Here's that truck I told you about. I'm thinking about going and getting it for my daughter.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/5999986286.html

 

Nice clean truck with low miles for a 99. Someone took good care of it. Even the drivers seat cushion is in good shape.

 

indeed. If they only want 2 grand for it, I could have bought a plane ticket, flew out, and drove back, and still come out ahead. Maybe.

Ah well.

Discovered that my tcc likes to do the dance.... even tiny variations in throttle position will cause it to bounce out of/back in to lockup. Probably going to order up a throttle position sensor, and see if that solves the issue. (I may log some data, and see what tps is doing.... don't think my software can read tcc request or not.)

 

Well if I had known you were looking for a truck I would have kept my eyes open. I would have come picked you up from the airport too. It has been on Craigslist for a while too.

 

The thought never occurred to me that they could possibly be that cheap anywhere....... Next time around, I will send you a list of what I am looking for, and see if you can find one for me. It'd be fun to fly out to the left coast.

 

You could just post it around here somewhere next time. Wildman can take the northwest, I'll take the southwest. I'm sure we could find a few people to cover other areas.

 

Valid point. I am hoping I don't need another one for a while though......

 

I'm a lot closer to SeaTac being in Everett and I look for diesel trucks out here all the time on the web. Good thing about NW is they're clean and there's good inventory. Bad thing is they are the highest priced trucks in the country. That Blue V10 for $2k is way too low. Usually 1500s are still $5-6k. CTD are $25k+

 

Nice Truck HeyYou! Definitely got a nicer one!

 

I am REALLY likin' it. It runs GREAT, drives decent, but, the trans 'gear hunts' quite a bit, especially once warmed up. Hoping new TPS will solve that.

I have a buncha parts on order, which will hopefully be here by this weekend, as it is supposed to be in the 50's this weekend, (friggin' heatwave for February in Michigan.....) and I want to just sort of 'shotgun' the repairs I have in mind. Headlights, heavy duty harness, TPS, battery hold down, thermostat..... Should keep me busy.

I heard rumors of two different ratio steering boxes on these trucks. Any truth to that? The current box, while relatively new, is WAY to leisurely for my tastes. I would like a bit more responsive/tight steering box.