Recent Content by RonSteele

PS. use band type clamps they hold well if you get them tight enough (recheck after a couple of heat cycles). I learned the hard way and had to cut off a muffler.

I have a 5" turbo back single(shop diesel brand), had the cat off for a while and then got skeerd of johnny law(I live in CA). I put on a 5" magnaflow cat and an aero 5" muffler (shop diesel muffler was way too loud for me). I feel like the turbo doesn't spool up as quick but the difference...

70 lbs included the cardboard box (which was large) but yeah it is heavy. It was a bear lifting it in, would have been easier if I had someone to help. Stil have not tower my FW yet, I will post before and afters when I do.

Installed a new High tech turbo intercooler yesterday. I thought about replacing the factory CAC for a while but did not because of the cost of a good replacement. The factory unit with the plastic end tanks finally started to leak bad so I had a good excuse to upgrade. Looked at alot of coolers...

22,000 dealer replaced power steering pump, it wasn,t bad. Steering box was and was replaced under warranty. Steering wheel would not return to middle when coming out of a turn, but was still driveable. 32,023 Plastic end tank on cac started to leak. Dealer would not warranty truck under...

By the way my warranty expired in Feb. The truck has 32,000 on it. Looked at the new trucks while at the dealer. Not for me they are nice inside but you can't do much to them without getting caught, Dealer or EPA take your pick. The prices are low though.

Charge air cooler warranty I just got back from the dealer today, they will not warranty my cooler even in california. I had to pay for the replacement door seals also even though the dealer admits to the failure being a design problem, it was $40 for both sides and took about 10 minutes to...

Do you see any difference between the old OE and the new OE cooler? I am thinking about buying an aftermarket cooler if they won't warranty my cooler. They seem to run between $500 and $1700. I'm not interested in having the problem again, my truck only has 31,000 on it and I don't hot rod it. I...

Same noise problem My noise problem is exactly as described and started yesterday pulling my fifth wheel . Doesn't happen until 20 pounds of boost. I checked the plastic tank crimps and sure enough you guys were right on, the inner passenger side tabs that hold the cooler to the plastic tank...