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ace10 said:
Took a marble-sized rock to the 100 windshield yesterday.
Left an 1-1/2" bullyseye right in front of driver.
Eff me.
The westound side of Route 7 bypass around Leesburg disintegrated over the winter and there are asphalt chunks and debris everywhere. VDOT hasn't done dick about it.
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Pretty sure i know exactly where you're talking about. Slight left turn going up hill, the left lane thats so full of patch work it knocks you around. You literally see plumes of dust and pebbles flying up when people drive over it
 
JakeisbadatThis said:
Pretty sure i know exactly where you're talking about. Slight left turn going up hill, the left lane thats so full of patch work it knocks you around. You literally see plumes of dust and pebbles flying up when people drive over it
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It's a stretch about 3-4 hundred feet long. Broke up maybe a month ago. Dinner plate sized chunks everywhere. They did a half assed patch. But that broke up yesterday.
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I've had my wife avoid that stretch by taking King/Catoctin Circle. Don't want to go through another windshield in her car, too.
 
ace10 said:
Took a marble-sized rock to the 100 windshield yesterday.
Left an 1-1/2" bullyseye right in front of driver.
Eff me.
The westound side of Route 7 bypass around Leesburg disintegrated over the winter and there are asphalt chunks and debris everywhere. VDOT hasn't done dick about it.
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JakeisbadatThis said:
Pretty sure i know exactly where you're talking about. Slight left turn going up hill, the left lane thats so full of patch work it knocks you around. You literally see plumes of dust and pebbles flying up when people drive over it
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JakeisbadatThis said:
Yup thats the spot!
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Lol....I hit that in a work van at about 2AM in the right lane sunday night. Woke me and the guy sleeping in the passenger seat up.
 
Hey Jake @JakeisbadatThis ... I tried to DM you, but you must have messaging turned off. Long story short, hoping to delay our wheel/tire transfer until the May meeting. I can explain next week at the April meeting. Feel free to set up messaging or I'm happy to pass along my number for call/text.
~ Eric 🦀 🦀
 
Started Phase 2 of the bumper, 4x4Labs DIY swing arm kit to go on my homemade bumper. Welding torch fell apart while welding the arms to the spindle shell, so will have to wait for the new torch before I can continue.
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So decided to keep chipping away at the drawer system I'm building in parallel. All of this is to get my spare tire out of the cargo area.
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Mojo Jojo said:
Started Phase 2 of the bumper, 4x4Labs DIY swing arm kit to go on my homemade bumper. Welding torch fell apart while welding the arms to the spindle shell, so will have to wait for the new torch before I can continue.
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So decided to keep chipping away at the drawer system I'm building in parallel. All of this is to get my spare tire out of the cargo area.
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Looking good! I saw the vid on what looks like you are following on the drawers, anxious to see them in person when completed...I'm thinking of doing the same thing with the same style supports, etc. ;) 🦀
 
CrabCake said:
Looking good! I saw the vid on what looks like you are following on the drawers, anxious to see them in person when completed...I'm thinking of doing the same thing with the same style supports, etc. ;) 🦀
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Thanks, I’m anxious to see how it turns out too! The video I got the idea from is by another 80 series owner, so probably the same one you saw.
 
I found my issue that has been plaguing me since Relic Run last year....long story short, at Relic last year, my truck started running like crap, and had to limp home 400 miles (thanks again @Svensk120 for the tail in case I completely broke down!) Found what I thought was the issue which was a faulty (or so I thought) EGR bypass resistor that I put in about 4 months prior to that trip. after a month of diagnostics, I removed that and ran fine until Wolf Den on New Years Day. On the ride home and on the first paved hill out, when the trans downshifted, my exhaust rattled and banged quite a bit. @TRDdrew (riding shotgun) and my son following, figured that I just bent the muffler/tail a bit and it was hitting my bumper (a few trucks including @Jakes40 's Tundra) took a beating on one obstacle that was hard on the tail ends for just about everyone. After getting home, I did see a slightly bent rear pipe/resonator that was tapping on my mudflap tab on the bumper...bent that out of the way, all good.

Fast forward a month without driving the truck at all due to the snow/salt all over the roads...got in it for a daily run...kicked down a bit and it still felt terribly boggy and underpowered with the extra throttle (easy driving seemed normal). On a whim and following the EGR delete thread on the 80 forum, I decided to re-try the EGR bypass resistor. After installing it, the truck ran like crap, but unfortunately unlike last spring after going right back to stock, it still ran like crap!

With this new must-solve issue, I decided that it was time for a manifold pull and full clean up, injector cleaning, fuel filter (under the intake), associated vacuum lines, etc. The 93-94 80 series is known for melting the harness near the EGR pipe, so planning to delete that too and carefully inspect the harness in that area (the PO did put some insulating wrap in the problem area). I got a spare harness and noted that the #6 injector and EGR temp sensor feed wires are tied to a mini branch back in that area, so it would be a place to inspect carefully.

Before completely removing the intake, I inspected that area and started tugging on wires...turns out my #6 injector harness plug was completely disconnected! Throttle body off and upper intake loose (as far as I got before family dinner last night) shows the harness plug broken and no locking tab anymore...also lots of corrosion in the harness plug and on the actual injector wiring pins, so this has been a sleeping gremlin just waiting to bite me!

I'll still pull the entire intake off, replace all of the injector pigtails, clean (or replace) the injectors, EGR full delete, and all of the other goodies already mentioned for the maintenance while this is apart...fun times ahead and hopefully a happy and strong running 80 once complete!

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iptman said:
Are you going to swap in your new engine harness?
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Not at this time, mine is actually fine with some new injector pigtails.
 
CrabCake said:
I found my issue that has been plaguing me since Relic Run last year....long story short, at Relic last year, my truck started running like crap, and had to limp home 400 miles (thanks again @Svensk120 for the tail in case I completely broke down!) Found what I thought was the issue which was a faulty (or so I thought) EGR bypass resistor that I put in about 4 months prior to that trip. after a month of diagnostics, I removed that and ran fine until Wolf Den on New Years Day. On the ride home and on the first paved hill out, when the trans downshifted, my exhaust rattled and banged quite a bit. @TRDdrew (riding shotgun) and my son following, figured that I just bent the muffler/tail a bit and it was hitting my bumper (a few trucks including @Jakes40 's Tundra) took a beating on one obstacle that was hard on the tail ends for just about everyone. After getting home, I did see a slightly bent rear pipe/resonator that was tapping on my mudflap tab on the bumper...bent that out of the way, all good.

Fast forward a month without driving the truck at all due to the snow/salt all over the roads...got in it for a daily run...kicked down a bit and it still felt terribly boggy and underpowered with the extra throttle (easy driving seemed normal). On a whim and following the EGR delete thread on the 80 forum, I decided to re-try the EGR bypass resistor. After installing it, the truck ran like crap, but unfortunately unlike last spring after going right back to stock, it still ran like crap!

With this new must-solve issue, I decided that it was time for a manifold pull and full clean up, injector cleaning, fuel filter (under the intake), associated vacuum lines, etc. The 93-94 80 series is known for melting the harness near the EGR pipe, so planning to delete that too and carefully inspect the harness in that area (the PO did put some insulating wrap in the problem area). I got a spare harness and noted that the #6 injector and EGR temp sensor feed wires are tied to a mini branch back in that area, so it would be a place to inspect carefully.

Before completely removing the intake, I inspected that area and started tugging on wires...turns out my #6 injector harness plug was completely disconnected! Throttle body off and upper intake loose (as far as I got before family dinner last night) shows the harness plug broken and no locking tab anymore...also lots of corrosion in the harness plug and on the actual injector wiring pins, so this has been a sleeping gremlin just waiting to bite me!

I'll still pull the entire intake off, replace all of the injector pigtails, clean (or replace) the injectors, EGR full delete, and all of the other goodies already mentioned for the maintenance while this is apart...fun times ahead and hopefully a happy and strong running 80 once complete!

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Good information....thanks for sharing! Mice detail.
 
Rail is out…#5 injector connector for reference, then #6… :poop: o_O

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CrabCake said:
Rail is out…#5 injector connector for reference, then #6… :poop: o_O
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looks fine lol just plug it back in, good for at least another 100k
 
Bonus for bloody knuckles…I love 30 year old electrical connections…

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