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Any of you guys planning on peforming any special spring maintenance on your truck?

 

Things for mine:

 

1. Oil Change end of Feb/beginning of March (might wait til spring break)

2. Change serpentine Belt (bought a gates)

3. Alignment (dealer)- after i decide if im getting new tires

4. Grease chassis

5. Lube weatherstripping

6. Fix backseat rattles

7. Transmission fluid flush (dealer)

8. wash, clay bar, wax

 

Cant wait till it goes above zero again  :wtf:

 

I did check my oil and fill the windshield wiper fluid today (5 degrees out)

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I can't wait to do some cleanin on the truck, mine is covered with salt grime and looks like it is white!  I need to pick up some clay bars as well.  What do you use for you weatherstrip trim??  It is a frigid 6 degrees here now and supposed to be 20 below tonight!! :wtf:
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same here.  Truck is white covered in salt

 

I am getting some dielectric grease which is what is recommended for the weatherstripping

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Mine is really white too, only place you can tell its Green is on the hood. I have managed to spray mine off a couple times but with all last week being in the low to mid 20's for the high, I havent sprayed it off lately, this week doesnt look any better. I looked under my truck the other day and it looks really bad under there, REALLY white and nasty, dont know what I am going to do under there this spring. I am sure my paint has picked up a few more scratches and chips over the winter so I am not really looking forward to washing it LOL!
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Clean, clean & more cleaning.   :fume:   This cold spell is killing me.  Thank god my parents garage is heated so I could change my oil & rotate my tires this past weekend.  My list for this spring consists of....

 

-Some Zaino action & clean interior

-Fuel Filter (overdue @ 38,000 miles)  :wtf:

-Lube Chassis

-Should be due for another oil change by then

-Throttle Body cleaner

-Fuel Cleaner

-Tranny Service

-Rear end & transfer case fluid

-Alignment (service shop will do this)

-pull my dash apart and check the connectors of a few lights  for my gauges.  (dark spots when its cold until I smack it)

 

...and a good 'ole overall inspection

 

I figure this should keep me busy for a few weekends when it thaws out around here.

 

Eric

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Wash, Clay, Wax.  Oil and Lube probably soon.  Rotation tomorrow if I get time.  Alignment after the rotation in a week.  Fluids are good to go for a while.
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Rotation? Tires?  I havent done that in 20K miles  :wtf:
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We done all the stuff on our pickups a week and half ago .

 

oil change

chassis lube

rear diff

front diff

tranny

transfer case

brake bleed

coolant flush

tire rotation

filters

 

 

next time will be oil/filter change ,chassis lube , air /fuel filter and tire rotation in july  :wtf:

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I only have 12k on the truck so no major maintenance, just  oil change and tire rotation.  I have a question for you guys who live up north.  HOW IN THE #### CAN YOU LIVE IN SUCH COLD WEATHER?  This morning in Houston it got down to 35 and tomorrow morning it will get down to 25 with highs in the mid 40's and sunshine.  Last weekend it got down in the 20's and I thought I was going to turn into a popcicle.  That is about as cold as I can stand.  I did get to see the ICE message in my rear view mirror for the first time.

 

Good luck and stay warm.

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Its not that bad.  It was like 10 and i was outside in a sweatshirt  :D

 

This morning going to school it kept showing ice and the temp gauge in the mirror showed a big goose egg (0).  The bank by school was showing 5 until i got closer and seen there were a bunch of dots representing a negative sign

 

MINUS 5 (not including wind chill WOAH)

 

The cold isnt bad when it snows.  But when it is just cold it sucks.

 

The weather channel is showing a high of 46 for tuesday next wk  :wtf:  :fume:  :fume:  -5 then not a wk later its gonna be 46 (51 degree change in temp)

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LOL, I live about 120 miles south of Houston. It will be freezing tonight and by this weekend it will be 65 again  :wtf:

 

What the #### is road salt?  :fume:

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What the #### is road salt?  

 

Nasty stuff covering my truck till it warms up  :wtf:

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