The Phoenician

New Ram assist mount details

One of my junior guys needed something quick to do for the last hour on Thursday so had him strip and paint all my front leaf springs with Slip Plate. Also, going to replacing my 2nd leaf and one of the middle ones with new ARB leafs that I took...

Also, this is what a stock steering stop looks like after a decade-plus of abuse. It’s bent back about 1/2”

Inching along.. today was Redbull Roller Coaster spent the morning at that Got a few hours in tonight, New lower shock mounts and 2/4 steering stops done. 3D printed drill guide.. can you tell I love my new 3D printer?!

Baby steps.. Got one bump stop can tacked in. 3D printed a snap-in edge guard for my steering ram lines Also my new steering links (1.5” 7075) arrived from Wide Open Design yesterday! Now I just need to buckle down and get all this done

1985 EFI SR5 Manual 4.88 gears, 1 owner (me), ordered it from the factory for $10.5 k.

Mic is working….is phone working? No pics

Yeah, "tow truck duty". That's definitely it.

This past Thursday I was walking around the truck to grab something and this caught my eye. Not good. Last night I dug into it and found that both sides of the front PS spring hanger were cracked like that, and the nut end of the bolt was...

Time for some bigger tires!

Been a busy summer so its time for some updates, the truck has been a blast to drive. Still haven't maxed out the fuel but other things have been adjusted. I shortened the front driveshaft so I can use 4WD again. Unfortunately there aren't too...

Decided to go for a drive before the weather changed. Instead I got stuck in a severe storm with no wipers and I ran out of fuel. It took a while to realize it was the empty tank and not anything else because the gauge showed at least half...

Brother, I've been at the border the last few months, but was home this weekend and got to see Big Red. Made me think of you. Hope all is well.

Gave Cherry 🍒 a bath.

Really need to update thread. Marriage was really struggling. Went to Tennessee in December 2024 to Men’s intensive 36 hour workshop. While there saw this beautiful 62 series next door to my hotel.

Spied this handsome unicorn on Middle Saint Vrain and couldn't resist a nose to nose shot. I had an 85 EFI 5 speed back in the day. Lot of fond memories of that truck. Its probably worth twice of what my GX is worth.

So I may have a fried Sniper 2 ecu. Luckily I still have the old sniper unit. After talking to another Cruiser head with similar issues with his 40 and Sniper unit, we landed on the Holley distributor might what keeps causing the engine to...

Took the rig on a quick trip to the sierras to do some climbing/skiing before the last of the snow melted out. She drives so well I should really take it out more. I've been using it for work to get me to/from the forests for my timber surveys...