I swapped out everything because I didn't have that bottom compartment. Pretty sure it's an easy change however you do it.
What did you do to your Gen3 today?
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I swapped out everything because I didn't have that bottom compartment. Pretty sure it's an easy change however you do it.
Last Friday was the old lady's birthday so I surprised her with something she said she always wanted to do, see DC from the water. Hooked the boat to the truck Saturday morning, trailered it down to Fort Washington, splashed it and ran around the Potomac & Anacostia Rivers.
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Yep, I swapped the whole thing as well but from what I hear the top halves are interchangeable with each other
Anyways, I finally had a decent day to clean the truck out. Past couple of days I’ve been trying to track the leak down in my A-pillar, but the rain wouldn’t help me out. From what I could tell after peeking above the headliner is that its coming from the top of the windshield. I’ll probably take it in to get it resealed sometime pretty quick
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ramportin1
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Screw not having that bottom compartment I love that thing lol
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A pillar leak is usually from sun roof drain plugged up. Cut the ends off the tubes and blow air through the top holes (carefully because the tubes can blow off lol.)
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Lol luckily I don't have a sunroof. I hear those things can be a major pain for leaks
The reason I believe its coming from the windshield is because theres a little section of the rubber thats not seated properly with the windshield in the area that the leak is coming from. I'm hoping thats whats causing it because I'm tired of chasing this leak lol
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Lol, hey I love my sunroof! Though I did figure out first hand what I said above [emoji23]
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Happy Halloween all [emoji317]
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The PO's of this truck must've been glad there was no sunroof cuz man did they love denting it up! Its by far the worst area for dents, it almost looks like they decided to tap dance on the roof lmao
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Lol well ain't that a B$@*#. You got it [emoji1689]
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Today I replaced all 16 plugs in the 5.7. I'm impressed it ran after what i saw.
The New Vs Old Side-by-Side
The old by itself
And the top half
I fully expected to have some broken spark plugs.
I've had this truck for about 2 months. My sister and her husband had it for a year before hand. I'm pretty sure this truck is well over a year into these plugs.
Either way... when I touch the gas she rips now. It is still amusing to me how this MegaCab can be faster than my old 96 5.2L with the same if not better MPG.
This is my baby though, she's not going to be bashed on and maybe one day I'll get one with a Cummins.
The New Vs Old Side-by-Side
The old by itself
And the top half
I fully expected to have some broken spark plugs.
I've had this truck for about 2 months. My sister and her husband had it for a year before hand. I'm pretty sure this truck is well over a year into these plugs.
Either way... when I touch the gas she rips now. It is still amusing to me how this MegaCab can be faster than my old 96 5.2L with the same if not better MPG.
This is my baby though, she's not going to be bashed on and maybe one day I'll get one with a Cummins.
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The last four under the brake master cylinder and booster are a bear to get to.
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I used a short extension. I fed the socket into the tube and held the last 1/2 inch of the socket out of the tube and snapped the short extension into the socket.
That's how I did those. They were actually easier than I thought they would be.
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Bought these seats from a fellow forum-er’s 2017 over the weekend. Wired in the drivers side power, and the **** roasters (heated seats) will be wired up sometime soon. I’ve only drove a couple of miles with these seats but I already love em
I also might look into changing the jumpseat to black for some good match
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Bought these seats from a fellow forum-er’s 2017 over the weekend. Wired in the drivers side power, and the **** roasters (heated seats) will be wired up sometime soon. I’ve only drove a couple of miles with these seats but I already love em
I also might look into changing the jumpseat to black for some good match
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Those seats look great! Very nice upgrade!Upgrades
Bought these seats from a fellow forum-er’s 2017 over the weekend. Wired in the drivers side power, and the **** roasters (heated seats) will be wired up sometime soon. I’ve only drove a couple of miles with these seats but I already love em
I also might look into changing the jumpseat to black for some good match
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Took truck to get "hot new oil Undercoating" as they call it. Just in time before New England winter weather. I should do every year, but honestly, didn't do it last year, just didn't have the extra cash for that. Anyways, don't have pics cause pretty self explanatory.
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I decided to pull the stock exhaust manifolds off of the 5.7 in one of my 2004 Ram 1500 QCSB. They have been warped for years and just recently started leaking. I took some measurements and the left side had a .016" difference between the #1 port and the #7 port.
The right side had a difference of .014" between the #2 port and the #8 port.
I ran them on the mill and the belt sander to straighten them out and put them back on with a set of Percy's gaskets from my local Summit Racing in Arlington, TX.
I went ahead and gasket matched them to the Percy's gaskets. Might as well while I had the time.
The right side had a difference of .014" between the #2 port and the #8 port.
I ran them on the mill and the belt sander to straighten them out and put them back on with a set of Percy's gaskets from my local Summit Racing in Arlington, TX.
I went ahead and gasket matched them to the Percy's gaskets. Might as well while I had the time.
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Nice, I will be needing to do the same soon. Three bolts/studs snapped this summer but aren't leaking yet, I figured I'll wait till they do then have them plained.
