What did you do to/with your van today?

alexalexanders · Post by **alexalexanders** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:22 pm

Color matched headlight buckets license plate frame and black bumper pieces. Also installed black corners i bought from justice.

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:03 am

Very Nice...

How bout a stand back and see the whole van pic.

Thanks, Jim

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:06 am

18.2 18.2...

What's a Man to do?

I only got 18.2 mpg

LOLz, Jim

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:20 pm

Disappeared for two weeks to drive out to Utah and back in Green. Used a friend's Jeep while we were out there. Here's Green's fuel log for the trip.
6/1/11 366.5 16.80 21.8 3.659
6/1/11 375.9 21.31 17.6 3.609
6/1/11 473.1 21.53 22.0 3.869
5/31/11 442.9 21.01 21.1 3.899
5/30/11 330.9 17.14 19.3 3.659
5/23/11 445.7 23.19 19.2 3.799
5/23/11 357.4 17.63 20.3 3.959
5/23/11 441.7 22.22 19.9 3.799

The 17.6 is from when my wife decided to drive 75-80 mph for a tank without drafting. I typically kept it around 70 on the interstates unless I had a fast semi to draft and I usually did 10 over rural and 5 over city. Burned more gas coming back due to taking the scenic route through UT, WY, and CO.

doyoulikeithere · Post by **doyoulikeithere** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:56 pm

when I saw the Boston Bruins Score their 5th goal, I gave up and used my van to haul my little boat down to the lake.
The boys and I went WOT for 15 minutes to get to where the creek mouth is.
Got about an hour of fishin in before it started getting dark.
Didnt miss much, stinkin Canucks lost 8-1 in the end..

Oh ya rule 6b...

1Gary · Post by **1Gary** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:16 am

Took off the rims/tires off the shop van and put on two donut spares on the front.Taking two of the tires off the rims to put on the 94 LT front.Going to take off the shop van's rear end to save the housing for a pattern to build the Ford 9" for Ole Yellar.Started to take out the tilt steering out of the shop van to save for Ole Yellar.

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:00 am

Aaron Great Numbers!

Mike We can't win em all.

Gary Gary Gary Do you have a filing system for all those parts?

The Tanker beat me to the station this morning... So no mpg for me.

LOLz, Jim

1Gary · Post by **1Gary** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:07 am

Actually Jim I have started in the rear quarter of the shop a pc of plywood tack to the wall and some of the bigger parts hung up on nails.The bolt parts some are in zip bags sorted by what they are and labeled in boxes and some are in macaroni salad containers that I found fit pretty good on a rotisserie parts storage rack.You right though Jim.It is a PITA to store those things and it is a PITA not to have them when you are putting things back together.Especially when your working on a long term project.Lastly is does help to follow rule 6b and have pictures for reassembly.

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:05 am

Got 20.4 mpg

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:10 am

Green is currently getting both my wife and I to work. After 170k miles, it appears that the Jeep dropped a valve seat. Told it's fairly common in the 3.7 and 4.7 Chrysler motors.

Oh yeah, forgot to say Green rolled over 200k miles on the Utah trip.

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:29 am

ihatemybike wrote:Disappeared for two weeks to drive out to Utah and back in Green. Used a friend's Jeep while we were out there. Here's Green's fuel log for the trip.
6/1/11 366.5 16.80 21.8 3.659
6/1/11 375.9 21.31 17.6 3.609
6/1/11 473.1 21.53 22.0 3.869
5/31/11 442.9 21.01 21.1 3.899
5/30/11 330.9 17.14 19.3 3.659
5/23/11 445.7 23.19 19.2 3.799
5/23/11 357.4 17.63 20.3 3.959
5/23/11 441.7 22.22 19.9 3.799

The 17.6 is from when my wife decided to drive 75-80 mph for a tank without drafting. I typically kept it around 70 on the interstates unless I had a fast semi to draft and I usually did 10 over rural and 5 over city. Burned more gas coming back due to taking the scenic route through UT, WY, and CO.

Dang...

Wish I had a 3:23 rear end.

LOLz, Jim

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:33 am

doyoulikeithere wrote:Oh ya rule 6b...
image0.jpg

I like the calender mod... ROFL

Jim

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:23 am

astroturf wrote:Wish I had a 3:23 rear end.

Only 5.5% higher. Probably explains the MPG diff between Green and Grumpy.

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:51 am

ihatemybike wrote:
astroturf wrote:Wish I had a 3:23 rear end.
Only 5.5% higher. Probably explains the MPG diff between Green and Grumpy.

Aaron,

I know Grumpy is AWD, But how much of a difference in torque is there between the 2?

Thanks, Jim

doyoulikeithere · Post by **doyoulikeithere** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:29 pm

astroturf wrote:I like the calender mod... ROFL
Jim

Yup those 2 shown, are the culprits on that one, Lol, Nothing is safe from the wrath of children....

Chevy & GMC Vans

Chevy & GMC Vans

What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?

Re: What did you do to/with your van today?