Same here Chip. I can see what's wrong, but fixing it properly is many thousands of dollars outside of my pay grade. I kind of wanted to see if the holes would bottom out and not get any worse before trying to fill in, but the wife has spoken and they're getting filled in.

 

On a lighter note - after months of fruitless searching for a good deal on the factory service manuals for the '87, I finally broke down and bought a CD containing scanned versions of all five volumes of them. I'll let you know how they look when they come in.

 

The factory manuals are so much better than the Haynes or Chiltons that are based on a complete teardown and rebuild of who knows what for misinformation.

 

No kidding Chip. Since I'm probably going to have to dig pretty deep into the fuel injection & emissions to get it running straight, I need as much information as possible. I've got the FSM on the Durango and it has been a lifesaver.

 

Good evening all!

I might have my phone issues taken care of for the moment.

Good visiting with you the other day Alan.Let me know when Bandit is done.

Working in Nevada, Mo. On Friday but I have to run up there to meet the judge before......drive up there for 20 min of "work".....oh well

 

Been busy today...

16 tons of 1" base rock have been spread over the worst of the driveway and packed down as well as I can with the truck. Fortunately, the driver was able to drop it pretty much where I needed it but the kids and I needed to buck part of it into a better placement. It's going to need another load or two before it's smooth again, but it is better than it was.

I pulled the fairlead off the Rhino's winch and worked on the rollers in an attempt to be able to use the snow plow this year without snapping the cable. Last year the plastic bushings on the rollers failed causing the cable to drag and eventually snap. I've made some make-shift bushings and greased them up really well so maybe I can make it through the season this year.

Topping it all off, I took the family out for dinner since the kids worked pretty hard to get the rock spread out.

Tomorrow - I start back on the Jeep...

 

Turned this, into this...now to figure out how to hang it off the mail box arm/post?

I was all out of "chrome" spray paint for the front bumper. I might put some FORD letters on the hood?

And I might do black bezels around the headlights? And then find some orange instead of red for the park lights??

 

That looks way cool Rich! Dave, you're a blamed workhorse.

 

That's pretty cool there Rich. It definitely needs the FORD letters on the hood and the bezels...

 

Yea that is what I am thinking too....definitely black bezels.

 

Evening All!

RC came up for a visit but I was not in a sociable mood. RC, if I seemed short I apologize. I had a blockage in my system and they make me very unpleasant to be around. Imagine someone taking a 5 pound sledge hammer and with a full swing hitting you square in the gut. It's no fun at all. Since I don't have a large intestine anymore, food gets jammed up pretty easily. I had pasta for lunch and was munching on pretzels the rest of the day. That was enough to get me all clogged up. I guess there's something else I have to get used to. Again, sorry for being such pain, tonight RC. Believe me I didn't mean to be.

I feel better now. I finally passed the blockage. ....which is also not any fun. But it's a huge relief when it finally happens.

I spent every single summer growing up shoveling gravel on the road to my house. You need a base that will drain. 1" base is not good enough. It will wash away pretty quickly. For a driveway or any road to have stay power, you need 3" ballast rock for a base around 12" deep. Then 1" base on top of that 4" deep, then crushed modified on top also 4" deep. The ballast rock gives the water someplace to drain through without washing away, the 1" base gives the surface rock something to sit on without filling in the ballast rock, and the modified will pack in to concrete over time. This sounds like it would be a very TALL driveway, and you're right, that's why you need to dig out the driveway first, so it's level when you're done. It's SUPER expensive to do it right, but what's more expensive? Doing it right the first time, or doing it over and over again? Man, gravel roads are something I know about. I think I STILL have calluses from when I was a kid. It took a lot of practice to figure out what works and what doesn't.

Rich. That looks AWESOME!

 

alam I didn't even notice you were in a bad mood.. there must not be much of a difference.. ha ha ha ha .. it is always good to stop and visit... next time I will try to make it to your place a little earlier then we will have more time to shoot the breeze

 

rich it would be cool to install some of those solar pathway lights in the headlight bezels after ya paint em..

 

I just used some tailor reflective tape, but I like your idea for "headlights".

I was under the hood and worked on some interior stuff on ol red too.

 

Rich, why isn't that truck Red?


Looks good though!