The regeneration cycle super heating the exhaust only happens at certain mileage intervals, most times you do not notice it. It's just "clean" diesel technology for now
They do, and they only cover the upper half of the grill. It is enough to help in the summer get to operating temp seconds faster, and decrease drag fractionally but it is not enough to counteract full winter temperatures.
That isn't causing failure persay, it introduces the oil/coolant sludge into the engine and the dealership cannot really flush it out properly, a very tedious process that seems to often result in engine replacement because of inability to remove oil contaminants from the cooling system. But...
Ok as many people know there are adjustable air suspension links manufactured by "adjustable air ride" manufactured for our trucks, which is a good product but it's $299USD.
I'm planning to build some custom adjustable links over the next few weeks and I am wondering if there is any market for...
You wouldn't believe it but if I recall it is like a 12 hour job to do a glow plug as you have to drop the entire engine/lift the Body off of the frame
Absolutely the best way to do it! I had a switch ran to the interior at one point as well, for those that do not know what Mal did there is he removed the studded plug for the clutch pedal (2x10mm nuts on the cabin side if I recall) and bored a hole to mount a boot for a passthrough.
I have stainless grill covers that fit each individual panel, I cover the lower once it stays below 40 or so and leave them on, the active shutters only cover the top half, once it's below 10 or so degrees consistently I cover the top half, though an 80mph freeway commute for 2+ hours did merit...