neohic Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Thanks for keeping things updated. I truly enjoy seeing what’s new with your truck and I enjoy the simple and honest feel to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 No problem. I'm glad people enjoy keeping up with her Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 Big day! She turned 300,000 miles! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete M Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 that IS a big day! congrats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Thanks! She's the first one in the fleet that's made it to 300K. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buxmj Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 That is awesome. I didn't think mine would ever get to 250k, now 268k but just a few thousand a year for mine, it earned its retirement. How much do you drive yours? Buck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 At this point somewhere around 6K miles/yr. She gets driven to work 1-2 days each week, junkyard runs, and whenever I need to haul things around. There have been a few periods where she wasn't driven much due to needed repairs. The longest period was prior to the trans rebuild. Not being able to shift into gear when warmed up and running made it very difficult to drive in any kind of appreciable traffic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Needed to move the cherry picker around. A few years back I built an easy to assemble overhead beam for the chain fall. It's somewhat time consuming but works great on things that are too heavy for one person to pick up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete M Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 once upon a time I built a similar thing out of wood beams. loved it! except for it didn't move. it was just in the garage. I had to lift the engine up and then push the whole truck backwards. lol. I need to make another, but like yours Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted Thursday at 02:13 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:13 AM Been chasing some noises in the front end and also a notable deterioration in handling on the highway. New track bar helped a lot with the handling. Time will tell if the popping under the driver's side of the floor pan goes away. The bushing on the old track bar had really compressed although the rubber still seemed to be in decent shape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1987Comanche Posted Thursday at 02:23 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:23 AM Getting pretty deep into both the noise and the odd handling. One of the guide pins for the brake caliper was rusted solid and had to be beaten out of the bushing. Interestingly the pads weren't abnormally worn and the bushing was still in good shape. It was on the driver's side so another possible source of noise. I also replaced the front U joints. The noise is/was an occasional loud bang or pop from the driver's side in low speed, high angle turns (parking lot maneuvers). Handling is still a bit off, although better. The steering damper was replaced in 2013 so that might be next. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fryedaddy Posted Thursday at 02:31 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:31 AM Nice to see it on the road at 300k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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