Jeff 386 Posted April 26, 2022 Report Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Some of you may know, but I bought a vanity plate from Arkansas for my truck. It took a while to get, but finally got it! Truck Norris is official! Also, I decided to do a projector headlamp conversion on it as well. After buying some OE style DEPO CAPA headlamp units, I purchased a conversion harness that was supposed to make them work. It didn’t. After more research I reached out to retroshop.us to inquire about their harness. They assured me that it would make my lamps function as factory so I dropped the $160 for their harness. It indeed worked! Now, I have factory projector lamps with integrated LED front turn signals. All in all, including the harness that didn’t work, I spent just shy of $400 to get this done. More than I wanted, but I’m okay with that. If I ever find a deal on some nice OEM units then I will snag those up to swap with the DEPO lamps. They seem to be pretty good quality though. Also, added a nice AFE weld on polished stainless tip out back to finish it off. Truck has 6400 miles on it and still doing well. Only down side, I found a few mismatched hardware bolts and a couple broken headlamp aiming spacers that the body shop reinstalled instead of replacing/using the correct bolts. I ordered all new bolts and spacers direct from Chrysler and put that back like it should be. Rest of repair looked undetectable to me and I looked it over pretty hard while it was apart. That’s about all I got. Jeff Edited May 9, 2022 by Jeff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kodachrome Wolf 478 Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 Been working on everything over the last few weeks... Pulled the carpet out of the D-150 and patched up the floor. I've got a whole A/C system ready for install since none of the old R-12 equipment plays with the aftermarket replacement parts. Had the QuadraJet rebuilt by a co-worker. If I can get the interior buttoned up soon, it'll be time to get the mechanical bits fixed and see about getting a TorqueFlite working again. Marquis needed the front brakes replaced. Old pads wore unevenly despite no sticking slide pins or other caliper trouble. Cut the rotors and tossed in a new set of pads, now the stops are nice and smooth. That said, I used the Colony Park to go to the parts store to cut the rotors and when I came back the exhaust let go pulling into the driveway. The H-pipe had cracked on the crossover. When i unbolted the downpipe, everything came crashing down. Luckily I knew this was coming and planned ahead... Manifolds swapped to headers. Mustang 2.5" Downpipes. 2.5" Pontiac Parisienne mufflers. Nick had come down and helped with the intermediate pipe and muffler install. My luck with exhaust work usually ain't great, but we managed to get about 80% completion of the system. I've just got to figure out the over-the-axle section work. Otherwise, there's a notable improvement compared to the stock 2" system, even with all the extra holes it was developing in many of the pipes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian_05_SEL 1418 Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) In the past few months I sold the 2002 Jeep Liberty to a private party buyer whose kid needed a first car, traded in the gray 2015 Mustang coupe for a 2016 Explorer Limited, and still have the red 2015 Mustang convertible I bought last summer. Edited July 6, 2022 by Brian_05_SEL 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff 386 Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 50 minutes ago, Brian_05_SEL said: In the past few months I sold the 2002 Jeep Liberty to a private party buyer whose kid needed a first car, traded in the gray 2015 Mustang coupe for a 2016 Explorer Limited, and still have the red 2015 Mustang convertible I bought last summer. Very nice vehicles! You still selling cars? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian_05_SEL 1418 Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 7/5/2022 at 11:18 PM, Jeff said: Very nice vehicles! You still selling cars? Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kodachrome Wolf 478 Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Where has the limited time gone? Anyway, the '97 made it out to Texas and back in early October with no issue. The '87 on the other hand blew the heater core towards the end of September. Nick helped me swap the core out in late October. Ballooned the old one from excess pressure. Opted to install a manual shutoff valve for the warmer season to aid the A/C system and avoid excess pressure when giving it the business. Swapped the very original idler arm in November. Snagged some Amsoil at NAPA for nonsensical low prices... $2.99/qt for any viscosity Then recently changed the tires on the '87. Stole the old wheels from the '97. New tires. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaurusKev 1089 Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 On 12/18/2022 at 5:48 PM, Kodachrome Wolf said: Where has the limited time gone? Anyway, the '97 made it out to Texas and back in early October with no issue. The '87 on the other hand blew the heater core towards the end of September. Nick helped me swap the core out in late October. Ballooned the old one from excess pressure. Opted to install a manual shutoff valve for the warmer season to aid the A/C system and avoid excess pressure when giving it the business. Swapped the very original idler arm in November. Snagged some Amsoil at NAPA for nonsensical low prices... $2.99/qt for any viscosity Then recently changed the tires on the '87. Stole the old wheels from the '97. New tires. Love that wagon! ❤️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff 386 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Back in September 2022, I ordered a cyber orange XLT hybrid Maverick with copilot 360, luxury pack, and a few more options. Will be anxious to see if they actually build it. If so, I’ll likely be letting my hemi ram go. Maybe not. I haven’t decided whether I’ll take the truck or not. Dealer told me a year or so wait. We shall see if it even happens. Hope all has been well! Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveromanjr 64 Posted Wednesday at 03:12 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:12 PM It's been a while but here's an update for everyone who's wondering (which is probably zero). The lease was up on my MKC. I got a Corsair which ended up being a lemon and bought back by Lincoln. That's two buybacks by Ford/Lincoln for me. I then got a Sportage as a lease. Two days ago I traded that in for a Murano which I'm currently leasing. Viola. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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