing out of here. Luckily the owner's late 90's Camry is still hanging on by a thread, so he's not over here pestering me every 10 minutes.

 

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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100 brownie points :fingersx:

That and because I always complain about the dirt film on the inside of the windshield everytime I ride with her so now is my chance to have her car to my standards haha, I think she's gonna realize how much a clean window can improve your visibility
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l0l, My wife borrowed my GPS 4 years ago to go to Montreal, the suction cup ring is still visible in her windshield, I gave up a long time ago!

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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l0l, My wife borrowed my GPS 4 years ago to go to Montreal, the suction cup ring is still visible in her windshield, I gave up a long time ago!

Well she used to detail her car last year before she met me, guess I take too much time from her now lol
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Is that a GM or aftermarket?

 

My high brake light was busted from previous owner and rain was getting in ruining the reflective material.

 

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Got a new LED one on-line and installed this morning.

 

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Well decided clear coat was dry and hard enough so this afternoon I installed my painted bug deflector. I like it much better now. Clear gave me a hard time but got her looking like a professional did it. Not bad for spray bombs and silver paint.

 

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Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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careful with those aftermarket HMCSL (High Mounted Center Stop Light) Many of them do not have a good proper gasket on the back of them and the old gasket is non-transferable. I got one off of EBAY and sure enough the gasket is too thin and too small. I used some silicone sealer around the fixture for extra protection. They are not really any brighter than the factory model, FYI. But looks good though.

Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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Whelp. Unless I land a new job soon, I'll likely be facing repossession of my truck come December. I'm slowly removing things from it just in case. Sucks, but that's the way life goes when ya leave a job and have a $700 a month truck payment.

LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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Whelp. Unless I land a new job soon, I'll likely be facing repossession of my truck come December. I'm slowly removing things from it just in case. Sucks, but that's the way life goes when ya leave a job and have a $700 a month truck payment.

Sorry to hear that man, hoping you find one here soon!

 

As for mine, tomorrow it will be making a little more noise. Ordered a direct replacement muffler through Borla, the sport model. Hopefully it won't be too quiet or too loud. If I need more noise I can cut the resonator out

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Whelp. Unless I land a new job soon, I'll likely be facing repossession of my truck come December. I'm slowly removing things from it just in case. Sucks, but that's the way life goes when ya leave a job and have a $700 a month truck payment.

Jesus $700/mo? That's a mortgage payment lol

 

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Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

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Trucks are ridiculously priced nowadays. :nonod:

 

I thought $30k was way in the stratosphere when I bought mine. Damn near double the price in 9 years. :sick:

 

I'll be keeping mine until I need to shore up the body with plywood ...

 

Sorry to hear that, Colossus. Hope you find something before that day comes.

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