"Solid as a Rock" who do you work for again? Sounds like advertising lol. Maybe try Acklands or some fastener supply house & see if they have replacements for the handle, same with the weather stripping. McMaster Carr has a ton of chit like that, the company I work for orders almost daily & it's "Purolated" in a couple days.

 

How are you going to control the off/on? Use a thermostat on the upper rad hose wrapped in muffler tape or? I know on stock intake manifolds there aren't any provisions for a 3/8 temp. switch so a needle style taped to the rad hose should work. Hook the ground for the relay to the fans up to it & voila.
Whats the CFM, amp draw & RPM's of those fans, 14" I'd assume if they're duals.

 

I'm not too worried about it right now but thanks for the idea. I know where Acklands is, never been in there. Maybe an excuse to go lol. I would love to put 4" bolts through just for over kill purposes lol

 

I drove from St. Paul, MN to St. Louis, Mo to visit my parents before I started work. When I got here I found all my old detailing stuff. Here are a few photos after the wash and wax.

 

installed some 6 degree axle shims...what fun.

 

installed my CAI and put on my brush guard headlight protectors.

 

Did the tb mod. I like it.

 

well today was a long day my dad got stuck with his pickup hadda drive 4 hours to tow him since his ac delco fuel pump burned out after 5 months . I wonder if they would send me an other one since i got the warranty information. The truck is at my uncles house hopefully we could get a new pump. Going back upstate tomorrow feel bad to leave him in the city alone but eh . but hes working in the city so he drives back home on weekends




5/19/2011

Drove home 197 miles. changed wires on my truck and brought it for a state inspection .

 

Yesterday I replaced the rattling catalytic converter. Used an OEM style aftermarket by Davico. Was the whole magilla, manifolds-to-muffler with the Y-pipe, hanger, etc. Had to drop the frame crossmember under the trans to get it out. $325. trade price + gasket and donuts. Bartered with a local garage for some lift time.

It rattled for about a month before it threw the PO420 code. No other codes present and system was tight beforehand, so I'm hoping it's cool. So far, so good...

peace

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put 5/16" thick washers under the a/c compresor mounting bolts to solve my "too long" serpintine belt problem. works! now the tensioner isnt at the end of its travel, has about 3/8" gap before the stop now. hopefully i wont have the occasional belt squeal i was getting in wet weather. also washed the horribly dirty wheels.