pwrtripls1

I would fix all leaks, new fluids, and tires. I may make great money now, but I've been at the very bottom before and had to make every dollar stretch. I've bought "used" tires from some shops, and some shops even gave me the tires, just charged me to install them. I'm talking about 4 matching tires with a few thousand miles on them that someone took off because they bought some nice big mud tires. Never spent more than $120 on 4 mounted and ballanced, and I swear they were almost new!

That should cover most of your $500 budget, but you'll be rolling with confidence for awhile that you shouldnt have any breakdowns and the money you save from keeping the truck in top mechanical shape you can put into making it look as good as it runs.

Next "Performance" mod I'd sugest is an IC though. Get the EGT's down and make more of the power you have useable.

james1

I installed my Borgeson when the truck had only about 70,000 miles. Because of the multiple raves in this forum, I expected the truck to begin steering like a Porsche -- but I couldn't tell a single iota of difference. So don't expect miracles. It's a big old Dodge truck that handles like a Gamagoat.

shibbyman22

ya my buddy installed one on his truck, and mine steers better than his, and his front end has been rebuilt LOL

maybe368

A Borgensen shaft is only going to solve problems related to bad u-joint or bad rag joint of the old shaft. It will do nothing to help bad or loose steering boxes, bad tie rod ends, links, wheel bearings, etc. etc..There are no magic bullets. Have you considered savng the 500 dollars? Mark

shibbyman22

Ya I thought about fixing the big leaks i have in the valve covers and coolant lines, then saving the rest and building on top of it maybe or if something major goes wrong I will have a some money available.

GasganoFJ60

I'd say fix her up a bit. Make it a goal to fix all your gaskets so that you can park on clean concrete and not leave a stain.

shibbyman22

That is a problem for me lol.....people would rather me park in their yards LOL

shibbyman22

my tranny pan is leaking too, got some bolts that are stripped out.....can i re tap em or what?

NJTman

I'd heli-coil them, unless a simple tap cleaning keeps the same thread size... which I doubt.


Helicoil them because you keep the same bolt sizes for all. Otherwise you'll be using two different sizes sockets....


BTW,

If I had $500 coming to me, I'd do one of several things

1. Save it for bigger and better fixes
2. fix a bunch of smaller things
3. Pay off some debt.

or if I knew I was going to leave this earth relatively soon ....


Hire two hookers, buy a bottle of green label Jack and have some real fun for a few hours.


But that's just me...

shibbyman22

LOL thanks