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  1. Thermo

    fog light mod

    JTKustoms, you need to add a jumper wire between the brown and white/black wire. The brown wire is for the parking lights, the white/black wire is for the fog light relay actuation. So, no need to worry about overloading the headlight switch. Add that and then see what you have. The one...
  2. Thermo

    feel follish asking-oil filter

    What I have is similar to this: No Spill Engine, Oil and Fluid Drain Plug & Valve System - No-Spill™ Systems The check valve replaces your drain plug. So, you have 2 barriers between the oil and the environment. You remove the cap, screw on the tube and the oil drains out. Very slick. It...
  3. Thermo

    feel follish asking-oil filter

    When i do an oil change now with my truck, I slide the 5 gallon can under the truck (mine is lifted, so it fits), I pull a tube out of the glove box, I remove a cap off of the new valve I have installed where the oil drain plug was located. I screw this tube into the valve and I put the other...
  4. Thermo

    What you got?

    mindgame, looks like you have been out playing at Kaena Point. Fun spots out there. some deep holes there too (especially right at the entrance, atleast when I was there). Looks like you are coming up the hill right there near the front in the little punchbowl they had there.
  5. Thermo

    feel follish asking-oil filter

    clok1966, you have a remote oil filter. This was fairly standard on the 4x4 trucks and the Eddie Bauers. But, not all Expy's have this. I do not recall what the motivating fact was (seems to me it was only with the vehicles that had the "heavy duty package" option which gave you an oil cooler...
  6. Thermo

    WTF is up with my dome light?!

    Sounding like a bad switch to me. Unplug that light at a connector and then see if your fuse blows. I bet it won't. Now you have to figure out how to fix that light assembly then. Odds are, you are looking at getting a new light assembly.
  7. Thermo

    New XLT Shorted Circuit

    svfetter, I think in your case, how I would troubleshoot this is to first get your hands on a few of the correct size fuses. Now, unplug the dome light, disconnect both of the visors, and then unplug the glove box lights. In short, if it is a light on that circuit, remove it at the plug, not...
  8. Thermo

    WTF is up with my dome light?!

    IF a wire is getting hot to the touch, it is pulling too much power for the size wire. Since you have switched from an incandescent bulb to LEDs, you should be pulling overall less power. Therefore the wire should not be getting even warm. Your problem lies in the wire that is getting warm...
  9. Thermo

    any interest in a writeup for high watt headlight harness?

    sinhumane, if you are after more light output and you are going through that much trouble, look into some 50W HID bulbs. These will emit twice as much light as the 100W halogen bulbs. The thing I will tell you though is not to use them for your low beam lights. that is a ticket waiting to...
  10. Thermo

    wheel play

    Bigwill, first off, I would tell you to get a friend and have one of your move the tire as the other watches for where the play is. That is probably the best thing before you just start replacing parts "just because". As for the bigger tires affecting things, by all means it can. The bigger...
  11. Thermo

    wheel play

    You should have no play side to side either. Sounds like your tie rod ends are shot and you need to get new ones. You can eliminate the upper and lower ball joints if you are getting no movement up and down. So, that really only leaves the tie rods. Easy job.
  12. Thermo

    New XLT Shorted Circuit

    SVFetter, what I would tell you to do is to find the interior light relay and then probe the output terminal inside the fuse box to chassis ground. Make sure to remove all the bulbs before doing this. You should have an infinite resistance reading. Granted, anything more than say 100K ohm is...
  13. Thermo

    Need advice to remove bad fuel

    Ben, the other option is to remove the fuel filter and then attach a hose to the line coming off of the back side of the fuel filter (ie, the one running to the fuel tank). From there, get yourself say five 5 gallon gas cans and turn the key to the RUN position, let the fuel pump run until the...
  14. Thermo

    New Rim advice?

    Like others have said, the money that you are going to spend to make those rims work is going to be far more than what you will spend on getting the correct rims in the first place. With that being said, you can get some wheel adapters to make those rims work for around a $100 for a set of 4...
  15. Thermo

    New XLT Shorted Circuit

    svfetter, I am placing money that one of your visors has a short in it. Not an uncommon thing. After that, I will venture to guess that your dome light has had someone mess with it and they managed to ground the power wire to the body of the truck by not routing the wiring inside the truck...
  16. Thermo

    Third brake light assembly

    Do a run to NAPA and see if you can find the plugs there. If you are going to find them, that will be the most likely place unless you have an electronics store in your town that you can hit up. THen you can get a lot more there. As for wiring up the new connectors if you can find them, this...
  17. Thermo

    HID kit suggestions

    elliot, what you will find is that most of the kits are made by the same company and just put into different people's boxes. So, does it really matter who you buy from? You may find that getting the newer "digital" HIDs is going to be a bit easier to ensure trouble free headlights. But, at...
  18. Thermo

    HID kit suggestions

    The big thing with HID kits is that they love as much voltage as you can give them. If the voltage starts getting too low, they will not turn on since the ignitor can not excite the gas properly. Why is this a problem with our trucks? Simple, follow where the wiring has to go to get power...
  19. Thermo

    Sway Bar bushings

    Poly bushings will tend to not give as much as rubber. This will give a firmer ride and a more solid feel to the truck. As for brands, i have had good luck with Energy Suspensions.
  20. Thermo

    Tach ?

    Jack, from what you are describing, the spring mechanism for the tach is shot. Unfortunately, the fix is getting a new instrument cluster. I would say to verify that the rpms seen by the ecu is correct (have to connect the truck up to a higher end ecu reader, should read about 600you at warm...
  21. Thermo

    fog light mod

    I do not have the link, but i have done the mod and it is really easy. If you have any questions, let me know. The big thing is to wrap the headlight switch inside of a towel as you are pulling it apart. There is a spring inside that will go flying that is hard to find later.
  22. Thermo

    Rear lift

    Horn, yes, you can use the parts from a 4WD lift, you will just need to get slightly shorter springs to not get the back end of the truck up in the air. Another option since you have a 2wd truck is to get your hands on some 4wd springs (they are about 2-3" taller than the 2wd springs) and then...
  23. Thermo

    Rear lift

    Hornblaster29, do some looking around. In a lot of cases, you can get the "back half" of a lift kit. That should be fairly cheap as it is mainly just 4 new control arms, 2 longer springs, 2 drop brackets for the control arms, and a drop bracket for the 5th member. I have the Rancho kit on my...
  24. Thermo

    drivers side glass

    Remove door panel, remove the plastic liner that is behind the door panel. if the glass is all the way up, tape the glass in place using some duct tape or other "super sticky" tape (masking tape does not count). At this point, undo the two bolts at the base of the glass. Slide the metal bar...
  25. Thermo

    Rear Coil Spacer Questions

    Remo, installing on the bottom is easier, but like I said, do you want something that is slippery on the bottom of the spring when you are relying on it to support the weight of the vehicle? If I have a choice, I will go with top mount every time. To install the spacers, remove the bottom bolt...

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