Wooooo Hoooo!!!

 

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed i don't have to tear the whole thing apart for HG issues in the coming weeks.. I think the PO mis-diagnosed bad HG's but we'll see!

 

Where in the world did you get those Terrfirma shocks from???? what are the height and the part number?
I've only seen the red TF837 adjustable steering damper and not those shocks.


......EDIT......
NVM... I found them... TF178 & TF179.

 

 

So I finally decided to do the seafoam treatment. My father has boxes of O2 machine hoses. The hose that goes into the nose is the PERFECT size and then just cut off the other end to go into the can.

My throttle body was super clean for 136,xxx miles .I was really surprised .Let it set 30 min then took it for a ride .I live out in the country, down 5 miles of gravel, so "getting on it" really isn't an option .but, there are plenty of hills here in SE Missouri. It didn't smoke as much as I thought it would, but did a good job for the first 5 min or so .

Even on the back roads, between new O2 sensors and now this, my pedal feels like a brand new truck! Next project, I guess I need to put on new cats or something. Have to get the P0420, P0430 and P0153 codes resolved.

Also still looking for Alpaca being front seat bottom covers in good shape if anyone has any. Not many people around here have D2's.

 

Going to the DMV today to get MagPie officially registered and to get temp tags. I have a feeling i'll have to weld up the muffler before i even attempt to pass smog

 

This reminds me that I got to smog check Myrtle this month.
What I've done in the past is run her down to half a tank, added a whole can of BG 44K to the fuel, run her around Atlanta like I stole her for 15 minutes, and then go get the smog check.

 

Yesterday installed Terrafirma's heavy duty steering rods and an Old Man Emu steering stabilizer. The old rod end links were definitely worn and free moving, so these greasable HD rods will be a nice change. Only thing that was kind of odd is the plastic cover over the HD rod end links doesn't really fit into the hole the bolt should go through, so they get kind of bunched up but are still fine. Not sure if that's what they intended in order to make a good seal? ...
The OME steering stabilizer looks quite beefy and the rock shield is another nice addition, was replacing a worn Bilstein damper.

Unfortunately though, I went to start her this morning and couldn't get her to move out of park. No warning lights, the gear indicator on the dash showed the gears changing from Park to Reverse and Drive, but no movement. Parking brake off. Has been sitting for a couple weeks. Haven't checked if the driveshafts were moving.

I'm thinking it's related to having drained some excess transmission fluid yesterday. I had changed the transmission fluid and filter a couple weeks ago, used Valvoline ATF and pumped a couple quarts in it until it just started to come out the fill plug. I didn't torque the plug to spec so it had been leaking a bit, so yesterday I went to take the fill plug out to check the level again and to my surprise a good amount came pouring out. I waited until again it was just dripping out of the fill plug and buttoned her back up. Going to check the level again this evening. If I don't get it sorted after trying a couple things I might start a thread for it.

 

Your ATF is low. Follow the procedure in the RAVE: you're supposed to fill it to overflowing while cold and then start the engine, run it through all the gears while staying stationary, and fill it to overflowing again.

 

Thanks, yeah I'm going to try filling it up again and seeing how that works this evening. Other than that, my brake lights work and the gear shifter itself is not stuck and is able to move to the different gear positions.