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    Colision and Insurance Question

    If it's your insurance company it may be written into your policy that they, can after a set amount of time, use an aftermarket replacement. If it's another party's insurance, you aren't bound by whatever they have to use on their vehicle because you have no arrangement with their insurance...
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    Engine oil check valve

    Thanks guys, I'm going to address the filter issue on the next oil change and will try the holding the accelerator down and spinning up the oil pressure. It's a great truck and I'd like to treat it as well as I can. Drove it home 300 miles yesterday pulling a dead 2700lb car on a dolly at 65-70...
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    Engine oil check valve

    I know oiling problems and cam/lifter issues have been beat to death but I went to use my 21 Bighorn after it sat for a week and once again had to listen to it chatter until it settled down. I'm through the last of the "free" oil changes I got when I bought it two years ago (I do add Lubeguard...
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    Odd vibration in chassis on Interstate

    I've got a 2021 1500 Bighorn 5.7 Quad 2wd that I bought new. At interstate speeds, anywhere from 55-75mph it's developed a strange linear "vibration' as it goes on/off bridges or even striking the odd dip or bump in the road. There's no sound involved in it but the sensation is almost like...
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    Am I out of gas? **On side of road**

    Odd to think about but a mechanic friend of mine told me to try as much as possible to keep the fuel level around a half tank. He said that as the pump is immersed in fuel the liquid around it keeps the pump cooler and helps the life of it. Made sense to me so I do as much as possible.
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    Blue door

    Some of this has already been mentioned but I owned a collision shop for 20 years and here's what we did. Get the paint code off the truck and start with finding a door that color. Even if the exterior is a different alternate(tint) shade you can get away with not cutting in the inside part of...

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