View attachment 6988View attachment 6989View attachment 6990View attachment 6991View attachment 6992Hello all! I did the first oil change this evening at 1010 miles. I'll give everyone the executive summary of what I found. I followedwhat the TRX supplement said and was able to remove the dune guard without much fuss.....it is big, not too heavy. I checked the oil before I drained it and it was full. So....drained the main pan, and oil cooler.....the cooler took a good ten minutes to completely drain. The oil didn't look too bad, I included a pic ofbthst too that I passed a wrench through. The truck was warm as I just got home from work. Filter was on normally, not torqued on with a 3/4" breaker bar like some of the first changes I have done. I checked the diffs and the transfer. The ftont diff was very.low. I added close to a pint....it was over a 1/2" below the fill. The rear diff wasn't to bad, only about 1/3" or so below the fill. I included a pic of whst was left in.the quart of Mobil 1 that was left. The transfer was also about 1/3" below the fill too. I didn't have any transfer fluid so will top it off tomorrow. It's easy to access, the dune guard doesn't have to come off....it does for the front diff though. I checked all the trouble spots and didn't see anything other than a wiring harness connection that was very loose. The plastic grommet wouldn't hold it tight against the bracket so I zip tied it. Other than, everything looked good. Took me an hour or so to do everything, including 20 minutes of rolling around under the truck with a headlamp checking shit out. The front diff being pretty low was the only real issue that I found. Also, an update on the bad front driver speaker.....I figured I would look into it myself instead of spending 2-3 hours at the dealer. I bought a nice pair of JL 3.5's and decided to install one and see if it was definitely the speaker and not a channel on the amp. If it was tje amp, no big deal, because I need a set of speakers for the cab of my Kubota Grand L tractor. Well, it was the speaker so I soldered on 16 guage solid wire and press fitted the ends into the factory connection. Good as new....better, actually. The system sounds great! Now it just needs a stealthbox to be killer! Anyway, hope this shines a little light for those who are curious and for those waiting to get their trucks! Have a great weekend all.....time to suck down a little bourbon! Cheers!
to hear this about the sound system
also it was like a 1500 upgrade and I could have just as easily taken that money and gone to the sound shop and boosted every thing
