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Shadetree Mechanic
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Outside of a few little things here and there, I haven't done a whole lot with the truck over the last couple months (other than drive the wheels off of it).
I did get the new-to-me passenger extended cab door painted and installed on the truck. I also redid the bedliner on the rocker panels at the same time (it was sun faded pretty badly and was starting to peel). If you're standing ~30ft away and squint, the truck almost looks respectable again.
I also replaced the mount for my CB antenna and ran a new coax cable down the other side of the cab (away from the audio stuff), and that seems to have fixed my feedback issues. Don't know if I mentioned it here, but my cb was feeding back through the truck speaks and making a god awful sqeeling sound whenever I tried to transmit.
And, most recently, I took the truck back to Wellsville, OH for a little fall wheeling.
As always, Wellsville was a blast (I'll update my four-wheeling thread at some point). It added a few things to my to-do list though. I managed to shred the sidewall of a tire on a log a couple hours into the trip, so I'm now on the hunt for a new-to-me spare.
The passenger rear axle seal also started leaking at some point during the trip. This one is completely my fault. I was going over the truck before I left, topping off fluids and doing a visual inspection, and noticed that the rear diff housing was a little damp and appeared to be low on fluid. So, I grabbed some 90W and filled it up. It took a little over half a quart, which I found strange since I just replaced the fluid and cover a couple months ago. Then, as i was driving down the highway the next morning, it hit me. The fill plug on the new diff cover was higher than the one in the axle housing, so the old 'pull the plug and see if fluid runs out' trick wasn't accurate anymore. So, I had over filled the diff. Despite all of my hoping and praying, it looks like the extra fluid raised the pressure inside the housing enough to blow the outer seal.
So, it looks like I need to replaced the rear axle seals. I'll also need to do the brakes, since the one drum is now full of 90W. BUT, since I need to pull the brakes and axle shafts to do the seals, this may be a good opportunity for a rear disc brake conversion
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2002 XLT 4x4, 4.0l V6, Silver Frost Metalic, Superlifted and stuff