OT - Please ID my Grandfather's car
From : john carrington
Q: im thinking of buying an 02 4x4 ram slt with the sport package & was wondering if theres anything i should look out for. it has 120000 miles one owner & it looks mint. thanks for any info. =ae .
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From : nosey
if its a 360. figure about 11 miles per gallon... ed im thinking of buying an 02 4x4 ram slt with the sport package & was wondering if theres anything i should look out for. it has 120000 miles one owner & it looks mint. thanks for any info. .
From : granny grump
john carrington wrote http//i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff79/phire7632/grandfatherscar.jpg i think its a nash. my guess is 1930. check out the photos of nash cars through the decades at http//www.pnwnash.org. -- ken .
From : Annonymous
on sep 14 819pm samst...@aol.com wrote on fri 14 sep 2007 125314 -0400 john carrington wb2...@stny.rr.com wrote http//i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff79/phire7632/grandfatherscar.jpg http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fordmodela%281927%29 ======== ========= http//www.dixies.ca/model%20a%20body%20style%20identification%20chart.htm mm .
From : bigironram
bigironram wrote john carrington wrote http//i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff79/phire7632/grandfatherscar.jpg i think its a nash. my guess is 1930. check out the photos of nash cars through the decades at http//www.pnwnash.org. yes it looks more like a nash than that ford duece i posted the url to.... the bumper looks spot on to the nash. it was the radiator shape that i matched up with nash. the windshield base and visor are typical of several nash models. that radiator with the curved headlight bar and the body lines below the door window opening are difficult to match up. the radiator is common on 1929 and found on some 1930-1931 nashes. it looks like the curved headlight bar first appeared in 1930 but i cant find one with a curve quite as extreme as this one. the three vertical bars in the bumper seem to be hit-and-miss on the 1929-1931 nash. 1932 and up nashes used a single bar bumper. a side view of the car would be a great help but i think this is the only picture he has. -- ken the headlight bar was the number one thing i keyed on. i figured that back them bumpers were actually bumped and replaced pretty regularly so i didnt give the bumper too much thought. i thought todays cars were hard to tell apart...need more pictures for sure. .
From : bigironram
on sep 14 717 pm abby.normal back....@nospam.net wrote i agree with you both had my truck been a newer one. however with 90k miles on it i only wanted a few more miles from it - not have the rear end out last the rest of the truck. i also failed to mention that the dealership failed to put the drive shaft back on correctly and in a very short time 2-3 days ended up doing the work again because the new pinion bearing and drive shaft both failed from the vibration. that was dangerous. in response to mike s post. i thought everyone should know most likely it is in tat area. i know of several differential rebuilds from myself and friends. the pinion bearing has gone out in each case. you dont need the entire rear end rebuilt as we did we didnt know. i told the dealership that if they didnt save all the parts for me i was not going to pay. the parts are all fine except the pinion bearing - shot. that cost me $1300 for being stupid and in a hurry. i know now that i could have 1. done it myself; or 2. had another reputable place do the work for much less. i talked to this place after the fact and he said it was common for dealerships to do this - lots of hours = lots of $$$ its common for dearlerships to do that because they have to stand behind their work. if the failed pinion bearing allows the pinion to move around in relation to the ring gear it can cause an abnormal wear pattern. in some cases you actually hear the ring and pinion howling because of poor gear tooth contact not the bad bearing. if you just replace the bearings and re-use the ring and pinion it will be noisy. now you have to take everything apart again to replace the ring and pinion. when any bearing in a differential fails it usually sends metal particles through the entire axle housing. if you look closely at the bearing surfaces you will see the metal particles embedded in the bearing races and rollers. it is not uncommon to see particles of the failed bearing embedded in the ring and pinion gear teeth also. that is the reason why most reputable shops will replace everything. at the very least you must replace all the bearings and flush out the axle housing if you want the job done right. in complete agreement here. -- chris- hide quoted text - - show quoted text - thanks for all the info the truck goes into a shop on monday i will try some of the suggestions and i will let you know the outcome of the shop and my tests!! my ram 1500 95 4x4 is going in tomorrow because i found the rear u-joint was bad and i also found that the pinion nut had backed off. i have no leakage of any fluid from the housing so i will just hope i caught it early enough. it is old but paid for......-. it is newly painted and in great shape even with over 170000 tough miles so i will fix it and keep it going. it just had its first tranny rebuild and all but the now bad u-joint were replaced then..... i had thought they had done them all. i had no noise except the clank going into reverse from drive and vice-versa that pointed me to the u-joint. one little tidbit of info that some have had problems with brake and abs lights staying on............. i had replaced the rear wheel speed sensor and it corrected my problem for a couple of weeks and then the lights came back on. the problem turned out to be the brake light switch of all things. i didnt even know that my brake lights were intermittingly going out and it would send a code and keep the dash lights on constantly until power was reset. a simple fix for a strange issue. ed .
From : nosey
hi i have an 04 3500 ram with factory towing mirrors. i broke the drivers side mirror and have a replacement. the problem is how do i remove the plastic molding to effect the swap without destroying it two of the 3 mounting screws are clear but the top door molding is probably held by clips. in which direction should i apply force and how steve .
From : granny grump
john carrington wrote http//i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff79/phire7632/grandfatherscar.jpg i think its a nash. my guess is 1930. check out the photos of nash cars through the decades at http//www.pnwnash.org. yes it looks more like a nash than that ford duece i posted the url to.... the bumper looks spot on to the nash. .
From : marsh monster
d o a wrote im thinking of buying an 02 4x4 ram slt with the sport package & was wondering if theres anything i should look out for. it has 120000 miles one owner & it looks mint. thanks for any info. the number one problem that all dodge trucks seem to have is poor carrier bearings in the diff. most of them only last 60-80k miles. park the truck on level ground. put the trans in neutral set the parking brake then shift to park. crawl under the truck grab the drive shaft and try to turn it. if you can measure the movement of the drive shaft the diff needs a rebuild. other than that check the same things as every vehicle with 120k miles on it. -- ..bob 2006 fxdi hot rod 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1965 ffr cobra - 427w efi damn fast. .
From : bigironram
its not just the bearings - its the gears and axles - every moving part. there is also a lot of difference between $1300 and $300. especially when you pour that kind of money into an old vehicle as i did. in response to abby.normal s post. i thought everyone should know most likely it is in tat area. i know of several differential rebuilds from myself and friends. the pinion bearing has gone out in each case. you dont need the entire rear end rebuilt as we did we didnt know. i told the dealership that if they didnt save all the parts for me i was not going to pay. the parts are all fine except the pinion bearing - shot. that cost me $1300 for being stupid and in a hurry. i know now that i could have 1. done it myself; or 2. had another reputable place do the work for much less. i talked to this place after the fact and he said it was common for dealerships to do this - lots of hours = lots of $$$ if you are tearing all the way to the pinion bearing then why not replace the other bearings its no more labor time as you have already taken that stuff apart. and pitting on the gears because of bearing shavings from the failed bearings that will ma