hey, i know i havent been on here in a while(about a month and a half??) ive been on a local site (www.exploringNH.com) its an offroading, overlanding forum/offroad club in NH and they do a ton of trail runs in NH and some in Maine, Mass and Vermont. The members have all sorts of rigs from stock...
well i have no taillights or reverse light now after all thats going on. there is plate lights, headlights, and front corners, as well as brake lights...got any ideas? i checked the bulbs and they are good. i checked the fuses and i believe they are good as well....anything else im missing?
is this a bad thing when it makes this loud of a clunk or any clunk at all? im rotating the output shaft left and right and you can hear the sound. its coming from right in the middle betwee the output and input shaft...pretty much where the camera is pointed mostly. is this a problem? should i...
well on my way from work tonight my transmission pretty much said.."I GIVE UP". it still works but BARELY. basically whats happening is when i start it up and put it in 1st, i let the clutch out and it shutters like CRAZY! the entire trucks shakes like a bastard. i put it into 2nd..same...
so i had a nasty rattle in my door i finally traced down.(i can't STAND rattles or squeaks in my truck or any vehicle). this is what i found...what the heck is it? also i did find the acorn next to it as well haha. everything still works in my door(locks, windows, handles and such) anybody have...
well my truck has coughed up yet another starter......i believe thats number 12 or something now in the past 3 years. this ones only a month old!!!! it now doesn't actuate the gear to turn the flywheel....i have bought all my starters from various parts places and companies with no luck....why...
so i decided i would put my 33's back on the truck today and take the stock tires off. i love having 2 sets of rims/tires!i didnt realize how much better my truck looks right now with 33's on it especially with the new light bar onYelloThumbUpbefore the tiresafter the 33's were put back...
ok so i was wiring up my awesome light bar this weekend and was wiring it in through the cab and firewall. i puled back the carpet and it was wet. i was like WTF is leaking?...pulled back the insulation for the heater core........SOAKED....the floor is soaked and the insulation is...
ok i am HOPEFULLY putting the rear axle into the truck this weekend'hiding_smilie'i have the old carrier out of the axle right now and currently in my basement on my make shift bench (steel chair haha'smiliedoh' ) ive got new clutches, center spring, and center pin.the question i have is...
hey so i have been itching for a New England GTG for a LONG time now. any possibilities on this? possibly a meet in Massachusetts? it would be the most centralized location. any thoughts? Im Hoping we can get something together in October:beer:
well i picked some almost brand new rims and tires off the clunker at the junkyardthe tires are Goodyear Wrangler's and they are stock size, no more 33" tires for right now. im planning on buying new mud tires in november and putting those on the black rims i have and selling the BFG'sthis...
no im not lowering my truckits for someone at work. she has a 94 f-150 2wd ext cab short bed and wants to lower it about 2-4" any suggestions on where to look/buy kits for it?thanks
ok so i finally got a vid of my codes. my old mini SD card craped out and i got a new one. as most of you know ive been trying to find why my truck has a misfire and is not having the power it did when i rebuilt th motor 2 years ago. well here is the codeshere is how i think it breaks down...
ok so i picked up a new intermediate steering shaft on fiday along with a new bench seat out of a rolled over 95 f-150 at the junkyard. seat was MINT!!! and TAN!!smilietease and the intermediate shaft was mint and perfect.the seat is in and is 100 times better then my original 89 seat with...
ok guess this is a seprate problem from the misfire problem i have and am trying to track downaside from the misfire (i have that in the other thread i made and am currently tracing down the problem. i have a major hesitation when i am at idle then hit the accelerator. basically it goes from...
ok so my friend's roommate down in Arizona has an 02 Explorer with a bad cd changer/cd player. i just got a call from him and he was wondering how to take the cd player out of the dash. exactly how would you remove it?? is it the classic ford coat hanger trick? or something different?? thanks!
ok so my truck has had a random misfire for about 2 months now...now that i have the money and time i want to fix it....within the past 2 months(after it started) i replaced the plugs, wires, cap and rotor. it is still misfiring. i can DEFINITELY feel it in the truck while driving and idling...
well im doing some work on my fathers truck. its a 1996 F-150 2wd standard cab long bed. it is an XL truck with the 4.9L Auto. the problem im having is it doesnt start..pretty basic huh? when you turn the key it just clicks....and nothing.....so i tested the bat...its got plenty of voltage...i...
saw this a few minutes after i saw the mustang. this truck is CLEAN....(my windshield is not haha its all mud from this weekend) it was an F-250 i believe and it had a flawless liftgate on it as well. ive seen the truck before and the guy uses it as a truck like it should be but he takes...
ok so im buying a new clutch kit with the steel plates and clutches for my new Trac-Loc(posi) rear axle. im buying it from www.Bronograveyard.com. has anyone else bought that from them or is it something i could buy from the dealership or somewhere else?
well im getting my new springs this weekend hopefully! im getting from the local spring company that distributes springs and stuff for heavy equipment. very reputable. ive bought my rear springs from them 5 years ago for my 86 s-10 blazer. im not getting stock though. im getting 5 leafs per...
ok so i got the gears from chris which i want to install...only problem is i dont have the $350 to install the gears.....(i hate not working in a shop anymore...) so what im doing so i can get my axle installed so i can pass inspection is im going to keep the old gears in...the ring gear has a...
ok so now that i am just about done the cab....im not putting my old carpet back in. for one its not that great looking and it will get worse from the mud and dirt anyone tracks in. but i dont want to leave the floor bare...looks really bad. so im going to get the vinyl floor some of the...
ok so im buying a new clutch kit and flywheel for my truck. since im putting a new tranny in i figured since im in there im going to replace all of that too...is there any other way for me to tell if i have a 10" clutch or 11" clutch? i tried finding the reciepts from when i did the clutch back...