What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
Legend
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 8,914
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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Drove the Ram to the gas station, started her up with the A/C on and 1/8 a tank of gas, normally she's a little "slow" with the A/C on, not today, lots of power under the gas pedal today 
http://www.offroadsolutions.com/old/...tml#drivetrain
http://www.parksoffroad.com/tacomamo.../orsmanhub.htm
Somebody was blowin' smoke up your bahooky.
http://www.parksoffroad.com/tacomamo.../orsmanhub.htm
Somebody was blowin' smoke up your bahooky.
Banned Goober Smoocher
Joined: Jun 2010
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I painted the bumper strip on the front, and the big plastic piece on the tailgate, and the rear bumper step pads...also the air dam in the front. Used duplicolor bed paint, love this stuff. Also fixed the drivers side window switches (switch did not operate the passenger side window), took the switches apart and cleaned the contacts. Replaced the interior lights with LEDs (broke the overhead map light doohickie trying to remove it, before realizing the lenses on the map lights pop out). Rotated the tires, found out I need brake shoes/pads. Painted the drums and calipers. Pressure washed, then undercoated the truck, 4 cans of rubberized undercoating. Washed, then waxed the entire truck. Then took pics with my Z...I'm loving this truck...
Slick looking rig, I would say to take the air dam off. You know you want to.
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 304
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From: milwaukee WI
my new 96 1500, oil change to amsoil 5-30, new junkyard tires-225/75/16, and put on 451 miles running to my buddy's cabin for crap he forgot. 19 mpg with air off windows up and cruise set at 55/65 depending on speed limit.
Rookie
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 58
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From: Southern Indiana
See I don't think they ride stiff at all without a load, but that's just personal preference. They also give you about 1.5" of lift too, so now I HAVE to get spacers in the front to make it look normal again.
Helped clean out my friend's dad's foster dad's house yesterday and today, he died (meth addict) on saturday. TONS of ford stuff, power tools, and about 40 chainsaws. I got to keep a few goodies, including jack stands, a couple drills, a few random tools, 2 mini floor jacks, a complete 16" e-fan kit including wiring, a new functioning better stereo deck for my truck, and a ton of CB stuff. When I go through all the CB stuff I think I will dig up that CB thread we had going for a while and breathe some new life into it.
Ted, the guy who passed away saturday, was building my friend's dad, Eric, a 390 for his '66 Galaxy. We found just about every part needed to build it, including genuine Shelby FE-motor valvecovers, Shelby air cleaner, 2 sets of over-sized pistons, aluminum heads, several intakes and carbs and much more. Lots of random 428 parts too. And about 75 Holly carbs. 2 and 4 bbl's. Double pumpers, you name it. They still have a storage unit to go through as well, and there is a ton of gearhead stuff in there too.
It all sounds cool, but all this stuff was stuffed in with random junk and a lot of ugly stuff too. Glad to be able to help them though.
Ted, the guy who passed away saturday, was building my friend's dad, Eric, a 390 for his '66 Galaxy. We found just about every part needed to build it, including genuine Shelby FE-motor valvecovers, Shelby air cleaner, 2 sets of over-sized pistons, aluminum heads, several intakes and carbs and much more. Lots of random 428 parts too. And about 75 Holly carbs. 2 and 4 bbl's. Double pumpers, you name it. They still have a storage unit to go through as well, and there is a ton of gearhead stuff in there too.
It all sounds cool, but all this stuff was stuffed in with random junk and a lot of ugly stuff too. Glad to be able to help them though.
