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  1. BigDaveZJ

    Can you beat this??

    We usually don't get more than 12-18" at a time here in Denver, although I'm 1,000' ft higher than Denver so we get a little more than them. Most I've ever seen out here was 42" back in March of 03.
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    99 F350 questions...

    If it's smoking like he says it is, something is probably already done to it like a chip, or something else is wrong. My bone stock 01 will NOT smoke at all.
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    7.3 fuel mileage?

    I'm lucky to get 16 on the hwy with my 01. I don't hot rod it, but I'm not babying it either. I try to keep the engine under 2k RPM's when I'm cruising on the hwy as much as possible. I noticed a slight increase recently when my fuel filter was replaced and some fuel leaks sealed up, but...
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    Low Fuel Warning comes on to Soon!!

    Have you actually checked to make 100% sure that it is the 38 gal tank?? Just because "it looks" the same like you said doesn't really mean squat.
  5. BigDaveZJ

    Snow Towing

    Ditto what Elk said. I've towed once in the snow, with a buddy's DRW. The snow wasn't too bad, but I was still nervous as it wasn't my truck. Just took it nice and SLOW, kept PLENTY of distance between me and the guy in front of me, and wasn't in a hurry. Never felt the need to pull over and...
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    Brake Pads..........

    I've run those on my Jeep for the last 5 or 6 years now and they've done great, must've been the older kind that's now been discontinued.
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    Brake Pads..........

    I put some Raybestos Ceramic's on the front of mine, very quiet and they stop very well, VERY little, if any, dust.
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    getting a free fuel filter, good and bad I guess

    Bio's not too hard to find in my area, but I live at 6,000 ft so it's not exactly warm either and I've heard Bio gells at much higher temps than regular diesel. Something that should be feasible in the summer though I would think.
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    getting a free fuel filter, good and bad I guess

    Just got the truck back. The tech said that the fuel bowl looked pretty nasty too so he cleaned it out for me. New filter, no leaks, and passed emissions. Now my concern is that with the bowl looking as nasty as this guy said it did, is there anything else I should worry about? Could that...
  10. BigDaveZJ

    fuel dripping out of fuel bowl drain

    Got the same thing going on right now, went to get the emissions test and the shop said it won't pass because of the leak. They said that in the colder weather those o-rings tend to break down a bit and allow some leakage.
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    getting a free fuel filter, good and bad I guess

    Apparently it is? The shop that tested called the dealership I bought it from and the dealer had no objection to paying for it, so who am I to complain?
  12. BigDaveZJ

    getting a free fuel filter, good and bad I guess

    Took the truck down to get the e-test on it done today and it failed right off the bat. Guys said that there was a leak at the top of the fuel bowl and the drain by the filter or something. I'm new to this diesel stuff so I didn't even really pretend to know what they were talking about. BUT...
  13. BigDaveZJ

    Diesel $0.46 GAL DSE Anyone use?

    They say it's not bio, but then they do, WTF.
  14. BigDaveZJ

    Power window question;

    My driver window flies up, and flies most of the way down, but when it hits the last few inches going down it often comes to a complete stop, and I can't even really force it down. Sometimes it goes smooth, but it's pretty rare. Similar symptons with similar causes or does it sound like...
  15. BigDaveZJ

    what to do with my bed?

    The 01 250 I bought a couple weeks ago has a bed that is, well, trashed. Was definitely used as a truck! Lots of time with an over-the-cab camper, and it looks like a ton of rock and crap hauled in the bed. Some dents, dings, and barely ANY paint left on the bottom of the bed. Is it even...
  16. BigDaveZJ

    Help! CB antenna pass through

    Dunno. My truck didn't have a back panel there. It's a crew cab, just used the little lever thingie to tilt the back of the seat forward and head plenty of room to get at everything I needed to.
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    Help! CB antenna pass through

    On my 01 there's two big ass grommet thingies that I used. One on the bed, one on the truck, worked liked a charm.
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    CB radio & antenna mounting

    Anything has a removable top if you have enough sawzall blades!!!!
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    CB radio & antenna mounting

    I did this to the back of my Jeep: and there was no way I could bring myself to drill through the roof of my truck!
  20. BigDaveZJ

    CB radio & antenna mounting

    Haven't messed with the SWR's yet. Have a meter, but was trying to get done in time to watch some football tonight since I missed a bunch yesterday working on my brakes and helping my in-laws move some crap.
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    CB radio & antenna mounting

    Got it all done. No pics though. Put the CB right under the little cubby hole on the dash. Mounted the antenna with an L bracket on the bed, right where the stake mounts are. I was getting ready to drill holes and all sorts of stuff to get the coax into the cab when my wife pointed out the...
  22. BigDaveZJ

    CB radio & antenna mounting

    Heading out the door here in a few to pick up a CB for the truck. Was planning on mounting a 4' or 5' FireStik to the bedrails somewhere and then find a place for the base unit and an external speaker. Where has everyone else mounted their stuff? Thanks!!
  23. BigDaveZJ

    front brakes

    Put a nice of coat of the anti-squeal that comes in those little ketchup looking packets on them, drove around for a couple hours today and they're perfectly quiet, definitely stoked. Went with the Reybestos Ceramic pads. EDIT: They also came with all new clips and the little springy...
  24. BigDaveZJ

    front brakes

    Those clips were a major PITA!!! But got it done within a couple hours. Had to rethink how I was disassembling the caliper from the knuckle, I'm used to the one piece calipers on my ZJ so I undid the bolts on the slide pin, yeah, wrong ones!! LOL But got it done, and my squealing appears...
  25. BigDaveZJ

    how much would this suck?

    Luckily we probably wouldn't ever go over Wolf Creek Pass, that's one bad enough without a load! But Vail, Eisenhower, Kenosha, maybe Hoosier every once in a while. The truck is bagged too so I'm thinking that would probably help get everything squared away. Would a LB DRW really make a ton...

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