The Official 2nd Gen RAM Forum OT thread
Champion
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Iowa
ROFLROLF!!!
An interesting weather phenomenon called Thundersnow. The only time I ever experienced it was in 1994. Freaked me out as I thought I was seeing and hearing things when I knew it was snowing outside. Once I confirmed the thunder and lightening I didn't know what to think until it was explained in the evening weather forecast.
So, it got cold and SNOWED! For once... First time I have been out in the snow this winter. And sooo cold.
Got the trans and tcase in the RAM, rigging up my mounts for the crossmember is next. Then modding the tcase linkage. And
it needs new rod bearings.Started the Ford, the tranny is SLUGGISH. It'll do good once warmed up.
I'm dying to go to a horse race... There are 6 tracks within 80 miles of me!
All Star
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Dayton, TX.
What about that comeback win by the 49'ers?
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Back in the mid '70's when I had my ownshop a fellow brought in his Ford F-150 with a driver side disk that looked the exact same as the one pictured. I was still pretty new at the auto repair game and did not even know pickup trucks had disk breaks at the time.
Almost all my auto repair experience was with cars or much older pickups.
Naturally he wanted me to fix it right away but back then it took me several days to find the part number,then order the part, and for it to finally arrive. We did have a Ford dealer in town, but they were not real forthcoming when it came to parts and information on jobs they were not doing themselves.
When disk breaks came out they paid their master mechanic to go to Detroit to become factory trained on fixing them.
In the meanwhile I asked around at all the other shops in town and no one had ever done disk breaks on anything, let alone a big Ford pickup, so fixing it was just that much more of a challenge. I ended up getting the Chilton book to learn how.
The Chilton book was a good worth while investment, just more money than I really felt like spending at that moment. The rotor cost around $100.00 from NAPA with a $25.00 core charge and was a bit more if I wanted to go with a genuine Ford part.
The core was obviously not rebuildable but they demanded I turn it in or pay the $25 myself. I kinda wanted to keep it and hang it on the wall to show folks just how bad they could get, but I was already loosing enough money on the deal. It took a lot of convincing just to get the owner to OK putting new pads on the other side. The NAPA shop in town turned that disk to within tolerance but said it was nearly to far gone too.
It turned out to be really pretty handy to have done the disk on the pickup,it gave me good experience for the next summer when I had to do the disks on my '69 Mustang. I ended up buying an attachment for my drum break lathe so I could do disks that weren't worn quite that much 'in shop' too.
That attachment ended up paying for itself in just a few weeks.
Of course now days you just buy a whole'nother disk and throw the old ones in the scrap. I don't think any parts places charge for the core on them anymore. The local NAPA store will reluctantly turn your old disks but they strongly advise you to just buy new ones.
Almost all my auto repair experience was with cars or much older pickups.
Naturally he wanted me to fix it right away but back then it took me several days to find the part number,then order the part, and for it to finally arrive. We did have a Ford dealer in town, but they were not real forthcoming when it came to parts and information on jobs they were not doing themselves.
When disk breaks came out they paid their master mechanic to go to Detroit to become factory trained on fixing them.
In the meanwhile I asked around at all the other shops in town and no one had ever done disk breaks on anything, let alone a big Ford pickup, so fixing it was just that much more of a challenge. I ended up getting the Chilton book to learn how.
The Chilton book was a good worth while investment, just more money than I really felt like spending at that moment. The rotor cost around $100.00 from NAPA with a $25.00 core charge and was a bit more if I wanted to go with a genuine Ford part.
The core was obviously not rebuildable but they demanded I turn it in or pay the $25 myself. I kinda wanted to keep it and hang it on the wall to show folks just how bad they could get, but I was already loosing enough money on the deal. It took a lot of convincing just to get the owner to OK putting new pads on the other side. The NAPA shop in town turned that disk to within tolerance but said it was nearly to far gone too.
It turned out to be really pretty handy to have done the disk on the pickup,it gave me good experience for the next summer when I had to do the disks on my '69 Mustang. I ended up buying an attachment for my drum break lathe so I could do disks that weren't worn quite that much 'in shop' too.
That attachment ended up paying for itself in just a few weeks.
Of course now days you just buy a whole'nother disk and throw the old ones in the scrap. I don't think any parts places charge for the core on them anymore. The local NAPA store will reluctantly turn your old disks but they strongly advise you to just buy new ones.
Last edited by tired old man; Jan 21, 2013 at 12:04 PM.
