What did you do with your 4th Gen this week?

[natehate]

Yeah man, I've always loved squares. I want to add a 4x4 to the fleet eventually, either a single cab longbed up on 35s or a K5 Blazer

i had 2 k5's when i was in my 20's
LOVED them
if you get a k5 you have to get a soft top
so worth it
and remember when searching for k5's they go up to 1991

 

[metalchewy]

i had 2 k5's when i was in my 20's
LOVED them
if you get a k5 you have to get a soft top
so worth it
and remember when searching for k5's they go up to 1991

I started my truck fun with a 76 power wagon club cab 440 with a 4 speed granny Trans and 1 ton axles on the back. Rusty, clanged down the road with the overloads bouncing unless a load was in it.

Then moved into a 78 ramcharger 360 4bbl, until i was playing too much and rolled it.

My friend had a 392 powered K5 blazer at the time that was our bow hunting rig, to get us to where the deer were....

Fun times.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Tested out New Foam cannon today

 

[TotallyHucked]

i had 2 k5's when i was in my 20's
LOVED them
if you get a k5 you have to get a soft top
so worth it
and remember when searching for k5's they go up to 1991

My buddy has an '85 with a soft top, I don't know how I feel about them. I LOVE the hardtop and then no top at all. I couldn't do an '89-91 though, can't stand that front end lol. I actually work at Auto Metal Direct, we make a tons of restoration parts for squares

 

[Treburkulosis]

I had to wash it because of the storms on Tuesday. Gave this stuff a try and hands down the best tire and trim shine that I have used thus far.

 

[Socalramfan]

I had to wash it because of the storms on Tuesday. Gave this stuff a try and hands down the best tire and trim shine that I have used thus far.

Can’t read (see) the label to tell what it is

 

[Treburkulosis]

Can’t read (see) the label to tell what it is

Koch Chemie PSS

 

[TotallyHucked]

Found my single cab twin at QT this morning

 

[MarineBSP]

New struts and shocks. I'm at 86K miles on my 4th gen Laramie 1500. My ride had degraded - with the severe frost heaves from this past winter, it was really noticeable. I went with Bilstein 5100's on both front and rear - no lift, just stock height.

I viewed this video for rear shocks and cut down a 21mm wrench for upper bolt & nut: REAR I viewed this Mopar leveling kit video for the front struts, even though it's for the 5th gens: FRONT . . . and more importantly I followed the Mopar level kit directions (linked by that author in a reply) for the front, since there is minimal DS-to-DT difference in the front suspension. I used the torque specs from the kit directions. I spread this job over two days because I did it on jack stands.

Observations and tips: 1) My front struts were both bad - but in different ways: Left strut had lost pressure, while the right strut had lost rebound valving. (OE struts were labelled Hitachi). 2) Rear shocks were 'tired' but both still had pressure - could probably have gone a while longer, but . . . . 3) Tip on freeing up the front upper control arm ball joint - try an old-school one-piece Pitman Arm puller. I had to grind the throat of mine down a little, but once done, it was a perfect fit and did not injure the ball joint boots. 4) Put your rear wheel well liners in the sun for an hour before you try to reinstall them, so they can warm up and get more flexible.

I appreciate the help of the participants on this board ! In that vein, I hope someone find this useful.

 

[natehate]

My buddy has an '85 with a soft top, I don't know how I feel about them. I LOVE the hardtop and then no top at all. I couldn't do an '89-91 though, can't stand that front end lol. I actually work at Auto Metal Direct, we make a tons of restoration parts for squares

yeah as soon as summer hit the hard top was off and the soft was on. i could take down the soft in no time and back up pretty quick too

 

[Mb7640]

I put this on actually looks better than I thought it would

 

[DILLIGAF]

Pulled something home

 

[Jay_ramble]

Installed the tailgate assist, a stuby antenna, and added back a stock alpine sub that was missing when I bought her.

Also changed the oil with penzoil UP 5w30 and a wix xp filter. I don't trust what the dealership put in there, even though it was probably fine.

Edit: forgot to add, I also put half a bottle of Liqui Moly truck treatment in with my oil change since Amazon has it for so cheap

 

[SublimeZ]

 

[Socalramfan]

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Add that mod to my Ram

 

[SublimeZ]

Add that mod to my Ram

My door panels no longer buzz

 

[Fediej]

Took the ram and the fam on a drive down highway one. We ended the trip by Bixby Bridge.View attachment 522105

That's a nice looking Eco!

 

[Fediej]

Made mine work a little the last few weekends doing 4x9 trailer towing duty. 2 tons of 8ft railroad ties, new to us Cub Cadet GT2550 and 1.5+ yards of gravel. We have projects planned this year.

 

[TotallyHucked]

After posting about doing an oil change a couple weeks back and guys berating me about using MMO and 5W20, I did a ton more research. Still don’t think MMO would “ruin” the engine but decided to play it safe. Previously used a K&N filter, PUP 5W20 and MMO, got oil pressure dropped 8-10psi from what it was before.

Swapped to RP filter, PUP 5W30 and Lubeguard


Then installed the Vararam I got from @ThunderMug95. Need to order a new filter and thinking about ordering the smooth black or orange lid too



Also got my UPR catch can today. That and the Bilsteins/UCAs will go on this weekend

 

[Socalramfan]

After posting about doing an oil change a couple weeks back and guys berating me about using MMO and 5W20, I did a ton more research. Still don’t think MMO would “ruin” the engine but decided to play it safe. Previously used a K&N filter, PUP 5W20 and MMO, got oil pressure dropped 8-10psi from what it was before.

Swapped to RP filter, PUP 5W30 and Lubeguard
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Then installed the Vararam I got from @ThunderMug95. Need to order a new filter and thinking about ordering the smooth black or orange lid too

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Also got my UPR catch can today. That and the Bilsteins/UCAs will go on this weekend
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Plus one for the Vararam