Alaskan Excursion Update - Adventure post...
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Bleed Ford Blue
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From: Anchorage Alaska
i know i feel exactly the same, allthough the heated steering wheel is nice! but i just cant stand GMs idk why. for one would be the cheap interiors. both of these caddys had trim/cup holders broken and just not bult very well IMO. but they make some people happy...thats what makes us all different.
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From: Semper Fi tell I die!
the excursion we have cupholders are pure crap!
i would like a heated steering wheel, but a gm should really have a heated rear hatch for pushing it home.
the interior on it looks really nice tho.
fords interiors look allot more antique im my opinion.
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Bleed Ford Blue
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From: Anchorage Alaska
another little road trip today! went to Hope,Alaska. it was so nice and sunny out i had to get out so we made alittle road trip out of it. 200miles round trip...awsome day!
heading out of town..
this is out by portage, when the big earthquake of 1964 hit it destroyed everything out here. just off the highway is a old farm house and truck. since its winter you can walk on the frozen marsh and actuly get to them. first time i'd ever been up close to them.
then we headed on to the portage visiter center.
then on to Hope, AK which is on the other side of the inlet.
then filler her back up when i got home, 200 miles round trip. i got 11.2mpg which i'm pretty happy with. btw the neon next to me is my friends...9.9gallons to fill her tank. she laughed at me
heading out of town..
this is out by portage, when the big earthquake of 1964 hit it destroyed everything out here. just off the highway is a old farm house and truck. since its winter you can walk on the frozen marsh and actuly get to them. first time i'd ever been up close to them.
then we headed on to the portage visiter center.
then on to Hope, AK which is on the other side of the inlet.
then filler her back up when i got home, 200 miles round trip. i got 11.2mpg which i'm pretty happy with. btw the neon next to me is my friends...9.9gallons to fill her tank. she laughed at me
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From: Semper Fi tell I die!
see whos laughing after a head on collision! hehe!
good pics man, i always wanted to go check out that truck, u know before the earthquake the whole city of girdwood was on that side of the highway as the truck
good pics man, i always wanted to go check out that truck, u know before the earthquake the whole city of girdwood was on that side of the highway as the truck
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Bleed Ford Blue
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From: Anchorage Alaska
yeah i know right! thats crazy i've seen old pictures and its amazing how bad it destroyed everything!
so....new issue. today the truck ran fantastic never got shut off all day for 200+ miles. then tonight on my way home from a family friends house i noticed a very slight loss of power. eariler in the day i was able to break loose the rear tires on dry pavment, then tonight i wasnt able to.
so i turned the heater down, radio off, rolled the windows down. with no muffler its very easy to hear a miss. well sure enough it has a very slight, intermittin miss..nothing like before. so i'm going to inspect all the coils/connections tomorrow and see if i can track this down. may be a bad connection or somthing. we'll see!
so....new issue. today the truck ran fantastic never got shut off all day for 200+ miles. then tonight on my way home from a family friends house i noticed a very slight loss of power. eariler in the day i was able to break loose the rear tires on dry pavment, then tonight i wasnt able to.
so i turned the heater down, radio off, rolled the windows down. with no muffler its very easy to hear a miss. well sure enough it has a very slight, intermittin miss..nothing like before. so i'm going to inspect all the coils/connections tomorrow and see if i can track this down. may be a bad connection or somthing. we'll see!
Hotshot
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From: Semper Fi tell I die!
did you use die electric greese on the coil plugs to keep themoisture out?
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Bleed Ford Blue
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well i found my issue. one of the plugs on a coil was not fully plugged in. checked them all and found one not clicked in. pushed it in all the way and bam runnin smooth!
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Bleed Ford Blue
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well so somthing i'v been debating. for about the same price i can order factory f-350 blocks and ubolts. or i can go with aftermarket lift blocks...which i could go alittle higher then taperd 3.5" stock f350 blocks. i'v been looking at 4.5" too 5" blocks..both tapered ofcourse. but i'm thinking since i got 3" of lift in the front maybe i should go with it in the back also? i like a rear-high rake compared to the prerunner look i have now.
somthing im gonna have to decide on here soon.
somthing im gonna have to decide on here soon.
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Bleed Ford Blue
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yes im aware. the ones i'm looking at are from Lift Kits, Leveling Kits, and Shock Absorbers - Suspension System Specialists! - Top Gun Customz and are steel. same people that made my lift shackles on the front.
