Re Old Trucks (Mikes reply)

From: Terrible Tom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 23:17:57 EST


Michael Maskalans wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2004, at 10:37, BARRY OLIVER wrote:
>
>> Eventually,
>> if Sir Michael can ever motivate his dead a$$ up, he wants to muck with
>> his driveshaft some more, but then, that's all him.... Supposedly they
>> are going to be on the road by noon or 1300 [ bull- cough, Mike will
>> still be in bed, then....] I'll post more if it's warranted...
>
>
> yeah, that's me: I'm a sleep-tard!
> so I killed a lot of the remaining vibe by indexing the shaft, but it
> still did it pretty good above 75. it held together to MN, and my local
> 4x4 shop should have it straightened out in the morning, and then I'll
> be on my way to Tom's.
>
> the RamCharger got some fresh oil today, much to its pleasure, and had
> some miles put on. after 3 months sitting, some in -30 ambient temps,
> it took two cranking sessions to fire her up. I like vehicles that
> might cosmetically suck a bit, but be reliable after 20 years and 200000
> miles =)
>
> if only I could say the same for my 110000 mile cosmetically wonderful 6
> year old truck... ;-)
> hopefully I'm done throwing parts at it by necessity after this....
> --
> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
> 84 RamCharger 360 (parked) 98 Dakota CC 318 (Fixed!)
> mobile.612.618.4652 campus.585.274.2246 fax.360.364.3930
>

CRAP! I don't think of them as old - byt my 1989 Dodge Dakota's are 15
years old!!?? That just doesn't seem real.

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