Sycostang67

I've got my eye on a 2003 with 194k miles, 4 door long bed with a 6spd. Looks clean and stock in the pics, guy is asking a bit much at $22k though. I'll have to double check with the wife tonight first to make sure she was even serious before I make calls and tick her off.

Since we got the camper, my wife casually mentioned getting a newer truck. For me that just means newer than what I currently have but nowhere near a new truck. I've noticed a couple 3rd gens for sale and the main thing I am interested in having would be a real crew cab with a manual transmission. The 2nd gen I have now, I've had longer than any other truck, just over 7 years while I usually change up around 5 years. I've heard the 3rd gens tend to need injectors every 100k miles, but aside from that not much else. I recently rolled over 250k miles as well and know that in my price range I'll be looking at truck with around 200k already. My truck mostly just sits anymore unless I need to do truck stuff so mileage accumulation has dropped considerably. Having a tough time deciding if I should throw some more money at the 2nd gen or start over with a 3rd gen.

I didn't think getting a generator would be so difficult. Everybody was out of the larger units, I tried 3 nearby harbor freight stores multiple times, even put my name on one that was supposed to show up at TSC which finally arrived 3 weeks later than expected and I was called 2 hours after I had already left for my trip. Thankfully I was able to get a 6000/5000watt generator through my work in a day. It's a Pulsar, it's a bit noisier than I hoped but it works great and kept everything working without issue. The wife said it was the most comfortable she had ever been camping.

I do like camping far enough out that my phone doesn't work. I like to go out find a place to set up and do nothing at all. I've been doing fine the last 2 years with my pop up, small generator and a fan. I just figured since I'm spending this much money on a camper I want to use it more often and not just during the comfortable heat level times of year. I may or may not use the A/C but I like to know it's available should I start to get uncomfortable. I used to go further away to camp but my wife isn't a huge fan of road trips so I tend to keep it local which makes finding a shady spot difficult sometimes. I did find the paperwork but haven't got to go through it yet. I just got back from Nebraska and my brother decided to buy my pop up so now I'm trying to get it ready for him. I probably won't be able to do anything fancy like W-T was suggesting although it does sound pretty sweet, I'll probably end up with a regular gas generator for now. Money has gotten a little tight after buying the camper, and now my washer and dryer have both decided to die at the same time. I'll try and get at least 4500w or better to keep the A/C happy, not likely I'll use the microwave or TV. If I have a fire pit, that's where everything gets cooked.

So I decided to buy my mothers camper from her instead of hauling it to NY where it would most likely sit and get destroyed by rodents. It's a 25' 2020 Coleman, been camped in once and my mother lived in it for about 6 months before she flew to NY. I have a little 1200/1000 watt generator I was using with my pop up that I know is not up to the task. I'm still trying to find the paperwork for this thing to get official numbers but I think they may have gotten packed in my mothers things. It has A/C, Fridge, microwave and the other typical accoutrements. I would like to get a generator capable of running the A/C, from what I gather I should be looking at 3500 watt minimum. What's a good number to shoot for, I don't mind having a little more power than I need. On a side note if anyone is interested I'll have a nice pop up camper and generator for sale soon.

Didn't think about a fire extinguisher, I'll have to grab one of those. My buddy did give me a GPS yesterday for the trip, I'll have R. Lee Ermey yelling directions at me the whole time. I got a new spare for the GMC and serviced the small trailer. I'm probably gonna get a shell for the GMC as pulling that trailer is like pulling a parachute. Even empty it's a huge drag, no pun intended. Hopefully a shell will help direct some more air over it instead of into it. Otherwise I entertain the idea of getting a hitch on the camper and pulling doubles with my truck.

I'm trying to prep her truck so she wont have to get anything done while she has it. She'll be living alone in the woods and my brother in law can sometimes be slow to get to fixing things. The GMC has 152k miles on it and I replaced the original water pump and hoses. I actually replaced the water pump twice, the first one only survived going around the block a couple times before the bearing let go, wobbled around and tossed the belt. I did a warranty return and upgraded to the HD version of the pump just in case. I had to do a warranty exchange on the radiator cap two times as they both leaked from the vent shaft. I went with a standard cap the third time. I put a battery tender under the hood with a plug in the lower air dam. She only drives 2-3 times a month and the car she is borrowing keeps having the battery go dead from the cold and lack of use. I got some newer used tire for it as brand new tires would rot before she ever used them up. I still need to get a new spare for it though, current one has cracks in the sidewall. I also need to check the age of the little trailer tires and it's spare as well. I did install a new Tekonsha P3 brake controller in my truck. The one that was in there came with the truck and could only be used on the lowest power setting. If you turned the power up one notch it would lock the trailer tires up when you the touched the brakes. I was gonna get the P2 but I installed a P3 in my father in laws work truck and really liked it. He was having the same problem with his old controller but I noticed it had been mounted upside down so the pendulum was probably sitting in the position to make it think it had to brake hard.

Coming in late June my brother and I will be driving from my home in Kuna ID to Lincoln Nebraska to get my mothers things to her. I will be using the Ram and pulling a 25' coleman camper. I will be followed by her 1994 GMC K1500 pulling a pickup bed trailer. I will be meeting my sister and her husband in there truck where they will take the camper and GMC to Watertown NY where my mother lives. The GMC is just about done, been prepping it so my mother shouldn't have to do anything but change the oil as long as she owns it. I've changed every fluid, filter, fixed all the leaks, replaced the cooling system, shocks, fuel pump and converted all the lights to LED. My truck is almost done, most of the fluids are fairly new in the last year. I will be getting the brakes flushed, upgrade trailer brake controller, new belt/tensioner and an oil change. Bringing extra tools, fluids, belts and fuel for the GMC, lol. What do you guys usually do to prepare for a big road trip?

I'm so paranoid when ordering things online, I usually go back and forth checking all the info 7-8 times before I have to grapes to hit the "Place Order" button. So far I have only messed up once when ordering headlights for my mother in laws jeep, I assumed she had HID's and ended up returning them on my dime. I'm now having similar issues with a friend as we try to convert a 1982 Trans am from auto to manual using a 350 from a 1980 vette and a 5spd from a 1989 Trans am GTA. Getting the right combo of clutch and flywheel is proving tricky.

O'reilly isn't much better, about $102 for the wix there, only $59 on Amazon.

Save your money, I run a BHAF as well. I tried a new AFE cold air kit with a dry synthetic filter for 6 months. When I removed it to change my oil filter it was full of dust on the turbo side and the filter still looked new. I promptly put the BHAF back on. I know the wix number for the filter is 42790, you should be able to cross reference that if you wanted a different brand.

I got my Red head installed over the weekend along with the upgraded 3rd gen style steering linkage. What a difference, my truck has never handled this good. No pulling and no play and my friend took the sacrificial steering fluid bath.

When the dealer did mine I had to go back because it wasn't working. Apparently the first time I went in they did everything except turn it on. I didn't have the switch when I went in the first time, when I went back I did so I was able to verify it worked before I left.

A remote start has other uses, like scaring coworkers who are smoking behind your truck. I think I'm the only spoiled one in here.

I assume it's the standard ratio box, what ever the computer at work called for. I didn't even know there were two ratios until I went looking for the redhead which arrived today.

I have compustar keyless/remote start on my truck and my 06 mustang with a stick, no alarms though. They both cost me about $400 installed. The unit in the truck has worked perfectly for the last three years. The one in the car works, but for some reason when I use it my tail lights don't work. If I shut the car off and start it normally they work again so it hasn't bothered me too much. It may also be related to my aftermarket tail lights, that car doesn't seem to care for LED's anyhow.

No kidding, I'm on my 3rd reman box in the 80k miles I've had my truck. The first one leaked, the second one was waaaaaay out of adjustment and the 3rd and current one causes the truck to pull to the right. I'm hoping this will be the last box I have to swap for quite some time.

I just put in a order for a red head an hour ago. I don't want to fight the crappy reman box I have on the 2400 mile trip I take this year. I will return my current box back to the store for a refund and I scored another core for $50 on facebook marketplace. When all is said and done, I should only be out about $230.

At my work we have a brand new mopar under hood fuse box for a 3rd gen cummins. We ordered it for a customer who ended up not needing it and we are unable to return it. It's the big L shaped box with a knob in the middle. My boss would rather not write it off and let me pirate fuses and relays from it. He's not terribly picky about the price but would rather get something for it as opposed to nothing. I told him I would ask here if anyone was interested. If anyone is interested and would like more info I can get some pics of it on tuesday.

Next year I have to haul a 25' camper half way to NY, about 1200 miles. I'll be curious to see how I do then vs the empty return trip back. I'll be followed by a 1994 GMC with a 350 pulling a truck bed trailer. I'm sure I'll be stopping for gas a lot more than diesel.

Twice now I have made the trip from Kuna to the Oregon coast(Depoe Bay) which is just over 500 miles on one tank of fuel. Both times pulling my pop up camper. I was usually just under 1/4 tank when I got there. The first time, the truck was stock except for the stacks, the second time was with my current setup.

I'll check my wiring, I remember having to fiddle with wire positions when I first tried HID bulbs too.

Like this? I used to have a strip on the back of the tool box but I crushed it as well hauling stuff.

Ok, I got them clocked at 3 and 9 and I notched the rings. The low beams are soooo much better now, it looks like your pics. I still have no high beams at all though. I'm not terribly concerned about it as I got used to using my light bar for high beams as the last set of lights only got worse with high beams. Took a trip through town and nobody flashed me but I feel I need to adjust them down just a bit.

Ok, I'll try clocking them at 3/9 tomorrow, I thought about notching the rings as well, it does seem to slightly tweak the angle of the bulb.