My 92 W250 used to molt sheets of white paint off the hood as I rolled along at 75. The driver's door looked like it had sprouted a pocket. I touched the bottom of the bulge and watched a bunch of rainwater drain out...
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Is that dash as nice as looks in the pictures?
Truck is really cleaning up nicely. Looks to be heavily optioned too. I see the optional Infinity tweeters in the doors, CD player, power seat with lumbar, power mirrors, cruise, carpet, leather wrapped steering wheel.
The carpet in mine was really gross too. I'm know it's in the thread I did on it, but I had to pull it out, drill brush it with laundry soap and pressure wash it to get it clean. Looked and smelled great afterward though.
I would take a peek under that carpet too, those rear side windows are good for leaking and getting water between the carpet and the floor pan.
May also be worth it to source an original air filter housing too. They aren't very restrictive and it'll filter a lot better than any cotton gauze filter.
Truck is really cleaning up nicely. Looks to be heavily optioned too. I see the optional Infinity tweeters in the doors, CD player, power seat with lumbar, power mirrors, cruise, carpet, leather wrapped steering wheel.
The carpet in mine was really gross too. I'm know it's in the thread I did on it, but I had to pull it out, drill brush it with laundry soap and pressure wash it to get it clean. Looked and smelled great afterward though.
I would take a peek under that carpet too, those rear side windows are good for leaking and getting water between the carpet and the floor pan.
May also be worth it to source an original air filter housing too. They aren't very restrictive and it'll filter a lot better than any cotton gauze filter.
I took 6INAROW for a drive today. Actually, this is the first I've really driven it beyond my driveway. Ran to the truck stop and topped it off. Trip to get it home was 18.3mpg running 70.
Maybe you guys with more Cummins experience can educate me. If I'm pulling away from a stop at a steady RPM of 1800-2000, it runs through the gears and has positive shifts. Boost is around 20-24, if the gauge is accurate. Once it shifts into high gear, boost jumps up to 34-36 and it pulls like mad with no increased pedal input. Is this normal or is this a result of the "work" that the previous owner claims was done?
Perhaps the there is som type of boost controller that is adding boost when the converter locks, but also, that is the usual result when the converter locks hard
- a crap ton of boost and go (power).
And the side detriment to that is it is a headgasket popper and rod bender if you had a gas engine. It throws the tune into a different part of the fuel and timing map very quickly. But I’m sure your Cummins has a beefier rod and HG than a lot of gas engines.
Beautiful country you live BTW - I’m envious.
Hundred mile shakedown ride on the blue bike. Ebay XT225 engine is A-OK. Extended swingarm has noticeable differences, positive and negative. New Bradley rear shock with the RaceTech emulators is great! Not quite motocross suspension, but waaay better than stock TW.
Last photo is the Rockville, OR school. It's the smallest public school in the state. Usually about half a dozen students. Beautiful open country out there.
Last photo is the Rockville, OR school. It's the smallest public school in the state. Usually about half a dozen students. Beautiful open country out there.
The dash is perfect. So far, the only interior and/or functional defects are as follows: FM band doesn't work. Fuel gauge doesn't work (mostly). Headliner is loose along the windshield. The center console is loose and needs to be snagged down. The passenger door window switch won't snap into place and hold. And the carpet is gross. I'll pull the seats and carpet when I get a chance. It'll get the tide and pressure washer treatment.
That's awesome the dash is nice. I would refrain from setting anything on it, bumping it, sneezing on it, breathing on it or looking at it funny. Maybe a good idea to throw a dash mat overtop to keep the sun off of it too.
Check the plug at the sending unit for the fuel gauge. Mine worked intermittently and the issue was just a loose connector.
Check the plug at the sending unit for the fuel gauge. Mine worked intermittently and the issue was just a loose connector.
Here's a bit of a boomerang story. This was originally purchased in 1982 by a high-school friend of my dad, who was later my employer, and years later -- my uncle. Weird stuff happens in small towns when octogenarian widows/widowers remarry. It was sold around 1996 to my brother's best friend to commute to high-school. In their first year of college, it tossed a rod and I replaced the engine. Not long after that, the owner was paralyzed in a snowboarding accident. An attempt was made to convert to hand controls, but it was just too cumbersome to get a wheelchair in an out of the bed. The owner passed away shortly after and his parents mostly forgot about it. It made the occasional dump run but was eventually sold to a repair shop specializing in British imports. A few years later and my brother passed the shop, noticing a For Sale sign in the window. Not surprisingly, he got a little sentimental and struck a deal. He drove it home and a plan has been forged. He's going to make it a rat shop truck for now and possibly make it his youngest son's first car. He wants to build a mid-80s era tribute minitruck.
When my uncle sold it, it was in immaculate shape. Sadly, 20 years of neglect have really made their mark.
I took the above photos on Thursday, right after he got it home, and he's already shopping. He's gotten a set of C4 wheels and a vintage airdam. He's got a Belltech 4/5 drop on order.
When my uncle sold it, it was in immaculate shape. Sadly, 20 years of neglect have really made their mark.
I took the above photos on Thursday, right after he got it home, and he's already shopping. He's gotten a set of C4 wheels and a vintage airdam. He's got a Belltech 4/5 drop on order.
He started cleaning it up and got the Bravada bumper installed. Most of his Belltech kit got delivered but they forgot the rear springs. Baby steps.
More time and money wasted on the scabby tractor. I pulled the passenger seat to lube the tracks and adjust the locks.
The console was only held down with one bolt. One of the pivot bolts was broken off, so I drilled it out. It was originally a large shouldered Philips. Best I had on hand was a regular bolt and a door hinge bushing. It's not visible once installed.
Also, for some reason a previous owner had redrilled the mount holes to locate it about an inch back. I got new hardware and put it back the way they had it. It's solid and tumbles like it should now.
I cleaned up the rear seat and threw in a new set of all-weather mats. The carpet is still gross.
Kustom chinesium chrome lug nut caps.
Rear mudflaps.
CL toolbox.
I've done a bunch of little things like replaceing missing clips and tightening loose hardware. Anyway, I've been driving it most of the last 2 weeks and it seems mechanically solid. I'm loading up the blue bike and some camping gear and headed to Moab for a few days, then up to Missoula to work for a week. That'll be about 1800 miles in a big circle. Wish me luck.
More time and money wasted on the scabby tractor. I pulled the passenger seat to lube the tracks and adjust the locks.
The console was only held down with one bolt. One of the pivot bolts was broken off, so I drilled it out. It was originally a large shouldered Philips. Best I had on hand was a regular bolt and a door hinge bushing. It's not visible once installed.
Also, for some reason a previous owner had redrilled the mount holes to locate it about an inch back. I got new hardware and put it back the way they had it. It's solid and tumbles like it should now.
I cleaned up the rear seat and threw in a new set of all-weather mats. The carpet is still gross.
Kustom chinesium chrome lug nut caps.
Rear mudflaps.
CL toolbox.
I've done a bunch of little things like replaceing missing clips and tightening loose hardware. Anyway, I've been driving it most of the last 2 weeks and it seems mechanically solid. I'm loading up the blue bike and some camping gear and headed to Moab for a few days, then up to Missoula to work for a week. That'll be about 1800 miles in a big circle. Wish me luck.
