What Did You Do With Your 120 Today? (18 Viewers)
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sandcruiser
....back in the saddle again....
Yesterday: swapped the serpentine belt at 182K miles. No record of when it was done last, but likely when they did timing belt @ 124K
it was starting to make a little chirpy/squeeky noise on cold startups (it's 17º-20º here in the mornings).
Easy job, maybe 1.5 bananas.
remove plastic shields, remove coolant overflow reservoir, remove air intake & filter housing (inc removing a wire harness plug and 3 or 4 vacuum lines need to come off, too)
use 14mm socket to push tensioner anticlockwise and remove belt.
remove tensioner pulley (reverse thead), remove idler pulley (normal thread) - both with 14mm socket.
spin pulleys in fingers, hold to ear and say "oooh, yeah, that was getting noisy."
Share pulleys with friend, watch him spin and say "Yep. Not worn out but showing wear".
Nod wisely. Throw pulleys in trash.
replace 2 pulleys.
Replace belt.
Replace coolant reservoir.
Replace air intake/air filter housing. Note that you should have replaced air filter while there but can do it later.
Replace plastic covers
drop the damn acorn nut from one cover into engine bay, spend 20 minutes looking for the stupid thing so it doesn't rattle/ping for the next 4 years.....
Start it up and .... no squeek. Yay! Clean up.
It's not that easy to reach the lower pulleys for putting the belt back on. I wish I had done this when I had the bumper off, it would have been easier.
For me, it was easiest to start with the lowest, center pulley, then come up to the tensioner and the fan, then continue from there, putting the belt on all the pulleys except the idler, then releasing the tensioner (cranking it anticlockwise) to allow the belt to slip up onto the idler. Having 3 hands would have helped- when there is no tension on it, the belt tends to slip off of the pulleys. Also the fan tends to get in the way a lot.
I also replaced the tensioner pulley and the idler pulley, because for a few extra dollars it is worth doing while there anyway.
Belt: I opted for Gates Amazon product ASIN B000C2YCJG $30
idler: Amazon product ASIN B075LWJT68 $40
tensioner pulley (not the tensioner) was only a few $ more than the pulley bearing alone so I got the whole pulley: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003SZ3GK0 $12
While there, I suctioned out the grimy ATF in the PS reservoir and replaced about a cup of it with fresh ATF- the worst fluid swap ever, but I'll take her in to get an oil change soon and see if they want to do a full flush at a reasonable price. I'd rather pay a few $ than get ATF all over the floor (which is what usually happens if I disconnect the PS hoses, anywhere, for any reason).
it was starting to make a little chirpy/squeeky noise on cold startups (it's 17º-20º here in the mornings).
Easy job, maybe 1.5 bananas.
remove plastic shields, remove coolant overflow reservoir, remove air intake & filter housing (inc removing a wire harness plug and 3 or 4 vacuum lines need to come off, too)
use 14mm socket to push tensioner anticlockwise and remove belt.
remove tensioner pulley (reverse thead), remove idler pulley (normal thread) - both with 14mm socket.
spin pulleys in fingers, hold to ear and say "oooh, yeah, that was getting noisy."
Share pulleys with friend, watch him spin and say "Yep. Not worn out but showing wear".
Nod wisely. Throw pulleys in trash.
replace 2 pulleys.
Replace belt.
Replace coolant reservoir.
Replace air intake/air filter housing. Note that you should have replaced air filter while there but can do it later.
Replace plastic covers
drop the damn acorn nut from one cover into engine bay, spend 20 minutes looking for the stupid thing so it doesn't rattle/ping for the next 4 years.....
Start it up and .... no squeek. Yay! Clean up.
It's not that easy to reach the lower pulleys for putting the belt back on. I wish I had done this when I had the bumper off, it would have been easier.
For me, it was easiest to start with the lowest, center pulley, then come up to the tensioner and the fan, then continue from there, putting the belt on all the pulleys except the idler, then releasing the tensioner (cranking it anticlockwise) to allow the belt to slip up onto the idler. Having 3 hands would have helped- when there is no tension on it, the belt tends to slip off of the pulleys. Also the fan tends to get in the way a lot.
I also replaced the tensioner pulley and the idler pulley, because for a few extra dollars it is worth doing while there anyway.
Belt: I opted for Gates Amazon product ASIN B000C2YCJG $30
idler: Amazon product ASIN B075LWJT68 $40
tensioner pulley (not the tensioner) was only a few $ more than the pulley bearing alone so I got the whole pulley: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003SZ3GK0 $12
While there, I suctioned out the grimy ATF in the PS reservoir and replaced about a cup of it with fresh ATF- the worst fluid swap ever, but I'll take her in to get an oil change soon and see if they want to do a full flush at a reasonable price. I'd rather pay a few $ than get ATF all over the floor (which is what usually happens if I disconnect the PS hoses, anywhere, for any reason).
Yesterday we traveled up to Sedona on our way to a weekend trip in Flagstaff and decided to hit the broken arrow trail in Sedona. I was so impressed with the capability of our rigs. With only a 2.5” lift and 32” tires, I was able to carefully run this entire trail with only some minor damage on the trailer electrical hookup (which I need to move). We even did the Devil’s staircase with no major bands or dings, just made the wife a little nervous. Such a fun trail! The pink keep guys didn’t seem to like a “regular” vehicle on their toughest trail, good thing it is public road. Just wanted to let everyone know that you can completely run this technical trail with very minor mods.
Broken Arrow Trail — AZOFFROAD.NET
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Looks like a fun time! How was the weather there in Sedona? I'm planning on visiting the first weekend of February. We will be flying into Phoenix and renting a car for the extended weekend. The hiking trails and scenery are the items at the top of our list.
Drove south 700 miles to Scottsdale averaging 17.5 mpg (corrected for 285/70 tires) at 75-85 mph, picked up wifey’s new office (airstream 23d) and pulled it home getting 10.5 mpg at about 60-70 mph.
I had techstream plugged in for the haul up from Scottsdale to flagstaff and watched the ATF temp go above 200°F briefly.
I am fairly pleased for it doing as well as this for being a light duty SUV that’s 15 years and 200,000 miles old.
I had techstream plugged in for the haul up from Scottsdale to flagstaff and watched the ATF temp go above 200°F briefly.
I am fairly pleased for it doing as well as this for being a light duty SUV that’s 15 years and 200,000 miles old.
I was averaging 14-16mpg across WTX on i20 and that’s corrected for tire size. But, East to west is uphill the entire time and usually a headwind.
Peeled the plasti-dip off the wheels. left the center caps gray. then got some Kenda Klevers installed!
sandcruiser
....back in the saddle again....
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Completed a 2" spacer lift in front and, with the new shocks, springs, 1/2" spacer, got 2.5" in the rear. Also tightened valve cover nuts. 3 of them were finger loose.
They are 245-75-17s!
Baby steps... put WeatherTech mats in the front. They are really nice. Never though I'd pay that much for damn floor mats but here I am 
So the next peeps won't get to check out any interesting rocks in the national forest?
Diff Kraken
SILVER Star
I had the same thought initially- however- this is state sanctioned and A-ok. Dont forget what corporations have to do anyway to pull all the metal and oil and minerals out of the earth to make our trucks. None of us live in a closed system and private citizens should have some rights as well. I do understand the sentiment though.
I had the same thought initially- however- this is state sanctioned and A-ok. Dont forget what corporations have to do anyway to pull all the metal and oil and minerals out of the earth to make our trucks. None of us live in a closed system and private citizens should have some rights as well. I do understand the sentiment though.
As one of those that poke the holes to extract the oil I agree. There's a lot of red tape they have to go through and have scores of bean counters to do such. Aside from an access road on land and the "pad" is maybe 3-4 acres, there isn't much disturbed visually on surface. If it is not left like this then feel free to get the well number on the posted sign and report them to the proper authorities for correcting of whatever issue is observed. Offshore is harder to police but satellite imagery is used a lot nowadays. I have seen planes both offshore and on land to check operations. If upper management are worried about this then you may need to seek a new employer. We currently only have one planet to live on.
Diff Kraken
SILVER Star
Good write up. Interesting to hear about this stuff.
Lol it is. I don't want to derail this thread but yes I understand where our trucks come from and I understand the rules governing taking from some national forests. I guess I don't know the extent of the "landscaping project" but if an occasional ten pounds of fist size rocks helps out...
What front springs did you use?
Reorganized the switch panel to have better access to the CDL. Eventually I would like to extend the wiring and move it to where the DAC button is and move the DAC to the the AUX location. I don't remember the last time I used the AUX anyway.
Somehow I missed these replies
. There are billions - maybe trillions - of rocks in the Mark Twain National Forest. If it matters, these rocks were drusy quartz (bonus points if someone knows what those are without using google) and pulled from an area that was significantly distributed from historical mining activities. My yard is full of decorative rocks collected from all over the USA.
Installed new Russian custom steering wheel.
