vdubinsd Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Brief intro first.... My name is Russ and I am a car addict. Mostly german cars (vdub) just moved from SoCal (insd) to Northern Nevada beacuse my life as I knew it for 20+ years has recently imploded and I seemingly get to start over.... So the first bit of cash I scrounged up I started searching craigslist, and after some looking I came across this peach! 2.5 5 speed 2wd longbed-its rough around the edges but so am I :cheers: Hard to see the dents in the pics, but they are there-everywhere. Northern Nevada truck forever, no real rust that I can see, and runs pretty good considering the lack of maintenance it has received (I am sure). Shows 136k miles not sure it if is lying or not-but I love it! Its not fast, its not a show truck, it is a pretty base model (5 speed, bucket seats, long bed and power steering-minus pump for now) but feels tough as nails like a real truck-and I have been averaging 22-24 mpg from my rough calculations-not bad. Hear to learn what I can as I gather funds to show it some love-and so I can look back on it as things progress. Ordered valve cover gasket, oil filter housing seals and tune up bits-will tackle that soon Replaced taillight with cracked junkyard unit (lucky to find it at all, but $39 for a cracked taillght? Screw you, pick-n-pull) Cherokee console off one of the local forums for $10-gotta have an armrest Just wanted to say hi and that I am lurking and trying to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancheKid86 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 welcome to comanche club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Off to a great start.... make yourself at home and keep us posted :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vdubinsd Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 A bit of progress..... 15x8 Dodge steel "mags" 3.75 backspace (had them here from Dad's Lil Red Express) with a little plastidip to hide the pitted chrome 31x10.5 from craigslist ($100 for 8 tires and 5 wheels heehee) removal of misc plastic fenderliners Awesome flat dirt mall-crawler shot back to craigslist in search of 4x4 swap goodies led me to this 84 XJ 2.5 (carbed) 904 trans np207 with either 4.10 or 4.56 (my spinning tire ratio calculator isnt all that accurate-havent pulled covers yet) Dana 30/35-full gauges, red (matching) console, fan shroud, power steering pump, TONS of parts I need-and when I strip all I want, then it can be the full basher crawler project took it on a journey with some guys from work, down a "fire road with a couple stream crossings"-maybe was that 4-5 years ago, but roads erode-did make it pretty far before had to turn around-about 3/4 on the way there one of the guys told me to put it into 4lo-when I told him that was not an option he was floored by the fact I made it that far :rotf: only damage was drivers side mirror flops like mad and a tire clearanced fender on the way now to pick up 3 in front springs and a zj pitman arm (once again, hats to to c-list) for $60.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeducatex Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Very nice keep us updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdubinsd Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 It's now for sale, when hunting parts found one a little more set up for what I planned to do with it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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