Recent content by ericedelman

Even better - the Dodge dealer in Wichita "loaned" us a pushrod out of a truck they had on their lot. Really helped us out with that.

Not sure you guys have checked out my blog, but we had a minor breakdown and missed part of a day. We bent the #10 cylinder intake pushrod by over-revving the engine. We did have a really good evening at the dragstrip. Thanks to technology, I'm writing this while my dad's driving like...

My father and I are entered into One Lap of America. It's an 8 day event, covering 3500 miles and 9 different race tracks where the SRT-10 will be runnning. Tomorrow, April 29, 2010 is the first day of the event. We have a web blog posted at www.edelmanracing.com if you're interested in...

Everything I've done on the truck so far has been a metric fastener - wheels, brakes, clutch, etc.... I need to put together a small toolbox to take with me for the race, but I don't want to miss out on some critical fastener that happens to be SAE. Thanks!

I need to buy a floor jack and some jack stands to use during a week long, 3500 mile race (see my signature). I don't think I'd be using it for much more than changing a tire or replacing front brake pads. How much jack capacity do I need? (1.5 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton????) Does anyone have a...

I had the same thought - the last time I did brakes on a car was at least 15 years ago. When I took all the parts off, I used masking tape and a marker to mark the old parts and reboxed them in case I need spares during the race. Maybe I should have used some masking tape to label the...

The walk of shame. The good news is that the dealer figured it out in about 20 minutes. I swapped the rear calipers to the wrong side when I reinstalled, which had the bleeders pointing down, which made it impossible to bleed the air out of the rear calipers. And now I have a nice firm pedal...

The brake work is prep for one lap. :) I also did my clutch and got a new shifter and some other stuff done this week. I even own a CB radio now. Anyhow, I got some advice that I should flush the old brake fluid out with new, higher temperature fluid before the race. Bleeding brakes never...

It's adjustable. I just put one of these in over the weekend along with a new clutch. (I also seem to have screwed up my brakes, but that's another story.) Anyways, at it's highest adjustment, the B&M is 1/4" shorter than the factory shifter, according to the installation instructions. But...

As things sit now on sunday afternoon, the truck has a brake pedal that goes to the floor. Friday, when I drove it over to my friend's shop to do the brake work, everything was fine, it's a 2006 regular cab with a little over 3000 miles on it. I'll tell you what I did, and if I did or didn't...

Perfect! Thank you for that! Now I just need to work on the CB.

My 06 regular cab is entered in One Lap of America - my original post is here: http://www.vtcoa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38867 I'm looking for brackets or some sort of mounting solution for a 2.5 lb fire extinguisher - it should be in the cab somewhere. Maybe the seat frame or in that...

Weird, I just went through this. My 2006 put the check engine light on for heated O2 sensor failure. But, the sensor was reading voltage on 2 different aftermarket scanners (Innova and a Snap-On). I reset the check engine light a couple of times to clear the code, and it turned out after...

If the link will work for an '06 regular cab, I'd appreciate it too. Thanks!

First, I'd like to thank everyone that has emailed and PM'ed me all of the helpful suggestions on choosing a truck and getting it prepped for racing. My father and I have a long winter ahead of us in Syracuse, NY to get it ready. Fortunately, I have a good friend who runs a taxi company - he has...