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Old Aug 23, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by schusterjo
Ya man you can call it ironic or just plain bad luck (i call it the story of my life)..

I originally bought this truck to hot rod out and turn it into a great off road monster, but as life has it the truck ended up being my daily driver. lost job, lost my Ram and some other toys I had. much more goes along with that story as well but not here for all that.
No, its not a bad luck. It's just one of those challenges u r about to face and surpass. Remember that Adversity enhances this tale we call life. Problems are the price we pay for progress. And I believe u are able to pass them.
Bdw, have a good time working on ur D ..
Thanks for sharing and updating us wid regards to ur D issue, am sure it will be helpful to others as well.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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Well i am making a lot of headway here in the past few day, just bare with me here.. I have alot of pics and information i will be posting over the next few weeks. I still have a bunch of parts on order that has not arrived yet.
 

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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 11:37 PM
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Good luck with your project aswell.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by GFs5.9Durango
Good luck with your project aswell.
thx.....
 
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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Okay I pretty much have all the parts now. I think all i have left to order is headlights, I already orderd rear shocks but will not be here till monday.. Well a few odds and in's things like exhuast pipe connector, some nuts and botls ext..
I have the body parts but have not got around to taking pics of them and probably will not till i get to the point of installing them. Right now i am putting things all bak together and just finished the upper control arm bushings, this is when the UPS guy honked and showed up with my radiotor. So taking a break right now lol. here are the pics of the parts
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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What are those tiny shocks for in the second photo?

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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by IndyDurango
What are those tiny shocks for in the second photo?

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Those are the front shocks. Dunno about tiny, perhaps they look tiny in the photo but are decent shocks. They are the best model Monroe makes.. here is a link. (keep in mind I have to use Orielly Auto because of my discount that i can get in order to save big $$$)

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...ngo&vi=1354025

and here are the rear shocks coming on Monday
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...ngo&vi=1354025
 
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 01:21 AM
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did you remember to swap the locks on that replacement door i did went i did it the first time i forgot went to unlock the door and the alarm went off and disabled the rig that was embarassing
 
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Old Aug 30, 2009 | 01:32 AM
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did you remember to swap the locks on that replacement door i did went i did it the first time i forgot went to unlock the door and the alarm went off and disabled the rig that was embarassing
Yes, i did swap locks.. I used my old one handle because it was in better shape then the new (used) door i put on, mine did not have as much sun fade and matched the rear door better.

here is the link to the door swap i did (no pics, no cam at the time)
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...-a-1999-a.html

Alright, just finished up the lower control arm bushing and installed the lower ball joints. Not as hard as what I figured it was going to be, just time consuming is all. Tell ya what, I got lucky when I stopped in at advance auto tonight. The guys there let me use one of the rental ball joint remover for free. I used this to press out the lower control arm bushings as well, man it made is so easy to remove and install the bushing, not to mention the ball joint. Was pretty simple over all. Well I am going to be putting it back together for the next several days.. Well make the do it yourself post in several days from now, possible next weekend. with all the pics I took and information it is going to take several hours to put it all together.
 

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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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We need pics!
 
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