60k mile maintenance almost done, running great so far!!

[hemi1300]

yesterday decided to get working on the truck, changed the plugs, both diff fluids, transfer case fluid, and cleaned the throttle body. Right at 65k miles, the throttle body was caked with black carbon, took about 2-3 hours of scrubbin with a toothbrush and the wife's dish scrubber lol, and 3 cans of brake cleaner, but got it about 90% clean. Runnin so much better and throttle response seems much smoother, hopefully this helps gain a little mileage back, have only been getting about 12mpg lately. First time the throttle body has been cleaned, how often should this be done? Trip to the dealer tomorrow morning for the coolant and tranny flush, and then i should be good for another 30k miles or so

 

[bigbadram1500]

Nice, I'm approaching 60k here in a few thousand, sounds like a good idea to clean throttle body. I've never looked at mine.

 

[GhostRam94]

How hard was that transfer Case and which oil did you use? I beleive mine really needs to be done

 

[hemi1300]

Yeah, never even thought about the throttle body until i saw a diy thread on here on how to clean it. Glad i did though, definitely made throttle response and acceleration much smoother. Transfer case was a piece of cake, literally took about 10 minutes. There are two large allen hex bolts on the backside of the transfer case, 10mm allens. Top one is the fill and bottom the drain. Just took the fill bolt out and then the drain bolt and out comes the fluid. Manual calls for atf4, took 2 quarts exactly

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[GhostRam94]

Sweet

 

[quietpeen]

Nice. I sold my 05 right at 60k so luckily I did not have to deal with all that maintenance.

 

[garner]

I would check the tb probably at every service interval. Forget what they are on your truck though. And clean as needed

 

[Silvertabb3]

nice