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I would love to jump on it, but I just can't financially and I know with almost 100% certainty I won't be able to until around May of next year. I'm going into the "expense" time of my plant nursery business and won't start raking in money until April or so. If it's gone, it's gone. I cannot control it. I'll leave it in God's hands.

Went to the pick and pull 2 days ago to get hoses for my brother's 2001 Nissan Xterra (been working on it for over a week now :/) and checked out the trucks for a bed for Baruch in the future... There are some REALLY nice beds there. 2 of them have practically no rust and are the 7ft beds. I guess that's an advantage of living in the south east. I can't wait (even though I will have to ).

Skimmed through this thread and it's looking epic! Can't wait for the day when I can do stuff like that to Baruch. Your truck is gonna look sick.

Only 140k? Nice. What are your plans to do for Silver?

Since the sticker inside the door says the original rims run a 195-75-R15, I will just use the 30x9.5 as a spare. Just seems too wide. Now, when I go to get new tires, I'll probably get 215s or 225s just to be on the safe side. What do y'all think of the Wrangler Trailrunners? Decent price, good load index (~1850 lbs each), good treadwear rating of 580, good traction rating of "A"... However those are numbers. Does anyone have experience with these in the world?

Question: I got a 30x9.50xR15 tire for free with lots of tread left. I looked it up and it is 3.8% wider than a 235, which is on Baruch now. The same website says to stick to within 3% of width of the original tires to "avoid brake failure." It's only another .8%, so it should work, right? Also I have yet to continue past removing the radiator and starter on Baruch to put in the new gasket; I've been to busy with other cars/work. Next week I should get some time to work on it.

I thought the oil pan would come off by just unbolting it and lightly prying it off and then removing it. NOPE. Should have looked in the Haynes manual first. Didn't know I had to remove the radiator and the other 20 steps. Going to try to put in a new gasket with the oil pan off (even if I only have 2-4 inches of clearance). Any tips?

Yeah I deleted it because I realized it was a dumb question. I should have just looked at the pan better. Thanks for the tip on using silicone. Thanks for the link, Mr. 1986.

Go ahead and grab it. I'll probably just adjust the idle by ear for now.

That's because they are getting more of their stuff now from the same factories as the big name guys and cutting out the middle man. That Daytona Jack is made on the same line as the Snap-On jack that costs $700 Look at their new icon Pro line of hand tools... its red and black handles look eerily similar to Snap-On. Snap-On should have stuck to "Made in the USA." I know some of their stuff is, but the ONLY time I would pay their price tag would be if it is made right here in the USA and if they are going to keep shifting things to China... But, yeah. I've heard great things about the Horror Fright Daytona jacks (that's why I bought it )

Personally, I'm rather wary of Centech (HF brand). I've had many bad experiences in the past. Now their 4 ton Daytona jack? I'm lovin' it and it was only $150. (I do need to figure out a way to keep the dirt off of it, since I don't have an asphalt driveway...tarps only work so well ) Side note: Going to have EPIC temps coming in 3 days! Let's just hope their isn't too much rain that comes with it... Chance of rain for Mon-Tues is 35-50%. After it drops to 20-30%. *Crosses fingers*

Thanks. I'll be sure to tell him Since I don't have a tach, I would need to purchase one. Any recommendations as to a good, cheap, external one? Either that or maybe someone could send me an audio clip of their L6 running at idle and I could just guess? Close enough is probably good enough, I'd imagine.

I take it the idle adjusting procedure will be the same for the 4.9 L6 as with the 3.8L V6? Sticker is for the V6, since that was the original motor. (So glad it has the L6)

I installed 4 of these clamps new this past winter. I believe my truck only has 2 originally, and one of them had rusted away and broke. I can't remember with my old ones, but the new ones I got at a spring shop have rubber in them, and they won't move once compressed. I'll see if Advance has one I can buy. I posted a proper project topic here. See y'all there!

Hey folks. I recently increased the number of cars I own by 100%! Impressive, eh? Baruch is a 1983 F-100 with the 4.9L straight 6. Body has close to 300k miles, but the motor (should) have less than 100k. This is the first truck I've owned and first project vehicle I have owned. I am new to fixing cars/trucks, but I've already learned a lot with the help of a few nice folks over in my intro thread (http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/#nabble-td39255). So far I have: -Replaced all rear brake hardware, cylinders, the shoes, and flushed the rear brake lines -Cleaned and repacked the front driver's side wheel bearings along and replaced the rotor and pads (I plan on finishing the other side as soon as the parts come in) -Successfully temporarily-probably-maybe-hopefully fixed the keeper back in place on my rear passenger size leaf spring. -Drained the oil. What I have left to do: -Put in new wheel bearings on the Pass-front wheel hub, replace the caliper (which now means I need to replace the caliper on the other side), replace rotor and pads, and affix a new dust cap. -Figure out a permanent fix on the keeper coming out from keeping the leaves together -Put oil in the oil pan. Put a new oil pan gasket on it to keep it from leaking. -Replace the tie rods -Get at least 2 new tires. Probably 4. Or maybe 5. I don't know. Somewhere between 1 and 5 new tires. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -Probably some other major issue I haven't found yet. What I really want/kinda need to do: -Replace the bed of the truck -Adjust the idle so it isn't so low. -Find an inspection plate for the transmission (some owner previously took it off and never put it back on). What I would love to do: -Paint him from beige to a nice dark forest green along with my business name on it. (This is at least a year down the road, after I get a new bed) -Undercoat the bottom (not a huge deal, since I live in SE NC) So, yeah. Lot's to do, but I don't mind it so long as I get it done before the spring (when I will be using Baruch heavily as a work truck carrying vegetable plants around). Long live Baruch!