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ALso do you know if the power tour is making its way towards the chicagoland area???
Ryan
-The difference between a 160 and a 180 stat is that the 160 opens earlier than the 180 based on the temperature of the coolant
-The only time a thermostat will CLOSE is when the temperature drops below the corresponding rating temperature
-The 160 or 180 stat will make no difference in towing or hauling temperature as both will be fully open when truck reaches operating temperature.
-The thermostat DOES NOT close during operation to contain the coolant in the radiator for cooling.
The reason I ask is that a person in another forum is telling me that with the 160 and towing, he ran at 230. He switched to the 180 and his towing temp is at 215. His theory is that during its "cooling cycle" it opens too early not giving the radiator enough time to cool the coolant. BTW, I asked him if he was joking...he was not....
I think we should all donate to cliff
Ryan
LMAO
pat
oby: what temp stat u running now, i know you have hypertech 111 and they recommend 160 degrees, to get the most out of there system?
I have a slow computer at times but i dont care its easier to see them on the screen then click and wait
Ryan
pat
Ryan
Tomorrow is a bs day. econ listen to a lady talkabotu stuff i know
engr ethics blah blah blah
calculus had a test today nothing new tomorrow
engr communications work on project proposel
Easy day
Ryan
Ryan, I noticed from your pics that your truck sits level. I also read the post where you didn't adjust the front height with the torsion bar....so that leads me to believe....that your rear springs are shot. Better go to the dealer and have it checked out. No truck sits level unless it was modified to do so. Cause with any kind of load, your headlights would be pointing up at the sky.....
I understand why it turns on, to keep the windows from fogging up, but I usually only turn it on when there is a smoking vehicle in front of me, so it only stays on for a couple of minutes. Now I have to turn up the heater to compensate for the air cond. If I just turn off the fan does air still flow? Any ideas?
Ryan: Those mud flaps you got, are they from Husky?
Were they built for the fender flares?
How well do they keep the dirt off the doors and rear fenders?
How much were they and where did you get them? Thanks.
I got a set of floormats for my truck, front and rear. Unlike Husky or Catchall they are designed to channel debris out the door instead of just catching it for you to mop up. They come in any color you want, as long as the color you want is black, (that's the only negative).
Second fuel mileage check, 12.66, almost all city. 2001 2500 Ext. 6.0 auto 3.73. I live in Calif. with oxygenated fuel. When a friend drove to Utah this summer he noticed his fuel mileage went up 1-2 MPG out of Calif. The only thing he could attribute it to was the fuel.
$26.95 a pair. They work great. Keep lots of stuff off the doors and rear panels
I got em at a local parts place. Call husky up and they can give you the location of the nearest place
DEAN- my rear end sits up a bit higher than the front. Its the way my driveway is sloped. If i back it in my rear end is way up in the air if i pull in nose first it looks level and on the street which is a level surface it sits right. Springs are fine
Ill take a few pics of it tomorrow in the street for you
Ryan
Nick
Is there a web site I could order from?
matthew
Dean
Ryan
AHHHHH i hate the flippin cold weather.
Dean can you send some hawaii sunshine here pleaseeeee
Ryan
The worst part is the AC light doesn't come on, and I'm getting cold before I realize what's going on.
My 99 doesn't do it, Vince's early 2000 doesn't do it, by my 2000 does.
Mike L
rice eater
hehe
Ryan
So I got to looking at it,and Radco (a truck accessory place around where I live)who installed it did not fully tighten the center bolts.
I bought the truck in march and I have yet to have a problem with it (must be that 2500 thing,what do you all think?
I would like to post some pics some day of my truck but I dont know what the best route to take. I have a cheapo digital camera and a scanner witch is the easiest way for a computer dumb person to do it?
thanx ,Andrew
bco
Also nope cant program the door locks to all open at once.
BCO- my truck starts up fine in the cold weather. Mine was a thick sheet of ice had to scrap and use the washer fluid. I still cant beleive my windows were frozen shut never had that happen. Today is going to be the warmest day of the wk and its not ognna be above 35-40 degrees plus the damn windchill
Ryan
Ryan
pat
KALW
www.goodchevy.com
Anybody heard of similar specials and hidden surprises?
smikes
Does the console have dividers or slots or anything to hold CD's or cassettes? I drove a couple Silverados a couple of weeks ago and that is one of the little details I don't remember noticing. They were 2wd extended cabs and I was really driving careful to try and check for the shakes.
Thanks!
Paul
in answer to your cd/cassette slot question: no. not standard. however, through the gm accessories catalog (and a million aftermarket accessories companies, i'm sure) you CAN buy an insert designed specifically to go into the center console to hold such things. it should be noted though, that you do get a decent bit of cd/et al storage standard. there's a little flip-up door just in front of the cup-holders that holds about 4 cd's, as well as the overhead console which has a drop-down door that will hold exactly 3 cd's, i believe.
bco
Ryan
Dean do they even make CDS for the oldie stuff??? hahaha
or did you have an 8 track installed?
Ryan
Right on ALL points about thermostats. Give 'em hell!
Ryan
Have you ever been on the indianapolis 500 racetrack??? Took a bus tour on it. Damn bus went 80-90 mph too. It was pretty cool
You thinking of coming to indiana???
Ryan
BTW. I had a bug deflector on my truck all summer, windsheild noise was terrible on the highway, so bad that I didn't know the rear windows were as bad as they are. I took it off for the winter a few weeks ago and the windsheild noise went away, damn dealer was right. I wonder if they are going to blame the rear window noise on my nerf bars!
ryan,
no, wasn't planning on visiting Indiana, just trying to remember how it was when I was there. During that period, just for the hell of it, we use to fly to the NHRA races and try to get in some football or basketball games at the same time. After awhile, all that flying got to be a drag so we settled for Pomona and just got drunk every night in Marina Del Rey....I remember the hardest place to get drunk was in Texas. Every county had it's own drinking law, got so confusing that we ended up drinking in the hotel we were staying at rather than try and figure it out...LOL!!
OK, back to trucks...does anyone's brakes literally skreech when slowly braking down a driveway or hill. Mine's just started doing it. And it only happens when the brakes are cold as in the beginning of the day. Test drove with tech and for the life of me couldn't duplicate it. The skreech is way loud too....
Ryan
Mark