96-1500
Bluenoser
Hey everyone,
Wasn't going to start a build thread until the spring, but got a bit of work done to the truck recently.
This isn't a big-budget off road project, street build or anything. Just using what few tools and a little (very little) common sense to repair my truck/make it more practical.
Progress will be very slow, I'll come back to this thread when I do more.
And both my good cameras have blown batteries, so most of these are crappy cell phone pics. Arg.
Truck the day I bought it
Needed some tlc, but she worked pretty good, had 328'000 kms on it.
...learned the hard way never to buy an old plow truck, unless you like spending a couple hundred bucks every few weeks on tie rod ends, wheel bearings, ball joints etc.
Took this pic today (sorry it's so dirty), but painted the rear bumper in the summer, found that backrack for $150 in Sussex (even has a set of hardwood stakesides and a canoe rack attachment...sweet!), my old tailgate posts rusted off so I picked that tailgate up in Fredericton for $30.
New to me tires, 245/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler Territory, studded. Price was right, pretty much new so I grabbed 'em. Mine were 4-non matching mix of p-rated, lt-rated, bald old pieces of junk that sent me to the ditch a couple times. When I had bad ball joints I had two near completely bald tires, first snow of the year lost control and hit the ditch, I didn't care just me wasn't going fast. Second time I hit the guardrail merging onto the 4-lane in thick slush, that time I had my sister with me, didn't hurt anything but I figured getting myself killed is one thing, but I really didn't want to get my sister killed, so I forked out the $500 (that I barely had) for these. Haven't so much as fishtailed since.
First rear-end blew up after about 5'000kms, so I bought a parts truck from a friend with a rebuilt rear end and transmission for $600. Put this rear end in, it lasted probably another 5'000 and the bolt backed out that holds that pin in there for your spider gears. Needless to say it tore the rear end (that had been rebuilt in 2009, it was mint in there) to pieces. Picked up another one for $125, a posi-track and threw it in there.
Wasn't going to start a build thread until the spring, but got a bit of work done to the truck recently.
This isn't a big-budget off road project, street build or anything. Just using what few tools and a little (very little) common sense to repair my truck/make it more practical.
Progress will be very slow, I'll come back to this thread when I do more.
And both my good cameras have blown batteries, so most of these are crappy cell phone pics. Arg.
Truck the day I bought it
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Needed some tlc, but she worked pretty good, had 328'000 kms on it.
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...learned the hard way never to buy an old plow truck, unless you like spending a couple hundred bucks every few weeks on tie rod ends, wheel bearings, ball joints etc.
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Took this pic today (sorry it's so dirty), but painted the rear bumper in the summer, found that backrack for $150 in Sussex (even has a set of hardwood stakesides and a canoe rack attachment...sweet!), my old tailgate posts rusted off so I picked that tailgate up in Fredericton for $30.
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New to me tires, 245/75R16 Goodyear Wrangler Territory, studded. Price was right, pretty much new so I grabbed 'em. Mine were 4-non matching mix of p-rated, lt-rated, bald old pieces of junk that sent me to the ditch a couple times. When I had bad ball joints I had two near completely bald tires, first snow of the year lost control and hit the ditch, I didn't care just me wasn't going fast. Second time I hit the guardrail merging onto the 4-lane in thick slush, that time I had my sister with me, didn't hurt anything but I figured getting myself killed is one thing, but I really didn't want to get my sister killed, so I forked out the $500 (that I barely had) for these. Haven't so much as fishtailed since.
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First rear-end blew up after about 5'000kms, so I bought a parts truck from a friend with a rebuilt rear end and transmission for $600. Put this rear end in, it lasted probably another 5'000 and the bolt backed out that holds that pin in there for your spider gears. Needless to say it tore the rear end (that had been rebuilt in 2009, it was mint in there) to pieces. Picked up another one for $125, a posi-track and threw it in there.
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