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Approaching 100k miles


NavyMan86

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Well, my 05 Leggy is about to eclipse 100k miles and it's going to be time to do some serious refurbishing of parts and just a general tune-up; plus some pre-emptive "winterizing" for Connecticut's winters.

 

Things I've done:

Compression test (w/in 10lbs, low overall.. to be expected though)

brake pads and rotors (I've a thread in the brakes/suspension forum about some minor concerns I'm having)

New battery

New lightbulbs all around

 

What I'm doing:

Seafoam in the gas

 

I've a few ideas in mind:

Oil additives..? (I used Seafoam in my old truck and it didn't hurt anything, but with a turbo.. I'm not so sure)

Reset the ECU..?

Fluid flush everything (radiator, brakes, tranny)

A/C recharge

Alignment, re-balance tires (or just wait until I can afford new tires)

Spark plugs/wires

wiper blades

Air blasting the chassis to get a bunch of extra crud out

LCA bushings

Re-greasing the differentials

re-greasing everything.. come to think of it

Honestly thought about replacing all the wheel bearings just to save myself the trouble

Cobb AccessPort

 

I'm not exactly the most well-versed in these cars yet, still learning. Just wanna make sure this beauty see's 200k

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Things I've done:

Compression test (w/in 10lbs, low overall.. to be expected though)

brake pads and rotors (I've a thread in the brakes/suspension forum about some minor concerns I'm having) - worn out? why waste $$

New battery - was is original?

New lightbulbs all around - why waste $$?

 

What I'm doing:

Seafoam in the gas

 

I've a few ideas in mind:

Oil additives..? (I used Seafoam in my old truck and it didn't hurt anything, but with a turbo.. I'm not so sure) - just run rotella T6 and check the level often

Reset the ECU..? - why? does nothing?

Fluid flush everything (radiator, brakes, tranny) - flush brake fluid good idea at 100k, test coolant drain and fill if needed, tranny and rear end drain and fill are 60 or 80k service interval

A/C recharge - why?

Alignment, re-balance tires (or just wait until I can afford new tires) - why? do you have uneven wear? when was last alignment? any vibration? how much tread depth?

Spark plugs/wires - plugs are good idea at 100k, we don't have plug wires...

wiper blades - why? worn torn etc?

Air blasting the chassis to get a bunch of extra crud out - wut?

LCA bushings - why? torn?

Re-greasing the differentials

re-greasing everything.. come to think of it

Honestly thought about replacing all the wheel bearings just to save myself the trouble

Cobb AccessPort

 

I'm not exactly the most well-versed in these cars yet, still learning. Just wanna make sure this beauty see's 200k

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