What did you do with your truck/shop today

[LongrangeLauber]

Time to trade.

Only reason I'd trade in is to get an HD. That's why I'm not doing many modifications because it may end up happening depending on my needs

 

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[Daryl LBZ]

Only reason I'd trade in is to get an HD. That's why I'm not doing many modifications because it may end up happening depending on my needs

 

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[Colossus]

Stadium where the Green Bay Packers play

 

oh, football.

[Daryl LBZ]

Took her for a drive to State College.

 

[Coby7]

Dullest 2 days of my life, nothing to do, so boring.

[Coby7]

This morning I fixed a 2005 Silverado cluster.

[Colossus]

We got about 5 inches of wet heavy snow this morning. Did a bit of shoveling and had to go clear the walks down at 2 church buildings using an Ariens Pro 32 and a John Deere 1032 Snowblowers. (Ariens was awesome, the old JD was built by Murray and is a piece of crap but the Techumseh Snowking 10HP engine did well) On my way home, a moron in a Dodge Ram clipped my drivers side mirror with his passenger side mirror because he was too far over in his lane or was new to driving a big truck or something. My mirror will have to be replaced, cracked, broken. Just what I needed. He apologized sincerely, and I took a few deep breathes and told him he was forgiven and I took off. Traffic was backing up and I just wanted to get out of there. I have not been in a good mood lately and I didn't want things to escalate to the point I did something stupid. So yes, I'm probably out $200 or so for a new mirror. But oh well. $200 is better than a $20,000 lawsuit for punching the guy. Went to Dairy Queen, got me a peanut butter cup blizzard, and kept my cool. Tomorrow is another day. No guarantees in life. Shit happens. Move on.

[Daryl LBZ]

Went to pick up more new interior parts.

 

[Coby7]

Just repaired and refurbished a 2004 Gas HD cluster that had all of the problems that these clusters have.

1. It would kill the battery after 3 days of non-use

2. PRND321 display was dim when the cluster ever came on.

3. Cluster most of the time wouldn't turn on.

4. Half the bulbs were burnt.

5. Most of the stepper motors were shot

6. High beam LED dim lit all the time.

Took it apart and fixed everything, replaced all the motors and bulbs. He wanted OEM background color so warm white LEDs were used.

 

 

[Coby7]

A member PMed me for the polarity in the HVAC control panel so he could add LEDs to replace the burnt bulbs.. Might be a nice to know for some of you. The black stripe indicates the negative side.

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2017 by Coby7

[Jsdirt]

Still working on the Alero, in between other small jobs. Thing is becoming a royal pain in the ass.

 

Got the Time-Sert installed - that part is good. What sucks is, the lifter is acting like it's pumped to the max. Every time I tighten down the rocker arm, the clearance goes negative and hangs the exhaust valve open. Got down the lifter galley with a borescope - no debris in the lifter. Got a long, stiff wire to try and force the lifter to bleed down. Could see it moving within spec. Ground down on the rocker tip as a last-ditch effort. Didn't work. SOAB.

 

Out of ideas. Pushrod is clear of debris, nothing has changed height-wise with the rocker mounting. Torqued it down and fired it up without the valve cover. Everything is working fine, but that cylinder now misfires due to the hanging valve.

 

Been chatting with other techs. Was suggested to run it a bit and see if it bleeds down on it's own. I doubt it will be this easy. Nothing ever is these days! After that, next step is tear the whole damn motor down just about to reach the lifter, pull it out and inspect. It might have got damaged from running with zero load, and smacking into the camshaft.

 

Thanks for designing another winner, GM. I really appreciate it!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2017 by Jsdirt

[NEFisher11]

Drove home in the snow. Nothing to exciting.

[Coby7]

This morning working on a Hummer H2 cluster, it was dead when I received it, it now works but not 100% sure I fixed it. I will be switching it on and off all day to see if it fires up every time.

 

 

Just repaired a 2003 Tahoe cluster with the usual problems except motors were still good. Sometimes it wouldn't come on, sometimes it wouldn't shut off and kill his battery and of course the PRND321 display was dead. All the bottom bulbs were burnt so I LEDed it in cool white.

18:30 Just finished a 2005 Venture 3 gauge cluster.

Edited January 18, 2017 by Coby7

[Jsdirt]

Finally finished the Alero. Went on a 10 mile test run, then changed the oil when I got back. Fixed a vacuum leak at the MAP sensor, changed the bearing in the tensioner pulley (had to dremel that stupid plastic lip they put on there to get you to throw the thing away ... ), and replaced a burnt out 194 running lamp bulb in one of the rear tail lights.

 

She lives to run another day!

 

Quite the difference sound-wise from my last video, lol:

 

http://vid297.photobucket.com/albums/mm215/jjs05polaris/Forum%20pics/0119171315_zpsmvobrxpe.mp4

[Coby7]

Today was a slow day, only sold and programmed a (22733524 ) to a 2010 Cobalt and replaced the 2 front speakers for him. Me and my big mouth!!!!!! Anyway he left happy but doing this outside was a bit harsh while he sat in the car.