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by RickZRX
Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:07 am
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: Installed a couple of Blue Boxes in the garage the other day
Replies: 3
Views: 495

A couple of rather bizarre looking 26 sided woodstoves...
by RickZRX
Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:29 pm
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: Installed a couple of Blue Boxes in the garage the other day
Replies: 3
Views: 495

Installed a couple of Blue Boxes in the garage the other day

:)
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100k limit, link't-HJ
by RickZRX
Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:16 pm
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: Full Synthetic Oil?
Replies: 20
Views: 1693

SONOMA915 wrote:I use royal purple 10W30 oil and a regular ac delco filter. Its about 7 bucks a quart. I change it every 5k miles.
10/30 RP & Wix here :)
by RickZRX
Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:15 pm
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: HELP- front end 4x4 problems
Replies: 12
Views: 1342

assuming GM didn't put different ratio pumpkins at either end..... :)
by RickZRX
Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:07 pm
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: I got my hands dirty today!
Replies: 2
Views: 535

Nope, only place I go is Willow Springs :) There's a CanAm race there in 2 or 3 weeks :)
by RickZRX
Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:56 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: I got my hands dirty today!
Replies: 2
Views: 535

I got my hands dirty today!

Oil & filter change (Royal Purple & Wix)
Aircleaner (Fram :roll: )
Airbox mod
& a Gatorback belt as the original was looking toast at 63,059 miles.

I live in the Mojave Desert & the truck is now running TWENTY Deg cooler
by RickZRX
Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:36 pm
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: Dutch Oven Recipes
Replies: 10
Views: 780

Jigg wrote:I came in here thinking it was going to be a big joke about farting under the sheets.

I'm dissappointed!
Me too :(
by RickZRX
Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:14 pm
Forum: Crew Cab Modifications
Topic: Tornado Air System
Replies: 28
Views: 2735

crew cab sonoma wrote:agreed. spend your money elsewhere....
like on those fuel line magnets.... :lol:
Ya mean gasoline isn't magnetic??? :shock: No wonder I couldn't clean my main jets with my magnet on a stick! :wink:
Of course :idea: that explains why the compass in my ZR5 doesn't constantly point at my gastank.....
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:26 pm
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: strange sound
Replies: 7
Views: 773

Hey hey!! Whats toothing? Run your hand back and forth over the tread on the tire. If you feel a roughness in one direction, that is sawtoothing. Rubbing in one direction is smooth, but rubbing the opposite direction is rough. That's the best explanation I could find. That's known as cupping :)
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:57 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: Quick sway bar question...
Replies: 2
Views: 397

okerly dokerly, I did wonder if that was the case :)
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:07 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: Quick sway bar question...
Replies: 2
Views: 397

Quick sway bar question...

Was looking under the truck the other day.... On the front sway bar... ....Where the bolt goes up thru the bushings etc & that threaded part sticks about 1/2in out the top... is there supposed to be a nut on there???? :shock:
by RickZRX
Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:54 pm
Forum: Crew Cab Modifications
Topic: Tornado Air System
Replies: 28
Views: 2735

Just wait until it frags & throws a handful of scrap metal down the intake. EVERY test of these things has shown them to be complete snake oil.
by RickZRX
Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:56 pm
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: How rare are these vehicles?
Replies: 74
Views: 44307

Saw another one today, actually pulled up next to a white one in the parking lot of the local titty bar this afternoon :)
by RickZRX
Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:59 am
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: motorcycles
Replies: 89
Views: 7180

Pauleo wrote: Also, with the front flipped up, the helmet is much easier to put on and take off.
And you can eat pie!! :idea:
by RickZRX
Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:43 pm
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: motorcycles
Replies: 89
Views: 7180

f9k9 wrote: I agree that the full face one is the way to go but, idling in traffic they are hotter than he_l!
We have a choice between hot & stupid, I'd rather be hot :)
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:14 pm
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: motorcycles
Replies: 89
Views: 7180

His face was mush, jaw shattered, teeth gone, and a bloody mess. I never did find out if there was another vehicle involved , an animal, or what happened. I kinda figure that sooner or later all the idiots who wear pisspots instead of full face helmets will be gone & the gene pool will be that much...
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:43 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: Odd misfire or sneeze??? (4.3V6)
Replies: 6
Views: 824

My 04 cc did the same thing. I took it back to the place I bought it. They checked the codes nothing was found. They drove it and of course nothing happen. They asked if I have filled it up since I left the dealership. which was yes. Then the next question was it from the same place each time. Whic...
by RickZRX
Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:37 pm
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: Odd misfire or sneeze??? (4.3V6)
Replies: 6
Views: 824

Now to your problem: Check the basics first- all connectors plugged in, battery cable connections clean and tight, air cleaner/cap/rotor/plugs/wires/fuel filter I'd like to get stuck into it, but I had shoulder surgery 2 weeks ago. I may have to bite the bullet & actually pay a mechanic to do it......
by RickZRX
Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:00 pm
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: Odd misfire or sneeze??? (4.3V6)
Replies: 6
Views: 824

Odd misfire or sneeze??? (4.3V6)

Not sure whats causing it. It did it twice one day shortly after I bought the ZR5, then it was fine for a week. Then it did it again a couple of times one day. Last night it did it maybe 20 times during a 35 mile drive, but not once on the way home. Today during a 200 mile drive it didn't do it at a...
by RickZRX
Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:10 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: fuel pump noise, and fuel filter replacement...
Replies: 14
Views: 1046

Where is it?
by RickZRX
Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:05 pm
Forum: Crew Cab Modifications
Topic: I Found Some Trim Left Off By GM
Replies: 7
Views: 717

HenryJ wrote:Jim, I found a pair , but they were the wrong color. Do you recommend any dyes for plastics?
SEM make rattlecan vinyl dyes.

edit:
screwed up, it;s not in rattlecans:
http://www.sem.ws/category.php?category_id=35
by RickZRX
Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:00 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: How rare are these vehicles?
Replies: 74
Views: 44307

jpturner928 wrote:Well here in England there are two othere crews besides mine driving around on base.
I haave the decal on my toolbox:
Lakenheath
Is
Bombing
Your
Ass

:)
by RickZRX
Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:44 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: How rare are these vehicles?
Replies: 74
Views: 44307

Ok, seen another one! Was just dropping my kid off at school (100yards away so was on foot) & saw a woman driving a dark blue S10 CC, not a ZR5 tho. Are they all 4x4's or just the ZR5's?
by RickZRX
Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:02 pm
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: Yea... it's a Ford
Replies: 13
Views: 1009

I have a '70 Ranchero with a 351C in it, found a "parts donor" with bucket seats for $200 & sold the streering column & center console for $190 so I'm into it for $10...
It turned out to be a 429 GT..... & yes, it came with most of the engiine....& a 9in locker rearend :)
by RickZRX
Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:03 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

Okee doke. Thinking of throwing one of these hoods on it: http://www.goodmarkindustries.com/grphx/Accessories%20Photos/4113-200-942%20INSTALLED%20COLOR.jpg & what the heck are those plastic thingiemagummers on the rear pillars where the seatbelts hang? 2 bits of plastic joined by a peiece of elastic...
by RickZRX
Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:12 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: How rare are these vehicles?
Replies: 74
Views: 44307

This is odd, guy I known for a few years that in the drummer in a friends band now tells me he has one identical to mine... I also know his day job is in the porn industry so if I get some hot looking women wave at me around Van Nuys & Chatsworth I'll know why... LOL!!
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:59 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

ok, got all the oily liquids I need, now it appears it's advisable to junk the dexcool & go with green stuff....

& my bloody grease gun has buggered off someplace so I need to go buy a new one of those...& some goop to go in it...

Anything else I need to know?
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:01 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: How rare are these vehicles?
Replies: 74
Views: 44307

So I'm guessing my ZR5 is rarer than rocking horse poop? There's a bunch of those Colarado/Canyon gutless wonders around town tho.
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:31 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: ZR5 bed rails
Replies: 16
Views: 1572

How the heck do they come off? I poked a finger under the rail & didn't feel a bolt etc... I was thinking about having em powder coated along with the nerf bars assuming I can remove the rubber step plate thingiemagummers without too much arsing about. I'm thinking something like that silver ceramic...
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:25 am
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: How rare are these vehicles?
Replies: 74
Views: 44307

How rare are these vehicles?

I only ask because mine is the only one I've ever seen & before I bought it I didn't even know they existed. In fact, if the salesmen at the Nissan dealer across the road from the Chevy dealer had a been a bit quicker I probably still wouldn't know they existed... Yanno how it is, ya don't notice ce...
by RickZRX
Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:52 am
Forum: Crew Cab Modifications
Topic: I can't figure out how to remove the airbox !
Replies: 11
Views: 977

Walt wrote: While this is good for keeping debris and water out of the box, it's not good for airflow.
Water won't be a problem here in the Mojave, it's drier than a popcorn fart :)
by RickZRX
Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:24 pm
Forum: Crew Cab Modifications
Topic: I can't figure out how to remove the airbox !
Replies: 11
Views: 977

So ya just saw a large chunk off the front/bottom of the lower aircleaner housing? Hmmm. I have 2 bandsaw's & I'm not afraid to use them... what exactly does this accomplish? I did use the search feature, but a couple of people have "airbox mod" in their sig lines so it throws up every thread they'v...
by RickZRX
Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:30 pm
Forum: Stock Crew Cab
Topic: My ZR5
Replies: 9
Views: 918

No cup holder in the back, but FOUR in the front....LOL!
by RickZRX
Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:23 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

Ah, so not exactly "overly huge" then :) They're Goodyear Wranglers, I've also heard good things about some Bridgestone who's name escapes me right now.
by RickZRX
Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:29 pm
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

Antelope Valley Ca.

Just found out I have what I assume are oversize tires, 30x9.5's?
by RickZRX
Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:15 pm
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

Had a look at that link, it provides one guy the other side of town in gangbanger central :(
by RickZRX
Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:33 pm
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

jeff024 wrote:go with amsoil
I probably would if I could just pick it up at a local store...but around here it involves emails, phone calls & then waiting in for it to be dropped off etc & I don't have that much patience :)
by RickZRX
Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:07 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

I checked the Haynes Book Of Lies & it says 10-30 so thats what I went with (RP).
by RickZRX
Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:18 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

We have 30-40deg temp swings between daytime & night here so it can be 80at lunch time & 40deg at midnight... & in Winter in gets down in the 20's or lower. I already avoid Fram so I'm ahead of ya there :) So ya saying *normal* atf in the tranny but synthetic in the transfer case? Hmm.. ok... I'll p...
by RickZRX
Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:32 am
Forum: Stock Mechanical / Drivetrain
Topic: New here and...lube question.
Replies: 24
Views: 2091

New here and...lube question.

...new to Chevy's ( I have 4 old Ford's in the front yard). Just bought an '03 ZR5. Been reading up some & looks like I'll be throwing new rotor, cap, plugs etc on it. (Niehoff) Now the lube question.. Going to run it on Mobil1, but which grade? not a fan of the "energy saving water like crap" my ex...
by RickZRX
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:21 am
Forum: N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)
Topic: motorcycles
Replies: 89
Views: 7180

Re: motorcycles

My mother purchased an 05 honda reflex 250cc scooter for a daily commuter back and forth to work. With gas prices on the rise, 40-50 mpg sounds like a good plan to me. Justin My Kaw 1100 does 40-45mpg... er..well, it does during the week when commuting.... at weekends in the canyons it drops to abo...

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