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What did you do to your Ram today???

Thanks. I was not aware of that. Eons ago (1991), I had a Ford Ranger on which I used a pressure washer under the hood, which caused me a massive headache. For the past 30 years, I've been afraid to do it again. I've been using a steam cleaner for the past 10 years or so, and it works reasonably well, with a little wiping up in some areas.
Just don't sprays directly onto the fuse box or electrical connectors with the direct stream and you are fine. You have to realize, when driving in the rain, everything under the hood gets wet, so they have to build them to be able to handle that.
 
Just don't sprays directly onto the fuse box or electrical connectors with the direct stream and you are fine. You have to realize, when driving in the rain, everything under the hood gets wet, so they have to build them to be able to handle that.
Agreed, been doing it for 25 years with 10 different vehicles. Never had any issues. I don't spray the battery or fuse blocks.
 
Opened up all the door panels and installed sound proofing on all the door cards and changed my passenger side door handle (passive entry) still not working though. Didn't think it would either, dealer tells me they need to program it, I'm going to take a look at the AlfaOBD I have and see if there is anything for it on there. Otherwise I'm going to have to bite the bullet and pay the dealer $200 to do the programming. They wanted to pay 186 Bahraini dinars ($494) for the door handle and wait 3 months to get it among other parts, I ordered everything myself at a fraction of what the dealer wanted to charge me.

It's only 5pm and the sun is still out so I'm going to give the interior a once over since I'm out here.

As for my drivers side mirror, friend of mine found me a full mirror in Kuwait for $100 from a rear end wreck.
 
Agreed, been doing it for 25 years with 10 different vehicles. Never had any issues. I don't spray the battery or fuse blocks.
Did you have a tornado warning this morning?
I'll 3rd the washing of the engine compartment. When I was 16 working at a detail shop all engines were washed it didn't matter.
The only car I ever had trouble with was RX-7s. It was just water in spark plugs wells and easy fix
lol i guess im your best friend now :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
They are a little much and probably not legal. I do like the grill without the lights.
The look will be priceless when I pull in his driveway. It'll be recorded 🤪
 
Installed core 4x4 2in rear sway bar end links.

Also replaced my messed up drivers side from sway bar end link. Ive had the clunk for a while and was trying to ignore it. Didnt last. While i was under there though i did find out the newer end link i got uses a 19mm nut on the bottom instead of an 18. 🤷‍♂️ hopefully this helps the clunk.

I also noticed that the retention bolt on my rotor was hand loose..enough the rotor moved while putting the wheel back on. Wonder if maybe that was also part of my clunk…though i suspect not since i assume it all sits tight when the wheel is on.

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Last week i recentered my my rear axle, very easy and definitely helped the truck drive normal again…the added height of the tow springs had it shifted to the passenger side with the stock track bar


Heres what I used. No greasing required and it will work for road duty and trailer pulling.
 
Installed core 4x4 2in rear sway bar end links.

Also replaced my messed up drivers side from sway bar end link. Ive had the clunk for a while and was trying to ignore it. Didnt last. While i was under there though i did find out the newer end link i got uses a 19mm nut on the bottom instead of an 18. 🤷‍♂️ hopefully this helps the clunk.

I also noticed that the retention bolt on my rotor was hand loose..enough the rotor moved while putting the wheel back on. Wonder if maybe that was also part of my clunk…though i suspect not since i assume it all sits tight when the wheel is on.

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Last week i recentered my my rear axle, very easy and definitely helped the truck drive normal again…the added height of the tow springs had it shifted to the passenger side with the stock track bar


Heres what I used. No greasing required and it will work for road duty and trailer pulling.
That bolt/screw on the rotors is only for assembly at the factory to keep the rotors from falling off as it moves down the line to where calipers are installed. I would have just remkved it completely before it gets rusted in and has to be drilled out when you need to change rotors.
 
... now she is demanding premium gas...
Give her a tank of 89 and tell her to like it. Then go back to 87. I am half way through my experiment evaluating fuel economy comparing 87 and 89, right now it looks like the additional mileage from 89 is not worth the extra cost. There is an improvement, just not enough. Mine is a Rebel so the gearing means I can not use any additional power.
 

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