6-speed manual trannie

[MARQ2277]

Kinda. My El Camino was a 11 sec (barely street legal) smoking ride, which I ran the crap out of till I broke my back and had to give it up.

Marq
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1990 Ford F-250 4X4:
7.3 IDI with 120K on the clock:
ATS Turbo with waste gate:
Stage One Injectors (Oregon Injector Service):
Complete Return Fuel Kit (Oregon Injector Service):
DB2 Pump, cranked up with Cold Advance wired permanently on:
4” down pipe, 4” straight through exhaust stopping between cab and bed (no **** on my stuff):
Torque Converter Lock Up Switch (On/Off/Lock-Up):
E4OD Line Pressure Controller (adjusted to fast/firm shifts):
4” lift w/Rancho shocks:
Big Fat Tires on custom rims:

Tows 1985 fully loaded heavy 28 foot RV (my house) everywhere:

 

[Papabear]

maybe I'm to greedy but I want the best of both worlds (off-road + highway) i also have a tendency to brake stuff so it needs to be bulletproof i drive big truck Pete model 388 up here for a living moving drilling rigs and it is not uncommon for me to drive in mud and muskeg up to the bottoms of my doors i just need a personal truck to be able to but up with the punishment and not break but i would love to keep the driveline weight down but i need the gears because even my work truck (the pete) pylling an empty deck can't even go forward in it's lowest gear without help because of the suction so up here it is kind of a need not a want

 

[69dieselfreak]

at least your driving a peterbilt the best big trucks ever made
then the bronwnie box would be your best bet then
but thats just my opinion

 

[towcat]

maybe I'm to greedy but I want the best of both worlds (off-road + highway) i also have a tendency to brake stuff so it needs to be bulletproof i drive big truck Pete model 388 up here for a living moving drilling rigs and it is not uncommon for me to drive in mud and muskeg up to the bottoms of my doors i just need a personal truck to be able to but up with the punishment and not break but i would love to keep the driveline weight down but i need the gears because even my work truck (the pete) pylling an empty deck can't even go forward in it's lowest gear without help because of the suction so up here it is kind of a need not a want

so what you're saying is that you're one of those real life ice road trucker kinda dude?

 

[69dieselfreak]

i was thinking the same thing
id love to go an mechanic up there id think id make a killing

 

[towcat]

i was thinking the same thing
id love to go an mechanic up there id think id make a killing

not me.
me no workie in snow climates let alone in neg double digit temps

 

[69dieselfreak]

not me.
me no workie in snow climates let alone in neg double digit temps

hey i live in az damn neere hell 100 plus id love to work in the cold and get to see a new desret but like you said that would be a cold som *****

 

[Papabear]

so what you're saying is that you're one of those real life ice road trucker kinda dude?

yes towcat that is one of the aspects of my job i drive ice in the winter or extreme mud in the summer alot of the times they are building the road as we are moving the rig and yes i did do the ice roads from yellowknife to diavick and BHP billiton winter of 2002

 

[69dieselfreak]

yes towcat that is one of the aspects of my job i drive ice in the winter or extreme mud in the summer alot of the times they are building the road as we are moving the rig and yes i did do the ice roads from yellowknife to diavick and BHP billiton winter of 2002

 

[Papabear]

i was thinking the same thing
id love to go an mechanic up there id think id make a killing

journeyman commercial mechanics up here make $40/hr +

and I have worked in -70c without windchill but that is rare usually only like
-25C to -35C

 

[69dieselfreak]

journeyman commercial mechanics up here make $40/hr +

and I have worked in -70c without windchill but that is rare usually only like
-25C to -35C

who would i go apply to

 

[towcat]

local 3 mechs make $35/hr with full bennies in the sfbay area. and no freezing temps

 

[69dieselfreak]

damn i must be workin in the wrong part of the country then

 

[Papabear]

maybe i'n just sick in the head but I like the cold you can dress for it unlike heat

 

[FordGuy100]

maybe i'n just sick in the head but I like the cold you can dress for it unlike heat

I agree....when the time comes I'm going somewhere that gets cold ....I want negative temps dangit