Hello all, I will be coming over to the States in a few weeks and I was hoping for a bit of help with a shopping list for parts that I should have in inventory for the truck. The truck has 180K on it so far. Drive-shaft has already been rebuilt. I already have gauges (glow-scheet; cheap, and not so great-would not recommend), but might pick up a set of the ISSPRO gauges. Injectors have already been changed. I have a spare lift pump, and will try to swap out the FASS DDRP when I am there (the one I have seized). Borgeson box and shaft are already installed.
I figure enough of you out there know what fails, and can suggest what should be on the shelf to keep down-time to a minimum. I can get all of the filters etc, over here...
So far, I have replaced the entire front suspension, with exception of the Upper and Lower control arm bushings, so I have them on my list. Recommendations? Rock Auto and Geno's are where I will order from. Since getting parts shipped here not only takes a long time, is expensive and usually get stuck in customs, (unless I have them shipped to the base), I try to keep an inventory of parts here. Of course I would love to have one of the Blue Chip VP44's in stock, but two grand is not in the budget right now, and the VP44 was replaced by the PO around 40K (miles) ago... Heater core was just replaced.
So here is the list so far. The head gasket and freeze-out plugs are on there since I notice a very slow drop in the level of coolant in the overflow bottle, and do not see any in the oil, nor traces in the motor oil. Truck is used to haul lumber, and as my primary vehicle, so minimising down-time is critical. Hence the need to have the parts likely to fail on hand. Thanks in advance for your help. Jonathan.
I sure would like to pick up an original POSI unit for the truck when I am there, but that will have to wait until next trip...
I figure enough of you out there know what fails, and can suggest what should be on the shelf to keep down-time to a minimum. I can get all of the filters etc, over here...
So far, I have replaced the entire front suspension, with exception of the Upper and Lower control arm bushings, so I have them on my list. Recommendations? Rock Auto and Geno's are where I will order from. Since getting parts shipped here not only takes a long time, is expensive and usually get stuck in customs, (unless I have them shipped to the base), I try to keep an inventory of parts here. Of course I would love to have one of the Blue Chip VP44's in stock, but two grand is not in the budget right now, and the VP44 was replaced by the PO around 40K (miles) ago... Heater core was just replaced.
So here is the list so far. The head gasket and freeze-out plugs are on there since I notice a very slow drop in the level of coolant in the overflow bottle, and do not see any in the oil, nor traces in the motor oil. Truck is used to haul lumber, and as my primary vehicle, so minimising down-time is critical. Hence the need to have the parts likely to fail on hand. Thanks in advance for your help. Jonathan.
- Control arm bushings(recommendations?)
- Exhaust manifold (recommendations?)
- Head gasket and freeze-out plugs(recommendations? Where?)
- GOULD STARTER SOLENOID REBUILD KIT(Geno's)
- GOULD VACUUM PUMP RESEAL KIT(Geno's)
- SIDE COVER GASKET (PUSHROD COVER)
- EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUD KIT(Geno's)
- TPS?
- "CAB FRESH" INTERIOR AIR FILTER KIT (Geno's)
I sure would like to pick up an original POSI unit for the truck when I am there, but that will have to wait until next trip...
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