Pigpen

[bcolman]

i will be there this weekend and also the weekend of feb 9th, if you get them from the gessner 4wp then i can pick them up for you, its like 5 minutes from my house in houston. what tire did you end up choosing? (also what size?)

[jerryg79]

like i said, i also have no qualms with picking them up and meeting you in nastysota on a tues, thurs, or fri evening.

figure out what works best for you and let us know.

[Sharpe]

Got the tires ordered from 4WP. Went with 40" TSL's. Since I am using their interest free financing I have to go pick them up in person at the 1960 store to show proof of ID and sign some ****. Oh well, whats half a day driving there and back anyway...

[Eckert]

Got the tires ordered from 4WP. Went with 40" TSL's. Since I am using their interest free financing I have to go pick them up in person at the 1960 store to show proof of ID and sign some ****. Oh well, whats half a day driving there and back anyway...

what store is that? with your truck(given the half day comment) that about 500 in fuel

[jerryg79]

Assuming its the one at 45 and kuykendahl, i highly suggest exiting Louetta off 45, and cutting over to 1960 on kuykendahl. It avoids approx 10,873 lights and saves probably a half hour.

[Sharpe]

what store is that? with your truck(given the half day comment) that about 500 in fuel

Think they'll fit in a ford escape?

[DRAGOONRANCH]

no, but you could probably strap'em to the top, just take pics and post on pbb.

[Reckless]

2 inside, 2 on the roof or find a single axle utility trailer.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

just get em to crank on the torsion bars, mount them and drive em home. !!!!!!!111!!!!one!!1!!!

[TxCruzr]

I'm right down the street from that 4wp store 2 days a week, to bad they want you to prove ID or I could bring them back for you.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Sharpe, what is the measurement of the outside to outside of the frame on the front of pigpen. I am looking for a radiator and need to know what dimensions to hold to.

[Sharpe]

Transmission case cracked on the way to the highway cleanup today. I got sprayed with ATF through the shifter hole in the floor. I wont be wheelin again for awhile...

[Sharpe]

So I'm considering jumping off the diesel bandwagon. I'm prety sure the vibration from pigpen's motor is what cracked the tranny case and I'm prety much tired of not being able to hear over my engine on the trail. From what I've seen on eGhey, I can get either a fully equiped 5.3, or a 7.4 exactly like the one in my crewcab with about the same mileage for about the same price. There is much more aftermarket support for the 5.3 from what I've seen but out of the box, 5.3's average about 360 ft lbs. stock and my 7.4 is rated at 411 ft. lbs. Then there's the 6.0's to think about. A little more powerful but a bit more pricey.

Then there's the tranny situation. Obviously the one TH400 I have is ****ed beyond repair now. I have another TH400 at my shop that needs a rebuild, but now I'm a little shy of using an aluminum cased automatic. Which brings me to the SM465, my only doubts are the initial cost because I dont have anything relating to it already, and the issues associated with adding a doubler later.

Ideas/opinions/suggestions/ etc?

[uglyota]

uhhhh...you ARE the diesel bandwagon

sucks about your tranny, do you have something hardmounted that caused it to crack?

[Eckert]

http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/568745997.html