nfldfordman

sweet truck, coming along nicely!!

I also love the explorer

Boombots

Thanks! I should note I've sold it for a 2012 focus hatch. Miss it though... It was a good car for the 75k miles I drove it.

nfldfordman

too bad, major downgrade. but at least you got your truck lol

Boombots

The situation I'm in really warrants me having a car for a D.D and a truck for fun. I drive too much to get to work for an old truck with old mpgs. So the explorer went and the 2012 focus (all the toys... titanium edition) replaced it and now the truck is my weekend camp and work truck...

The explorer really took a beating. I regularly took it offroad, and it had been in some deep mud and jumped. Took a lick and kept on ticking. Thank god for skid plates and 4.10 gears that is all I can say... I saved the buyer's cell number in case I want to buy it back...


Here is the new focus. I have a few mods on it. It has an exhaust, intake, and custom 93 octane tune...

nfldfordman

not struck on the color, but otherwise not bad. I'm really not a car person though. I do however love your f-150, and can't wait to see your progress

Boombots

My first car, and my last car. I'll move back into an SUV for a D.D next time. I love the color. I wanted something different.

The truck, I have grand visions for. It will be a slow build over years most likely.

nfldfordman

hey, slowly but surely. that's how mine's been. at it now for a couple years, should have her looking real good by next year but I'll still be at her decades down the road lol

Boombots

Had a coolant leak. Fixed that and flushed the system.

Od blinking was for vss... After 2 crap aftermarket sensors that made the speedo bounce I snagged a junkyard one and it works again. Time with tell if the light blinks still...

Still have a fuel leak in the rear tank. New seal and tank. Grrr...

Boombots

Been fighting brake problems. Rust wrecked my brake lines and I blew one out. In the process of replacing that I broke another rusty one. Fittings were all rusted and rounded. Bleeders rusted apart and stuck too... I replaced all new front lines, rubber and metal, both calipers as well. Still couldn't build pressure up so I replaced the master. Of course the line was stuck in the proportioning valve and broke... So now its all back together and I cannot get any brakes.

I've tried regular bleeding, bled the master, the abs pump, and I've tried a vac bleeder. All with no luck. I've got to have air stuck somewhere. If I had a bad fitting or seal that sucked air you'd think itd leak too... I have no leaks.

Any thoughts before I tow it to a shop for the first time...

mjmck

Get any further on this?


I got a new job and a little car for a dd, id like to get one of these style trucks to replace the little car.