Shop talk

[Bsuds]

There are cheaper ones too. Saw one for half that price.

[Jflem1983]

Well the goal posts have moved on me . Gave my buddy an 03 ram a few years ago . I owed him some money at the time . Well the old dodge made er back to me . It's just a little 2 wheel drive long box . I was looking for a project though ... maybe my old dodge is gonna be my practice truck before I build a nice one .

[LTD]

just remember Driving One Does Get Embarrassing

[Jflem1983]

Meh the guy backed out anyways . I see what u did there Ltd pretty clever

[dirtybiker]

Finally got some parts I needed. On back-order for two months.

Sure hope they fit and work.

Sure is cool to have limited run, rare, older machines.

You get used to words and phrases like; back-ordered, discontinued, no longer listed.
That part number doesn't exist. and whatever else they can think to say about
something that was hard to get parts for even when it was new, let alone 35 yrs old.

[dirtybiker]

Pulled the head-liner and door panels from one older ride.
A good cleaning, cut to fit some new sound deadener/heat/cool insulation.
Applied spray adhesive, and started to put it all back together.

I have hopes of at least being able to tell a difference.

It had nothing previously.

Next is the rear panels and possibly the floor.

[Jflem1983]

Well i wrecked my nice Dodge. Bought a flat deck chev. An older one. No more princess truck for this cowboy

[Jflem1983]

Have to get a master cylinder. Oh the joys of driving older stuff

[Queen K]

Well i wrecked my nice Dodge. Bought a flat deck chev. An older one. No more princess truck for this cowboy

What happened?

[Jflem1983]

Well i wrecked my nice Dodge. Bought a flat deck chev. An older one. No more princess truck for this cowboy

What happened?

Hit a moose.

[dirtybiker]

Hit a moose.

Must have heard the slogan;

"If you can't Dodge it, Ram it !"

They can do devastating amounts of damage.

Glad you survived.

As far as the Master brake cylynder.

Old or new it is at least something that a DIY'er can still handle
with a bit of knowledge and some basic hand tools.

[TreeGuy]

I just sold the last of my business equipment, I now have room in my garage to tackle some projects.

My '75 FJ40 can now go in my shop and I can tinker with it and I can finish the restoration of my bike in the video below.

[dirtybiker]

^^^ Sweet ^^^

I'd be proud to own that ! (Topper)

I had a '75 FJ40 for years, it is still going strong and mostly stock.

It's biggest flaw was the double leading shoe front drum brakes.

I was never really able to get them to evenly stay in adjustment.

Disc's were a must.

[Jflem1983]

Hit a moose.

Must have heard the slogan;

"If you can't Dodge it, Ram it !"

They can do devastating amounts of damage.

Glad you survived.

As far as the Master brake cylynder.

Old or new it is at least something that a DIY'er can still handle
with a bit of knowledge and some basic hand tools.

Hit the moose doing 120 on cruise control.

[TreeGuy]

^^^ Sweet ^^^

I'd be proud to own that ! (Topper)

I had a '75 FJ40 for years, it is still going strong and mostly stock.

It's biggest flaw was the double leading shoe front drum brakes.

I was never really able to get them to evenly stay in adjustment.

Disc's were a must.

The Topper is a family heirloom, my dad bought it in '78 when I was just 5 years old. I bought it off him when he was downsizing his garage.

The FJ40 I just bought this past spring. It has disc brakes, spring over, power steering and a 305 that will be swapped for a 350.

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