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Last month replaced front door speakers, cut the power and ground wires for the speaker amps, had a 16xx something code when done. cleared code and no problem since.

So that's where it came from.

I've pulled A 23' TT @ about 6k lb and the 5er @ 8k lb and i'll take the 5er any day. I just didn't like the up n down bounce the travel trailer gave even with a load lever hitch.

I've got a line on some nearly new Michilins on a totaled Ford van. He thinks they are 245s but not sure. I get to see them on Monday. I'll try to get the lot for $200 or best offer. Thank you all for the insight and help. I'll keep you posted. While doing research I came across this web site you might fine useful. Check out the "tire size help" column. http://tire-size-conversion.com/tire-size-calculator/

The speed limit when towing here is 55 so most of my driving is 55-62 and never over 65. Only in 3ed going up hills.

What's the benefit by going tall or with the 265? The Queen was driven 4,061 mi last year so any tire I put on will rot off before its worn off.

75% of the time it's pulling the 5er and the rest is running empty. The 5er GVWR is 8k lb and the hitch weight is 960 lb.

The Driveway Queen needs new tires. She has 265/75 on stock wheels right now and thinking of going to 245/75. I was wondering what the advantage/disadvantage would be other than the obvious truck height, revolutions/mile, and cost difference.

It's a little crowded here. My city size is 24.37 sq mi with 89,387 people. San Diego County is 4526 sq mi with 3.2 million people. The freeways are 3 to 6 lanes in each direction not counting the car pool lanes.The I-5 freeway along the coast is backed up south bound for 20 miles every day. With Sea World, Lego Land, Balboa park, San Diego bay, Tijuana, and a whole bunch of other activities here the tourist problem is nonstop.

You load the front of the trailer with more weight for control so put them on the front axle.

The winter here lasted about a week. It got down to 33° one night and almost snowed.

My son replaced the front speakers the other day. He cut the wires that were on the speaker/amp and butt connected them. The rear speakers and the speakers in the A post work by doing that. With out the amp and using the factory head there is no bass out of the front speakers but the rears sound fine.

That is what Spring looks like.

Welcome to the neighborhood. Hop on over to the BEAR and have a Sierra Nevada on me. Chico is one of the nicest place in CA.

Welcome to the neighborhood. I've lived and worked in El Cajon and even got my pilots license at Gillespie Field. I moved to north San Diego county in 78 and get down to the Fletcher Hills area now and then.

I think you and your wife got a good deal. The damage wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Not major damage, just costly. Those 2 aluminum A/C pipes are about $300 each.

That's a lot of work but be proud of the finished product because it looks great. A job like that is why you keep children and grand-children around. I'd do it to my boat but the prevues own scratched and gouged the sides taking it on and off the trailer. I'd have to sand the hull so much that it would probably lose its integrity.

That's my brother-in-law on a good day.

When I have a day like that, I say to myself " at lest tonight I'll be in my own bed".

In 08 @55,000 mi the starter went out and I replaced it with a Napa rebuilt, life time warranty $189. Fast forward 2014 @ 81,000 mi starter goes out and Nappa gives me another one. My local alternator/starter rebuilder was driven out of business in the late 90s by the cheap Chines parts. All the cores get sent to China and rebuilt to some company's specification, Nappa, O'reilly's, ect. The Chines rebuilder may or may not meet those specifications. The only way to know short of doing your own quality control is to put it on and see how it goes. Today I replaced a cam belt on a Toyota Highlander. When I went to make the final drive belt adjustments after running the engine for less than 5 min. I touched the alternator and all most burned myself. The alternator has been replaced in the last month but was overheating. The out side temp of the alternator went up to 255°. The Chines junk will get replaced tomorrow by probably more Chines junk.

Found this alignment procedure being done on a 2ed gen Dodge diesel. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OzN0Z2HupcM

That sounded great !

I haven't used them but that's a chunk of change for the base light housing. If you add in all the options it's another $705. Are the lenses glass or plastic and if plastic how well do they hold up to hazing by the sun.

So at 75% of $23,000 there was $17,250 or more worth of damage? Most non factory warranties only will cover hard parts such as pistons, rods, valves, transmission gears, and shafts. They will not cover gaskets and seals. If you get an engine rear seal leak it wouldn't be covered. All so check the coverage for the control units.