That is an awesome truck. Very jealous., those big jobs are as cool as it gets....but 4wd to boot!

 

Sounds like this is pretty much ready to go! Price sounds reasonable too! I think you did real good!
Regards,
Chris

 

Ok after months of waiting for the shop to have the truck ready I was finally able to pick it up a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately the shop didn't bother to do most of the things that I asked them to do but we made it back in one piece. Same tires Check, Same Fluids Check, Same Belts Check, Speedometer doesn't work Check....I did get an alternator and sweet Napa mud flaps out of the deal so that cool. The first run was about 20 miles coming down a mountain before we stopped and check everything out. Everything checked out ok and we went the next 20ish miles with no problems. During the next section of the drive we noticed that gears etc were getting loud and hot we had to limp her into the Walmart parking lot but she made it. We spent the next 3 hours swapping out all of the fluids that we could, rear end, transmission, transfer case, engine oil. The only thing we couldn't do was the front end because it was getting late and we weren't totally sure on how to get it drained at the time. MY GOD what a difference fresh fluids make everything was much happier and smoother the rest of the trip. The total trip back took about 8-9 hours with stops and the quick service job. She averaged 7 mpg and 5mpg going up highway 152 between I5 and 101. She still needs major service so I'm hoping I can find some gaskets and a MH Service manual. More pics to come asap

 

See pics...

 

Thanks for the update and I'm glad you got it home. Keep us posted with improvements as you work on it.

 

How fast were you taking it? About what RPM?

 

We hit 50 mph a couple of times but 80% of the trip we were around 40. I'm guessing we were at 2500 RPM in fifth.

 

Ringpinion.com has a good rpm calculator figuring your tire height, 7.17 gears, whether 5th gear is overdrive, and speed.