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What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....
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Big T
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ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Napa makes a premium line that is supposed to be made by mevotech, which would be there ttx line. Napa is proud of them though
@ak diesel driver what is ttx line?
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Mevotech's premium line. Go on rockauto.com to see if they are available for your ride. I bought tierods from RA and it was roughly 1/4 as much as Napa
@ak diesel driver so just to clarify, are mevotech better than Delco or gm original?? I'm buying one from local Napa this afternoon, but I'm asking because I want to get extras relatively soon just to have them on hand
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
I believe it was rockabilly that was saying what good luck his shop had with them....
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Napa's NEW Fleet chassis line = Mevotech TTX
Our Napa district manager came into the shop yesterday with a rep from Mevotech. This spring they are launching a new line of chassis parts in the Napa Fleet series. These will be Mevotech TTX parts that are painted black with orange boots. The TTX line is awesome, but we always have an issue...
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dieselolds
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Didn’t do much with my 96 gmc with the 6.2 660 engine today but did use some mothers leather conditioner on the seats and applied some Napa protectant on the dash and door panels.
Tomorrow I plan to change the fuel filters as I have both a primary and secondary setup.I also have a fuel pressure gauge with npt barb fittings ready that I may install as well so I can monitor fuel pressure in case a dead lift pump arises.
Tomorrow I plan to change the fuel filters as I have both a primary and secondary setup.I also have a fuel pressure gauge with npt barb fittings ready that I may install as well so I can monitor fuel pressure in case a dead lift pump arises.
93detroit
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Not a 6.5 post, per say, but I recently used my dad's '13 HD with a 6.0 to pull my Massey Harris to a fair for a tractor pull. Driving over the mountain, I found that the truck could not hold 3rd gear with 8k of trailer behind it. It's a beautiful truck- loaded, garage kept with 23k miles on it. Third gear in a 6l90 transmission is close to 2nd in the 4l80. My 6.5 would climb the same mountain faster (holding in 2nd gear) with 15.5k of gooseneck hooked to it! Man, I miss that torque!!
I won't pull the short block out until tractor pulls are done for the year, so a late fall/winter project it will be.
I won't pull the short block out until tractor pulls are done for the year, so a late fall/winter project it will be.
Big T
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Given my current failed 6.5 lift pump efforts, I was looking for some positive from recent mechanic work I’ve performed. So I crawled under the 2014 4Runner to get some pics of the transfer case that I pulled and replaced leaking seals on. Wife has put on 2K miles and I can report squeaky clean success:
Will L.
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Is that a crack in the second pict…. JK.
It is nice to have something fixed and stay fixed.
It is nice to have something fixed and stay fixed.
Big T
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That's two transfer cases I've done successfully this year alone. Next up is the clutch replacement on the 2005 Honda Accord. I have been mechanically productive.
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Husker6.5
135' diagonal 16:9HD, 25KW sound!
And if you have to make the same repair for a second time, does that make you mechanically reproductive?
Big T
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Given that they were different vehicles, it makes me mechanically conquestive.
MrMarty51
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Changed oil and oil filter. Fuel filter was done last oil change so it awaits for one more distance.
Still some oil drippage from the front of the oil pan, where it meets the timing cover.
Still some oil drippage from the front of the oil pan, where it meets the timing cover.
dieselolds
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I spent some time yesterday changing the primary and secondary fuel filters on my 96 gmc with the 6.2.I always liked the 2 filter setup.At least with a good lift pump and dual filtration the DS4 should live a long time.I condemned the old FM100 years ago and went with this setup instead.
I made a couple custom brackets for the filter housings which I think look pretty good minus the paint flaking off it…lol
I made a couple custom brackets for the filter housings which I think look pretty good minus the paint flaking off it…lol
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Will L.
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Your final filter- is that on a hand primer body?
Good filter btw, and brackets look good.
Good filter btw, and brackets look good.
dieselolds
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Thank you Will.I appreciate that.It’s on a primer bulb body that I bought from eBay maybe 2 yrs ago.I ran into trouble with the factory racor housing a couple days ago as the housing was eaten away by corrosion near the primer knob so I had to condemn that housing altogether as air would probably intrude or I’d have an external leak so I just tossed it in favour of this latest housing.It also uses the same thread pitch at 1-14 as the old racor housing did so I was able to install the 2 micron filter once again.