Beater Truck

Nizmo

Nizmo

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So I was originally going to trade in my Jetta and get a new Frontier. Realizing I`d hardly ever use it as a truck, why have a high payment on something I don`t use right. One owner, 148K, 4-cylinder. Does the hauling junk and lumber I need and I keep the Jetta to go to work. Plan on removing those goofy graphics ASAP!

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Congrats !

If you`re gonna use that for hauling "junk" let me give you my ex wifes address........ :ph34r:
 
Nice find, my truck is a "work" truck.

However the swirls caused me to loose sleep. It had been down hill from there.

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Thanks guys! Getting used to the strait drive maanual again. Almost got in trouble going up the mountain, trying to shift into 3rd and it would not go. Oops! The Jetta uses cables (FWD) so it is a little more forgiving.
 
briarpatch said:
Those 4-cylinder S-10 pickups would run forever....almost indestructible...great little detailing truck
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yep that`s for sure and i put mine to the test unintentionally , i eventually destroyed mine from not paying attention to any under hood maintenance(besides replacing stater motor) and drove it, for a full year, with a pretty much dried radiator. I finally decided to check it because i saw my coworker messing with his and it reminded me "oh crap i`ve never even checked coolant on this thing". I opened the cap, didn`t see anything but powdery rust in there... BONE DRY!!!! and it was driving without overheating that whole time. It eventually started misfiring on me and the mechanic told me i had a cracked block. Didn`t have the funds at the time to fix it so i just sold it and even got paid more than i was asking for. At the end of the day it was still starting but driving rough from the damage which was my fault. Wish i wouldn`t have been ignorant and careless with it, i`d probably still have it.
 
There are a lot of those trucks around my town and the owners won`t part with them. I`ve seen many with close to 300,000 miles on them. I`m looking for one for my son and can`t get anyone to let theirs go for a decent price or if they will it has too many problems to feasible repair. Great buy.
 
That`s the thing with small trucks around here. They don`t come up for sale very often, and if they do they`re trashed. Or they are priced way outta range.
 
Very nice! My brother has a small 94` Toyota pickup - it`s as barebones as you can get but awesome for hauling random loads of gear/furniture/yard work projects. I love small trucks and wish more were sold in the USA.
 
tropicsteve said:
just remember, a clean, shiny truck is a happy truck. now get out there and get to work! :rockon
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In due time, probably piece by piece. Mechanicals are first, need to change the oil in it (even though they just changed it, I`m OCD when it comes to oil/filters) and the brakes are thin. I`m sure I`m going to figure out how to do a u-joint; atleast one of them is getting noisy.
 
So I was working on removing those ugly 90`s racing decals on the side. Yea... uh, they have been on there so long it etched the paint badly. Whenever time and money allows I will get spray bomb matched at the PPG store and do a spray can blend. With the right technique it can be done and never noticed. Before that she needs front brake lines along with new rotors and pads.
 
Nizmo- Yikes, sounds like you have some real SKILLS if you can get the spraybomb to work OK!

Remember to paint/etc. the rotor hats and so on...Do they sell Braided Stainless brake lines for that? I was surprised when I found `em for my Tahoe (made for a different vehicle but work perfectly).
 
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