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Social distance drive the long way home. Filled up in town and didn’t have to stop till I got back into town. Packed a lunch and snacks. 
What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?
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I finally got the brakes working again like they are supposed to. 80 series are Notorious for being difficult to properly bleed brakes and get good results After opening the braking system. I had the rear brakes professionally done cause I ran out of time before an adventure. Anyway after returning from the trip and nhappy with the shops work on brakes I took it back to fix the poor brake performance. Long through in brake peddle and marginal results in stopping all 6,687 # of her. Got it back still crummy stopping results. Took it to sister shop nearby same results. Then back to original after some Resesrch and asked them if they would bleed the LSPV LOAD SENSING PROPORTION VALVE. They looked at me funny, but did it. It improved brakes but still marginal. After a lot of digging on several sites I came across some info that said to actuate the ABS (Not in FSM, maybe in service bulletin....) Then blee brakes and LSVP. 1997 was early for ABS and there is a special tool and process from stealerships to remove air in the ABS body. Poor folk like me have to find a gravel road or grassy area to stop fast and get the ABS to cycle, about 12 times. Then back to driveway to do psr dsr, psf dsf then the LSVP. bingo! Nice firm brakes on an 80.
Glad that worked for you! I have a 1997 Silverado which suffers from similar issues after swapping the master cylinder. I will try activating the ABS and then bleed the system again to get some more air out. Thanks for sharing!
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I got my dream vehicle just over 1 week ago. I've been dreaming of a it for years. My wife and I are so pumped about the future adventures we'll go on with our new baby.
Slowly but surely doing some mods on it - starting with cosmetic. I removed the bumper slash guards on the Wrangler Sport s and plasti dipped the badges.
In 2018, we took a month off work and drove our old Jeep Renegade from Ontario Canada to California and back through the southern States. We're hoping to do something similar next summer (2021).
Slowly but surely doing some mods on it - starting with cosmetic. I removed the bumper slash guards on the Wrangler Sport s and plasti dipped the badges.
In 2018, we took a month off work and drove our old Jeep Renegade from Ontario Canada to California and back through the southern States. We're hoping to do something similar next summer (2021).
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Yup - follow Youtube instructions on how long to give before doing a 2nd coat. To be honest, i sort of sped through mine, if you look at it close up, there are a couple problem spots but whatever
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Got to use the truck for truck things. Do you really need to use a 50 year old 5/4Ton truck to move firewood across the yard? No probably not. Is it fun to do? Yep!
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Got my RIGd tire carrier installed today and redid my sleeping platform so it folds down to give more day to day space in the rear
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Finally finished all the rock lights around the rig. One less thing on the to do list. The true test will be when riding the trail at night. Can’t wait!!
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Today was tranny filters and fluid day in the 2500hd. You know they make two filter sizes for the pan filter? A deep pan and a shallow. You would think a truck that can pull 14.5k lbs would have a deep pan. that would be a nope..... Just like a house project, at least two runs to the store. Done! Smooth shifting again.
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Installed a RCI full skid plate (engine, transmission, and transfer case):
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I use some of the cheap lights I got from Walmart on sale. they work just as good as the $100 plus lights. I am using them off my spod. gotta see how long they will last.
