trreed's upgrade thread

[Dieselfuture]

I'd it this mod to my spring to air dog when I had it and now to fass and it keeps ball from getting jammed in a spring and seems to keep pressure steady

 

[trreed]

Now that's interesting. Did you notice an increase in pressure after doing that @Dieselfuture?

[Mopar1973Man]

My spring mod is similar but instead of coiled like his my is a 90* tail in the center of the coil preventing the ball from sneaking into the coil.

[trreed]

Looks like the end of a helicoil?

[notlimah]

I like the bent spring end idea. I'm sure it has to raise pressure slightly. 

[Dieselfuture]

I think after doing it it dropped slightly, then I gave it a slight stretch and it came up to about 19 now it's been settled for a while at 18. Haven't messed with it since.

[trreed]

I've been messing with this stupid fass for so long i'm compiling all the steps and am going to do all of them the first time.  Hopefully this will be the end of it

 

[jlbayes]

14 hours ago, trreed said:

I'm glad someone caught the hidden question!  It felt pretty dumb to ask "does the airdog spring fit in a fass?"  Maybe I've been spending too much time in the Facebook groups reading "how much tire can I fit with no lift".....

 

35s 

[trreed]

While we're on the subject of stupid Facebook posts @jlbayes that one today about the new steering and the "3 inch spacers" made my morning

[notlimah]

What facebook group is this?! Those are always good for a laugh.

 

[trreed]

Either 12V and 24V Diesels or 2nd gen Cummins Nation.  Those two seem to have the best threads for both trolling and actual help

[notlimah]

haha nice!

 

Hey @jlbayes you mentioned a few pages back about steel braided lines, where can you get those for our trucks?

[jlbayes]

I am not aware of any for 4 wheel disc trucks. I got mine from Russell. Russell 694540 

[trreed]

Ok guys, I had a few packages show up today that made me feel like it was Christmas and my birthday rolled into one. First off we got a Viton ball and 17 psi spring to make my damn Fass stop acting up. Then we have a nice new set of headlights that will be painted satin black and retrofitted with the third package, which is a Morimoto Mini H1 projector kit complete with 6500K HID goodness!!!!  

Maybe it's the beer or the truck parts, but I'm sure more excited than I have been all week!

[notlimah]

Cool, let us know how it goes!

[trreed]

New airdog spring and Viton ball are in, and now the fass holds 19-20 psi at idle and 16 WOT. And it's quiet as can be with new hose and new teflon tape on inlet fitting. So I'm gonna call it good enough. 

Question for you guys. I've been using this Pennzoil Outdoor 2 stroke oil (pic related) and have noticed a huge difference in quietness. Has anyone else seen this around?  I've only been able to find it at one fuel station.

[notlimah]

Nice, did you move the spring so the ball couldn't fall into it?

 

I've never seen that 2SO but I've honestly never looked for it since I go straight to the Wally World stuff

[trreed]

Spring was altered to prevent ball from getting stuck.  I ran out of the outdoor stuff last week and went to walmart to get some of theirs, truck was noticeably louder with the walmart oil...

[JAG1]

I don't use the Walmart stuff because of inconvenience/ distance to go get it., but the big reason is I noticed it's a lot thinner or seems to be watered down. Whenever a place has a case of a good name brand in the gallon containers I will buy 1-2 cases if they give me a discount. Just paid $108 for 6 gallons at Oreilly's and will last me for awhile.

 

I noticed the Wally World stuff soaked thru cardboard much faster, made me suspect, when I used the cardboard paper towel center tubes for a funnel to pour into my flatbed.

[notlimah]

Hmm that's interesting. I never heard of that Walmart stuff being thinner. I'll have to keep an eye out for other brands and see how they compare.