USMC1188's 5.9 Cummins

[USMC1188]

This thing is huge! The cover is built extremely well and holds a ton of fluid... 8 quarts total, which is 3.75 over stock. The differential will be getting treated with Amsoil 75W90 Severe Gear

 

[USMC1188]

Everything is in, ready to go! Will be doing the differentials and an oil change this Sunday

 

[USMC1188]

Got everything installed today without any problems... let me tell you, this MagHytec pan is AWESOME! Very well built, great quality, looks awesome, and holds 8 quarts of gear oil!

Front differential pan off


The inside of my pan was extremely clean!


Pan back on and new fluid going in!


Rear differential pan popped loose. You can see the old fluid and how clean it is. I have had the truck for about 75k miles and haven't ever touched the fluid, so I was impressed.


Rear pan off:


We put an AFE rear differential pan on the rearend of my buddies truck, so here are a few compasisson pictures. I was not impressed with the quality of the AFE pan. We had to clean out metal flakes from the pan right out of the box from machining, the powdercoating was only fair, and we struggled to get the drain plug, fill plug, and temperature sensor plug in because of bad threads in the pan itself. It also costs right about the same as the MagHytec and holds a quart less.

The MagHytec is on the left and the AFE on the right.



Installed pictures:




MagHytec on my truck on the left and the AFE on his on the right:




And a couple other pictures just for fun

 

[USMC1188]

Ordered a new grill the other day!

Hauled this for my parents today

 

[USMC1188]

Alright, I think I finally got this wiring problem solved for good. I want to post the fix here just in case anyone else ever comes across the problem.

We ended up finding 2 shorts in the wiring going to the left taillight. Neither wire was broken all the way though, just the copper wire inside, so it was next to impossible to find. Once we fixed that, the taillight worked find, but we still got the fast flash on the turn signal, and ding with turn signal and brakes. I narrowed that down to the resistor in the led taillight itself. So today I cut out the old resistor and put in a new one... so far so good!

Here is the old crappy resistor cut out:


And the new resistor in its place (the yellow box):


I bought the resistor from superbrightleds.com for only a few bucks... so all in all, the entire fix was less than $20... but it was a HUGE headache.

 

[USMC1188]

Dropped off my new grill at the painters today! Can't wait to get it back and on the truck... gonna look SAWEET!

 

[Cruizer]

How you gettin' it painted?

 

[USMC1188]

Hahahahaha!!!! It's a secret, but it should be worth the wait

 

[USMC1188]

****... I can't keep a secret to save my life... the grill is going to be painted similar to the one I have now, it is just an aftermarket grill.

 

[Cruizer]

Think I got it. Can't wait to see it.

 

[USMC1188]

Think I got it. Can't wait to see it.

That lift looks great on your truck man!

BTW, I sent BIRDMAN a message about the possibility of becoming a vendor a few days ago, haven't heard back from him... who should I talk to?


So... everyone has waited long enough... I picked it up from the painters today. I am extremely pleased, it looks awesome! I am going to install it tomorrow.

 

[USMC1188]

So a few big changes today....

Went to this:


To this:


To this!!!!



I will get a few better pictures tomorrow... as these are all I could get today.

 

[Statcher1]

Looking good.


Sent from the Rocket in my Pocket

 

[Cruizer]

Thanks man. That grill is lookin' killer. Really likin' the wheels blacked out too.

 

[Power247]

Awesome upgrades!!! Truck looks great!

 

[WhiteExpress]

Lookin good sir!

 

[USMC1188]

Thanks guys! The H2 wheels really made the truck look like a completely different beast, and the black made it even better!

Here are some better shots for you guys:





Pictures do it no justice...

 

[USMC1188]

Sorry guys... she's just been a bit of a picture ***** the last few days...

 

[Cruizer]

Sorry guys... she's just been a bit of a picture ***** the last few days...

They do that sometimes. I know mine always wants it's picture taken now, lol.

 

[USMC1188]

So a few new things now... have a new sounds coming out of the front end. I am going to jack up the truck later today hopefully and check the ball joints and other front end parts. Also going to check the carrier bearing in my rear driveshaft. I am just going to have to go through everything and figure it out... if its not one thing its another....

Also, we are going on vacation to Virginia, and probably taking the truck, so she needs a few things to prepare her for the trip with the entire family. I am looking at the possibility of some Nfab steps (maybe, it will depend on money.), going to be bedlining the bed using Raptor liner. After that is done, I will be putting a soft roll up cover on the truck so we can put everything in the bed without the risk of things getting wet.

I may also do another transmission tune up. It has been a while and could probably need it. I will probably switch to a Mag Hytec transmission pan to match my differential. Then it will be getting Amsoil inside as well as an upgraded governor solenoid.