After going out to my parents for Sunday dinner, every two weeks, I like to wash my truck at the neighborhood car wash. This time it seemed to come out better without leaving a big “scratch” made out of wax on my truck. Not that’s a big deal, but the first time I saw it, I kind of freaked out, as my truck barely fits in the car wash as it is, especially with the cap on it. I think when I lift my truck, I won’t be able to use that car was, as my truck will be too high on its roof-line.
On Monday at 9:30 PM, I took my truck to the car wash just down the street. The temperature Monday evening was 12 degrees. I parked said truck on Monday, and haven’t started it up since. I didn’t unplug the batteries or do anything but turn off the engine.
What is the odds it will start with ease this morning, which is 8 degrees out, assuming I can get the doors open? This past week the maximum temperature has 21 degrees on Saturday. Working to my advantage is I have two isolated batteries under the hood, that should in theory put out 1,200 cold cranking amps out to an engine that requires roughly 500 amps to start.
How well will the two isolated batteries preform with the recent cold weather and no starts in a week.
It’s leaking. I think there is something wrong with the sensor, as the windshield washer fluid light doesn’t go off, and I noticed after filling up the fluid again, that it’s visually leaking. I thought I had a problem in the past, unfortunately I think I am past the bumper-to-bumper warranty, so I’ll either have to replace the windshield reservoir myself or take it a garage.
Shouldn’t be too big of a deal, although I got to pull the accessory battery and tray to get to it. At any rate, whatever solution I choose shouldn’t break the bank. Still rather annoying to have to fix it on a 2 ½ year old pickup truck. I guess things break.
Annoying that Big Red's windshield washer reservoir is leaking and needs to be fixed.
Next door where I live there is a gas station and car wash where I sometimes get gas. The car wash was closed for several years when the gas station was closed, and then it was closed for a while as it was rehabilitated. It’s one of those fully automatic car washes that you drive into, the doors shut, you park and big wands go flying over the car.
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I was a bit worried my truck would fit. The washer has a maximum height of 7 inches, and I think my truck is 6-8” right now, so I knew it would be tight. Probably won’t be able to use it after I jack up my truck though. But it seemed to work quite well, and now my truck is shiny clean and free of salt. I had noticed on Saturday when I went to check the oil and add windshield fluid fluid, that were some signs of minor corrosion appearing under the hood, so I wanted to get the salt off, particularly as the truck sat parked until Saturday or Sunday next week.
The truck was a little wet from the car wash when I got home. With the latest arctic blast, I doubt I will be able to get the doors open until it warms up a bit. Oh well, I wasn’t planning on driving it until the weekend or maybe even Sunday.
My truck was so salt covered, and I didn't want to let it sit for a week with the salt rusting things, so I got it washed.
from blowupyourcar on cardomain. I like the 35×12.5×17 BFGs on this truck, although it’s more then a pure-six inch lift with Ready Lift 1.5 Inch Leveling Kit and Upgraded Bilstein Shocks. Nice truck.
Just out on the internet, spotting sweet lifted trucks again.
