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That's a nice site. I haven't been back to it for many months. Thanks for posting the link. My setup in the Pathy is basic. I keep the face plate attached to the radio and mount it right on top of the dash. I do this so I can remove it quickly to transfer it. On longer road trips, I'll only keep the face plate on top of the dash and run the radio from the back out of sight. 73's.

I'd go with the 8" rim as this will give you a bit more choice with tire widths in the future. A note on the 3.75 backspacing. This will make your tires stick out. Stock is about 4.75 and a happy medium for an 8" rim is about 4" bs. Your tires will stick out just a bit past stock. Just a little reference. Some people like the look of a wide stance.

Right here. A few of us in our club have our Ham license. My mobile radio is a quad band so I have one main quad band antenna. I also have a Yagi 2meter back up antenna and a 70cm backup antenna for cross band repeating. The hand held is used for Cross band and I just use the rubber duckey to the quad band to go through the Pathy. VE6BEE

With the 4"bs and 10" wide rim, you might get a bit of rubbing on the back of the front fenders during sharp turns or when off road turned and on uneven ground. Some people just trim the fender back to the firewall. Before my sas, I had 33x12.5 on 8" rims with 4.75"bs and I didn't rub. Using a 10" does add more weight and plays havoc on your steering. The amount of weight though is all up to debate. If you like the wide tire look, you can still go with an 8" and perhaps 3.75" of bs to get that wide stance.

Nice work. Wish I could keep my glove box empty!

Moving right along on your Pathy work! Sorry to hear you got hit with the Bronc that's been going around. (Are you getting ready for Recovery/Rescue for the car Rally Race in March?)

The AC-Idler pulley will squeal like crazy when it's going out. Did they give you an estimate on the cost?

Nice work!

If you want to save some money, people have used different materials from rubber floor mats to landscaping liner. If you have a bit of the old one, you can use it as a template if you don't want to eyeball it.

You could try some local metal suppliers in your area. I guess it depends on the type of grill material you want. Sometimes they have scraps that you can get for quite a bit cheaper.

Not a bad price at all. I'm not sure what it cost here, but hopefully around that price.

You know, it's probably my imagination, but I thought maybe I had read that you had posted what type of filter kit it was. It was probably something completely different and not even you! I'm just tired and lazy to look right now, lol.

Hey Luker, what does it cost to fill up your 20lb tank in your neck of the woods?

Nice! Did you post details on the kit in another thread?

Those starters will try your patience! Especially for a first time removal on a lunch hour on a very cold January day. I was pretty much ready to get it towed to a garage. Easiest and fastest way I have found is to remove the oil filter first of course. Then, slide the starter forward as far as it will go, then slide it back and up towards you while twisting it back and forth so you can fit it up and out on the passenger side fender well. That method literally takes just a few minutes as DSM_guy said.

Hello, Do you mean hard shifts as in high rpm shifts, or more of a 'jerk' when it shifts. Since the day I've owned mine, my will hard shift from 1-2 when it's cold out.

In addition to what XPLORx4 said, a CB is just about a must if you off road with a group of trucks. You need to be in communication with *all* drivers. For safety and for spotting purposes. Even with small groups of 4-6 trucks, alot of time is wasted if even one person doesn't have communication. Trucks get spread out over the trail so line of sight cant' be always counted on. The rule is to always wait for the one behind you, but that doesn't always happen. It's nice to be able to check in with others to make sure things are ok. Front of the pack needs to be in touch with those in the rear and vice versa. Comes in handy when needing extra snatch straps, another winch truck, first aid, etc.

I use a Piss Can to flush out my Alternator after going through muddy water. Just a few pumps and spraying it with clean water shuts off my alt/battery lights. Sometimes I can go all day without having to clean it, other times the first mud hole I go through, I have to rinse it out.

If it's not the c.a.s., do the 02 sensor test again, but this time unplug it when it's cold like the start in the morning and then drive it until the engine is up to temp. When cold, the 02 sensor runs in open loop like '88 said and will then go to closed loop after the engine gets to temp. A bad 02 sensor will cause engine miss firing, hesitation, bucking and also backfiring if driven on the highway for a period of time.

'93 and newer don't have the gauge voltage regulators like the older ones. I think they are built right into the gauges. Check on that and maybe see if you can get the gauges separately? I'm not familiar with the newer dash setups, so someone else will probably post up.

That was fast! The first time I did mine, it took nearly an hour just to scrape off the old water pump gasket.

Defintely worth it. Makes the job much more easier and alot quicker to finish.

Aren't you two convoying to the Jam in August?

Since you say it happens when the engine warms up, I'm thinking 02 sensor. Sometimes you will get a code, sometimes you won't. I replaced everything fuel and electrical before figuring out it was the 02 sensor as mine didn't spit out a code.

Not sure about the '95's but my '90 is a spline (without airbag) shaft. You can take the steering wheel off and re-align. I would do what the others say. There is something causing the steering wheel to be off centre. I had a very slight outter tie rod that was bent and cause the steering wheel to be off centre. It tracked and drove straight though. You couldn't tell it was bent when it was on the truck, only after it was removed could you see a slight bend in it when compared to a good one. Have them or someone else check the outter tie rods.