Kane4sythe

I will not be home to see my truck til Tuesday so I will send whatever pics are needed then. So if my gauge is reading 0 psi, would you say that my gauge has most likely just stopped working? I have three gauges all mounted in the same bracket, the other two have good numbers so idk what’s going on with my pressure. I’m hoping just a loose wire or something along those lines

I’m not sure, I’ll lyk as soon as I can though. I can turn up the pressure by using an Allen wrench?

Do you guys think that 33x12.5 tires would be too big? Stock tires: 31.6x10.4 (ones in question): 33x12.5 My liftpump if you look to the far right, where the picture ends and the tube goes out of frame you can see a small drip. What does this mean and how can it be fixed? Could this be causing my fuel pressure to be low? I don’t have two filters

Where can I get one and how do I use it? What is the price of one? I have a raptor 4g lift pump. What are 1/2 fuel lines?

So it’s a possibility I have no fuel pressure at all? Even though it’s running?

Be careful. You might possibly alter the final gear and create issues. Very common problem people want the truck to look cool. Put bigger wheels and tires on foul the final ratio up and end up with high EGT's, lower MPG's, and front axle issues. I just got off the phone with another gent just put 37 inch tires on and complaining off super high EGT's and extremely low MPG's and asking how to fix it. I hate to say it but change the gearing in the axle to 4.10 before changing to larger tires! Optimal final ratio should be 3.55 to 3.73 to the ground.  Being such the newb to mechanics I am, I don’t even know what egts are, but I will google that right now. Alright, so let’s say I just go slightly larger on the tires, and I mean just slightly. Will this still need regearing? If so that is fine, as I am planning on going much larger down the road and already have getting it regeard on my long and expensive list of things to do. Even if the tires are not much bigger? I know this is probably a discussion for the drive train part of the forum, so I can ask over there if you’d rather me do that, but in order to prepare my truck for about 400 hp, what modifications to the tranny will be necessary? Once again I really don’t want to do this until later that’s why I’m not planning on putting much larger tires on, just larger rims and smaller tires, but just asking. I have a transmission temp gauge, pressure gauge, and exhaustion temp gauge. For some reason my fuel pressure gauge doesn’t seem to want to work. I mean sometimes it’ll work but a lot of times it’s just at 0. How do I fix this?

Ok, I undersatand. Tbh, I’m not very concerned about speed at the moment. Definitely later on down the road but if I try to look at all the things I need to do down the road it’s just extremely overwhelming, so I’m just trying to focus on one thing at a time. That being said, right now I just want to put on some nice wheels and tires, then after that task is done My next goal is preparing the transmission for about 400 hp. But first of all I want to make sure my truck is solid mechanically, this is hard for me to do by my self though knowing nothing about mechanics.

My apologies for taking so long to reply, it said I reached the maximum number of posts. That would be great, only problem is Idaho is not very close at all to Pennsylvania Looks very good. What did you do in preparation to run tires of this size And what would these things be? Truck looks good. I just want something that stands out a little more, ya know? So what exactly do you mean by “stages”?

I completely agree with you. No point of having nice wheels and tires if the truck don’t run. I just don’t know what do do with the mechanical side, nothing seems to be wrong with it. I just wish there was a place I could take it to where they could do a run through and honestly tell me if there’s anything wrong with it. A little about my self, I’m 16 years old and have never been around any types of mechanics. For some unknown reason I fell in love with second gens and some how convinced my parents to help me out in getting one. I’ve been busting my butt working almost everyday of the week just so I have money for my truck. I finally have some set aside and just want to make it look a little nice. So as I’m sure you can imagine, this is a completely new world to me and I’m just trying to learn as much as I can.

I’m honestly confused with the tire measurements. Sometimes I’ll hear people say “33s” and other times I’ll see people say out three numbers like 300 50 20. What does all this mean? I’m pretty sure that the last number matches up with the diameter of the wheels, but past that I’m confused. Yeah, I have some money saved up strictly for the truck Incase something goes wrong, now I have a little extra and am ready to start doing some stuff to it. I just want some different wheels that add a little bit of width to the truck. Nothing too crazy, I just like the wide look.

Oh gotcha. I understand. I’m just tired of running stock wheels and want something new. I know there’s tons of issues that may arise and I am prepared for that, I just figure I’ll take it one day at a time and worry about those when the time comes.

Oh my ? Dash is new, and I have a brand new raptor 4g lift pump. What problems occur with the heatercore and injectors?

I have asked questions on here before, but now as I have some money saved up I am ready to spend a little on my truck and have a question to ask, that will most likely lead to 100 other questions. To start off with, I have a 2001 24 valve that just hit 194000 miles. I bought the truck completely stock performance wise other than an edge comp box, and have done nothing to it since. The only issues with the truck that I know of is the transmission pan seems to have a leak, which I believe I can easily fix by replacing the gasket, and I have a broken sway at bushing, but I have asked about this before and some people on here have said that they completely removed their sway bar and have no issues and as I have been driving the truck for a few months with a broken bushing I am not very concerned about it, unless you guys think I should be. So enough with all the back ground, my main thing is: I’m tired of running these stock wheels, I want something a little different. I was think about going with 20x12 and possibly 305 50 tires. What I don’t want to do is anything to the truck. Is this an ok move or do you guys believe this is a completely stupid move to put these wheels and tires on my truck with 0 modifications to the truck and stock suspension and steering. I don’t want to do something that will ruin my truck but would also love to put these on my truck. If there is something that needs to be done in order to put these on my truck, what would you guys recommend doing first? Thank you in advance, and recommendations and comments are much appreciated, and please keep in mind I have no experience with any sort of mechanics so this is all a learning experience, so if you do reply to me, expect many questions ?

Sorry to here you were in the hospital, hope all is well. So when I do plan on getting this done, it seems like the best option would be 4.10s, and rebuild practically the whole front end with dor parts? So then if I get it referred to 4.10 will this gauruntee I’m in this range? What even is gear ratio and what does it do?

That's a good answer...and probably the only real reason to do it. As a male, the feeling of accomplishment will always bring you fulfillment. And there's only one way to get that feeling...and that's to get'r done!  That’s right! Yeah, I was looking on custom offsets and 900 for what I’m looking for would be low. Yeah, I was looking on custom offsets and 900 for what I’m looking for would be low Alright, so now I have another question. You guys mentioned that if I ever decide to go as big as I’d ever think about going, 24x14 wheels with 38 inch tires, that I’d have to get it re geared to 4.10. What is the biggest you thing I can safely go without pushing it, and not have to do any work at all to the truck? Or should I just completely keep it stock until I can back up the mechanics?

You’re exactly right, you never know what’s going to happen, and although I believe you should be prepared for the future to a certain extent, I don’t think I should spend my whole young life worrying about the future. This is the richest I’ll ever be. Free house, free food, and no bills. The only thing I pay for are things I don’t need and things that I enjoy. You made since. I know the truck is a money pit, but if I’m not enjoying what I’m doing, it’s going to get sold. This isn’t going to be a hassle or a stressful thing for me, I have no deadlines or due dates with my truck and can do as I plead with it. I know what I want with my truck and if it takes 15 years to get there, then so be it, although I’m sure by that time my likings and preferences about the perfect truck may change, heck I could be a Chevy guy by then and I don’t really like Chevy all that much. I’m just going to build the truck slowly with the extra money I have, and of course when I have a family, their needs will be first priority, but I think even if you do have a family, some stable hobby such as working on your truck is a good neutralizer, for the times when your wife is driving you nuts lol. It’s bit like you have to put thousands into it a year, but surely I think after the family’s needs are cared for it’s okay to spend a few bucks here and there. I hope mine also makes sense. Haha, I’m sure they do. But what you’re saying bullet is a lot of work, but I know what comes along with one of these trucks- a lot of work. To me though, working towards my dream truck is not work, no matter how many hours it takes, and I believe the journey along with building your truck is part of the fun. Idk that’s just my opinion though, I’m sure I’ll chanhe it when I actually realize what I got myself into.

Why do so many folks do it if it’s so bad? Oh yeah of course haha. We’ll have you seen all the people with bagged rears and lifted fronts? It’s called “leaning”

I’m no mechanic, so if you think that going with a fourth gen steering set up can handle the big wheels and tires that I eventually want, I’ll take your word on it, but I also don’t want to go the cheaper route then have to pay for it in the future.

Well idk either lol. There is a bunch of options you can select and with each option it raises the price. Some of the options I don’t even know what they mean. Yeah that’s ehat I’m trying to avoid. I’m not going to go all crazy and buy expensive wheels and tires, just to have everything else break. I’m honestly not really too worried about the price. I bought the truck knowing that if I wanted to make it nice, money would be involved, and of course I’m olanning on doing these things over a long period of time, not over night. I’m just trying to get a list straight in my head of all the things that need to be done in order to make this my dream truck.

Okay, so if I could afford it though would buying the steering set up from dodge Offroad be as good of a choice as the t steering? So if it’s already 4.10 aside from the front end reinforcing, an I good to go for bigger wheels and tires? Ohh gotcha. So then dor includes the lift? There is nothing wrong with the truck at all, I just want to make it that I can put up to 24 inch wheels and 38 inch tires if I want to ever go that big, so I’m trying to figure out what all needs to be done to the truck in order to safely and comfortably run something this large Oh my, what needs to be done to the rear? I thought it was just the front ends in these trucks that went bad?

Sounds good! Time to start saving. the 4.10 gear ratios may be a confusing job for me once I get that cover off. What is the ratio for a stock truck?

Oh yeah of course. Trust me, I’m not planning on making this happen overnight. I just rant to get straight what needs to be done with my truck, so with the extra money that I do have I can slowly start buying bits and pieces. I want to have all of the mechanics solid, before I do anything such as big wheels and tires and after market performance stuff. My first priority is getting all the mechanics durable, then getting a new paint job and nice wheels and tires, then focusing on the speed and performance factor. I don’t want to have 6k of wheels and tires, and not be able to drive the truck because I neglected the mechanics part. Alright, that’s fine. I’ll just add this to the list of potential upgrades. It’s getting long. Lol Sounds good, I’ll add that to the list. Wow, thank you for the help! So now is this stuff only needed if I’m planning on off-roading? Because honestly I never plan on doing any sort of off-roading. Is the same some needed if I just want a truck that can comfortably handle big wheels and tires? I’d rather go too much than not enough. My plans are not to go cheap with this truck so if those are the parts you think are necessary, I’m completely fine with that. Alright, so there is this website called bryanautorebuilders.com. The owner of this website and store has and instagram called @lp24v . I am not sure what size and wheels he is running, but they are huge. On this website, they sell a complet front end rebuild that I have a picture of it and what it all includes down below. Another user by the name of @b.rax12v has the complete maximum of whatever I would ever build my truck to, and he is running this front end rebuild. Now of course, these two are friends so whatever is said is most likely biased. This whole kit is only 850, so what makes the one you showed me so much better than this one?

Hey a kid can have dreams cant he? ? What do you like Stanley, the practical side or the mall crawler side? So let me get a little list here: I need a good track bar, and btw, when they say adjustable track bar, what exactly does this mean?, alright so good links/bushings, and entire steering set up. So then what exactly needs to be upgraded with the steering set up? Can the rear end just be fine as it is or does that need something done to it too?

Okay, I’ll have to do some investigating. It had been explained to me 999 times but I’m still not 100% positive on how to be sure if my ball joints are loose. Maybe I can find a good YouTube video. So if I have strong tie rods and a strong track bar, am I safe to run as big of wheels and tires as I want? Of course no monster truck, no bigger than 24s and 37 inch tires. Will these need to be taken care of in both front and rear end or is the front the main concern? I just don’t want to do something stupid like have some nece wheels, then end up breaking something and not having the money to fix it bc I just bought expensive wheels and tires.

Yup, next time I’m in town that’s what I’ll be getting Yeah, true. I won’t be upgrading the bar for a while though. So some have mentioned that you want to upgrade your front end before adding aftermarket wheels and tires, is this a part that needs to be upgraded or can I just paint it and upgrade other stuff in order for it to be safe to add aftermarket wheels and tires? Sounds good man! I’ll let you know how it goes