I literally offered it as-is last week, not running, for around $400. Nobody took my offer, so I got it running again myself. Price went up to $1000.

Engine sounds smooth as silk for being just a hair over 200k miles, transmission good too. Needs keys.

Yeah, this is not intended as an advertisement, more like how I got a deceased person’s truck running again. I had to fix basically all the main battery wires, and break the ignition lock.

It cranks, it runs, it needs quite a bit more work, and this isn’t exactly dull is it? 🤦‍♂️

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
    11·
    2 days ago

    Oof, I’ve seen that happen twice, but as a driving spectator, not the person to actually have their own hood fly up on them.

    Once their hood flies off like 50 feet in the air, the spectator/driver (me) had to observe said flying hood and prepare to drive off in the ditch to avoid it.

    I successfully avoided the flying hood, but damn, you remind me that I need to check that hood latch…

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Hood stayed attached, thankfully, but was a total loss. Thankfully there were plenty of donors at the local scrapyard.

      Here’s the bastard the day before the brake line broke and the last time everything was working and I gave up on it:

      • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
        7·
        2 days ago

        Damn. I actually want to keep this truck for myself, but I can’t. It feels like sleeping on a dead man’s couch/bed.

        I want a smaller truck like this, hell I need it. But it’ll just drive me crazy knowing I’m sitting in a dead man’s seat.

        I’m doing good enough to even work on it and test drive it every now and then. It’s haunted though…

        • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          I get that. But considering how many times I’ve needed a reasonably sized truck lately, I’d at least think twice lol.

          At least working on them is fun. Despite the money pit it turned out to be, I did enjoy the time I spent tinkering with it and getting it going.

          • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
            4·
            2 days ago

            I do have a lot of things to think about before making any definitive decisions… I dunno yet, I’m just at the point of fixing the bare minimum to get it properly road-worthy…

              • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
                2·
                1 day ago

                To me, repairs and occasional modifications are never the fun part, that’s the tedious part.

                The fun part is when the job is said and done successfully, especially after a good soaking bath followed by a shower, and a beer of course…