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[fjbj40]

Bit of an interior upgrade, I was able to snag a set of brown cloth seats from a 94 in a fairly local salvage yard on the cheap. Got them extracted and cleaned up. The driver seat has some bolster wear but I'll keep my eyes out for a better condition one in the future. Gave me a chance to deep clean under the seats as well

I like the factory interior but due to the truck sitting outside most of its life the sun has faded the original seats out and it bothers my ocd.

For anyone interested my original seat are in very good shape for their age (minus the fading, idk probably could be dyed or something) and are currently for sale in the classified section

For Sale - Port Republic MD, 80 series brown Manuel seats

I have set of good condition manual brown seats out of my 91, one small tear in the vinyl on the driver seat, missing both reclining handles, and the are a bit sun faded. But over all in very good shape for their age. Looking for 500 picked up in Port Republic MD 20676

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The man, the myth, the legend @DC470

The bolster wear is the foam. $100 and change and 30-40 mins work to change.

 

[TRDdrew]

The bolster wear is the foam. $100 and change and 30-40 mins work to change.

ya i've changed the bolster foam on seats in the past, not that bad of a job, if i can't find a seat that's the route i will go. The actual cover has a bit of wear as well hence the reason for just looking for a better seat but that's definitely an option

 

[TRDdrew]

Not much to report other than been driving it. Gathering parts for the front axle rebuild, once MD starts brining and salting the roads for no reason is when it will get parked for the season.

However @CrabCake gave me his old escape gear tire cover after he went to 35's. the weather has faded it to the perfect shade of beige, thanks again buddy

 

[CrabCake]

Not much to report other than been driving it. Gathering parts for the front axle rebuild, once MD starts brining and salting the roads for no reason is when it will get parked for the season.

However @CrabCake gave me his old escape gear tire cover after he went to 35's. the weather has faded it to the perfect shade of beige, thanks again buddy

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Really happy to see it back in the right place and not folded up in my basement for eternity!

 

[TRDdrew]

Picked up a warn vr10s off Facebook as a "none working" winch for 250! Thing looked practically new. Turns out the remote for it was bad so that worked out well.
Got it all mounted up using some small spacers between the winch and the bumper for clearance and made some new bracket to secure the trans cooler a bit better. Left the control box mounted to the top of the winch, the control port is easily accessible so I don't see a problem with leaving it like this. Other than that just driving it occasionally as some house projects have been taking up a bunch of my time

 

[Wermz]

Nice find!

 

[TRDdrew]

Mileage 214605

Oil change day, making the switch to Rotella T6 15w-40, after expert recommendations from the MUD gods. The 3fe's seem to like it

 

[TRDdrew]

I really wanted to know what coolant temp it was actually running at, I run scangauges in all my other vehicles, not an option in this truck. I decided to go with the koso gauge. The small digital read out is perfect for a quick glance.

Install was pretty straightforward. I used a 40mm glow shift rad hose adapter for senor. Bought a new upper rad hose ( one in the truck was a little swelled) and cut about an 1.5" out of it for the adaptor. I installed the gauge itself directly to the left of the steering wheel for a clear view with out having to really look down. I will say if you are installing one get yourself a good quality double sided tape like 3M, the Velcro that comes with it is worthless.

Findings:

The truck has always run fine, I've had no cooling problems to mention. Now with that said I finished the install and let the truck warm up in the shop for a few, all while waiting the numbers rise on the gauge. Took it out for a 30ish min drive and the hottest it would get while driving 169*, this is moving at 60 mph with the ambient temp around 56*. Drove it home and proceeded to let it run in the driveway at idle for another 20-30 mins, hottest I saw was 174* So it running cool ( better than hot ) I'm starting to wonder if the thermostat is stuck open but again this is kinda a case of "creating a problem out of nothing"

What do y'all think?