What have you done to your ride lately?

[tex]

The KO2 wore out super quick on my friends diesel. He runs the Michelin LTX now and gets tons of miles out of them. My brother has liked the Coopers on his work diesels.

 

[balakay]

Yeah my dad ate through KO2s in 25k on his 3/4 ton. He runs Firestone AT now and they still look great after 30k.

 

[Silverback]

My Michelin LTX are just not lasting. Good to know about the KO2's.

 

[Anathollo]

Check the Coopers. I have had good luck with 3 sets now.

Wonder if the quality will be the same since they have a new owner?

 

[Anathollo]

So.... I am gonna need new tires for the 250 soon. Not really impressed with these Michelins. They rode fine but wore out pretty fast.. may or may not have to do with my right foot. Thinking about doing a 35" tire.. Toyo AT III's. 50k mile rating. Will probably need to do a "mod" to get them to fit up front... just a level kit. Nothing crazy. I mainly want it sitting level. Not sold yet, just bouncing ideas around in my head. I do like that it still fits in the garage.

I like my ATIII's but I got em in a P tire rating and they are wearing out quick (I was being cheap at the time). Truck probably weighs too much now for the P's and I've been towing a ton around town since I got them.

I'm going to get the M/T's or R/T's again for my next set.

 

[Silverback]

Yeah, I saw they sell a 35x11.50-20 which would fit. But its not rated for the weight I believe.. I think I would need to get the LT version.

 

[balakay]

So after a little over a month, the F1Shitty is supposed to be fixed by end of day on Friday. Not crossing my fingers though as nothing has gone by any sort of predicted timeframe with it yet. All I know right now is that the torque converter is being replaced. Not sure what else got approved. Would have been nice to get a whole new transmission out of the warranty but knew that wouldn't happen from the start.

 

[Taco Loco]

So after a little over a month, the F1Shitty is supposed to be fixed by end of day on Friday. Not crossing my fingers though as nothing has gone by any sort of predicted timeframe with it yet. All I know right now is that the torque converter is being replaced. Not sure what else got approved. Would have been nice to get a whole new transmission out of the warranty but knew that wouldn't happen from the start.

I hope they dropped the pan and replaced the fluid and filter as well.

 

[tx_shooter]

I hope they dropped the pan and replaced the fluid and filter as well.

Would think they have to do that at part of the replacement process.

 

[AlienXtx]

Would think they have to do that at part of the replacement process.

You think they would done that before they sold it

 

[Taco Loco]

Did the 1st, 10 hour service and inspection on the SS this morning, added a little bit torque to a few hydraulic lines, basically every bolt or line has to be inspected daily until machine hits 20 hours. Also I did the 10 hour service on the tractor. A couple more hours in the SS doing some miscellaneous stuff afterwards till temps hit a bit over 100 degrees here.

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Completed the 20 hour service and inspection this morning, the Orange takes about a full tube of grease every 10 hours. The smiles per gallon is running about <1.5 gallons of diesel per machine hour.

 

[Taco Loco]

Oh, Koboter needs to add a dye into their hydraulic oil. It's difficult to see the fluid level. This sight glass in the cab underneath the seat.

 

[Silverback]

When I was a kid (maybe 13 years old) we got a brand new John Deere 420 (diesel small garden tractor.. 23 horse IIRC).. anyhow, I had never checked the oil on a brand new motor. Checked it before I started it for the very first time (0 hours on it) and I ended up overfilling it. Stick looked like it had nothing on it.

 

[AlienXtx]

Got new tires mounted.

 

[balakay]

Picked the truck up this evening. Glad they gave me the 90 day warranty when I bought it. Because this would have hurt to pay out of pocket 3 months after buying the truck.

 

[tx_shooter]

Did a little work on the 4Runner this morning. The vacuum hose connecting the supercharger and fuel advance doohicky. I also cleaned the contact points on the throttle position and MAF sensors. I did notice the air box is not longer in tact so it will need to be replaced.

 

[Taco Loco]

Did a little work on the 4Runner this morning. The vacuum hose connecting the supercharger and fuel advance doohicky. I also cleaned the contact points on the throttle position and MAF sensors. I did notice the air box is not longer in tact so it will need to be replaced.

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JB weld it and call it good.

 

[Taco Loco]

Completed the 20 hour service and inspection this morning, the Orange takes about a full tube of grease every 10 hours. The smiles per gallon is running about <1.5 gallons of diesel per machine hour.

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Completed the 30hr service, and wiped excessive used grease off the pivot points this morning. Headed to top off with diesel and get back out in the bush.

 

[Anathollo]

Oh, when talking to @thekidcatcher this past weekend, he got his Tacoma inspected and the kid there told him that your third brake light can no longer be covered. So for the guys running permanent racks, you'll need to install another brake light and mount it to the rack.

 

[Silverback]

Oh, when talking to @thekidcatcher this past weekend, he got his Tacoma inspected and the kid there told him that your third brake light can no longer be covered. So for the guys running permanent racks, you'll need to install another brake light and mount it to the rack.

Check!