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Bit of a redundant post, but every critique I've had on my car has been racially or nationally charged. Can we do better, off-road guys?
So upon closer inspection, my rig has two "bolt head screws" in place of rivets (!!) and no covering piece on either side for the rivets. Will be fixing these issues shortly and hopefully things will be quiet once again.PLEASE PLEASE let me know if eliminating that panel gap near the bottom corner of the windshield eliminates your at-speed wind noise. I've been chasing down a similar issue for 4 years.
Also, please take additional pics of anything that looks suspect in terms of wind noise on that side. I'll be eternally grateful if your diligence, documentation, and sharing helps me eliminate my wind noise issue.
Thanks in advance!
@JAntosch how do you lube the window tracks, and how did you black out the faded side trim? it looks really good!
Yep I thought it would be a quick swap. Boy was I wrong. Wish I would have replaced the crank sensor while I was in there. Couple of tricks to the job, takes about 4 hours if things go well. A long flexhead wrench is key for removing the two starter bolts which is the hardest part.Holy moly! I didn’t know that’s where the starter is! So...it’s under the intake manifold?
I spent about 12 hours on sat installing DT headers on my cruiser. That was somewhat of a pita.
Finally had the opportunity to remove the timing belt, harmonic balancer, crankshaft gear and verify where the oil was seeping: the front crankshaft main seal? Anyone can confirm this maybe?
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Now got to swing by later for some purple power degreaser to get this sludge cleaned and detailed before replacing that seal.
Installing the mouldings over the rivets did nothing to lower the wind noise I'm chasing down. Oh well, at least I'm slowly returning the truck to completely OEMSo upon closer inspection, my rig has two "bolt head screws" in place of rivets (!!) and no covering piece on either side for the rivets. Will be fixing these issues shortly and hopefully things will be quiet once again.
The window trick didn't work on my rig, unfortunately.
Bit of a redundant post, but every critique I've had on my car has been racially or nationally charged. Can we do better, off-road guys?