"OFFICIAL" What did you do to your D-Max today?

[WVRigrat05]

hopped in the truck and headed into work. make the second turn from the neighborhood and batt light comes on. Look to the voltage gauge and yup, alternator aint charging. Its Friday and figured id push my luck if the battery would take me to work or not. I have a spare alternator and jumper cables in the tool box of the truck anyhow. pull off the freeway exit to work with the battery keeping up and a chevy 1500 changes lanes last min to pull up besides me. F**k it, ill beat the pants off him real quick, its Friday after all. rolled into it some to see if he would play and off he trys to go. let him get a truck on me and then hammer down to go by like he wasnt trying. look down and batt light is off and alternator is charging again.

Maybe its the limo telling me to quit driving her like a grandpa? :roflmao::roflmao:

My truck did that pulling my camper back from lock haven pa, I passed out along the road and woke up to no lights and the batt light on, I hammered down wfo and it started charging again, made it 110 miles home, dumped the camper, pulled into parts store and it clattered and died, needless to say I did the alternator and batteries in the parking lot

 

[Chevy1925]

Gotta be on the list of easiest and most inexpensive fixes yet. Why would a 1500 even try? *spit*


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who knows. i have alot of guys in crap rigs try to play. i ignore them more times than not cause it aint worth the waste of fuel. I think they just want to "get around the big truck" or they are in a rush.

That it is, hence i keep the spare in the truck! lol. i keep a few things in there like tie rods, wheel hub assembly, alternator, spare belts, fluids, jack, tools, etc so when im out traveling with the trailer, i can fix the most known issues that may come up.

My truck did that pulling my camper back from lock haven pa, I passed out along the road and woke up to no lights and the batt light on, I hammered down wfo and it started charging again, made it 110 miles home, dumped the camper, pulled into parts store and it clattered and died, needless to say I did the alternator and batteries in the parking lot

yeah im going to pull it and change it either way. next week shes getting some TLC. i have the new exhaust housing to go on the big charger, going to reclock the tensioner so it tightens the belt like it should, change the alt, put the solid fan hub on, trim down the LBZ fan blades i have here to use as the second fan on the fan hub, check shock nitrogen, change coolant from green back to dex cool, new thermostats and maybe see if cleaning the blend door actuators fixes my air issues.

 

[gassux]

you are brave going from green back to dexcool

 

[Kamilmk]

you are brave going from green back to dexcool

I’m positive he is going to flush the system. No hurt doing it then.


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[Chevy1925]

you are brave going from green back to dexcool

I’m positive he is going to flush the system. No hurt doing it then.


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^^this. pulling block drains, drain rad, pull heater core hoses, and flush a few times with a hose. She will be golden.

i was going to go evans waterless coolant but dont like the idea of it being the only thing i can put in the system and reviews show it will make the truck run hotter even though boiling point is 375*. im not trying to make it do that during the summer lol.

 

[DefiantArms]

Well built it tonight she’s debadged at the moment gotta order some Duramax badges to slap on the side along with the green leaf thing. Also have to address traction issues.

 

[Whitetail Addict]

I installed drop shackles on my LML. You'd think I'd have better things to do on a Friday night.

 

[six5creed]

Washed it, apparently it’s been a while.

 

[c5fourj]

Just put on some nitto 420s. 305/50r20!

 

[Dozerboy]

Its currently been a work bench for the last 2 months. We where going to take it to the beach this weekend, but one of the kiddos decided to get sick.

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[Columbus450]

Installed new air dog 165 4G and beans sump


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[dieselfan]

Got an alignment and installed driver's side glow plugs.

 

[TheBac]

Im back driving her while I try to repair a power steering hose on my son's G6.

Looks like I may need a new hydroboost, among other parts. Its all just money, right?

 

[NC-smokinlmm]

Used mine to pull a customers boat out, sucker weighs so much it burned 4.4 gallons in about 16 miles... Pulled it like a freaking train though.

 

[LBZ]

Gave the LML a little love undoing some shitty paint work I did last summer on the chrome and removed all the side and rear badges and trim. I put black Duramax ones on the hood and will be replacing everything I took off with black as well as doing the door handles and window trim in black.

Sometime I would like to either sand paint and 3m the grille and headlight trim in black but it probably won't happen this year.

Apparently these newer trucks will leak if you gravity feed the main tank and leave the valve open so I installed a pump and filter for my sliptank and wired it in. I bought a mini solid state programmable timer for this as well to control the signal to the relay so when I forget to turn off the pump it will shut it off after 10min (i've done this before and made a mess) but it wouldn't go into program mode so the manufacturer is sending me another one.

 

[rgullett83]

Not much, but contemplating selling it again...

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[LBZ]

Some pics. I wish GM would put nice upfitter switches in like this with built in relays. Such a pain in the dick having to wire and install all this stuff considering ford has had them for like 15 years or so now.

 

[NC-smokinlmm]

Switch in the middle looks higher...oke:


Lol...


Truck looks killer by the way...

 

[DAVe3283]

Found out where the coolant is going on my Suburban: into the oil. So probably a head gasket, because it's a slow loss (1/2 gallon per 10,000 miles). Could be a cup? Hose is soft in the morning, but I'll end up pulling the heads anyway out of paranoia. Got this engine used so who knows how it was treated.

Probably do head studs while I'm in there, and these injectors were about done anyway, so... time to start saving. Blarg.

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[wilrob]

Picked up a nice hum/vibration at above 80mph. Don't really have time to look into it right now, so I'll drive it till something gives.