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phoneman91 01-02-2010 10:07 PM


Originally Posted by rdw516 (Post 8311998)
Put a new O2 sensor in and replaced that piece of $h1t plastic/composite power steering pully that broke in half. The replacement from NAPA was the same type...made in CHINA (shudder). The puller/installer kit I purchased so I could the broken one off without taking the pump off was made TIAWAN (guts rumbling). The Gates belt to replace the one that was eat up by the broken pulley was made in MEXICO! (Need to take a dump now!!) IS ANYTHING MADE IN AMERICA ANYMORE???

I don't believe that anything is actually completely made in the USA anymore. Some Motorcraft brake parts are now made in China. I was looking at a new Jeep Grand Cherokee and only 77 percent of the Jeep had parts made in Canada or the USA!!. This is a "domestic made" vehicle!! :-X09 The Hemi engine is made in Mexico!!

andyman91 01-02-2010 10:43 PM

I changed the oil and did the brakes and fuel filter now to tackle cleaning her and changing the tranny.

greyghost85 01-02-2010 11:06 PM

did not do anything today, hopefully tomorrow

SKEEFOO 01-03-2010 09:20 AM


Originally Posted by rdw516 (Post 8311998)
Put a new O2 sensor in and replaced that piece of $h1t plastic/composite power steering pully that broke in half. The replacement from NAPA was the same type...made in CHINA (shudder). The puller/installer kit I purchased so I could the broken one off without taking the pump off was made TIAWAN (guts rumbling). The Gates belt to replace the one that was eat up by the broken pulley was made in MEXICO! (Need to take a dump now!!) IS ANYTHING MADE IN AMERICA ANYMORE???

I hear you,I went through the same problem with the belt tensioner,a plastic pulley wheel,with a bearing inside it,some of the balls fell out,allowing the wheel to flop side ways enough to start rubbing into the bracket itself,what a pain,but a very easy fix.Today I just took my truck to the carwash,and let them wash it,,:cool: Im ordering some rims today as well.

allis327 01-03-2010 09:21 AM

I installed a new heater core, changed the bulb in my radio, had lockouts put on my truck, and got a pos tailgate for $30 I know I got ripped but now I have one. Tailgates are hard to find in my area.

1OldFordMan 01-03-2010 02:09 PM

Filled him up from his road trip. Slightly disappointed, thought he'd be able to pull at least a 15, got 14.7. Still not bad for a 20 year old truck. Basically a shoebox as far as aerodynamics are concerned. Just thought that if he gets 12 just running around here, he'd do 15 ( or better :-yeahrigh ) on a road trip. Found out I'm gonna have to get another fog light bulb. Had one replaced while he was at Tech School for 2 months, now another one is out. Something else for my Zone list.

greyghost85 01-03-2010 02:21 PM

you will probably get the full 15 mpg if you replace that fog bulb!

lew52 01-03-2010 02:29 PM

I removed some rubber from my rear tires....Lew

Jason Lewis 01-03-2010 02:43 PM


Originally Posted by lew52 (Post 8315337)
I removed some rubber from my rear tires....Lew

"Light'em up" :-X22

greyghost85 01-03-2010 02:58 PM

hey, Jason! Seen a lot of your movies

1OldFordMan 01-03-2010 06:41 PM


Originally Posted by greyghost85 (Post 8315304)
you will probably get the full 15 mpg if you replace that fog bulb!

Thinking I need to do the headlight too for the full 15 :-missingt.

im2tall33 01-03-2010 08:49 PM

Put in a new coil and im going to replace the belts tomorrow.

greyghost85 01-03-2010 08:55 PM

where is Nye, Alaska? didn't do anything, today. too much snow and cold. i hate it!

95F350XL 01-03-2010 09:14 PM

Put plow frame on the bronk today, undercoated everything so it wont get more rotted then it already is. Found out that the front of my frame is bent in, was a pain to bolt the front peice onto the bent frame. Ill have to unbend it in the summer when I take the plow frame off. I wonder what happened to my poor free bronco.

Hitokori 01-03-2010 09:23 PM

:-X09today was a srry ass day..... :-X07started out the day going to change the oil and P/S return line....

:-roll so i start to take the air filter hoses off to get them out of the way and my dad looks at it and tells me to take the belt off and look at the pump.... crap... the front seal on the P/S pump is trashed... :-rip so needless to say i didnt put my new line on... the only thing i got accomplished it changing the oil....

oh yeah i almost forgot my fan clutch only has about half of the bearings left in it so its fubared too....

:-wowgreat day huh:'(


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