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Terranovation

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  1. My Driver's side fog light looked weird - took it off - found the rubber seal was leaking - carefully removed the glass with a heat gun - 3 of the 4 screws holding the plastic back pc onto the frame snapped off. ground them flat - centre punched - drilled tapped new threads - removed a TON of SHRAVE ( I like that word) from the inside of the light fixture - it actually looked like road salt but I think it was a lot of corrosion. The leaking rubber seal was actually being pushed off of the...

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      Terranovation

      I was changing a headlight bulb which turned into a nightmare. The little metal tang thing snapped off, so I couldn't put the bulb in and get it to stay there. Had to take the whole grille out, then swivel the headlight out to get access to the metal tang. Turns out the plastic had deteriorated and was a matter of putting in a new screw with a wider metal ring around it to hold the tang back in. No more probs.

  2. almost done at gathering the parts needed to do a auto to manual conversion on my truck. the auto thats currently in it just lost reverse gear. which means the rest will follow very sortly. looking forward to my truck being manual.

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      Terranovation

      Did you check fuses? Bottom row second from right should be for shift lock. It might be a simple blown fuse, this exact same thing happened to me when I lost reverse.

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  3. **insert witty bit of insight here**

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      Terranovation

      Wow awesome duder

  4. Truck sat for almost a year as I was saving to repair transmission...starter went bad, alternator followed shortly (thanks to mud wasps...) and now, my compresssor goes belly up. A sitting truck will fall apart if not maintained.

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      Terranovation

      Yeah it's not good to have them sitting. Put up on jack stands, drain the oil and remove battery

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  5. I sprayed cologne in my air box housing now can't get rid of the smell of Joop

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      Terranovation

      The more it gets driven then the smell dissipates.

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  6. Did my own oil change yesterday...the first time is always the hardest.

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      Terranovation

      It's not messy if you put plenty of newspaper under the oil filter before you take it off

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