Pete M

the fans are spinning, the compressor is vibrating, but nothing is becoming either hot or cold.

holy giant toolbox batman! I love it!

nice

they are on the slow boat from Asia. I get the feeling that January is a solid availability date, but I'm irritated that a price hasn't been announced yet.

grade 8 cap head bolts (the round headed ones that use an allen wrench) are what I used. can't remember the diameter.

you wouldn't be the first to cover the vin on the dash and slap a good plate on a not-so-good truck

I like to shut off the master valve to the house (unless my nephews are stopping by each day) because paranoia can be useful sometimes

lol. still only rated for 3500#. but someday I still hope to drop that mid-engine vette motor into the back of a van. this is what I'm using, one zip at a time. https://www.dodge.com/new-inventory.durango.2021.html?modelYearCode=IUD202111&radius=250&variation=undefined&ref=details&zip=60007

picture of the year right there

Using dodge's website. Not every dealership puts them on the 3rd party sites. And yes, if it was for me, it'd be an old minivan. dad wants another Durango.

so far I've got a list of various zip codes scattered across the country and each I search each one. anyone know of a website that bypasses all that work? even the guys at the dealership seem stuck in that silly radius cap.

Patina is life

still sexy as ever in green

I won't pretend to know if there's a market for it, but you should absolutely do the things that you want to do.

like this:

the one inch drop is in the center of the crossmember. it's a slight dip in the middle where the trans mount bolts on.

ok, so I'm going to make the assumption that he added those last 2 lugnuts... so why take the pic after installing just 3?

ours stopped working today. tomorrow we leave for a few days. that was close! thank goodness for the garage fridge. (which is much older and of course still works). I might not have noticed until the morning except I wanted a bit of ice cream after dinner and pulled out a carton of ice cream soup. (and of course I still had some )

while we're on the topic of breakfasts, I very much enjoy 2 packs of peach instant oatmeal, add water, nuke for 2 minutes, and then dump in a kid's lunch-size cup-o-peaches. provides decent chunks of fruit, plus quickly brings the temp down to perfection. and you can mix it up with like a peaches plus a strawberry oatmeal, or add in sliced strawberries or bananas, etc.

I now have code sheets from an 89 (dated 88) and a 91 (dated 90)

this is what I ended up doing. spritz it with a bit of water, slowly unfold it on a cooking sheet, then carefully compress with a book (with a plastic cover so it won't stick) and let dry. so far so good. just got the top bit to do today and then I can put it into a plastic sleeve. I thought about laminating it, but I fear that if anything goes wrong, it'll go very very wrong. I'm looking forward to examining the codes on the back.