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    Saving a solid truck

    Not sure where the carpet came from, it was in a junkyard truck. Someone had covered a vinyl floor "fleet" truck with that carpet. I snatched it up quick.
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    Saving a solid truck

    So, to revive this decrepit thread, this project stalled when i tore down the jeep 4.7 HO and discovered a shelled out lower end. Spun rod bearing and broken cap. Snapped the cylinder skirts too ruining the block. Anyway, now we have a 4.7 durango motor that was running when pulled, so we are...
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    What did you do to your Gen3 today?

    Just finished up coating the tail lights with VHT. Turned out quite nice! VHT nightshades, two coats by tmerritt530, on Flickr
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    Pulling rear axle to change ebrake shoes ?

    I just did the parking brake shoes on my 3rd gen. Same story, I pulled the axles. Gave me a chance to inspect the differential. I use a big under bed type Rubbermaid to catch the diff oil. Then rotate the axles to get access to the 8mm cross pin retainer, remove it, and remove the cross pin...
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    Door chime

    Take a screwdriver and "latch" the door. Just remember to pull the handle to reset it before trying to close it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    While I am checking it over i will also likely replace crank and rod bearings. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    I got this for 100 bux because they said it smokes, so i am going to tear it down and check everything out. Check cylinder taper, piston condition, rings, valve guides and seals, all the good stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    Picked up the 4.7 jeep H.O. 4.7L H.O. by tmerritt530, on Flickr Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    Should have the replacement motor this weekend. Interior is done. Glad i have a garage so the lack of door for now is no problem Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    I wont rag on him (prior owner) cause he had some cool stuff he has restored. He started parting it out after losing interest, and then proceeded to lose interest in that too... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    Lol I can take it considering how much crud i have actually been wallowing in so far with this truck! :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    So when I bought a replacement rear bumper off the wrecked truck, they just gave me the front as well. The kicker is this front bumper has the mopar fog light kit installed. bonus! Fog lights by tmerritt530, on Flickr I have isolated the hot underhood wires and installed a battery to check...
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    Saving a solid truck

    Untitled by tmerritt530, on Flickr I actually have had very few issues so far. Just swapping out dirty parts with clean ones, and cleaning what I have to reuse. Ram hi by tmerritt530, on Flickr
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    Saving a solid truck

    Untitled by tmerritt530, on Flickr Untitled by tmerritt530, on Flickr
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    Saving a solid truck

    I think that was indeed some field mice from the truck missing a door. Nothin a little shop vac can't fix! I did pull the dash to make sure the critters were truly gone.
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    Saving a solid truck

    I'll have a lot of photos coming this way. I will start stitching them to save some bandwidth
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    Saving a solid truck

    I have not purchased any parts yet because I have not picked up the engine yet. Until I can give it a deep dive inspection I wont know what it needs to correct the knock. For now I am undoing a lot of the mess of the interior. it has come a long way. Here are some before pics
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    Saving a solid truck

    Untitled by tmerritt530, on Flickr It has a straight frame and no body rust. I can work with this! Prev owner sold the door... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Saving a solid truck

    Last week I found a 2002 regular cab 4.7 4x4 on craigslist for cheap. 212000 miles, and the motor dropped two valves, one in each head. Prior owner started a teardown, and got as far as the engine out with the heads off, then let it rust. So i found a line on an 02 jeep 4.7 HO for 100 bux...
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    My battery finally gave up on me.

    My best guess is that the longevity was due to driving lots of highway miles. Every time I drive the truck the charging system has plenty of time to maintain the charge level. No short hops to put much strain on it. 9.5 years and 120000 miles later, rest in peace warrior battery lol Sent...
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    My battery finally gave up on me.

    It's actually kind of impressive. The original battery in my 2004 1500 finally has bit the dust. It was manufactured july 10 2004. I am doing the full suite of winter readiness maintenance to the truck and this battery will still start the truck just fine, but it is showing its age on cold...
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    seat belt ring

    Disable it because it is highly annoying when trying to hook up to my trailer
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    tru trac?

    Without my trutrac i got stuck in wet grass once.
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    Tuner Superchips

    Odd, That version of Flashpaq only works up till 2008. Maybe the poster on CL is confused?
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    Idling Issues

    Have you tried another reset? Let the truck try to learn it all over

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