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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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I'm new here and have a few questions, I'm also new to 4x4 trucks in general.
My F150 is a 92, straight 6, 4x4, XLT

How are these things in the snow and how are they for gentle off roading (off roading as in hunting, fishing and camping)

Any known issues?

Recommended upgrades?
I did put Ranchero shocks on and General Grabber AT2 tires.

Steering stabilizer, worth it?

Thanks
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Nah, it's a truck. It's great how it is. enjoy
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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fuel system issues, is one of the biggest problems, alignments on these are a nightmare.
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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with a good set of tires there great in snow and in the woods, never had a problem except with auto transmissions.

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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:16 PM
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I broke a couple front axles, a shock mount , some spring hangers.
But thats all building from junk parts combined with abuse.

This one has put up with a hundred thousand miles of this idiot driving it.
They are a great truck, and have a ton of potential.
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:21 PM
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seeing vids like that want me to lower the bar a lil and buy a f150 thats in a lil rough shape so i can play around some...
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by f150cam
seeing vids like that want me to lower the bar a lil and buy a f150 thats in a lil rough shape so i can play around some...
Exactly what I was just thinking!
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Old Apr 17, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by f150cam
seeing vids like that want me to lower the bar a lil and buy a f150 thats in a lil rough shape so i can play around some...
That s what i did, a few trucks ago. Having a whole farm to play on helps too. Build somthing for tough truck events, there are guys racing stuff here that cost less than their helmets, not counting tires, i ve got 4grand in that heap, and i drove it for six years so far.
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by fordtrucknut
fuel system issues, is one of the biggest problems, alignments on these are a nightmare.
What kind of fuel system problems?
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by f150cam
with a good set of tires there great in snow and in the woods, never had a problem except with auto transmissions.
I put General Grabber AT2's on it.

What kind of auto trans problems and what was involved in fixing it?
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