My Dodge Truck Project (Cummins Inside)
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I was wondering where the popcorn was.Page 5, 95 to go. Did you try a vacuum gauge yet?
Page 5, 95 to go. Did you try a vacuum gauge yet?
I think my vacuum is an oreck but I dont see what that has to do with my suburban?
You plug the vacuum to the vacuum fitting, somewhere around the rear tire or bumper.
The fitting is a round tube, but, you may need an adapter due to differing sizes.
Once you've got the adapter and everything plugged together to turn on the vacuum before trying to start the truck. The vacuum pulls and turns the engine over like an ancillary starter motor for hard start situations.
I was curious about the "cap". We call 'em camper shells here in Texas, but cap, cover, canopy, shed, camper... they are all the same to me. I used to work for GemTop 1996-2005.
I hear cap most often but occasionally I'll hear someone call it a camper shell. Seems to vary by region though. I don't mind the looks of them and they do have their perks but they aren't very helpful when you need a truckload of mulch or dirt, or need to get a tractor in the bed. They are also a pain to see out of, you get really good at using your mirrors when you've got a cap. I'm pretty sure the racks were added on but this one is fancy. Tinted sliding windows with screens, and carpet lined.
Oil mess all fixed. Got more oil dry and threw it down on the driveway, drained and filled it again, used 5w40 full synthetic this time as olds307 and 403 recommended. Took 11 quarts. It seems a little louder on startup with the thinner oil but I almost expect that. She seems happy again.
Still have this to do but I'm not pushing my luck by trying to do it today.
And I found this tucked under the seat. Receipt from June from the previous owner.
Still have this to do but I'm not pushing my luck by trying to do it today.
And I found this tucked under the seat. Receipt from June from the previous owner.
Agreed on the language... I guess in some parts of the country people DO sleep back there. I've seen bed floors with carpet on them. I'd never heard it before moving south.
As far as vision goes, hardest part is keeping the glass at the cab clean. Some toppers have a gasket/seal that keeps the rain/dirt/etc out from between the two glasses but not all. But outside of that I don't find vision to be any less than my squarebody suburbans or now my gmt800 yukon xl. Yes, a capless truck has extraordinary vision. These days I like the added utility the cap gives in keeping big loads dry in the bed.
Then again, I've done two things - bought an ultra cheap ultra light topper made of single wall aluminum sheet circa 1970s/80s, and, built a homemade trailer by cutting off a 1976 c20 pickup under the cab and putting it all together. First one was a learning experience. Now making a second one that I intend to make the factory brakes functional probably using a surge activated tongue.amd the vintage topper can be lifted by a single person... unwieldy, but light.
I worked for BacPac when I was in high school. Installed back windows. Was NOT living the dream. In the NW they're canopies.
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