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4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:13 pm
by Ricky Spanish
Have been seeing them new utility beds and thought hey...that's an option for me.
Fuck buying a new truck it's only got 110k.
Get me some doors off an Alabama wreck and I'm good.
My wife got promoted again. Could just buy a new truck but I kind of like the old dodge..

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:53 pm
by Anotherone
This could be the ideal vehicle for the traveling duck hunter like yourself:

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 5:01 pm
by Ricky Spanish
Anotherone wrote:This could be the ideal vehicle for the traveling duck hunter like yourself:

Thought about it. The roads in, around, to, and from the wma's I use would tear it up.
I may squat in Chad's yard this year.
He has a camper he's trying to sell me.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 1:26 pm
by don novicki
I just got back from Denver where I bought a super clean 2007 Toyota Tundra Crewmax loaded, drove my rust bucket out and traded it. The Toyota had 213,000 miles on it when I bought it and then drove it home so it's got 214K + on it now. Ran flawlessly all the way back to Pa.. Dam there's nothing on the radio when going through Nebraska, and Iowa unless you want to listen to some bible thumper. Regardless, I always wanted to go out west and get a vehicle, now I can cross that off my list.... :thumbsup:

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:00 am
by Jimmy
Ricky Spanish wrote:Have been seeing them new utility beds and thought hey...that's an option for me.
Fuck buying a new truck it's only got 110k.
Get me some doors off an Alabama wreck and I'm good.
My wife got promoted again. Could just buy a new truck but I kind of like the old dodge..


No one seems as eager as you to spend the money your wife and Momma earned.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:04 am
by Ricky Spanish
This is the style I mean.
For bees its pretty perfect.
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Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:58 am
by don novicki
Anyone use a gasoline additive like Seafoam or Marvel Mystery oil ? I have been using seafoam in all of my equipment and it's hard to tell what if any effect it has. I do like the idea that it is cleaning injectors and such. What do yunse guys use?

4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:20 am
by Duck Engr
I use seafoam in every engine I own, fuel and oil. Started putting it in oil after I had to replace a motor in my 5.3 Chevy due to a seized lifter.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:29 am
by Ricky Spanish
don novicki wrote:Anyone use a gasoline additive like Seafoam or Marvel Mystery oil ? I have been using seafoam in all of my equipment and it's hard to tell what if any effect it has. I do like the idea that it is cleaning injectors and such. What do yunse guys use?

Stabil. I've had great luck.
Stuff just keep running and ppl say how good my motor runs as they're struggling to keep theirs going in icy conditions. I think it matters.
Caught the wife looking at trucks.
Dang. She wants nice and bigger.
Something capable of a slide in camper or towing an rv.
Grandkids need to go campin.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:06 am
by Ricky Spanish
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Crazy but she found this in little Rock.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:46 pm
by don novicki
That should get the job done nicely.......... :thumbsup:

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:19 pm
by Ricky Spanish
don novicki wrote:That should get the job done nicely.......... :thumbsup:

The one she found was green and had a moon roof.
27 speakers ...lol
I dont trust these new cars.
Toyota? They drive themselves out of control and crash at highway speed when the driver loses control of the brakes and throttle "mysteriously".
I think Hillary is in charge of that.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 4:05 pm
by Anotherone
Found a winner!

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:09 am
by Ricky Spanish
Anotherone wrote:Found a winner!

Somewhere I have video of 7-mile road..it's a bit rugged and wild. That might make it intact. In two words I can say why you dont want that truck.
"Carrier bearings"..

It needs a round door. Call it the hobbit hole

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:48 am
by Anotherone
I could see myself enjoying a cup of coffee on that front porch thinking, “this is the life.”

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:25 am
by OGblackcloud
I agree :beer:

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:42 am
by Ricky Spanish
So far all I've done is a downgrade.
The mirror is off.
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and my new one is out for delivery.
Sigh...so anxious. Lol

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:46 am
by Ricky Spanish
Three nuts and a wire connection.
I thought it had an air duct.
The heated mirror is electrical.
Who knew?
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Can't believe it all still works.
I'm pretty rough on that old truck but they say I drive like a grandma.

Re: 4x4 upgrade

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 4:18 am
by Ricky Spanish
The new mirror is not quite as good as original.
It "feels" every bump in the road and does a lot of jiggling but you're not supposed to look at it much.
The original on left is solid.
They're just not made the same.