andyblack
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I was wondering if you were ever going to put the roof back on. 
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M1009 Standard Shift Build(The Greatest Adventure)
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It's been about two years since that hard top has been on. My bed got a little bent in the interim. I had to pull it together with a ratchet strap to get it on.
Dropped the truck off to get the exhaust fixed up. I cringe every time I give someone else the keys.
Dropped the truck off to get the exhaust fixed up. I cringe every time I give someone else the keys.
I know what you mean. I have to leave a post-it note with instructions on how to start it. That way I know that no wrench jockey thinks its like a new car and just tries to crank it over forever. You have glow plugs to cycle, I have a fuel system that has to be primed or its very had to start when its cold.
What are you doing for your exhaust?
Also post a vid please!
I'm keeping my glass packs. I cut a section out to get my transfer case in, and I'm getting the driver side routed around the shock.
I took a vid late last night, but it's real short. I'll try to get it up soon.
I put my (new, to me) top on recently for the first time in 2 years and reinstalled the tailgate window, also with (new, to me) manual guts. I forgot how nice that truck is to drive when it's all enclosed. Actually drove it last Friday and it was all warm and toasty inside. Seemed to ride nicer too with the weight on the back.
So, you've driven it now. Everything working good so far? Rear end and gears specifically?
So, you've driven it now. Everything working good so far? Rear end and gears specifically?
The top doesn't fit on mine very well since I flopped it, and it's miserable in there with top on, and no back window (pickup tailgate...).
Martin
Martin
Do you still have an exhaust leak? Or is that just the diesel I'm hearing?
That 6.2 needs a turbo bad!
Sounds much better 
BTW ya gotta get the Led out on the way to work
BTW ya gotta get the Led out on the way to work
Yeah, that truck blends right in in that part of town.
Was that the Charles river?
It blends in anywhere, its painted camo!
Yeah, that truck blends right in in that part of town.
Was that the Charles river?
Yeah that's the Charles.
You need a dash cam, specifically to catch the look on hipsters faces as you drive that thing through town.
Even better idea.... you, Glen and me need to parade our trucks through that area come spring time. On a prime day when the yuppies are out jogging, the hipsters bicycling or picnicking along the river and the prep schools rowing teams are rowing their little boats down the Charles. See how long it takes till we get run out of town with our loud exhausts and non-eco friendly trucks.
Even better idea.... you, Glen and me need to parade our trucks through that area come spring time. On a prime day when the yuppies are out jogging, the hipsters bicycling or picnicking along the river and the prep schools rowing teams are rowing their little boats down the Charles. See how long it takes till we get run out of town with our loud exhausts and non-eco friendly trucks.
You need a dash cam, specifically to catch the look on hipsters faces as you drive that thing through town.
Usually people look on with disgust. I once got yelled at decently by a biker (guy on bicycle not like a harley dude) about my truck. I think his main point was that it was some ridiculous republican machine of destruction and did not belong on the road. I have told people it can run on vegetable oil just to get them to **** off. Diesel gets a bad rap for a fuel that is actually way more environmentally friendly.
The best pedestrian reaction I ever got was in my friends rusty 80s mr2 that he got for free. It had no exhaust and I dumped the clutch in a tunnel. There was a women walking on a sidewalk in the tunnel with a baby carriage. She screamed and tried to turn and run away, but forgetting she was in a tunnel, slammed the baby carriage into the wall. I would have loved to have that on film.
That mr2 was actually really scary. The hood had flown up days before at 90 some mph on the highway and shattered the windshield and sunroof covering us with glass. I put a new hood on that was red(car was gray/rusty colored) and then lots of spray painting commenced. I would have run with my children too.
"Ridiculous republican machine of destruction"
I love dropping a gear and revving up the engine when I pass hybrids, but do it to a whole city of people like that, count me in!
I love dropping a gear and revving up the engine when I pass hybrids, but do it to a whole city of people like that, count me in!
I got flipped off a couple times in Providence for driving my Blazer. I just smiled and gave it to them right back.
