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Afternoon folks, hope all are well. I'm in a little better spirits today, learning to accept something out of your control can be tough but I am too. You folks stay safe.
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You're preaching to the choir, Brother. We both have a burden to bear. but bear it we will 'cause either we're tough or stupid, maybe both.
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You are so very right, I'm not ready to go tits up so which ever way it goes I'm going to get my life back. Masonic brother is telling me he already has a plan to move my shifter to the right side of my bike on the outside of the brake pedal. With the training wheels I can't fall over, well maybe if I have to many. Moving forward is all I can do brother Hippie, the same with you. Just think what papa is going through, he's a tough ol bird fore sure.You're preaching to the choir, Brother. We both have a burden to bear. but bear it we will 'cause either we're tough or stupid, maybe both.
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Amen on Papa. Poor *******'s been going through his crap for many, many years.
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Fix Or Repair Daily.
Found On the Road Dead.
Fuked Over Rebuilt Dodge.
Found On the Road Dead.
Fuked Over Rebuilt Dodge.
I am going to have to disagree with you there sir. I was raised on chevys and GMs but in my 30s I got a promotion as assistant project manager and was in charge of a fleet of trucks. There were Ford, Dodge, Isuzu, Chevy S10. The chevys and Isuzus always broke down and were the newest vehicles. They were also the most to repair. The Fords had 350000 and were still running like new. They were the oldest and broke less also were less money to fix.
I'm still driving my 1990 Ford F350 500,000 miles and still running strong. Deasil no smoking when I step on it, no leaks wouldn't start once when he starter went bad but I love this truck. My mother in law gave it to me when my Father in law passed. He was very on top of and kept it maintained all the time. I still miss him he was a great man.
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My van is a Ford, if you want to call it that. The engine and tranny were made in Mexico with a license from Mazda, the body was made in Turkey, and I bought it in the USA.
Bought one Dodge in my life. Never again. The Jeeps were made by Chrysler. The Old Hen and Pullet drive Chevy's.
Bought one Dodge in my life. Never again. The Jeeps were made by Chrysler. The Old Hen and Pullet drive Chevy's.
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Most ford's I see are built tough with chevy parts. As for cost you can almost build two small block chevrolets to one ford. I know this fore sure as I have all three brands in my yard. Don't get me wrong, I have a 08 f150 super crew with 280,000 and runs like a top. I'm not a chevy man nor am I a ford man, amc, oldsmobile, buick, and cadillac. Love big engines.
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Thought your jeeps were Willis and amc. Dodge didn't get them till the late 80's, maybe mid 80's.
I was a dodge and chevy person growing up. My first was a beat up 1965 valiant my old wino neighbor wrecked it. I got it for $50 and I had to pry the fan out of the radiator. I smeared a tube of liquid steal in the radiator and drove the damn thing for 4 years that way. And then sole it for $50.00. Those slant sixes ran forever.
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Oldest is a '99 and the newest is a '07.
Had a slant six in my one and only Dodge. You changed the breather cap on the rocker box every spring. If you forgot, it would blow every bit of oil you had in the crankcase up into the carb and would foul all six plugs. It got 10 miles to the gallon off a cliff with a tailwind and would top out at 67 MPH with your foot through the floorboard.
I had a few of them 2 Valliant's and 1 charger with the six. But I never had the oil problem. But the stupid three speed on the column linkage would always hang up I wouldn't be able to shift into 3rd. Only sometimes so I had a screw driver to pop it back into place.
I had a 74 Slant Six in a Dodge B-100, which my live in girlfriend returned home with and noted that it was making a lot of noise. I went out and started it, to find it knocking badly and the oil light on.
I found the problem to be a hole a rock punched in the oil filter and replaced the filter and oil so as to hopefully be able to drive it to the shop for an engine rebuild. As soon as I fired it up, it went knock, knock, clatter, bang and then smoothed out and quietened down. I put another 100K on it before selling it and except for a slight drop in oil pressure ran fine.
The only pos Ford that I've owned was my first car, a 1953 Fairlane flathead V-8. Cracked block, lost auto transmission twice, and the brakes twice.
Since then I've had a 58 Ford, a 60 T-Bird, a 67 T-bird, an 84 T-Bird and two Sunbeam Tigers with Ford powertrain. All were good cars.
My 53 Chevy was a junker and I went through two 235cu six-cylinder engines in my 1955 Chevy.
I've had a 74 Dodge B-100 and a 300, both strong and reliable. I blew a hose and overheated our 85 New Yorker and had to redo the heads, but it was otherwise a good vehicle and all three Jeeps by Chrysler have been excellent. The first had the American Motors 4L six, the second the 5.2L V-8 (Chrysler 312), and the current one a 5.7L Chrysler Hemi.
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