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The whole thing about trans operating temps isnt accurate IMO with the newer synthetic based Dex 6 its generally going to be at the same viscosity cold and hot.
 
BillBoost37 said:
Noticed the new ps pump had a heck of a wobble.. it's making noise. It'll be swapped this weekend.
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Careful, I've seen reman pumps just completely fall apart out of the box lol

Probably finishing my retros as far as mounting the projectors. Not much more to go, just need to get the beam angle correct and wait for a day it doesn't rain to aim them.
The hid's do get slightly higher in the color temperature as they age, right? On first startup my 5000k's didn't look exactly pure white. Slightly towards 4300
 
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02NavyBlue said:
Careful, I've seen reman pumps just completely fall apart out of the box lol

Probably finishing my retros as far as mounting the projectors. Not much more to go, just need to get the beam angle correct and wait for a day it doesn't rain to aim them.
The hid's do get slightly higher in the color temperature as they age, right? On first startup my 5000k's didn't look exactly pure white. Slightly towards 4300
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Yes, the coating will burn in a little on the bulbs after a hour or two of use then you will have your final color.
 
Guys.. I cheated. I tossed on a $20 used pump from a car with low miles. Thing I didn't notice until it was running is the pulley or shaft must have gotten whacked. A buddy did me a favor pulling it and I'm thankful he did. Downside is..I'll be doing it again. Bet I can do the job faster now that I know popping the tie rod makes it easy.
 


91parkave said:
The whole thing about trans operating temps isnt accurate IMO with the newer synthetic based Dex 6 its generally going to be at the same viscosity cold and hot.
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ASE is updated every 5 years, so at most the information is from 2009. That'd be up to date enough for me, Dex 6 was around then. That said I do agree it's a bit vague because it groups all of the ATF fluid temperatures together.
 
Today I ran over a whole bunch of cow **** in the road from a farmer whos **** spreader was leaking. So I had to blast the wheel wells and rockers good again because the car smelled of ****. I need to find what to coat the rockers with for this winter. I was just gonna use a can of black spray paint.

I also picked up a TB gasket and some carb and choke cleaner for my moms car and oil and filter for the Avalanche.

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Today I ran over a whole bunch of cow **** in the road from a farmer whos **** spreader was leaking. So I had to blast the wheel wells and rockers good again because the car smelled of ****. I need to find what to coat the rockers with for this winter. I was just gonna use a can of black spray paint.

I also picked up a TB gasket and some carb and choke cleaner for my moms car and oil and filter for the Avalanche.

Sent from the Milky Way
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Coat the rockers with POR-15. stuff is incredible. not cheap but its armor against rust.
 
Don't coat it with any type of paint unless its por 15. Paint seems to just flake after a winter and not help anything. I'm gonna just coat my underbody with grease and call it done. It won't rust as long as grease is on it
 
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