Tis the season.....

[Mike]

How bad has y'alls fuel mileage dropped now that winter blend in in? Mine took a good solid 2+mpg hit

Speaking of the season, are any of you planning to buy your favorite diesel guzzler anything special for Christmas?

 

[geonc]

Yea, winter fuel SUXXXXXXXXXX

As far as what the stroker is gettin' for christmas......
It WAS to have been a set of babies and chip ............instead
it's gonna be $800 in tires, and I spent all day today doing upper and lower ball joints Those are stone ******** to do
Here's a tip passed on from my Jersey bud NJKen.........
Toss the new joints in the freezer and warm up the knuckle with a little heat......... Ken
I should have it back running tomorrow.

Besides, I bought the white womans Dodge some new headlights
...Silverstarsand polished up the lenses as well. It gets REAL dark out here in Neckville

Now if I can just get that boost issue resolved................

 

[Mike]

I just did tires last month, got off cheaper than 800 clams though. What have you found on your boost issue. Go back to your original thread and fill us in please. We wanna help ya out iffn we can.

 

[geonc]

Well as far as the $800 goes, tires and road hazard{i WILL NOT buy tires without it}-$650
$85 for alignment, and roughly $80 in ball joints, grease,rags etc.....

I'll post about the boost................


BTW..need to replace that avatar MUDDY gave me....ain't too keen on Janet Reno

 

[Mike]

Originally posted by geonc
BTW..need to replace that avatar MUDDY gave me....ain't too keen on Janet Reno

Janet Reno? Holy Cow, I thought it was a picture of you

What kind of tires are you putting on. I just slapped on a set of BFG All Terrain KO's and I think it was right in the $650.00 range.

 

[geonc]

Originally posted by 95_stroker
Janet Reno? Holy Cow, I thought it was a picture of you

Naw, she's better looking!

What kind of tires are you putting on. I just slapped on a set of BFG All Terrain KO's and I think it was right in the $650.00 range.

I looked at them as those were what I had before but I couldn't find any 285"s less than $212 ea considering last Oct
-53k mi ago I bought them for $155 ea.
Wound up getting Wild Country XTX 285/75/16

Had them on my '90 IDI and got 50k+ out of them and they handle the wet clay we call grease around here pretty dam good!

Found a set of Nitto Terra grapplers 295's a local guy was selling
for $500 but they won't fit my stock alloy rims

 

[Mike]

Originally posted by geonc
Found a set of Nitto Terra grapplers 295's a local guy was selling for $500 but they won't fit my stock alloy rims

I thought we could squeeze upto 305 or 315's on the stock alloy rims?

 

[Ramprat]

Originally posted by 95_stroker
I thought we could squeeze upto 305 or 315's on the stock alloy rims?

295's are the biggest ya can squeeze onto the stock alcoa rims, ask me how I know;p ;p

Tried putting on a pair of 305's & they would not fit with any degree of comfort/safety.

THink I paid a tad over $800.00 for the BFG/AT-KO's & ifin I had to do it all over again, would look at the new Goodyear MT's. Have a friend who's got them on his Banks equiped Dodge and they really work well. The BFG MT pattern is not as "bold" or agressive & the sizes are not quite the same. While I liked the BFG MT's (285's) they just were not what I was looking for

 

[Mike]

I dont care for the MT in the BFG either.

 

[MUDDY]

Originally posted by geonc



BTW..need to replace that avatar MUDDY gave me....ain't too keen on Janet Reno

sorry bout the janet reno av george. i got rid of it for ya

 

[Ramprat]

Originally posted by MUDDY
sorry bout the janet reno av george. i got rid of it for ya

Somebody frogot to wash

However, I've got to admit geonc's A-tar's got some massive DSL's going on and I'd hit it;p ;p

 

[Mike]

Originally posted by MUDDY
sorry bout the janet reno av george. i got rid of it for ya

You Rock!

 

[geonc]

Originally posted by 95_stroker
You Rock!

YEA, but did you see WHAT he replaced Janet with

I'm trying to avoid BFG tires as the are owned by Michelin....French

 

[Puddle Pirate]

By my latest calculation, .5 miles per gallon. Not too bad considering.