02-08-2007, 04:57 AM
OK, done.
The bad news is that Mrs. Tats had to stand outside in 35 degree air at 10:00 at night with a fire extinguisher and a blanket. She was good about it though. I normally don't like working on the cold ground but when the humidity is 35% I was glad to be grounded.
Better news is that I didn't catch myself on fire. I was really worried about sparking a tool or discharging some static. I attached the jumper cable to the frame and my pants and stabbed the other ends into the ground. I also pulled up a pant leg to ground my skin. It sucked, but I am safety paranoid having spent part of my career as a health and safety officer. Also, I was wearing nitrile gloves and my safety glasses. The safety glasses were a good idea since I did get a drop on one lens. I am always amazed to see people doing work without safety glasses. It would suck to be blind.
I slowly backed the fittings out and caught the drips in a coffee can. Maybe two ounces came out- mostly from the engine side. When the filter was loose, I turned it over to dump it and dark particulate matter came out. HMMMMMMMM.....
Best news is that it is fixed- works like a charm. I GOT POWER, BABY. Now it feels like 300 horses again. I am going to run a bottle of cleaner through the system (does that stuff work?) and spray the throttle body and injectors with carb cleaner for good measure.
Thanks for all the help.
PS- The transmission was replaced at about 180,000 and a transmission cooler was added. Stepfather burned out the old one towing his RV. One thing that I don't have to worry about for awhile.
PPS- I love this truck. 250,000 on the original engine. I think it was assembled in Canada out of Mexican parts.
I can look under the hood and identify almost everything I see. There is so much space in the engine compartment that I could sit in there when working on it. And since it is 4X4 there is plenty of clearance so that I can get under it without jacking. My only complaint is the mix of SAE and metric sizing, WTF?
The bad news is that Mrs. Tats had to stand outside in 35 degree air at 10:00 at night with a fire extinguisher and a blanket. She was good about it though. I normally don't like working on the cold ground but when the humidity is 35% I was glad to be grounded.
Better news is that I didn't catch myself on fire. I was really worried about sparking a tool or discharging some static. I attached the jumper cable to the frame and my pants and stabbed the other ends into the ground. I also pulled up a pant leg to ground my skin. It sucked, but I am safety paranoid having spent part of my career as a health and safety officer. Also, I was wearing nitrile gloves and my safety glasses. The safety glasses were a good idea since I did get a drop on one lens. I am always amazed to see people doing work without safety glasses. It would suck to be blind.
I slowly backed the fittings out and caught the drips in a coffee can. Maybe two ounces came out- mostly from the engine side. When the filter was loose, I turned it over to dump it and dark particulate matter came out. HMMMMMMMM.....
Best news is that it is fixed- works like a charm. I GOT POWER, BABY. Now it feels like 300 horses again. I am going to run a bottle of cleaner through the system (does that stuff work?) and spray the throttle body and injectors with carb cleaner for good measure.
Thanks for all the help.
PS- The transmission was replaced at about 180,000 and a transmission cooler was added. Stepfather burned out the old one towing his RV. One thing that I don't have to worry about for awhile.
PPS- I love this truck. 250,000 on the original engine. I think it was assembled in Canada out of Mexican parts.
I can look under the hood and identify almost everything I see. There is so much space in the engine compartment that I could sit in there when working on it. And since it is 4X4 there is plenty of clearance so that I can get under it without jacking. My only complaint is the mix of SAE and metric sizing, WTF?