I could have swore I posted a thread here but after looking I guess I didn't.
Anyways a few monthes ago I pulled my 84 Power Ram into the shop to put some speakers in it and I noticed a puddle under the bed. It turns out that the fuel line had rusted through and was leaking gas.
So I took the bed off:
Turns out the frame had more rust that I had realized but still not too bad:
But the fuel lines were a different story all together:
Where the fuel was leaking onto the frame:
Turns out I had a oil leak too:
I picked up some chrome goodies for the motor for when I fixed the leak:
Figured I'd work on the interior while I was at it:
*Picked up a dash and door panels from a newer model ram that's in better shape so I can dye them black.
*Replaced my badges that were either pitting or had overspray on them from the previous owner w/ better "Power Ram" "150 Custom" badges.
*Repainted the Back of the Cab & the front of the bed where the previous owner just misted them when he repainted the truck.
*Replaced the hood hinges, mine had the long coil spring on it, the new ones have the round coils like the newer style trucks.
*Painted the new Core Support
*Began assembly on the new 91-93 Grille.
Parts I'm waiting on:
New water neck
Dyno-Mat
New Carpet
New Weatherstripping
New Windsheild
4 6" Stainless Steel 100Watt Summit Offroad Lights
Black Plastic Headlight Doors
91-93 Grille Extension
You see how an addiction begins?!? It all started by wanting to put in speakers and look how it spirals outta control!! You must stop the madness! Looks great. Nice job!!
Yup, been there, done that. I wanted just to replace the rocker gaskets on my 1975 XLCH. Then I figured, might as well do the heads. Well if I'm gonna do the heads, a few more bolts and I should do the rings. Of coarse the rods had some play in them so I had the entire engine rebuilt! New pistons, cams, carb and ignition, and I was back on the road. Oh yeah, new rims, spokes, and tires for good measure!!!
A 86-90 Power Ram I found in the junkyard. My buddies 86 has the old style so I don't know why this one had the newer style but it makes the hood alot easier to open and close.
Well I finished putting the motor back together, so the next thing I did was to wrestle the core support into place. After I done that I decided to mock the front end up before I tightned everything down to see how everything was gonna fit together.
Grille being mocked up:
Adjusting the hood to clear new grille:
Grille, Grille Extension, and Bumper Mocked into place:
So tomorrow I get to tear it all back down, tighten the core support down, finish adjusting the hood, reattach the passenger side fender well, paint the grille extension, re-install the radiator, overflow tank, clutch fan etc.
I did get the hood adjusted, installed the radiator, re-installed the battery tray, re-attached the passenger side fender well, painted the grille extension and installed it, and attached the horns to the new core support.
All I have to do to start it is hook up the lower radiator hose, the tranny cooler hoses, install the clutch fan, hook up the battery, fill the motor w/ oil and fill the radiator.
If nothing goes wrong she will be running tomorrow!
looks great, where did you get your fender flares from? i love this website, looking at yours and others putting there trucks together gets me amped up to work on mine.
I squirted some gas in the carb and she fired up on the first try but shortly stalled from lack of fuel. But on the 2nd try the gas got up there and she fired up and ran on her own!
I'm gonna make a vid of it in a lil't bit.
Billy, I got the fender flares from a member on here. They are factory 91-93 Fender Flares.
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