Alaska, that sounds fun!!

They were good!

Is this the Traverse?

Mini Sawmill!

I have been looking over these for a while now. Couple have batteries some have separate mounts and seem a little better ($$$)

I even got one last year with scope mount, but wouldn't work with the phone I had.

Can you add a piggyback battery to the phone? Always handy anyway.

Agreeing with most here Don. Add on's will get you going more to your needs. Yes the 6.0 heads are often swapped for 5.3 as they flow better. Heck the 5.3 can do almost 400hp with mild tuning and exhaust.

Another thing is LS exhaust manifolds flow very well. Headers are cool but for your needs and longevity stay with cast. Hooker makes a nice set of coated cat that better than stock.

Do the exhaust, a new cat and throttle body (you have a manual throttle, right?). Headers will get that 25hp, but at 5000 rpm! Have it tuned, add a shift kit and tune the trans so it doesn't defuel as bad and shift.

If you build a motor, look for a 6.2 vs the 6.0. They were rated for around 350 stock and have bushed piston pins. May as well get aftermarket heads if you go that far.

I think 450+hp with good low end torque should be very easy. Plus it is with little to no down time. Even the rear OK for what you want unless you tow something crazy. 

Sweet trailer.

Got a NTM camera today. Canon SX620. All the good stuff with a 25x optical zoom. Darn battery is doa though and leaving for Yosemite.

Weather has been acting up around here. So much rain they are flooding now where the fires were. Still almost missing with 88 soles lost.

With the Yosemite scout trip coming up I bought new tires for the Dmax. Still doing the SAS but I need to drive this and with 3 vehicles using the same lug pattern they will find a home for sure.

Kept the 2 good coopers for spares, rears had under 1/8 and no snow driving for those.

I gave Americas tire a budget (well a tire) but they would sell it to me as only rated "D", 3k per tire. So they found some Maxxis Razr MT for around the same price that we could get in time AND install today. 35/12.50-17. Starting out at 50f/45r psi and boy do they ride nice so far.

Also noticed a bolt gone from the radiator/intercooler when I was messing with fusses. Hard to notce but they were falling back into the fan, which would not have been a good outcome. One was still on the other side, so snugged it up and got another in with blue loctite this time.

On the power issue, there is none coming from the dist center plug, even pulled the entire block looking for bad wires. Now on a good note that tells me the kennedy pump will flow through if not running.

I bought a hammer drill from HF and have beat the crud out of it. It is the bauer SDS max 10.5 amp #63441. I have used it twice now for hours and it never let me down. The go for about $100 on sale, but no bits.

Sweet, maybe when I sell the TH. That would be a great spot.

Common Charles, you can better than Old Crow.

 

Changed the oil and fuel filters on the Dmax today. Found my lift pump is not lifting (no power) and all the fuses are good. I mean they are ALL good, inside and out!

Traced the power wire to the distribution center under the dash where I had installed a plug just to power things. The red wire is "ign on" power and worked fine, now nothing. It powered the water inj also so that is why that stopped too. The cut and the yellow wire were for the injection, just removed the splice.

So I am stumped as with no fuses being bad and everything otherwise working (sans dash lights). I could just wire it to another pin (green arrow) but would like to address the issue really.


Put a 1 way fuel valve in the suburban. Always hard to start with pump up top figuring the fuel is draining back. Quick fix until the lift and new filter goes in.

Looking at the snickers like she is about to start a fluid change on something,,,,,,,,,,,,

Copy, just don't see how it is clamped.

Is your spare under the rear on this thing? Think they did that and put a saddle tank in it.

I was looking at digital security systems this weekend. Price about doubles over the standard stuff.

Nice, what flooring?

I almost just spent that at swag off-road today, 15% off & free shipping.....

Going there too, need to buy some press parts

Who tells mama?

Don, great place for a camera and it won't freeze up.

Had the memorial today, was slow. Then I was told I have the 26th marked so I have to do it again tomorrow,,,,,,,,

Thx all, the hard part is almost over.

Looks much better with that cover on there.

Got enough wood on hand?

Moved a couple loads out of mom's place, 1 more to go. $300 a day for rent but it stops when it is cleaned out and signed off (no 30 day stuff)

1st Thanksgiving and Christmas with her,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Yep, grounds do real funny things.

Park it by SD and drive the sub.

Are they pewter so no rusty?