What did you do to your Gen 1 today?
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aftermarket steering box adapter
I found an aftermarket steering box mounting bracket Offroad Truck Parts & Car Restoration - Autofab will lead you to it is beefy and well engineered the best $225 it may need some minor work the mounting holes are drilled at 1/2" they will need to be 9/16 for the original bolts front and rear the bottom bolt that you have to press/drive in will need to be a 19/32" hole the early trucks actually have 1/2" bolts (make sure you check prior to drilling) it is a close tolerance piece and will need to be pressed tightly to the steeting box before starting the bolts to insure proper fit.
is a an incredibly well designed quality part !
is a an incredibly well designed quality part !
Here is a direct link to it....
1972-1993 Dodge 4x4 Truck / Ramcharger Steering Box Mounting Bracket
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picked my youngest up at collage Friday, young man walked by and said "nice truck"...I was wondering if he was being sarcastic or not, but by the way he was checking the truck out I think he really liked it.Poor boy musta needed glasses....
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My daughters have said that there are a few young guys at their school who talk about my truck.....and not in a negative way either...
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On the way to work yesterday morning my cruise started acting funny, it slowed down then sped up a couple of times, looked at the speedo and it was fluctuating so I kicked the cruise off. well in the next 3 miles the speedo quit and I lost overdrive (I have a potentiometer instead of a tps) I thought that was kinda weird and drove 20 more miles with no OD, changed the VSS and bingo all is good again. I guess no signal from the VSS means no overdrive even if you have a POT instead of a TPS
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On the way to work yesterday morning my cruise started acting funny, it slowed down then sped up a couple of times, looked at the speedo and it was fluctuating so I kicked the cruise off. well in the next 3 miles the speedo quit and I lost overdrive (I have a potentiometer instead of a tps) I thought that was kinda weird and drove 20 more miles with no OD, changed the VSS and bingo all is good again. I guess no signal from the VSS means no overdrive even if you have a POT instead of a TPS
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From: extreem southern ILL
Been watching my wife drive it around as I sold her subaru last week, I must say she looks good in it.
this weekend we pick up her "new to us" truck, but it's been kinda cool seeing go down the road.
PS I never have let anyone drive it, in 11 years.
she will be getting a 2014 Ram Laramie Longhorn 5.7, she needed a newer car and she is always whinning about how bad my truck rides when towing the camper, so I said then get a truck for your next daily driver and kill 2 birds with one stone, she said maybe you need to sell your truck and get a smoother riding truck and I can get another subaru.......
I said I am "NOT" selling my truck for a newer one.
I won.
this weekend we pick up her "new to us" truck, but it's been kinda cool seeing go down the road.
PS I never have let anyone drive it, in 11 years.
she will be getting a 2014 Ram Laramie Longhorn 5.7, she needed a newer car and she is always whinning about how bad my truck rides when towing the camper, so I said then get a truck for your next daily driver and kill 2 birds with one stone, she said maybe you need to sell your truck and get a smoother riding truck and I can get another subaru.......
I said I am "NOT" selling my truck for a newer one.
I won.
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I finally got to take Poncho out for some road testing yesterday and today.
The fuel filter change seemed too alleviated the occasional "limited power" feeling I was experiencing. I will take it to the lumber yard to pick up some materials tomorrow and test it out some more.
The fuel filter change seemed too alleviated the occasional "limited power" feeling I was experiencing. I will take it to the lumber yard to pick up some materials tomorrow and test it out some more.
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From: Land of the Toxic Avenger
I finally got to take Poncho out for some road testing yesterday and today.
The fuel filter change seemed too alleviated the occasional "limited power" feeling I was experiencing. I will take it to the lumber yard to pick up some materials tomorrow and test it out some more.
The fuel filter change seemed too alleviated the occasional "limited power" feeling I was experiencing. I will take it to the lumber yard to pick up some materials tomorrow and test it out some more.
With the "cooler" weather coming in, the Brick seems to run better than ever since I replaced all the coolant / trans lines. Not sure why, but spools faster, has more get up and go, and actually made me a little nervous the first time I had it back on the road, as I thought something was wrong, it ran so good.
Ooops.... Just jinxed myself...
