Yes, and now,...in this minute,.....You can actually relish in the fact that I'm jealous of that.I'm enjoying the evening projects too much. Alternator last night, fans tonight. And tomorrow I'll drive it to work again. Hindsight is a mofo.
Yes, and now,...in this minute,.....You can actually relish in the fact that I'm jealous of that.I'm enjoying the evening projects too much. Alternator last night, fans tonight. And tomorrow I'll drive it to work again. Hindsight is a mofo.
Small update tonight, but by far the best fix to date - I put a door striker bushing on the driver door and got rid of some bad rattles. It's like a new car! Still need to do passenger door, but MAN what a difference a quiet ride makes.
Been enjoying the peaceful ride this week in the mornings, but the afternoon is like a sauna. Stopped by a tint shop I've used before to see if he could squeeze me in, but he was out for the afternoon. Then I tried the local off road shop to see if they'd do the the tint and put 3.55s in, but got the "we don't like doing those anymore since it takes so long" and "it'd be next week before we could do the tint." <---- said with a hint of arrogance.
So, got a recommended shop for the gears, $350 in labor plus whatever parts are. Yikes, seems steep, right? I can do it myself, but reeaaallllly don't want to mess with it. Might keep looking...
Yep. Im still on the fence between 3.55 and 3.31. The other half of me says its probably negligible, but the other half wants better acceleration. Either way, it's going to be better than noisy 4.10s.That's in the ballpark of what shops are getting these days. If the shop knows what they are doing then it is worth the extra $50 or so to know it is done right the first time.
I really liked 3.55's. Had them in 2 cars. I'm switching to 73's because...not sure why??!
Well, I commute 50 miles a day. 70 mph is 2500 rpm with the 4.10s. I'd like to think I'd use less fuel, but my fuel consumption thread a couple weeks ago didn't really help that argument too much.I averaged around 18-20mpg but I had my foot in it a lot. On hwy I got around 23-24mpg. I really don't think 3.55's change your gas consumption much. I went from 2.73 & 3.08 up to 3.55's and didn't see a change either time. Maybe an extra gallon a week? Maybe?
These were all previous cars that I used to dd.
No more CEL! Replaced the o2, super glued my cracked EGR plug back together and no more issues.
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Also slid in the other drive shaft and seems to have fixed the vibration issue.
Tomorrow my new door hinge pins come in along with the striker bushing which should fix the more annoying rattles in the car. Shooting for a Lincoln town car ride noise level, or as close as I can get...
I think you'd use less fuel but maybe not as much as you'd like. Lol. Really I think you'd drop 2-300rpm and see maybe an extra mpg or 2.Well, I commute 50 miles a day. 70 mph is 2500 rpm with the 4.10s. I'd like to think I'd use less fuel, but my fuel consumption thread a couple weeks ago didn't really help that argument too much.