noJeeps 2001 duramax Frank - new headlights

[noJeepshere]

If I didn't have bad luck with this truck I'd have no luck at all. Got one hose made up, but no matter how I try, I can't get the other one off the filter head without kinking. So off I went in search of a 90° bend 5/8" coupling, which the auto parts store doesn't carry, nor does Home Depot. And of course it's getting too late to go to the hose store because of traffic and they close early, so I guess I'll wait yet another day to drive this damn thing.

 

[max 02]

So close! You’ll be be good soon

 

[noJeepshere]

So close! You’ll be be good soon

I'm going to Montana next weekend to visit my parents and I want to drive this truck and not the Yukon, but I'd really like some shakedown runs before then. I leave a week from tomorrow.

 

[max 02]

I'm going to Montana next weekend to visit my parents and I want to drive this truck and not the Yukon, but I'd really like some shakedown runs before then. I leave a week from tomorrow.

We will all look forward to seeing pictures of the trip!

 

[noJeepshere]

I am so fed up with this piece of shit filter head! for two weeks it's been a source of frustration and headache and I just can't get anywhere with it! I couldn't get the cheap hose, which is the exact same material as the factory stuff, to fit without kinking. So I get a few 90° brass fittings so I can make them fit, but still no luck. So I bite the bullet and drop $280 on factory hoses, and they don't even get close!

I'm literally about to roll this thing out in the street and throw a torch at it, I am so pissed at it right now.

 

[Fastereddie]

That’s frustrating as hell when that crap starts snowballing. Are the factory hoses too short or is it because of the different angled filter ports?

 

[noJeepshere]

That’s frustrating as hell when that crap starts snowballing. Are the factory hoses too short or is it because of the different angled filter ports?

Yes. They're both too short and wrong angles.

 

[imiceman44]

Yes. They're both too short and wrong angles.

So you put 90's and it didn't help.
Did you try a couple of 45's to get more flexibility?

 

[noJeepshere]

So you put 90's and it didn't help.
Did you try a couple of 45's to get more flexibility?

There's not enough room to do anything.

 

[noJeepshere]

A $700 box of gold. If this don't work, I'm towing it to my mechanic. I'm done with this, one way or another.

 

[max 02]

You bought a fass and deleteing the factory crap!?

Cool!

 

[BadDog]

Sorry to hear about the trouble. I expect your filter base is wrong for the truck. When I did mine with OEM base and hoses, it was a direct replacement.

 

[noJeepshere]

You bought a fass and deleteing the factory crap!?

Cool!

I wish, but sadly, no. That box contains the factory filter and hoses for a 2001 Duramax. Turns out the filter head I bought was for an 05 and newer truck, and everything is different.

But that box did cause this to happen:

 

[max 02]

I wish, but sadly, no. That box contains the factory filter and hoses for a 2001 Duramax. Turns out the filter head I bought was for an 05 and newer truck, and everything is different.

But that box did cause this to happen:

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Awesome! Glad you got it going!

 

[noJeepshere]

Now I know this isn't the recommended fix for a tear in a CV boot, but I don't really want to mess with it right yet. That's a bit of Gorilla tape over a bit of rubber contact cement, hopefully it holds for a while.

 

[noJeepshere]

 

[Fastereddie]

 

[Bent77]

You went to Costa Vida instead of Café Rio?

 

[AgDieseler]

Outstanding. I bet it felt good putting some miles on it.

Related to the CV boot, I ran a glue patch over a small tear on my STI for several years. Gorilla tape is good stuff and might do well.

David

 

[noJeepshere]

You went to Costa Vida instead of Café Rio?

They have better horchata.