Mopar1973Man

I typically pull the storage fuse clips in the cab fuse box to prevent battery drain. Once a week plug in the battery charger for about an hour 2 Amp charge. This way you don't have to pull the batteries and battery drain shouldn't happen.

Basically, you want to unhook the steering box return line. Now cap the pump nipple to keep fluid in the reservoir. Now route the return line to a waste container. Now jack up the front axle. Now with the ENGINE OFF, KEY OFF position to unlock the steering wheel. Now slowly go from lock to lock. The steering gearbox will pump the fluid out. Keep the reservoir full and keep doing this till the fluid runs cleanly on the return line. Typically I use close to 1 gallon to flush and refill the system. The steering gearbox by itself holds close to a quart of fluid. Turkey baster will not work at all.

As long as I keep changing my power steering fluid I hope that I don't have to do that job for a long time yet. 351k and rolling...

Never really seen it on mine. My truck is spoiled. Parked in a garage every night. Kept clean outside, inside and under the hood. Fluids and maintenance kept up. Don't get me wrong some things have plain worn out and failed but looking at the history of the part and how many 100's of thousands of miles I got from the part I'm not complaining one bit. No pavement princess here she get worked hard, hauling firewood, driving offroad, even working with USFS on wildland fires.

Be careful, you are taking about stud territory. I would look at getting a set of ARP studs really soon. Basically the rule of thumb every 1 pound of boost is 10 horsepower. If your asking for 500 HP to the wheels your asking for at least 50 PSI of boost. I'm playing a thin tightrope myself running 45 PSI of boost with my setup.

If you seen all the fire truck that we have that are diesel just stuff in a barely heated shed. They sit for long periods without being touched. Then they are fired up and driven hard to a fire. I seriously wouldn't bother doing anything special. Just park it. Then when you go to use it check all your fluids before starting.

AirDog 150 water separator and pre-filter.

My 7 x 0.0085 injectors smoke pretty good at 90% at 2,000 feet elevation. My performance tune starts at 90% and my daily starts at 80%.

Here I'll help... The test... Then if the alternator fails again replace it. Yes, new alternator fail out of the box. Then move on to the ground wire mod. Simple version.

It's the amount of metal graphite in the grease fouling the magnetic field and no longer capable of creating a good sinewave that the ABS computer can count frequency. This is why the whole greasing method tends to foul the ABS light.

Give me till tomorrow I'll explain in more detail about the secret on the Quadzilla and Mopar1973Man high idle and how to use them. They both can be used but there is a fine line where they must be separated. Mostly in the winter time and 3 CYL functions.

Just leave the Quadzilla high idle disabled. Everything will play nice together.

SOB! Now on top of the forest fire we now have fire bug on the loose. Called out to a grass fire last night in Pollock. Long ways from the road.

Still pumping out 250 to 260 miles every Tues, Thurs, and Sat. Just stopped for breakfast.

Let me know I can order some put them in the store.

HX35/40 (60/60/12), 7 x 0.0085 injectors. Daily tune.

Slowly gaining ground on you. I'm coming to the 400k milestone...

Not a huge difference. 255/80 R17 is a 33.1" vs 245/75 R16 is a 30.5" so axle difference 1.3 inches taller at the axle. This is comparable to 285/75 R16 which is a 32.8" for height just 30mm narrower.

It is what it is. Like my truck is starting to seem a bit war-torn and battered. 351k miles and still rolling.

All 3 of us have 2002 Dodge truck with long beds.

I'm going to say around 80% is your starting point.

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On the money. Smoke got so bad today I shutdown from work shortly after 2pm.

Just like I said before a smaller footprint will drive down and grab the pavement. Where a wide face tire will jump up on top of what ever material you running across. I personally love whizzing down the highway at a comfortable speed in the dead of winter as I watch all the wider tire and lift trucks struggle to hold there own on the snow. I'll admit though in mud or soft ground the wider tires do actually work out the best. Question is how many people drive on soft mud every day a majority of the time?

@Tractorman so how are you liking the 245's now? Thanks for the photos they don't look much different than the 235's I'm currently running. Here shortly you guys will see my 215's on the 1996 Dodge.