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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 12:24 AM
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Blackwire your pics did not come up. Please repost. Thanks.

mSall, I've seen the revised struts/spacers they came out with. Interesting. Maybe this heads up will prompt them to change something again.

Even more bad news, I took my oil cap off today and had yellow ooze all over it. I pray I don't have a blown head gasket.
 
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 12:43 AM
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How many miles are on your truck Josiah? It's an '04, correct?
 
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 01:41 AM
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under 100k, I do not drive it much anymore so I'm unsure exactly how many. I changed the oil and filter just now but it's dark so it's hard to analyze the oil, and it's cold so it's not possible to tell if there is white smoke coming out of the exhaust indicating burning coolant. Yellow ooze indicates either condensation or a blown head gasket, I'm hoping for condensation because I have only been using it for short drives (under 10 minutes) to and from work. If anyones interested I'll keep this thread updated, I'm about to take a 300 mile round trip or so to Tahoe this new years.
 
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 07:40 AM
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if you have just been taking short drives i'd say its condensation, thats pretty typical in our work trucks over the winter, first thing I thought was headgasket too, but it was condensation
 
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Sorry about that, the pics should be there now... I do alot of offroading in mine also and havent had any problems so far.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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That is how mine looked a little before they were completely shot. I am going to send a letter to Fabtech's staff as a heads up, may be something they want to reinforce in future designs.

And the reason your diff is not tilted like it has been in the past is because you're not in 4x4. When you engage 4wd and romp around, it will tweak again.
 
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