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  1. The Stealth AirDog on a 3rd Gen

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/20/2025 08:38 PM

    Here you go, gang, I've gone and done it now. I found the next great hiding place on a 3rd Gen Truck and gave the AirDog a protected spot. I mocked up the bracket in the bed and then mounted the pump bracket upside down against the inner bed wall. This makes it a bit tricky to get the 4 Allen bolts in and tight. Then I managed to get the suction line hooked up to the modified sender straw. Then I removed and cut the filler neck hose and inserted the return tee into the filler neck hose. Clamped the tee in place in the filler neck hose. Now hooked up the return line for the AirDog. I'm going to have to redo my electrical, since I need a bit more wire to reach the pump, but I'll get it.

    I crawled under Thor and using a 1/2 breaker bar and loosen the fan belt tension. I was able to hop up on the bumper and get the new idler pulley installed and tighten up. Now I'll admit the fan belt was a bit higher with the new pulley. Got it all back together.

    Then I was looking at my leaking radiator. The driver side radiator header tank is cracked in the front face. I've got to look into replacing the radiator in Thor since the plastic tank is cracked. Maerk and I are looking into the idea of plastic welding the crack shut for a band-aid fix.

  2. Nampa, ID here we come!

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 05/07/2025 02:22 AM

    @Tweety Bird and I loaded up into Thor. I've got a medical visit here in Nampa to see about saving my right kidney. Thor is going be helping us relocate tweety bird to my nest. Yup, she is moving out and in with me. As for the trip down Thor ran great. Very smooth ride and good power till you build a little bit too much boost... P0234 code. Funny. Pull over erase the error code and continued down the road. Now comparing the previous MPG to now. 4 MPG gain. Still remember I've got blow by issues. Another long run.

  3. Thor becoming part of the family

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/29/2025 03:07 PM

    Yeah, Thor is in rough shape. The interior is well-worn and dirty from two years of my using it as a service truck. Now, Thor is becoming the next article truck for the website. I've got a Mopar1973Man banner already pulled out for the truck's rear window. Then, Thor's first task is going to be hauling a full load of scrap metal to Lewiston, Idaho. Thor is going to provide all the 3rd Generation articles we need. I'm currently writing an article for the AirDog 150 fuel system I'm installing. I'm going to go back and build an article on the Boost and Pyrometer I installed for the previous owner. Thor is going to be my next bad boy truck that Mopar1973Man.Com knows how to build. After the lewiston trip is done then I've got a few trips down to @Tweety Bird place to finish moving her out of her place in Nampa, Idaho. Thor is going to be used quite a bit and doing a lot of heavy hauling.

    In my chat with @Tweety Bird I remembered I had the phone number of the second previous owner of Thor and sent him a text message. He's sad to see the winch bumper and the flat bed go away. By the time I'm done, Bradon might want that truck back after cleaning it up and getting all the problems ironed out and turning this into another Beast with all the power and high MPG's. Who would turn their nose up at that, eh?

  4. Thor is on the road!

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/28/2025 07:35 PM

    Thor is on the road. OMG! What a change to dropping that flatbed and going to a normal truck bed. I've got scale weights from back when Thor was a service truck and now with the normal truck bed.





    Flatbed with tools and all equipment - 9,600 pounds
    Normal truck bed -------------------------- 7,300 pounds
    Weight Savings ---------------------------- 2,300 pounds

    This truck is quick now. I can row the gears and accelerate pretty darn quickly. Thor still has a few issues, like the exhaust brake quit. I got a new radiator for Thor, but I just tucked it in the shop for now. I need to get a trailer load of scrap metal hauled to Lewiston soon, so we have some extra funds. I will say Thor runs much cooler in EGTs now, MPG is up how much is uncertain as of yet. Thor is now going to be my daily driver truck, allowing me to repair Beast properly. The flatbed and front winch bumper might be sold to a local gent. We will see. All in all, I'm super impressed with the weight reduction and the fact that I can now use Thor to tow my RV for camping. Previously, I couldn't use my RV hitch because the rear hitch point was too low to the ground.

    Little bugs need to be shaken out and get Thor shaped up now.

  5. Stalled The Engine

    Mopar1973Man.Com Software · Mopar1973Man · 03/31/2025 09:16 PM

    I was attempting to keep you all informed of the work happening here using the Blog system. Sadly, there were bugs in the software, some bugs have been fixed. We made it to the Invision Community Version 5 software. Things have been a bit weird and tough for me to catch up and get everything working correctly.

    Blogs had an error where the categories couldn't be managed. When I attempted to delete one category, it deleted both of my previous blog posts. Opps. Yeash it sucked but I'll stumble and get back up and running properly and keep making the site better and faster. Yes, the blogs are a new feature that is part of the website package now.

    The mobile and desktop themes both come with light and dark color themes. This can be selected at the bottom of your screen. By default, the screen will auto-adjust between the light and dark, typically dark with mobile devices. Remember, you can have light or dark at a touch of the icon at the bottom.

    I know there are issues with the Event calendar that is going to be used now. The design plan is that you'll notice there is no phone number listed. I'm going to start an appointment-based call back and phone support. Take notice that the only contact information is my snail mail address. Phone contact will be done by appointment base.

    I can no longer just give away my knowledge or my information on the website. I'm a PRIVATELY OWNED website. I'm not like Cummins Forum, which is owned by VerticalScope Inc. Mopar1973Man.Com is a small business privately owned and maintained privately. Yes, this means I'm responsible for all bills and services to keep this running.

    Phone Support appointment based - $50.00 an hour based on the time logged on my phone.
    Subscriptions - These are required to interact with Mopar1973Man or get support for your vehicle.

    Articles and Elite Articles will be merged, and Elite Articles will be removed soon.

    The download section remains fairly the same, but the Listing is now Grid Styled.

    Gallery Section is another new feature I'm already hard at work using for my blogs now and my artwork as well. I want to invite all the members to show off their trucks in the generation categories, and then I can start voting for Trucks of the Month. We can change up the generation categories and have fresh pictures of members' rides.

    I've been digging through the article database and found several little things I wanted to fix, being that the website is in a state of flux right now with the Article Database having URL edits done. You might find old URL links that might not work now. Sorry, but give a bit of time to allow Google to reindex this in the days to come.

  6. Bumpin' The Bumpers

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/20/2025 01:38 AM

    I got a little bit done today with Thor. I've now got bumpers on Thor. The rear bumper is off a 2005 Dodge Hemi and fits perfect. I got it bolted up and license plate on the rear bumper. Looks good. Now the front bumper is off a 4th Gen truck doesn't quite fit right. Its a bumper and will have to do for the time being. Now the other problem is the electrical is strange but 2006 was a single year where the taillights was totally different. It's like the 2007 for all the plugs and everything works but the brake lights. Now the 2005 wiring the main plug at the fender in the front is way different. I got a another butchered tail light loom and got it for free because it was a trainwreck cut wires everywhere. I got the plugs I needed for the tail lights now start testing for signals for brakes, turn, running lights, and backup lights. Yup it all works just got to modify my loom to have the new plugs on the ends. Mark is going to chase some solder and shrink tubing so I can get this wired up.

    Side note also... I went out this morning thinking I just fire up and move the truck near the shop. The batteries were near dead. Enough to light the dash but not enough to even kick the starter. Thor is sitting out front of the shop with a battery charger for the night.
  7. I had to make a return trip and try to find the right wiring for a 2006 Dodge Ram. The weird part is that a 2005 tail light loom has different plugs than the 2006 main plug. The 2007 loom is totally different and is missing the white/tan lead for brake light, assuming that there is a turn signal stalk that cancels and supplies the brake signal down the turn signal lead like typical. Nope, Thor is different, where he has a separate tail light bulb for a brake light. Being I cannot get a 2006 loom for the tail lights at this time, I'm going to hack this up and make it work being right now the 2007 loom actually works perfectly for everything but brake lights. Since the white/tan lead is there, I can adapt the new plug that fits a sealed beam tail light. This is going to be fun too. 🤨

  9. Hit the wall...

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/15/2025 06:17 PM

    I spent some time this morning tracing out the brake light function from the cab to the taillights. Then I found out the taillight loom I got from a 2007 will NOT work. It's a single taillight setup. Problem I figured out that there are two taillights in the wiring diagram and then started looking for the white/tan lead nope. Not there. Now I'm on hold, waiting to see if the salvage yard has a 2005 wiring loom so I can get the right wiring. The project is on hold for a bit to sort out the electrical for the taillights.

  10. Titanium, wows people for breakfast!

    Titanium · Mopar1973Man · 04/15/2025 12:11 AM

    @Tweety Bird and I needed to run out and take care of a few things. I hopped in the shower and got cleaned up, and with fresh, clean skin and shaved, I started doing my makeup for the day. I did standard black makeup and wore my blue wig. Nothing fancy by any means but I've wowed another store worker today. @Tweety Bird and I stopped to get breakfast out, which I know of an awesome place for breakfast burritos. Old Towne Market has a small cafe in the back of the store. The gal working there I knew the gal at the counter; she took our order and handed the ticket back to me to pay up front. Ok. The gal at the till has kind of a blue-gray hair. I told her it looked awesome. She commented about my appearance. She was so intrigued about my appearance that she started asking questions then I revealed the cancer story somewhat, and she loved the fact I continue to do makeup and dress the part. Still, to this day, I get all kinds of stellar comments about my appearance.

    At another stop, I picked up a bit of fuel in Minnie. Now I'm pumping fuel in Minnie, and the older gent pulls in with a Ford 7.3L 1 Ton that looks awesome and is running great. Diesel man, I am. I gave him a kind comment about his Ford truck. I walked over after pumping my fuel and started a conversation about diesel dressed up as Titanium. This gent, being kind, basically stated strange-looking but hella knowledgeable. At that point, it didn't matter what I looked like, but the facts of my knowledge to help this old man fix up his 7.3L Ford floored him. I told him about his rear tires being over-inflated and how to fix it with my math formula. I showed him my phone from the website. Then I told him to consider replacing injectors because 176k miles is a bit long on factory injectors. He was very thankful I just happened to be there to give him info,

    This is why I don't care if I'm dressed up as Titanium, Mopar1973Man, or just Michael Nelson. I steal the show anywhere I go, any way I'm dressed. Titanium is my favorite way to be in public. No matter where I go, I'm always finding someone to just wants to ask why. Now, when the cancer story comes forward and the fact I lost all the hair on my head and found a way to enjoy life yet with cancer and still look good. Remember this is why I will be getting married soon. I met in the West Portico building in Meridian, ID, and had the luck of meeting her twice It was Suzanna who asked me for my phone number.

    There are just too many great things that come from my wonderful makeup work and the person I am! Would you stop doing this? Or would you be the one like me who wants to see how far down the rabbit hole this goes?

  11. Are you stopping?

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/14/2025 11:54 PM

    I had other running around to do today. By the time I came back home, I only had a few hours of daylight left before the shadows of the mountain start casting on the valley floor. I managed to get the filler neck installed and managed to cut the unleaded neck out to fit the diesel fuel nozzle at a fuel station. I was getting sore from lying on the ground to deal with that, so I shifted over to dealing with the brake light issue. Now I got power past the brake light switch still not making it to the taillights, so I've got more testing with a test light to find the issue. I'm so close to having this truck running so I can deal with repairing Beast that is nearly 500k miles and having serious oil leaks around the crankshaft seals, both front and rear.
  12. I managed to get alot done today on Thor. Everyone was pitching in between Mark and Suzanna. We temporarily rigged up the AirDog fuel system so I could move the entire truck outside. I've got a trick I'm going to show on Thor that I'm doing for a AirDog soon. Already got the straw done in the sender basket. Then pulled Beast up with the trailer and used the a-frame to unload the new bed for Thor. Then, Thor was fired up, rolled out the door, lifted the bed up, and carefully lowered the bed back on Thor. I've got a problem with the brake lights not working, so I've gotta chase that problem quickly. I'm very pleased with the bed and the tailgate. The tailgate has a few minor dents, and then the bed has a few extra holes but is in good condition small dents. I've got more projects to do to this truck like sealing the radiator (another trick I wanna try). I've got an idler pulley for the fan belt to install. Then a full oil change. Then I'll have a working truck to use when I'm busy fixing Beast.

    What I figured out tonight just looking over wiring diagrams and quick test of power at the 26 Fuse in the TIPM and found both terminals of the fuse to be dead without power. I've got a post over on the forum...


  13. Closer to being whole again

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/13/2025 12:53 PM

    Yesterday, I got the electrical for the bed strung down frame. I have all new electrical running to the bedand taillights. Now I've got to get Mark to give me a hand and unload the new bed from the trailer to the frame of Thor. I'm planning on installing the AirDog 150 too. Today I've got to grab my old fuel pump I saved on the shelf and drill the straw through it and install. I've got a awesome idea of installing the AirDog in the bed side but I gotta look ar how much room I have after the filler neck is hooked up. Yeah I've got a gasser filler neck but its a 2nd Gen neck. Little work with a dremel tool I can open up that narrow unleaded to diesel sized nozzle hole.

  14. Flash Update

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/08/2025 10:35 PM

    A lot of things happened today. Actually, back up to last night, and I was making calls on getting a hold of a trailer to haul back Thor's new bed. Found a local friend I could borrow his trailer to bring the bed home. Yeah I have to use Beast one last time. Beast is leaking at both ends of the crank front and rear seals. I managed to get oil and an oil filter for Thor. Then, fresh coolant. I'm hoping to do a recrimp of the radiator here very soon. Back on track, I've got to haul down to Horseshoe Bend, ID to get the new bed. The gent that is selling the bed is a fan of the website too. Maybe I'll bring another new member to the website.

    As for the Website software, a lot is going on. I'm watching over many systems and trying to adjust for the best performance of the server and get the search engine walking the site again. I've seen some serious traffic changes in the amount of bots walking the site en masse trying to catch up to the new code and reindex several pages I had changed the URL structure in. There is much more coming. Like there is a solved marker now for the forums so you can be directed to the solution of the problem without having to read an entire long forum post. Gallery area: I'm going to ask for everyone to post photos of their trucks so we can have a Truck of the Month vote and then start replacing truck photos for the different generations on the website.

  15. Business side

    Titanium · Mopar1973Man · 04/08/2025 12:36 AM

    I made a trip down to Nampa to my fiance's place. The next day I was hopping from salvage yard to salvage yard. I was on a mission to find the next bed for Thor. Even while I was out looking for a truck bed in the salvage yard I was still in hair and makeup. The fiance wanted to come along. She was wearing an orange dress to complement her I opted for the orange tone on my eyelids. Even the shirt which I don't need to repeat in text. You have no idea how much this really does bring more helpful people into my life. I ended up walking a total of 5 miles in 5 salvage yards. Now, even for huffing around in a dirty salvage yard, it turned heads for sure. Still in all the guys that work there are super helpful and could point out the trucks I was hunting for. Even on travel to another salvage yard, seeing other guys giving me thumbs up as I sit in traffic. Even fun to see granny rubbernecking with a smile.

  16. Thor - The project continues

    Thor · Mopar1973Man · 04/07/2025 05:22 PM

    Yup. Thor is a running and driving truck now. I've been fighting to find a 3rd Generation bed, taillights and tailgate for Thor. Surprise, Surprise! The 3rd Generation trucks in the Boise Valley are all short bed. OMG! This is nuts. I spent over 5 miles of hiking just walking around the wrecking yards attempting to find a truck bed for Thor. Long Bed boxes are rare, and if you find one, typically the bed is completely hammered like I've got a few photos of trucks with long boxes but the truck looked as if it was put through a drier. I now realize I need to call today and find a wiring loom for Thor yet. Just made the phone call to North Verde Auto Salvage in Ontario OR. I just found my taillight loom and it will be picked up while I'm down getting the truck bed. I found another bed in way better shape and it is white in color and excellent shape. All this will be gathered on Wednesday.

    With all this happening, I was wanting to bring back the classified section for the website so people can sell and look for parts they need for their trucks and vehicles. Give me some time I'll see if I can build a classified ad area most likely be built on the article database idea. Ok. I managed to toss together a database and some extra fields for other information. We now have a classified ad once again. The only thing I ask that people set a expire time no longer than 1 year. Now you can see I have a flatbed for sale and winch bumper.

    One of the staff @Doubletrouble made a request for the return of the Classified Ads area. Sadly, there isn't much for 3rd party apps right now for this software. I created a database for listing your oddball parts and then even list vehicles you want to sell. This is all home brew design, so if there is something else you want me to add to this Classified ads area, I'll be glad to add the info slot.

  17. A day to play with green!

    Titanium · Mopar1973Man · 03/31/2025 07:53 PM

    Yesterday was Sunday. I wanted to keep up with my makeup artistry, work with my white face foundation, and try a few tricks. It's not my best work, but it was an improvement compared to some of the other white face makeup I've done. I've added Mehron setting powder to set the white base and pull the extra moisture out of the body paint. Green is a tough color to work with being I've got very little in a green powder palette to do my eyeshadow. Then working with green lipstains is interesting, to say the least.

  18. Introducing Titanium

    Titanium · Mopar1973Man · 03/28/2025 08:34 PM

    Let me introduce you to Titanium my other character I've created to deal with my cancer. Yes, I've had bladder cancer twice. The first one was on December 27th, 2019. I went in to have a cancerous tumor removed from my bladder covering my right ureter. Fast forward 4 years to December 17th 2023, and back in again to see my entire bladder consumed in cancer, and doctors were uncertain if I would survive. Now that I've been 6 months clean, I'm happy, but I still have kidney issues. My right kidney is stressing because of the restriction of flow to my stoma. I ran through my phone rapidly and uploaded most of my good photos and I want people to understand there is map data to show these are not staged but real interaction with random people.

    This has led me down of path of watching several other makeup artists on Tiktok and YouTube to create my character and just enjoying the interaction with the people of the public. As I continue on my adventure with my makeup artistry, I'll be posting up my own content here and sharing my interaction with other forum members and random people in public.

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