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1st Gen. Ram - All TopicsDiscussion for all Dodge Rams prior to 1994. This includes engine, drivetrain and non-drivetrain discussions. Anything prior to 1994 should go in here.
Those old K-cars were practically bulletproof given normal care...But they were also dull and boring...With that in mind it's probably the perfect car for a 16 year old young lady...Good snag!......Ben
Her requirements for an old car were....and I quote.."Has to look like a a car an old person would drive, has to be an automatic and have a cassette player!" Think I nailed all the requirements.
Patches made the drive home with no problems, we did 1517Km's in two days and about 18 hours of driving for me.....Pulling the loaded trailer home I got 16.5 mpg through the mountains!
Only issue I had was leaving a lot and pulling out onto the road the trailer jack got bent backwards..... Oh well there are worse things that could have happened so i will take this with a shrug and figure out how to repair it later.
Remove and toss out that trailer Jack, and replace,it,with the correct trailer Jack like the one on mine. It fits through the nose, has a triangular mounting plate and bolts right in. Bolting to a single u channel isn't very secure
Might want to raise your draw bar up on your hitch, or buy one that doesn't sit low., which has you catch driveway aprons.
Those old K-cars were practically bulletproof given normal care...But they were also dull and boring...With that in mind it's probably the perfect car for a 16 year old young lady...Good snag!......Ben
My mom had 2 of them. Both died from rust, but were still running and driving when junked.
Also how did you make your cuts? angle grinder or a sawzall, I am thinking the least amount of sparks would be good.
Jim, while browsing at Harbor Freight yesterday I noticed a spatter shield blanket in their welding section...Can't remember the price, but it was cheap...Even if you had to partially drop your tank to get it between the cutting area and the sensitive parts of the tank, it might be worthwhile......Ben
Technically, I didn't do it today, but I should have taken the flat tire on my way down as a harbinger of things to come. I left Kino at around 3 am yesterday and headed into Hermosillo and everything seemed fine with the old girl. It's about 60 miles. I dropped off some things and picked up a new minisplit unit that I had bought. I headed North without problems until I hit the permanent military checkpoint, where they tagged me for secondary check. It wasn't too bad, they all loved my Labrador. I head on to where I had to cancel my visa, where new construction forced me several miles out of my way. I do that, head North, Get to the border and cross in about 20 minutes. Head on to Tuscon, where the hound and I needed a stop and when I went to start it, It cranked a coupe of times before it started, unheard of.
I head on North and I notice that it was charging at around 15 volts, I suspected the trailer, so I disconnected it. I was only an hour and a half from home, So I continued on. When I was about 30 miles from home, I hit a bit of traffic and I had to downshift. When I did, The engine wanted to die, as if the FSS had activated and the voltage went to almost nothing. I let the clutch out and she came back alive again, because the voltage went back to 15. What had happened is that the over charge condition had destroyed a 1 year old AGM battery, blew the edges of the sealed part up. The battery isolater saved my auxiliary battery, identical to the other as it still has 13.7 volts. I guess I don't understand why the alternator didn't hurt the other one. It is supposed to charge both batteries. The good thing is that the old girl got me home, almost 900 miles, even though she also tortured me in the process. I suspected the trailer wiring because the was added, but I haven't had a chance to look at it, I was exhausted and grateful yesterday, but 9 hours of sleep later, I'm ready to go out into the thousand degree Phoenix heat and climb the mountain. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks guys...Mark
Been waiting for time to do this: hang the old Warn Winch bumper off of the 65 Power Wagon on to the 91 flatbed. Always thought the frames of the 65 and 91 were very close to the same width, no so. The 91 is 4" narrower so it took 2 days to get it done. It would be nice to find a old Warn M8274 winch to put on the bumper, new ones are outrageously priced. Don't even need a winch that much so will probably add a cover so Have a walking platform across the front.
Buddy used to have a '79 Power Wagon long bed stepside that had been a RR truck. Had an extended bumper with a diamond plate platform and winch. Sure made working under the hood easier.
This makes working under the hood so much easier. I can even sit on the pipe grille guard for limited amounts of time.
And, it's a big enough surface to spread out lots of tools.
07-14-2019, 04:39 PM
...Ben
Oh well there are worse things that could have happened so i will take this with a shrug and figure out how to repair it later.
...Ben
...Ben
...Ben