Finished the oil and filter change on the S-10 that I started yesterday; left it to drain over night just to get the last drop of nastiness out of the oil pan. Buttoned that up with a fresh new gasket on the pan plug and poured in 5 quarts of Royal Purple 5W30; 4 for the pan and 1 for the filter. Got into the habit of prefilling the filter prior to running it up into place. Saves a little time because the filter doesn't have to wait to fill up before oil starts to return back to the galleries.
Also got the new front shocks installed. The clip kit for the lower control arms that is used to secure the lower shock tabs that came from OPGI is fractional, 5/16ths bolts. They are shorter than the 8mm trapped washer bolts that were the factory choice. The clips from E-Bay were correct metric pieces. I couldn't lay hands on the correct bolts, 8mm x30mm with the trapped washer but did find ones with a shouldered head to which I added some heavy washers to get what i needed. Would not have used the 5/16ths in any event as the shocks were KYB gas units and the shorter screws would have been a major pita while trying to pry/manipulate the shock into position while trying to align and start the screws at the same time. Never seized everything I could puts my hands on.
Shot a couple of coats of primer filler on the front fender eyebrow. The back got help up due to a minor crater appearing in the skim coat of filler that had to be addressed. Letting each step dry or cure overnight due to the lower temps and miserable humidity. Cool and damp is not conducive to watching paint dry.
Pulled the winter wheels out of the truck box and brought them and their new rims up to the house. They go for a rim swap tomorrow. The old rims are so badly eaten around the perimeter of the hole that indexes the rim to the shoulder on the axle that it's the studs that are doing all the work; not polite to lean on them that way.
Still have to grease the front end; more time in my bunny suit, looking more and more like a winter camo suit than something the white rabbit would recognize.
No pics
Nick
Also got the new front shocks installed. The clip kit for the lower control arms that is used to secure the lower shock tabs that came from OPGI is fractional, 5/16ths bolts. They are shorter than the 8mm trapped washer bolts that were the factory choice. The clips from E-Bay were correct metric pieces. I couldn't lay hands on the correct bolts, 8mm x30mm with the trapped washer but did find ones with a shouldered head to which I added some heavy washers to get what i needed. Would not have used the 5/16ths in any event as the shocks were KYB gas units and the shorter screws would have been a major pita while trying to pry/manipulate the shock into position while trying to align and start the screws at the same time. Never seized everything I could puts my hands on.
Shot a couple of coats of primer filler on the front fender eyebrow. The back got help up due to a minor crater appearing in the skim coat of filler that had to be addressed. Letting each step dry or cure overnight due to the lower temps and miserable humidity. Cool and damp is not conducive to watching paint dry.
Pulled the winter wheels out of the truck box and brought them and their new rims up to the house. They go for a rim swap tomorrow. The old rims are so badly eaten around the perimeter of the hole that indexes the rim to the shoulder on the axle that it's the studs that are doing all the work; not polite to lean on them that way.
Still have to grease the front end; more time in my bunny suit, looking more and more like a winter camo suit than something the white rabbit would recognize.
No pics
Nick
