nitroguy
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New (to me) truck! [edit: now with pics!]
Hey all!
Just wanted to introduce myself, as I'm sure I'll be hanging around here lots in the future. I just sold my '01 2wd Ranger for a '93 F250 7.3 IDIT Factory Turbo Diesel. Long bed, extended cab. Got a 193k miles on it, but the mechanic that I bought it from replaced just about everything I could think of (ball joints, head gaskets, all hoses, all belts ... ). We're moving from Seattle to Montana in a week, and my little truck just wouldn't cut it over there. So...Diesel here I come!
Any words of advice for me? Things to look out for? Things that commonly go wrong? (a Ford reman tranny was put in a year ago, fwiw. It's a 4 speed automatic - does that make it a e4od?)
Other than general diesel and big truck advice, here's a stupid question. I found out there's no tie down hooks in the bed. That's not gonna work - I've got motorcycles. What's the preferred method of adding tiedown hooks to the bed?
Thanks all! I'll post pics of my new Beauty once it's light out.
-nitroguy
Hey all!
Just wanted to introduce myself, as I'm sure I'll be hanging around here lots in the future. I just sold my '01 2wd Ranger for a '93 F250 7.3 IDIT Factory Turbo Diesel. Long bed, extended cab. Got a 193k miles on it, but the mechanic that I bought it from replaced just about everything I could think of (ball joints, head gaskets, all hoses, all belts ... ). We're moving from Seattle to Montana in a week, and my little truck just wouldn't cut it over there. So...Diesel here I come!
Any words of advice for me? Things to look out for? Things that commonly go wrong? (a Ford reman tranny was put in a year ago, fwiw. It's a 4 speed automatic - does that make it a e4od?)
Other than general diesel and big truck advice, here's a stupid question. I found out there's no tie down hooks in the bed. That's not gonna work - I've got motorcycles. What's the preferred method of adding tiedown hooks to the bed?
Thanks all! I'll post pics of my new Beauty once it's light out.
-nitroguy
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