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On a whim I check the oil this morning and it is a quart low. I have been driving it a bit hard the past couple of thousand miles. Lots of time with the tach above 3k. It is about 250 miles from the scheduled maintenance. I changed the oil after lunch along with the oil filter. Checked all fluids where the radiator overflow was dry. I filled it to the Full Hot top mark and then cleaned out the airbox. The filter was replaced 5k ago and looked good. Power steering. brake fluid and trany all looked good. The brake pads are about 3/4 worn and their is some dis-colorization on the rotor where it has gotten hot a time or two - I have noticed a slight vibration on hard braking recently so I will probably be doing a brake job about the same time I replace the tires - I did that the last time I changed tires. I will go with new rotors, bearings and pads again. I didn't bother rotating the tires as it has the better stagger according to tread depth but I did need to add some air to both front tires.
I drove 45 miles to the range, heavy footing it as there was little traffic. I checked the coolant reservoir and it was midway between the cold full and hot full marks. I then had some quality .45, .357Mag, and 9MM time. I am growing quite fond of the 357 as I can hit a 5" gong 6 for 6 times at 75'. I can't do that with my Glock or 1911.
Last edited on Wed Apr 15th, 2020 11:19 pm by Tsquare
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Tony
NE ATL
'04 XLT regular cab 3.slo stepside
Semi retirement