Lol i meant i have to go pick it up to ship to you because the guy wont ship...and i wont be able to get there until probably the week of my bday which is oct. 10....i think the wife is gunna buy it as my present...shes been hinting on it ...just need door, control arm, 2 brake lines in front and a gas tank strap...then a liilt bondo and paint and the truck will be good enough for the road

 

Damn.

Oh well. See how much shipping is on that bad boy. If it's too much, I can still source one locally.

 

Well i dont have exact dimensions when i looked up shipping but itll be around $40



But ive made a decision...i am going to hold off on buying a door and repair my current one....the sheet metal is $21 and its big enough to fix it all...door will have a couple dents but hey its a truck....i have my dads sabersaw and im going to cut all the rusty metal out....pics to come....i cant wait anymore i want my truck done because next weekend hunting starts

 

Alright got some work done to the fender....cut the bad metal out and replaced with sheet metal and some bondo to cover rivets....




Heres how she started





And now











Still need alot of sanding but looks 100x better already

 

And now after sanding.....i put paint on it already because the black shows inperfections better...needs a little more work....but not bad for a $12 repair instead of paying $75 for a new fender

 

This may be a dumb question but are 4wd control arms the same in all our rams....i am getting ready to order my control arm and it says this one is just for 96's...this will fit my truck right?

http://m.summitracing.com/parts/rnb-520-367

 

Ok ive got a couple more questions...

Today i took out my cluster which ive done many times...i painted the bezel back to black but i accidently took the speedo needle off....now i see the clock spring is all the way back into position..so i put the needle back on with it at 0 mph....now when i hooked the cluster up the speedo needle goes up to 50mph...when i shut it off it sits at 30mph....she wont go back to zero and the speedo does now move when truck does and all other guages work fine...

Secondly is the trans fluid intertwined with the transfer case fluid? I have a leak where xfer case and tranny meet...i checked my tranny fluid and she waz at the bottom of safe zone and transfer case was a little low as well...now would the tranny leak from there? I ask because when i changed the trasfer case the fluid didnt run out of tranny..i had it with no xfer case for over night and it didnt leak...but there is a leak where they meet could it be fluid from both? Sorry if that was confusing

 

They do not share fluid.

The T-case has an input bearing retainer seal that can be easily replaced, and the trans has a rear main seal too. Gonna have to drop the T-case to see which is bad.

 

Its the seal....when i changed the tcase i did it in my driveway on the ground with no lifts...just jack stands and ratchet straps....but i put rtv around it and it dried a little before i could bench the tcase back in...so thats why its leaking....i have no other leaks everything else is dry so i asked because both are loosing fluid


But i has also drove about 15 miles the past four months...i start it every now and then to get fluids moving...but i want her 100% with no problems (haha yeah right) by like this next weekend so i can bird hunt up north for my birthday

 

There is NO seal/gasket on the surfaces where the TC mounts to the tranny by the bolts. The seals are around the shafts only.