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Craig Miller
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 | | 11/19/2006 11:49 PM |
 Alert | Spent 5 hours on Saturday/Sunday replacing my front seat. I bought a used seat to replace my torn up drivers side seat that had one faulty motor, a bad armrest, and a burned out seat heater.
- Plan A was to just pull the existing seat and replace it with the new one. Nice and easy. 30 minutes, 45 tops. But.... DHL damaged the frame pretty bad in shipping.
- Plan B was to swap the legs off of my seat onto the new one. One of the four bolts had a stripped head though.
- Plan C was to pull off the seat cushion and entire back and swap it onto my seat; also swap out the burned out motor in my seat. After several hours of messing with it, the seat was back in the truck... seat heater in the new seat doesn't work either (which means I get to do the whole job over again and pull the seat covers off the cushions so I can fix the seat heater elements.
Oh well.
Next week:
Replace brake switch
Install APRS
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| Andy Berglund
| | 11/20/2006 12:47 AM |
Alert | i hate it when a plan doesn't come together  sorry to hear about it craig.
i haven't gotten crap done but i hope to:
-install 1" spring spacers done
-install D1 CDL linkage
-fix ABS sensor that got too close and personal with me tires done
-reroute my front diff breather tube done
-adjust steering stops
-cut and reweld spare tire holder so that the tire fits
-mess with the mounts for my front bumper so that it stops sagging (and i thought i had it fixed...argh)
-replace howling pullies
-determine which pulley is howling first
-go wheeling?
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| Isaac Fain
| | 11/20/2006 3:49 AM |
Alert | | i put my drain plugs back in. | |
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| Peter Carey
| | 11/20/2006 7:16 AM |
Alert | | I talked a bunch about what I need to do. | |
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| Andy Berglund
| | 11/20/2006 9:40 AM |
Alert | | i can't wait until i can say i actually got something done... | |
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| Rick Lindgren
| | 11/21/2006 9:31 AM |
Alert | Andy,
A comment for when you go to install the D1 CDL linkage; if you haven't already done it, open the boot and stuff that's on the D1 shift linkage and pack that bad boy with a lot of good Marine grade grease or something. They like to freeze up from lack of use and from corrosion since they are exposed to mud/water/heat under the truck. You don't want to have to disassemble everything again later to clean and grease it.
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| Andy Berglund
| | 11/21/2006 10:41 AM |
Alert | rick-
thanks for the tip. luckily, i've done exactly what you've mentioned. when i looked at it i thought, "hey, this thing could use some grease." personally, i've always liked direct linkages rather than cable actuated devices; i'm surprised that people thing the D2 lever is so much better. sure is a big hunk of metal to do two small tasks though. | |
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