la chambre est petite, mais je sais que mon terrain de jeu est suffisante

back on topic: this is the type of "garage" i'm looking at getting. it'll be up for a while, so i want to get something that'll last.

10x20x8 or maybe 12x20x8



(ps- "shelterlogic" has extremely mixed reviews, so i don't think i'll be ordering from them)

 

sooooo... a bit of excitement today...











just a wee bit hot



my fan wasn't turning on, but i didn't think much of it. usually the kill switch doesn't re-connect, and will randomly come back on soon after. but today, it wasn't coming back on. ok, so i just need to hard-wire the dcc controller to be "on," right? wrong. i'm greeted with that mess of a smoking fuse. crap. so i cut all the dcc controller wires and drove home (4 miles) with no fan. luckily, i always keep a spare mechanical fan assembly in my toolbox. 15 mins later and i had a running, cooling truck again. and i can drive without the heat on full-blast.











but the electric fan isn't done-for. like i said, i'm working on my own, serviceable controller with more features.

 

That sucks man. I can say that the longevity of the DCC is flakey at best.

 

yup. it worked great when it did its job


on another note, this is what i get to wake up to every morning (looks better in person)

 

Nice, enough parking for a dd aswell it looks like.

 

i have room for 5 cars and 2 trailers. oh yeah.

and i finally got my front driveshaft in. welcome back, 4wd!

 

HOLY SMOKING INLINE FUSE, Ian! WOW, ... that is crazy! Glad you have the stocker to slap in... Nice.

 

bam

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f187...thread-260143/

 

i really wish you would have done the platform in the bed. i went threw like 20 pages thinkn i was gunna see it but then u backed out like a porno with the action blurred out lol

 

meh, there's other threads with rear platforms. mine wouldn't have been anything special. i love my little camper that i got, so now there's room for more than 2 people, and i have tons more storage space. plus, it's easier to heat, insulate, change clothes, and relax in the trailer, among other things...

 

yea i hear ya. I have been looking at these really little square pull behind campers. they pop up and theres a ladder that you climb up to get to your bed. I forget the name of them but they run about 2500-3000. So now im just looking for an alternative root until i can save up some money. But i like everything you have done with your truck. it looks really good and very useful for what you use it for.

 

so i just did my fuel mileage for the past half-year. since i've moved to the new house (closer to work), my mileage has dropped about 1.5 mpg (to around 20.5). but, that's offset by the amount i'm driving. i used to fill up about every week. now, it's the same cost, but every other week.

old commute:
-88 miles round-trip (per day)
-mostly freeway @ 60mph
-22mpg
-4 gallons a day ≈ $14.60 a day

new commute:
-20 miles round-trip
-mostly country roads @ 40mph
-20.5mpg
-0.976 gallons a day ≈ $3.56 a day

and just for fun, my really old commute i did for 1.75 years
-100 miles round trip
-mostly county roads @50mph
-21.5mpg
-4.65 gallons a day ≈ $16.98 a day

the r151f did bump up my fuel mileage by about 0.5mpg, even with the added weight and friction of the larger gears and second crawl box. but i'm still not done with the truck. once i get a commuter car, all hell will break loose. but that's quite a ways of...

 

here ya go:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f187...thread-260143/

 

i really wish i could find a 3rd gen xtra cab with a 22re, i dont see how the r151f gave you mpg? i know the 1st gear is lower but isnt the upper gears the same as the stock w56?

 

1st, second, and third are lower; 4th is the same (1:1); 5th is higher

 

did it bolt up touy your 22re? i have one behind the house i was going to sell but if its lower i guess i could throw some dual together and use that

 

yep. same bolt pattern, nothing fancy at all. you can reference parts using an 87 turbo truck, as they'll all fit your current engine (ie- bellhousing bolts, starter studs/nuts), and use your current engine's clutch/pressure plate/throwout bearing. even the shifters will interchange, so you can figure out a setup that works with your rig. if you're just doing a straight swap, it's no different than a clutch job.

my pictures start here:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f199...l#post51940187

 

sweet, just bought an advancaded adapt dual case adpt for 100 bucks brand new, gotta love CL and i guess the case out of my 86 will work if i convert it to topshift?

 

yes, but also remember that the r151f is already a forward-shift. if you have a complete unit (trans/crawl box/t-case), then all you need is one top-shift box (normal or converted) for the second crawl box:

[r151f]-[fwd shift]-[top shift]-[t-case]

 

got my tags today. i'm the official owner now, and need one more trip to the mva (dmv-equivalent in maryland) to get my new license.

oh, and maryland inspections massively suck