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Re: Death of an Excursion
I've been a mechanic all my life. Take a good long look at the whole truck. Is the tranny, body, and drive line sound? If yes replace the engine. The budget friendly way is to pull a engine out of a bone yard. I have done that at least 30 times by now including my own vehicles and had great results. The more expensive way is a reman engine. Let you and your wallet be the judge. Also factor in how much longer you planned on keeping the truck.306Views0likes0CommentsRe: Bed rails installed wrong?
dbbls wrote: The hitch in my previous short bed truck was just behind the axle. I think about 2 inches. It towed and handled just fine. Were they mounted similar to mine? I figured I leave it there and see how it tows home. (2hrs away) and if its so bad and is tweaking at all I'll move it forward. The way I see it the previous owner towed like that it that way and it didn't fall off. He didn't use the two back brackets instead he used the frame it's self in place of them.279Views0likes0CommentsBed rails installed wrong?
I bought my short box 03 f350 crew cab used. The bed already had the holes drilled in it but no rails. Now that I have a fiver camper I bought used rails (the Reese universal kit.) went to home depot to get all grade 8 bolts and nuts. And I reused the previously drilled holes. The back rail (closest to the tail gate) uses the actual factory bed bolt holes that go though the sill and hold the bed to the frame. So those two are in the front of the back rail. The other two go to nothing but the bed sheet metal. Now the front rail had the holes drilled in the frame and the L brackets matched up to the rear of the front bracket and bolted no problem. Now the back of the bolts of the front rail went though the bed sill. I read the instructions and it seems as if the set both rails 3" to the back of the truck. Will this be ok to pull a 27' Kountry star? Or should I re drill all the holes and put the rails centre over the bed sills? I afraid if I put it forward it may hit my cab.2.7KViews0likes9CommentsRe: Who has a camper with a slide on single wheel truck
A buddy of mine has a 34ft Wildwoods by Forest river with 2 slide outs. Tows it behind his 02 dodge 2500 diesel single wheel with the bed full of gear no problem. I've also towed behind my 03 ford F350 diesel single wheel no problem. A weight distribution hitch with load bars is key.78Views0likes0CommentsRe: Bent frame and suspension issue
There is a tolerance for normal frame flex. But it's so minimal you would never notice it. Its usually caused by parking on uneven surfaces. Nothing near what your experiencing. And normal YEARS of use and rot will cause flex. Not at 11k miles..452Views0likes0Comments
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