by Richie O » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:41 pm
Old thread from the past but a good one. I had to replace every brake line on my 93, both rear wheel cyls and both front calipers due to the bleeders rusted as sharp as nails. All 3 e brake cables were frozen. The e brake hardware in the drums were froze solid. My cab was junk, the front inner fenders and front fenders were gone, The class 3 reciever hitch fell off when I hit it with a hammer, the rear spring hangers were paper thin and looked like swiss cheese. The frame had to be plated from the cab back. I bet I got a 5 gallon pail full of rust powder off the frame when I cleaned it up. I looked under the hood of my 97 1 ton dodge the other day and the wastegate had rusted and fallen off. It was still hooked to the boost line. I just shook my head and closed the hood. We had a 99 chevy truck that had big holes rusted through the frame. It is hard to wash stuff up here during the winter due to it being below freezing most of the winter. I had an oil filter rust through a couple of years ago. The state now has a salt and calcium cloride only program. It has really caused some havoc up here (MAINE). They even put out liquid salt brine before it starts snowing. When I worked at a highway department I would actually take a paint brush and paint chassis grease on the oil pans of the trucks. I mix up a mix of diesel fuel and bar and chain oil, put it in a garden sprayer and wet the whole under carrage of the truck. ITS A GREAT LIFE.
1989 W250 727, 3.07 L/S, S300, P/S Intercooler, Stans exaust, Pump adjustments, 127k miles,297 hp
1993 W250 extended cab, rag, 4.10 l/s, 6x16's, HTT 62/71/14 piston l/p, Isspro EV series tach, fuel pressure, boost, oil pres, water temp, volt, pryo, 132k/ 301 hp
1992 W250 with NV4500, 3.54's, 16cm 60mm GDS H1C, ground stock cone, Isspro tach, pryo, boost, fuel pressure, slow, rusty, dented,180k