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If I had to guess I’d put money (environment dependent) that the trans HEATS the engine coolant almost as much as the engine. Not something I’m passionate about…. Just sayin’ No, I did not use synthetic. Just thelisted TES 389 spec’d fluid. This is an interim step on the way to synthetic. I...

As a follow up from yesterday’s fail….. added some Diesel 911 and some fuel conditioner. Ran a bit rough for a bit but finally cleared. Must have been a slug of water. With the temps to get to the teens for the next week I didn’t want that sitting in an injector. Good news is I found that I can...

Wanted to go on a quick trip before the snow today...... Got the little people all spooled up for a ride in the truck. Went out and started her up, rounded up car seats and loaded everyone up. Just as everybody was buckled in she started running rough. Of course. Unload everyone to the daily...

Hey all, This seems to be a topic that I see lots of questions about but not many answers. So for the benefit of others thinking about doing the swap I'll throw my trans oil change experience knowledge up here...... should be a short write up. :rolleyes: My truck is a 2003 3126 Cat equipped...

More of that white stuff showed up last night, not much but probably courtesy of your comment….. I wish Santa lived close by, he would dropped off a rear diff locker by now.😕 Made a bit of progress today, covered the kick panels on driver and passenger side. Not much, but something done.

Added some indoor/outdoor fabric to my doors for a bit of sound attenuation. I used this on my last aircraft build, it’s light, cheap and made local to me. The only downside I see with this fabric is that the fire performance isn’t great. It took about three hours, used 3M Super 77 to adhere it...

With the temp climbing all the way up to a balmy 37* today I decided to do my trans flush and fill. Did a warm up drive, got to 165*. Drained the engine oil out of the trans, looked clean and nothing of note on the mag drain plugs. Filled with 3 gallons of ATF, rerouted the trans cooler return...

I’ve had the thought of installing both pressure transducers and installing a switch to use either high or low pressure transducer. Best of both worlds I guess. Should be easy enough and only costs are another pressure transducer, a brass tee, scrounge some wire and switch….

Fixed my CTIS! The truck I bought had the solenoid control block removed, bought a used unit in fair shape. The solenoids checked out, but in removing the cover I snapped 3 each bolts. Steel bolts in aluminum..... nice. The block is assembled from two chunky non weldable aluminum parts...

To hopefully close this thread out I ended up using a regular hose clamp and once clamped down with a bit more help I used my TIG to tack weld the band closed. I put the unit on the truck and have taken a few rides, half expecting the band to pop, it hasn't. The ride is so much nicer with that...

Well, I made progress, and found out I hosed myself. I didn't get the message about not cutting that top band that holds the sleeve on. I just ran across that thread today. The job would have been done had I not done that. So I'm trying to crack that nut now. As far as the O-rings go that...

I did check out the energy suspension website for universal fir bushings, nothing too close there. Making a bushing may be the way to go, either poured or machined. Anyone have a tip for what to replace the metal band with that holds the airbag to the body?

After my last ride I did a walk around as per standard. I heard an air leak from the passenger side cab air ride can. Today I decided to look into the issue and found the leak was from the top shock retention pin O-Ring. Once I had the unit it out it sounded faintly like a clunky hourglass, and...

I prefer a stock unit, but I can kit bash something together if I needed to. Turns out it would have been a great thing to have this weekend as the car show / fly in I went to parked me in a soft spot. I made some foot deep trenches, but got out with some careful use of throttle.

Hey all, My first post here. Bought a 2003 M1078A1 last month and troubleshoot the CTIS fault to..... no control valve block behind the passenger kick panel. Everything is capped off. I've been looking around for a new to me block and haven't had much luck finding anything recent for...