If anybody wants to come over and help, give me a shout!
If I was closer I would be there. I miss working on the older cars/trucks. I can remember being out in the driveway working with the old man tuning a carb. My daughter just turned 14, I have half a mind to buy an old truck and make her fix it up with me if she wants to have her own ride.
If anybody wants to come over and help, give me a shout!
If I was closer I would be there. I miss working on the older cars/trucks. I can remember being out in the driveway working with the old man tuning a carb. My daughter just turned 14, I have half a mind to buy an old truck and make her fix it up with me if she wants to have her own ride.
Yeah, I'll tell ya that it really feels nice to be able to climb under the hood again. I loved my van but man was it cramped under that little hood. Anything I needed to do to the engine I usually had to pull the doghouse off inside to get to the engine.
Working on this thing is kind of therapeutic. Brings back some memories too. 😀
MY OWN first 4x4 was a 1983 Toyota 4 cylinder pick up, very narrow on 33" tires. man what crappy steel they used back then, a total rust bucket. floor boards and fenders all rusted out, got splashed inside the vehicle every puddle I went thru, no power for hwy speeds/passing or going up hills, but man off road it could go down narrow trails, who cared about scratches, it would go up and over logs cuz it was so light, great in sand at the ocean. very top heavy and easily flipped and a real eyesore. one of my patients wouldn't let me park it in front of their house. had to push start it app every 15-20x, but it couldn't be stopped off road. and talk about collecting mud, even the roof got covered. my new wife in 2000 made me get rid of it for being an eyesore and "her man" deserved to be seen in something nicer. bought used in 92 for app 5,000$ and used hard til 2001. had a price war going among the Hispanics for it (the only ones who called about the add) sold for 3,000$. wish I still had it for a dedicated hunting rig. would make a flat bed or something out of it.
sounds exactly like my jeep that is my daily driver. unfortunately i have to get rid of it this year, i won't be able to fit my family in it anymore with the new addition coming soon. i am thinking of throwing it on craigslist to see if i can trade for something that can haul 5 people that has A/C!
the first 4x4's I used were a couple of international scouts. no brush guards,lift kits,big tires,roll bars,lights or winches. one
had a bad gas tank leak, so we'd put in 1/2 a gal of gas and go up the mtn and coast down. that one was in the Catskill mtn's in N.Y., the other in Colorado. I never personally owned a car/truck the 3 years out there, only a motorcycle and froze my azz off.
I just bought a 2ooo dodge p/u. spent some $$$ this week-new tires, tune up seat belt(225.00). new front brakes, rotor, pads etc. Driving up to my lease saturday the oil pressure tooka nose dive. turned it off and restarted after checking the oil and drove another 45 miles before it happened again. found out today it is an oil sensor. gets fixed tommorrow. but I bought it cheap enough I can put some $$ into it. engine strong. makes a good hunting truck. don't have to worry about this scratch-that dent or whatever. As long as the checkbook holds out-I will keep it going.
