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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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Ya I hear ya on the whole mirror thing, today I attempted to turn on my wipers but I believe they told me the same thing. The truck sat for a week so it had about 8in of ice build up all over the front and halfway up the windshield. Its staying inside tonite for sure.

You know its cold when you start up your truck and you can hear your blower whining inside the house when its at idle. This KB whines loud when its cold.
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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I was freezin my nay nays off today and it was 40.* I am much too tropical to be doin that crap. I respect the hell out of you northerners!!! I havent seen it snow where i live but last X-mas it snowed more the more south you went. It was crazy! I can live without the snow
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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You know its cold when your STS oil pump won't pump the cold oil in low speed and it blows the fuse, causing the buzzer to go off. (got it jumpered to run on high speed all the time now)
And your waste gate is froze up, so you can't get into boost or it will over boost
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 08:29 PM
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my windows always freeze shut, seems like ice builds up around the bottom seal and they just wont go down, after runnin the heat and tapping the button for a while they finally give a loud creak and give loose. I really need some new rear tires, my bald "drag radials" suck in the snow, did some drifting in a lot with my buddy and his ranger thou this past weekend,hes go a 4x4 but I win for style points. good times.
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 08:56 PM
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Crap, you guys got it bad up North. The coldest it's been around here is 8˚ F so far this year.
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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i remember plenty of those days in buffalo. i don't miss the 30 min de icing moments and shoveling the driveway just to leave for school in the morning.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 03:00 AM
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When I was young I always wished it would snow here in the south, but the older I get the more I realize how dumb i was lol
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by kbracing96
You know its cold when your STS oil pump won't pump the cold oil in low speed and it blows the fuse, causing the buzzer to go off. (got it jumpered to run on high speed all the time now)
And your waste gate is froze up, so you can't get into boost or it will over boost
On that frozen wastegate!!! I left my truck in the shop all day yesterday so it could thaw out. My MAF was full of water, the wastegaste was full of water and my boost reference line was full of water!!!
The damm things stumbled and popped at anything more than 1/3 throttle.
Hopefully its all fixed now.
Got the P0102 MAF code Sunday and yesterday.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 12:30 PM
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Oh likeyou guys should complain

I left for work this morning and it was 52*. Psh.

The heat sucks during the summers, but the mild winters here make it worth it!
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder550
Oh likeyou guys should complain

I left for work this morning and it was 52*. Psh.

The heat sucks during the summers, but the mild winters here make it worth it!
I don't know which is worse.....117 degree heat or -20 degree cold (-50 with the wind chill effect), I know...its a dry heat though!!

Check my sig for the current heat wave conditions.
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