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Trans is stock as far as I know. Towed pretty rarely and never had a 5th wheel or gooseneck. The previous owner took it to the dealer for everything so I've been meaning to call that dealer and get a run down of all work done to it. What kit are you saying you removed? Im definitely going to look into an adjustable track bar. I'll take a look for sure. Like I said, this area of the truck is pretty new to me so I'm learning from scratch here. From what I saw looking underneath before buying is things are definitely worn but no metal on metal her, bushings are still holding on. If my commute to work was any longer I'd be doing steering now.

Yea you guys definitely helped bring up some points I had over looked on the other truck. Didn't help the guys case when he stopped returning all my calls and then suddenly posted another add 1500 dollars cheaper then he originally had posted and said he needed it gone this weekend haha! Made my choice even easier! I'll definitely go 1/2" all the way, think I had a brain fart earlier with the 3/8s. My main reason for leaning towards the mechanical pump is that pressure will always increase with acceleration. Like I said earlier, it looks like fass wants you to drill a hole in tank for their suction kit which is something I'd rather not do. If the fuel boss requires the same, then its a toss up and I'll probably for fass just because the added filtration. Although with the fuel boss you can still use/save your stock lift pump and leave it in place without having to keep it in your tool box just in case. ughhh decisions decisions haha haha that was the case on my 99! Drove it all the way from California, put on my gauges and got 0psi! But still ran like a champ!

I think I'll make steering/suspension #2. I just don't want to take a chance on the in tank lift pump failing and being our a vp44. Are the 3rd gen caliper upgrade a bolt on swap? Is the 3rd gen track bar and steering box brace all thats needed to clean up the front? I'll go through and change end link and check ball joints as well in the process. Steering is where I was going to need some help since I've never owned a truck with any sort of lift before and not sure what all needs to be done for reliability sake If Fass offered the same thing, that would probably be enough to sway me. As far as I know now, Fass requires to drop the tank and drill a new hole for their suction kit. I'd rather not go through all that just due to my technical expertise, or lack there of! I sent an email to glacier diesel to ask about the fuel boss with in tank pump so we'll see what I get back from them. I'll get some more pics eventually and when I do I'll throw them up in the garage!

Ahh ok. From what I've read on here and instruction manuals, the fuel boss recommends you leave your stock lift pump in place to make priming the system after a fuel filter change easier, but as soon as the engine gets up to idle, a hobbs switch will turn off the stock lp and the fuel boss takes over fueling the truck. I'm not sure if that's still an option with the in tank lp though. Might just be as simple as running a longer wire for the hobbs switch back there, or might be a lot more difficult. I read up on the FASS and they say you need to drop/drill your tank for their suction kit in order for things to work correctly.

All I needed to hear was 'shiney lights' and I was sold!

Is this next go around of switches the one with LEDs?!? I need a new switch for the new rig!

Is the liberty module the in tank pump? That was my big hold up when it came to the fuel boss as every instruction manual I've seen of them have the stock lift pump wired and plumed into the FB but it's based of the LP being in the stock location. I'm not opposed to a FASS system, just figured if I had a choice I'd go mechanical because I liked having the stock as a backup. If my in tank is only going to complicate things, I might just go FASS

Well new to me at least! Some of you helped me out in my other thread when looking for one. Well I finally pulled the trigger and picked one up! It's a 2002 4x4 QC LB auto. Single owner, garage kept majority of its life, never had a goose neck or 5th wheel (which is harder to find than you'd think up here). Came with a 2in leveling kit and 35's and a hypertech 'tuner' to fix the speedo. Other then that, she's all stock. I crawled under to check for any signs of a 53 and couldn't find anything, so I might have a mexican block, but I'm going to keep checking. I couldn't be happier! I originally wanted a manual, but the wife said, if I'm getting a new truck then she better at least be able to drive it. So rather then argue, I just said 'ok' and got lookin! Anyways, wanted to start a thread here because, since it is stock and I'm planning on keeping this truck for the long haul, I wanted to do some mini write ups of the mods and what not I get done to her. As of now, here's the order I want to go in: 1. FUEL! and lots of it! 2. Gauges 3. Steering 4. Transmission 5. More power! 3 and 4 may get swapped around depending on what's needed more and my budget but that's the general order. So to start, fuel... The stock injection pump was replaced by the dealer 50-60k miles ago so it should have some decent life left, and it looks like they moved the stock lift pump. I didn't track it down exactly, just looking fairly quickly, and couldn't find it mounted on the frame, did they do in tank LP's for 02's? I'd like to fatten up my fuel lines to 3/8s everywhere possible, also looking to go with the Fuel Boss, but not sure how that works if my LP is mounted in the back in tank if that's even a thing. Any ideas or experience with this? As of now I'm looking at getting the following for step 1. FUEL BOSS ----- BIG LINE KIT ----- MOD FUEL MODULE As far as fuel lines, the obvious is the big line kit from Vulcan but I figured I'd talk with Eric about getting lines replace as much stock line as possible. I also threw on the modified fuel module. I saw that as I was browsing their site and hadn't seen it before. Is that necessary at all? Keep in mind I'm just looking to have fuel flow as easily as possible through the truck. When more power rolls around I don't plan on going EXTREME, but would like lack of fuel to never be thought of again after this. I'll leave at this for now but really looking forward to wrenching on this truck and getting her setup for the long haul!

On my current truck, I'm at 174k on the STOCK VP44! So as soon as I found out about the magic that is 2stroke, I starting adding it. It definitely did quiet things down, and so I can only hope it helps this thing continue to plug away!

Pics? Write up? Curious about this myself!

With all this interior updating talk going on, I stumbled onto this on Craigslist. http://bend.craigslist.org/pts/5363286885.html

Any update on this?! I really like where this is headed as I'm in the same boat, I want to keep this truck for the long haul. My biggest gripe with the interior is the back seats, or really just a lack of a head rest for the back seat. If not for anything more than safety concerns. Anyone sitting back during an accident is going to have a major head injury from hitting that glass. I just have no idea of how to add something like that though.

So, with all this awesomeness at our disposal, where's the best place to buy these parts?!

I agree, the links are a bit fugly but it doesn't like the iphone that's for sure. I'll check later to see if the bookmark function or open in tab function works on the ol iphone.

So basically don't lug around in 6th and mash the pedal and overfill the trans fluid by a quart and that should help increase the life span? I really don't drive like a mad man, the occasional time or two to merge traffic but otherwise, I'm practically a grandpa haha

Still nothing. Anyone else have the same issue? Maybe it's just me

So when it was the link, I could click and view them on my phone. With the drop down menu, which I think I prefer, I can't view on my phone. I click an option on the drop down and nothing.

I've definitely been hunting for quite a while now and this is the first one I've found at a reasonable price. I talked to the seller on the phone for about 30 minutes asking question after question and he didn't miss a beat. If he's trying to pull a slick one, he's dammed good. I think it's a legit sale for sure. But like you said CSM, once I get hands on and look it over and go for a ride ill make my final decision. 100k miles for me won't be happening any time soon as I don't drive nearly that many miles. I do completely agree though that a good amount of things will need freshening up, which isn't a huge deal in the grand scheme of things. As always, I really appreciate everyone's input!!

Pretty freakin awesome man!!

Yea Dripley, I don't know what's driving the prices so high but it's definitely surprising to see the prices on these trucks. I'm just depressed now lol Here I was thinking I found a good deal and now I'm second guessing it

Thanks for the info man, that's clears things up for sure! What's your definition of high hp on the 6spd? I just might have to get ahold of this guy and see what he'd want as an outright purchase price. Might take you up on that offer! All real valid points. I've only talked with the guy through text messages so I'm trying to have a phone convo and ask some more questions and see how I feel about the situation to see if its even worth the drive to have a look. I'd obviously give it a pretty thorough look through and test drive before I made a final decision, if it even gets to that point. Really appreciate the input though.

I guess more personal preference. I asked earlier in this thread if someone could enlighten me on the differences between the 5 & 6 speed because I don't know if there's any pros/cons to one or the other. If I could get that from him for a price that works for, you want to drive that up to Washington for me?! hahah

If it was any closer I'd take a serious look at it. Major issue in my case is I'm active duty so I can't just hop on a plane for and take 3 days to trek back or whatever. Oh, and the 2 month old kit at home doesn't help my case either! hahah

That's a good looking truck for sure. But I'd like to stick with a 24v and the 6spd! I'll keep that one in my back pocket though That does make sense, I'll have to ask about it. Don't know about the fleet size, just seems they used this as the flag truck out from of oversized loads so not sure if it was an official work truck or just 'the work truck'

Just from a searching through craigslist from different major cities across the country, prices only seem to be slightly better or about the same. I'm planning on calling him shortly to ask a few more questions, I'll definitely ask about the sport bumpers and repaint and see what sorta vibe I get. He said he didn't have any receipts but he was able to tell me when things were installed on the truck. That made me feel a little weird, but being the company truck it makes sense that they wouldn't keep track of that sort of thing. This truck is about 4.5 hour drive away from me so I'm getting out of area best I can short of getting a one way ticket. If I got there and really didn't get a good feeling after looking it over and driving it, I have no problem walking away. Rather save 10k. Definitely not saying buying sight unseen is unheard of, and I'm glad you were able to find such a score, I'd just personally rather see before I buy.