snarl95
Well-Known Member
Changed my radiator.
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Fired up the Burb for its quarterly lubricant and coolant circulation execise to keep the engine internals happy and bring back up the charge on the batteries. I just love the sound of that 6.5 through a straight 4" exhaust with the turndown ahead of the rear axle, sounds SO much meaner than my neighbor's 6.0 PowerJoke! Just let it idle for about 15 minutes with the occasional blip of the throttle to hear it roar, but with my hand on the key ready to shut it off if the IP goes runaway. Blip it up to about 2000 rpm, let it drop down to idle. Did that a couple of times until I blipped it up to 2000 rpm and with my foot off the throttle the IP took off on its own to beyond 4000 rpm territory and climbing till I quickly shut it off. Yup, the IP is still toast, hasn't healed itself sitting there the past two years and nine months. Don't take it anywhere, either, because the transmission is toast, well burnt. No matter where the shifter is, the Burb doesn't move. Have a used Goodwrench reman sitting here to go in the Burb, but also need a new IP to become roadworthy again.
Just wanted to see what's new in this thread. So today it looks like no ones 6.5 got any love... maybe just abuse.
call me what ya like: i'm used to it. had a tread separation today. bent some metal on the left rear. lets me know that i'm not the boss. the only good thing was it cost me nothing but time 'cause the rims were sold for the price of the wheels.
here's the tread missing. drove 4 miles at 15 mph on this:
here's the new tires:
the Coopers were cheaper but didn't like the tread design so went with these.
lesson learned: don't buy used tires!
forgot to tell them to put the weights on the inside but the hubcaps fit after these pics with no problem.
these are from Discount Tire. what impressed me was he started the nuts by hand and used a torque wrench to finish them.