My Dodge Truck Project (Cummins Inside)

[ck80]

Tried to accomplish some stuff today. Tried.

Purchased an oil and fuel filter for it. Found Baldwin locally but next time I'm ordering Fleetguard online because these were stupid overpriced.

Changed the oil and oil filter and while it was draining I installed that relay for the heater grid. With daylight savings it was too dark to do the fuel filter so I planned on doing it tomorrow.
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Started it up and quickly realized I made a rookie mistake- old oil filter gasket stuck to the housing. Double gasketed. Exxon Valdez.
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It only ran maybe 30 seconds but it made an enormous mess. So I removed the filter, took off the second gasket and reinstalled it. I don't have enough oil on hand to fill it back up and I was kinda too pissed to keep going so I threw down all of the oil dry I had and shut the hood for the night. Didn't get to test the relay for the grid heater. Or do the fuel filter. I'll attempt the oil change sometime later this week when I'm less pissed at myself.

Wouldn't need the oil dry if you tossed a long wooden stick match to the oil.

Probably solve the other problems too.

 

[DRIVEN]

Easy up, guys. He didn't say "kinda".

 

[ssn696]

Squeegee it around and it’s driveway sealer?

 

[ck80]

Squeegee it around and it’s driveway sealer?

Maybe it's to keep the driveway from rusting? Everything else around that state rusts...

 

[Supercharged111]

Maybe it's to keep the driveway from rusting? Everything else around that state rusts...

I had a plastic grill rust in MI. The struggle's real.

 

[joesregalproject]

Wouldn't need the oil dry if you tossed a long wooden stick match to the oil.

Probably solve the other problems too.

Gfy lol

Squeegee it around and it’s driveway sealer?

Needed done anyways... 🤔

 

[joesregalproject]

Easy up, guys. He didn't say "kinda".

It's not a Suburban... therefore any argument is invalid. Kinda.

 

[ck80]

It's not a Suburban... therefore any argument is invalid. Kinda.

If it was a suburban you'd be ignoring everyone's advice and just buying thousands of dollars of unnecessary parts right now, cause apparently that is the way.

Also we'd get a couple hundred pages of thread and you'd delete it.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Tried to accomplish some stuff today. Tried.

Purchased an oil and fuel filter for it. Found Baldwin locally but next time I'm ordering Fleetguard online because these were stupid overpriced.

Changed the oil and oil filter and while it was draining I installed that relay for the heater grid. With daylight savings it was too dark to do the fuel filter so I planned on doing it tomorrow.
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Started it up and quickly realized I made a rookie mistake- old oil filter gasket stuck to the housing. Double gasketed. Exxon Valdez.
View attachment 186721
It only ran maybe 30 seconds but it made an enormous mess. So I removed the filter, took off the second gasket and reinstalled it. I don't have enough oil on hand to fill it back up and I was kinda too pissed to keep going so I threw down all of the oil dry I had and shut the hood for the night. Didn't get to test the relay for the grid heater. Or do the fuel filter. I'll attempt the oil change sometime later this week when I'm less pissed at myself.

Even a Dodge knows it needs Winter oil. Our weather has also been up and down but mostly surprisingly warm. We know crap is coming. I got free old stock 0W40 from work in my Dakota for the Winter. We pay $10+ per liter for good synthetic here regular price FYI.

 

[joesregalproject]

If it was a suburban you'd be ignoring everyone's advice and just buying thousands of dollars of unnecessary parts right now, cause apparently that is the way.

Also we'd get a couple hundred pages of thread and you'd delete it.

Lmfao 🤣

I'm planning on cleaning up my mess after work today. I have to go get some more oil dry and a few more gallons of oil. Sh*t happens.