well this weekend i did a oil change and ordered new studs to fix my passenger side exhaust leak

 

well today i got some new tires and my parts for my exhaust leak came in so i should have that knocked out before to long

 

I have the same truck with a reg cab and in white too. I am planning on doing the same thing this year. here in nyc the rust is just eating away at my truck.

 

i feel your pain my truck was in Michigan for about 5 to 7 years and it did not help my bed or the bed supports. and because it was a work truck no one really cared about the bed or well the truck in general. all of the bolts on my exhaust manifold are in bad shape i will be lucky to get them off without snapping them. two on the back cylinder are snapped off one is almost even with the manifold and the other is shorter hopefully i can latch on a good pair of vise grips.

 

well today I got my exhaust manifold changed out on the driver side it was not to bad to do did not take to long either. I still have not finished the passenger side yet. but will hopefully soon

 

Good looking truck and good work I am a big fan of the xl trucks too and prefer them to the fancier models.

 

well an update I kept noticing that I had a rattle noise coming from under the truck and could hear it under hard accelerations and come to find out my cat was going bad. so after pricing around I did not have the funds to replace it with a new one so I opted to just cut it off and add a piece of pipe where it was and problem fixed truck runs better than it has in a long time now I can hear all the holes in my muffler im going to have to replace that soon now

 

Any updates would be appreciated! I need to start my “Budget Restoration” to our red 2002 version of your pickup.

 

only update I have done to the truck is I replaced my muffler with a SI SO flowmaster super 44.
I have acquired a junkyard 5.4 engine that I am going to be rebuilding over the next couple of months. I will have pictures of my progress when I start

 

with Christmas around the corner, i will be getting some money for Christmas more than likely about 100 to 200 dollars.
what should I get for my truck? there are a couple of things I need to replace like the fuel filter, pcv valve, belt tensioner, and some front end parts. what would every suggest not just from my list but anything else that you think should be replaced or looked at to be replaced?

 

well, you can guess, or just wait for the truck to tell you. I'd spend $20-$40 on something you want to do to the truck, and let the rest spend itself when the time comes.

 

as a update i have replaced the battery, idle air control valve and have a fuel pump kit on the way from rockauto.
as a heads up rockauto has delays because of ice and snow in sc.

 

as a update i have had my windows tinted with 5 percent on the back window and 25 on the side windows, i got a set of tires and rims from my father in law they are a 285/75/16, got a new spare tire carrier. pictures to follow soon

 

Dang this thread makes me want to go out and work on mine some more. (2008 XL 6.8L here)

*sigh* I have too many projects. Need to wrap some up. Great work on yours so far!

 

Exactly my problem! The list never stops growing either! The weather here in NY sucks this "Spring"...highs of 30* and snow flurries. I'm trying to bring my 01' F-250 XLT back from the dead (body-wise) and this weather is killing me without having room in the garage!