Not exactly HVAC but I thought I’d film me throwing on a new ball joint yesterday for something to upload. Replacing a ball joint seems to be a difficult tas…
Not exactly HVAC but I thought I’d film me throwing on a new ball joint yesterday for something to upload. Replacing a ball joint seems to be a difficult tas…
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Thanks for sharing the videos. I’m looking for a trusting mechanic for my
98 Durango if your around mesa?
If only my previous owner would chopped my rivets off.. O well, like you
said just a couple more mins. Good shit tho!
now if only garages would do it this fast lol.
I was also going to ask about your remote turbo. What did you use for
oiling. Did you buy a pump to mount to the oil drain on the turbo? I’d like
to keep everything low buck like all my projects. LOL! Talking $1000 to do
the entire project, new turbo, piping, extra injectors, etc. I have some of
the parts form the Saturn turbo project. Just can not use the turbo because
it is too small.
Sweet. Do you have a name of the pump I should look for on eBay? I’d almost
consider a stand alone oil circuit and cooling coil for the turbo versus
sharing engine oil. Loosing a line to the turbo that way would only hurt
the turbo and not the engine. :-p
Sounds like a nice project!! Make sure you make a video of it if you ever
do it (like you did in your old paysonbadboy account, that was cool) Happy
new year!
They stended the recall after watching your video. GOOD VIDEO
I just read the posts, my bad.
This is just regular speed for me.
never replace anything on your vehicle in a HURRY, always take your time
and plan it ahead of time. it is when you are in a HURRY that you screw
things up.
Tempting but since this thing already only averages 13 MPG for me I’m not.
I’d never keep my foot out of it and it would cost me in fuel. It’s 4WD
too. I’m looking at getting a used 2WD pick up truck for a daily driver and
will probably turbo that for sure. I’d like a 5 speed manual in the truck
but not too many have the options that I want. I may get a 2 Door Ram with
a 4.7 V8 since I still have a spare 4.7 V8 in pieces from a past project.
That way I have spare parts if it explodes. 🙂
I just received my moog ball joints with zerks so I can grease them now.
Are you saying that dodge has extended the recall and they would replace?
Ive got an ’02 RT and my steering feels like its nothing but air right now.
lol.
Don’t recall the name, but if you should be able to find it by searching
for something like oil scavenge pump
When’s this one going to get a turbo? Can’t say I’ve ever seen a 9 minute
ball joint replacement before.
I bet the Indy pit crew would be proud of that job. Merry Christmas!
Ha ha! Thanks. I went ahead and changed the lower ball joint as well. Then
I did the upper and lower on the other side. I filmed that but didn’t check
the video yet to see if it came out ok. The lower requires some grinding
and using a press. But I think I got that done in way under an hour.
you get a like for the 4409 t shirt
We used an oil pump from e-bay and a check valve to stop the oil from
flooding back into the turbo when the truck is off. We also built a little
arduino-based timer box to run the pump for a few minutes after the truck
turns off. Had a few incidents where the turbo filled with oil when the
truck was sitting, not fun when your MAF gets plugged with oil. We went
with Siemens 80lb/hr injectors and a Moates QuarterHorse to tune the
factory computer. .
Sweet. I may by a used mid 2000’s RAM in a few months. Maybe a HEMI or
maybe a 4.7 OHC V8 like my Durango has. The reason the 4.7 may be smart is
because I have an extra disassembled 4.7 for parts and I would like to do a
turbo on that. I’m pondering the idea of an extra fuel cell to use e85 to
feed extra injectors for when into the boost. That way I cheat not having
timing retard capabilities. Which is a pain when you have one coil per
cylinder.
13MPG? How are you doing that? We remote turbo’d my buddies 460 F-250
(along with a mass-air conversion and 80 lb-hr injectors – I have a couple
of videos of it), and he can get 13 MPG.
And not really a rush job. That’s just how bad ass I am all the time.
That’s what it averages. Sometimes just under 13 mpg average. But that’s
driving to work in the city. It’s a 4×4 so that’s normal mpg. An F250 460
getting better than 10 MPG? How the heck is that even possible? LOL!
Especially with a turbo. It’s hard to keep your foot out of it when you got
boost. That was the only good thing about my last project being a Saturn.
It only weighed maybe 2,000 lbs with a 1.9 Liter engine versus 5,000 lbs
with about 5 liters, or almost 8 liters with that 460!
Oh you remember that account? Too bad my hard drive died with all that
footage. If I hadn’t deleted the paysonbadboy account I’d still have those
videos. 🙁
how do you put the new lower ball joint on without messing up the boot?
What do you mean dodge extended the recall to cover your truck?
Yeah they had a recall in the mid 2000’s. My 2003 Dakota wasn’t included in
the recall until AFTER I replaced the ball joints myself.
Bummer. Looks like youtube jacked the dimensions of this video. 🙁
I actually forgot to remove the boot on the first one then realized to take
it off. The end of the boot has a metal ring in it which makes it a snug
fit on the ball joint body. Using a screw driver you can wedge it off to
install the joint then just push it back on afterwards.
Read my info above. I already stated they were obviously replaced before. I
had a 2003 Dakota I bought brand new which I happened to have traded
straight across for this a while back. I did my front ball joints on it.
Had to cut off the factory rivets. Funny thing was right after I did that
Dodge extended the recall to cover my truck. :-/
3.55:1 Gears and a OD automatic helps. The mass-air system helped a bit, we
also tuned the deceleration fuel shut-off to be pretty aggressive. Mainly
because it just wouldn’t stop popping through the straight exhaust
otherwise.