2009 CT Coffee Night thread. Check in on what is happenin'!

[latenight6]

any one gonna be around thursday or friday in the day time just woundering, cause i may need a hand picking up a other truck for my daily driver.

[1JP]

Originally Posted by 05lonestar

wtf?!?!

Tastes like raisins

[Big John]

Crazy Paulie, Try www.lmctruck.com for sheet metal/resto parts

[Jim]

Originally Posted by latenight6

any one gonna be around thursday or friday in the day time just woundering, cause i may need a hand picking up a other truck for my daily driver.

I may have to bring back the original code for the smiley

[95Cummins]

Originally Posted by Big John

Crazy Paulie, Try www.lmctruck.com for sheet metal/resto parts

Don't think they do the older Dodges yet, just 94 and up.

[95ctd]

Rudolph's Shiny New Year starring Baby New Year is on CBS right now: falldownlaugh:

[ktmcowboy]

well, got some good news and some bad news. truck ain't totaled. good. they've only gotten up to 3200 and change on repairs. good. but bad. dont expect it to get up to more than 4k. good, but still bad.

[DCreed]

does that include the front axle?

[ktmcowboy]

Originally Posted by DCreed

does that include the front axle?

doesn't need a new axle lol. ill tell ya what though, if anything in my tranny or tcase got screwed up from it not goin on a flatbed there are two companies gunna be payin for it, not me.

[1JP]

05:13 and here I am, Ft. Walton Beach, FL Night-night

[Diesel97]

Originally Posted by 1JP

05:13 and here I am, Ft. Walton Beach, FL Night-night

Damn what did you do drive straight through?

[TOWRIG]

Originally Posted by 1JP

05:13 and here I am, Ft. Walton Beach, FL Night-night

Don't forget my plate please..need to move a car I just bought. Oh and get my pink decal too!!! Let me know how much $$ also.

[Moose]

Any one have Dodge 2500 rear Spring Shackle(s)? My right rear seems to have broken.

[Stark9802]

Originally Posted by ktmcowboy

well, got some good news and some bad news. truck ain't totaled. good. they've only gotten up to 3200 and change on repairs. good. but bad. dont expect it to get up to more than 4k. good, but still bad.

Insurance covering it?

[95Cummins]

Originally Posted by Moose

Any one have Dodge 2500 rear Spring Shackle(s)? My right rear seems to have broken.

Better do them both, Moose. The Dodge dealer is your best bet.

[Warpig]

Originally Posted by Moose

Any one have Dodge 2500 rear Spring Shackle(s)? My right rear seems to have broken.

Moose, there is a shop in Waterbury on South Main Street that will make them for you. You can have them made a little bigger diameter for added strength. Off the top of my head, I can't recall the name of the shop, but it is right next to West Clay Street on South Main, in back of home Depot. I'm sure it will be a lot cheaper than the Stealer. If you need the name of the shop I'll make a call for ya......let me know.

[Warpig]

Originally Posted by 95Cummins

The Dodge dealer is your best bet.

Ahhhh..............no

[latenight6]

Originally Posted by Moose

Any one have Dodge 2500 rear Spring Shackle(s)? My right rear seems to have broken.

moose if your in the hamden area call Superior Spring,
Hamden Location
2300 State Street
Hamden, CT 800-922-3283
http://www.superiorspring.net/
been there for years is the best of the best

[Aweik02]

Originally Posted by Warpig

Moose, there is a shop in Waterbury on South Main Street that will make them for you. You can have them made a little bigger diameter for added strength. Off the top of my head, I can't recall the name of the shop, but it is right next to West Clay Street on South Main, in back of home Depot. I'm sure it will be a lot cheaper than the Stealer. If you need the name of the shop I'll make a call for ya......let me know.

Peraltz or puralts. somethin like that. there real cheap to boot.

[95Cummins]

Originally Posted by Warpig

Ahhhh..............no

Whatever you say

[ktmcowboy]

Originally Posted by Stark9802

Insurance covering it?

all but my 1k deductible. so its good, but sucks at the same time. so she should be back on the road right quick. when i went down to the repair shop (about half hour before i posted about the price) they had just gotten all parts but the ac condensor (sp?) in. so truck should be ready to go within a day or two. unless they dont paint it, and if thats the case my truck is gunna have a red hood and fender.....lol

[Moose]

Originally Posted by Warpig

Moose, there is a shop in Waterbury on South Main Street that will make them for you. You can have them made a little bigger diameter for added strength. Off the top of my head, I can't recall the name of the shop, but it is right next to West Clay Street on South Main, in back of home Depot. I'm sure it will be a lot cheaper than the Stealer. If you need the name of the shop I'll make a call for ya......let me know.

I went to the Stealership, getting the parts tomorrow, $120 for both sides. Looks like they can be a bear to change, if the Conn Dots Liquid Truck De-solver got in to the bolts, I am going to PB blast it tomorrow, and try to change them New Years day.

[latenight6]

Originally Posted by Moose

I went to the Stealership, getting the parts tomorrow, $120 for both sides. Looks like they can be a bear to change, if the Conn Dots Liquid Truck De-solver got in to the bolts, I am going to PB blast it tomorrow, and try to change them New Years day.

moose dont use pb, get the stuff that seafoam puts out its 100 times better then pb blaster they have it at autozone or advanced and its like 8.00 bucks a can but all i can say the .... will come right out. we use it at kenworth over the pb just my 2cent and oh yeah it wont frezze to the metal like blaster will

[Big John]

I got mine from the dealer, get new bolts, yes they are a pain in the ass but did them in the driveway freezin my A** off with my mechanic and his buddy, took an hour to do the right side and 30 minutes to do the left. Rights go most often because of the way the truck torques (Fords blow left fronts on a reguar basis)

[1JP]

Originally Posted by Diesel97

Damn what did you do drive straight through?

I wasn't gonna, but I felt pretty good so I did

No problemO Steph

[latenight6]

it uses the a/c to cool the coolent in the truck.
my idea is my a/c comp works but im never gonna use it, so if i was to get a watercooled turbo and use this unit cause it claims it will cool water temp by 35-42 degrees will it in fact keep the coolent cool for the turbo and drop the egts, i would set it up so that the hoses would be soley from the compressor to the cooling unit and then tied in with the cooling system and have the compressor on a switch that would be turned on off by me.
call me crazy but its just food for thought

[95ctd]

Originally Posted by Moose

Any one have Dodge 2500 rear Spring Shackle(s)? My right rear seems to have broken.

I did both of mine a few months ago, got them online for aprox 90 for both, so 120 isnt that bad to have them in hand a day or too later. Through a series of jacking my truck up and down, and taking the tires off so I could get the full travel of the suspension I was able to replace my unbroken oen pretty easy. The broken on however I just used a come along to pull the leafspring down. Soak those bolts as much as you can with something. The bottom ones are the pita ones, the top ones not so much took me 4 hours to do one alone and aprox half of that was the bottom bolts. Have fun

[DCreed]

Originally Posted by latenight6

it uses the a/c to cool the coolent in the truck.
my idea is my a/c comp works but im never gonna use it, so if i was to get a watercooled turbo and use this unit cause it claims it will cool water temp by 35-42 degrees will it in fact keep the coolent cool for the turbo and drop the egts, i would set it up so that the hoses would be soley from the compressor to the cooling unit and then tied in with the cooling system and have the compressor on a switch that would be turned on off by me.
call me crazy but its just food for thought

neat idea but I dont think cooling the bearings is going to do anything for the air inside the compressor. However, using that with an air/water intercooler, may yield positive results.

[Warpig]

Originally Posted by Aweik02

Peraltz or puralts. somethin like that. there real cheap to boot.

Perraults The guys makes them while you wait.

[Warpig]

Originally Posted by 95Cummins

Whatever you say

I just hate seeing anyone give the dealer any money. They also recently raised their prices by over 50%

[latenight6]

Originally Posted by DCreed

neat idea but I dont think cooling the bearings is going to do anything for the air inside the compressor. However, using that with an air/water intercooler, may yield positive results.

theres only one problem and thats where do mount all of it and i looked at the frozen boost kit water to air kit,and takes up some room, im trying to my homework now and i have a few things goin and a few things against me
one of them is me be a light ass and the other is my truck bein a 1st gen the front end is goin to bounce all over the place so, so a guess the more weight up front the better. but take a look at this install its in a 2nd gen but it will get you to see what im seeing http://www.turbodieselregister.com/f...installed.html

[DCreed]

this guy did it too and is local
http://www.competitiondiesel.com/for...er+intercooler

[latenight6]

Originally Posted by DCreed

this guy did it too and is local
http://www.competitiondiesel.com/for...er+intercooler

its sold

[DCreed]

Originally Posted by latenight6

its sold

I knew that. the ad had pics of the set-up.

[Warpig]

Anyone interested in stoking up the burn barrel tomorrow?????? I can bring some wood

[matt95]

Originally Posted by Warpig

Anyone interested in stoking up the burn barrel tomorrow?????? I can bring some wood

sounds good tim. I think I am gonna go down there tommorow and see if I can't get my motor painted and put back together.

[Warpig]

Originally Posted by matt95

sounds good tim. I think I am gonna go down there tommorow and see if I can't get my motor painted and put back together.

Cool....I'll load up some wood and meet ya down there in the afternoon

PS. we need beer

[95ctd]

I'm down for that What time you guys gonna be there?

[Aweik02]

Originally Posted by Warpig

Cool....I'll load up some wood and meet ya down there in the afternoon

PS. we need beer

Mind if I hitch a ride? I gots beer and Jagermiester!



As for the Coolant cooler.... our engines are designed to run at 180-210*F, not 140*.

[95ctd]

Originally Posted by Aweik02

Mind if I hitch a ride?



As for the Coolant cooler.... our engines are designed to run at 180-210*F, not 160*.

Whatcha need a ride for? Truck don't like the cold or somethin