What did you do to/with your van today?

d3athm3talh3ad · Post by **d3athm3talh3ad** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:02 pm

installed the left side of the flip kit...weather permitting on thursday the right side will go in...

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:32 am

d3athm3talh3ad wrote:installed the left side of the flip kit...weather permitting on thursday the right side will go in...

She lives! Where you been girl?

GEJ · Post by **GEJ** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:52 pm

Cool.Get some pics.Good to hear from ya. =D>

d3athm3talh3ad · Post by **d3athm3talh3ad** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:49 pm

She lives! Where you been girl?

been kind of busy with the holidays and lots of birthdays around this time of year...i've been lurking here and there though...

Cool.Get some pics.Good to hear from ya.

planning to after i get a couple other parts installed...

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:45 am

And wondered if my wife would work on it after she finished blowing the snow out of the driveway....

I can just see Susan sliding under my van on the creaper now,,,not going to happen.
Asked her one time to hold a wire for me,,she asked how long do I have to hold it. I moved on without her.

Dull Knife · Post by **Dull Knife** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:39 pm

kings-x59 wrote:
DANVAN wrote:Washed and vacumed it today, after doing a 600 mile roundtrip to my moms and back in upstate NY, over the weekend.

don't wash mine, it makes the paint come off...

new wiper blades, replaced a headlight with a salvage lamp I had in the garage. Got my new aldl cable tonight in the mail. downloaded winaldl the other day. got a new timing light. time to do some detailed investigation and tuning.

I added some new wipers today also. It didn't help the rear. It barely makes contact with window.

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:48 pm

Grumpy: Aired up the tire with the slow leak, then cruised it around the neighborhood long enough to warm up the engine, parked it back in it's spot in front of the house.

Green: Removed the bike rack from the hitch receiver, then moved it into the garage in preparation of cleaning the grounds tomorrow.

6spd_monte · Post by **6spd_monte** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:27 am

Yesterday I pulled both exhaust manifolds off, today I will put them back on. I got tired of listening to the leak!

d3athm3talh3ad · Post by **d3athm3talh3ad** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:52 pm

woke up late...broke a socket trying to remove the rear bumper bracket...smacked my head on the hitch...fought with my junky jack all day...got the rear diff on the right side loose...then couldn't get the lower spring shackle bolt loose...ugh! oh well, it's still been a better day than being at work...maybe sunday i can get the rest of the flip kit installed...happy new year everyone...

GEJ · Post by **GEJ** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:15 pm

It is the one thing common all of us go thru with days like that.Sure does keep you humble.It will get better.Hang in there.

97CargoCrawler · Post by **97CargoCrawler** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:03 am

Today I rotated my tires. Certainly doesn't seem like a lot of work until you get into it. Sure wish I had got the air compressor I wanted for x-mas. Would have cut the time and effort in half.

I also pulled off the doghouse to look for and try to fix the two problems the idiot at the smog test center created when he tested my van in October. Right after he tested it I had an exhaust leak and I could hear the engine in my stereo speakers. I fixed the stereo problem, but didn't find the exhaust leak. I even drove around with the doghouse off and I couldn't hear $hit, except the engine which was surprisingly loud. I figured the tech pulled a vacuum hose or something and forgot to put it back on. I found nothing. Oh well. :-k

tbhager94 · Post by **tbhager94** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:52 am

Rebel wrote:
And wondered if my wife would work on it after she finished blowing the snow out of the driveway....

I can just see Susan sliding under my van on the creaper now,,,not going to happen.
Asked her one time to hold a wire for me,,she asked how long do I have to hold it. I moved on without her.

that could be turned dirty real fast lolo

LiftedAWDAstro · Post by **LiftedAWDAstro** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:43 am

97CargoCrawler wrote:I also pulled off the doghouse to look for and try to fix the two problems the idiot at the smog test center created when he tested my van in October. Right after he tested it I had an exhaust leak and I could hear the engine in my stereo speakers. I fixed the stereo problem

What was the fix?

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:21 am

Green: Yesterday, I found the loose ground, removed it, cleaned it up really good, and reinstalled it.

stomp13 · Post by **stomp13** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:34 am

Yesterday.

I finished up my speaker and amp install. My wife got me 2 sets of Pioneers Premier 6-3/4" Component Speakers and a Pioneer Premier PRS-Series 4-Channel Amp for Christmas. Im not a huge Pioneer guy. I know they make good stuff. But a Ex-girlfriend of mine, her brother has a "hook up" with Poineer, so I told my wife to deal with him and got the stuff at wholesale.

They sound really nice. But now I need some bass. Maybe a single 10inch.

This Sunday, Im going to install the 2inch Overlands lift, that I also got for Christmas!
I'll post before and after pic's.

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