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    Whats you gas mileage on your squarebody truck?

    Once again I hit 17 MPG (13.9 L/100 km) on a trip, not that terrible for the size of that thing. Mostly rural highways, some expressways, some country roads, even some dirt and cobblesone roads because why not in a 4x4 Burb :)
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    Loss of e-brake after driving on rough roads

    I found out that my cable adjustment nut (6) was all the way out... I have no other idea that it has simply vibrated loose on the roads that felt like driving on cobblestone (some of them were probably cobblestone with a thin layer of weathered asphalt)
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    Loss of e-brake after driving on rough roads

    My system looks different, it goes from e-brake pedal downwards and turns back along left frame rail. Thank you for the idea, just looked at the LMC Truck page and they have a schematic that sort of looks like my assembly...
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    Loss of e-brake after driving on rough roads

    Hi, After a drive through beautiful, but very uneven roads of our Mazury lake District I lost my e-brake. At one moment along various other squeaks and rattles I believe I've heard something bounce under the car, like a rock or a bolt, later on when parked I had zero parking brake. There is...
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    Diesel heater installation

    No diesel fumes, however there is a little bit of a smell, like burnt rubber on highest setting, it slowly went away after couple of hours of test run. I suspect a gasket that goes between body and bottom of the unit or some residues burning or vaporizing from manufacturing process. Carbon...
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    Diesel heater installation

    That's how it looks in 2nd row without the heat pipe attached: And in "I'm definitely not sleeping in a trunk" mode: (there is a block of wood under the seat to avoid crushing of the pipe) On the outside: And a tank under the hood: Fuel line from the tank goes down, together with metal...
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    Diesel heater installation

    Diesel heater installed & operational. I've installed it under front bench seat: Rust protected holes: Final look, carpet is tucked away & stitched to keep it away from the body of the heater so it doesn't touch it anywhere. Even if the heater is made of plastic and is not crazy hot to...
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    Proportioning valve vs. load sensing valve

    I recommend against removing it. It may change a hard braking into a potential head on collision before you have time to react. From past experience with CRX I recall that removing proportioning valve was an easy "fix" to get the rear brakes to work more and to pass annual tech inspection with...
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    Fix Slamming Doors - Striker Door Latch Repair

    Sounds like a similar issue to mine: I've replaced door strikers after no success with a PEX pipe (couldn't find a right size pipe in Europe), but they still closed hard. I've readjusted strikers so they close soft but now doors does not sit flush when closed, especially in bottom edge I have...
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    Adding a headrest to a bench seat

    I'm currently using an addon headrest like I've shown above and I'm looking to move to actual integrated headrests, possibly swapping a whole bench seat if I find one in color. I never seen GMT400 front bench in person, they seem quite low back. Can somebody advise if the headrest is on actual...
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    Diesel heater installation

    CO detector is a must with these heaters. Also they need an inspection before installation, I've seen loose glow plugs in models submitted to YouTubers by manufacture for review, faulty castings, damaged gaskets. The muffler is a complete joke, it has massive gaps near the outlets and even the...
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    Diesel heater installation

    That would mean that exhaust pipe, inlet and a diesel fuel line would hang from the side of the sheetmetal panel. I don't want to lose my window either :) Those HCalory / Vevor heaters all seem almost identical, they are copies of some Webasto or Eberspacher. I was considering that option, but...
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    Diesel heater installation

    The heater has arrived and I found out that it will fit under the front bench seat - There is like a depression in floor on both sides of the driveshaft tunnel that is large enough to make it fit. This will allow me to install it the way it is intended: With that oval mounting plate bolted to...
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    New coil springs too strong? Can't connect upper ball joint

    There is another method:
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    Diesel heater installation

    These vents look like a kind you put on the side of the vehicle, I want to put the holes under the car, in the bottom part of the fender, so it's not visible at all. It's especially important for me as Podmiejski is officially a historic vehicle, so I don't want to modify it's looks too much...
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    Diesel heater installation

    Good point :) Was writing from a phone away from the car. Still not by my car, but I can share some pictures for general idea what I'm talking about: The heater looks like this, size of the heater itself is 34*11*11 cm/13.4*4.3*4.3 inch It sucks air from one side, blows hot air from the...
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    Diesel heater installation

    I'm planning on installing a diesel heater in my Burb, that kind that looks like a dry Webasto, but made out of chinesium. The idea is to add heating in the rear for camping. These kind of heaters are meant to be installed inside, on a mounting plate where just the intake exhaust and a fuel...
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    how fast is your power window?

    With the power windows so slow in our trucks a solution may be to use a step up converter in a circuit for power windows. Having a converter by the motor that takes whatever is reaching it and outputting a steady 14 - 15 V would make a window regulator substantially faster. I used a lab power...
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    how fast is your power window?

    Slower than in modern cars, but not terribly slow. Driver side window is faster, passenger window is slower, will get a relay mod soon. All windows got noticeably faster after proper greasing of mechanism. My rear windows were terribly slow and they got a relay mod that solved the issue.
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    Craziest antitheft idea yet.

    Won't work, at least in Poland: A handheld jammer became a standard equipment for car thieves these days. Such devices are cheap and ensure that GPS can't fix and any bidirectional communication, e.g. GSM or Bluetooth is broken. Exactly, it all depends on how determined they are. If there is...
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    Random Service Engine Soon light

    Yes, I use 95 EU / 91 US octane fuel, we don't have lower octane fuel available in Poland anymore.
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    Random Service Engine Soon light

    Our 95 octane is about the same as US 91 octane. Since January it is almost exclusively E10, previously it was E5. We also have 98 available which Google says it's about US 93 and this fuel stayed at E5 levels of ethanol.
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    Shift Indicator - Yep!

    That's the all metal heavy duty variant :D
  24. mibars

    steering column shift collar orientation?

    I believe that plastic collar should have four clips, so one f them may be broken off.
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    Craziest antitheft idea yet.

    E-brake related theft detterent won't work. If you can do a standing burnout without a line locks, that is applying rear brakes hydraulically then you could for sure overpower e-brake. Yes, it will overheat the brakes in no time. Thief will not care, rear brakes would simply stop working. With...

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