Hey all! I've already made a few posts, but it's never too late to introduce myself, methinks. 

I've been successfully breathing consecutively now for 22 years, and somehow figured that the right way to go in life was to become a mechanic, specializing on construction equipment, like wheel loaders and such. 

I wanted a 2nd gen Dodge for years, but couldn't allow myself to get one due to Northern rural Norway being a crappy place to commute in, hills, turns and stuff, but I started my own company two years ago, and finally, about six months back, I sold off my 2014 Nissan Navara D40 and bought a 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 Sport (with an R/T badge in the grille), a Canadian import with a odometer in KM's and a speedo where the main dial is also in KM/H, woo! 

It's done about 191k miles, but runs like a clock. 

This is the list of things I did to it at 174mi, right after buying it:

New VP44, new steering box, BD Power's Steering box stabilizer, rebuilt the gearbox with new clutches and friction bands, flushed and cleaned out the trans cooler+lines, BD Power SuperB turbo, BD Power +100 Injectors, uprated single disk billet converter and a AirDog Raptor 150 lift pump and a Smarty S03, previous owner did the wheel bearings on all four corners, all new brakes in the rear, brand spankin' new propshafts and track bars. 

The result is a 19 year old truck, feeling very tight and nice, the steering is ACTUALLY precise, unlike my dads Econoline 350, where you have to do a lot of steering to go in a straight line.

 

It's currently sat on some nasty stock chrome rims, with studded tires wrapped around them, but there's some 35s and 18" rims headed its way to improve the looks a bit. 

I don't take too much pictures, so there's just the one to choose from at the moment, I'll snag a few tomorrow when I'm out and about in the daylight. 

 

Also, if anyone could shed some light on the "R/T" badge in the nose, I'd love to hear it. I thought that was a Dodge Charger thing.

 

**EDIT** Nevermind the R/T thing, I did a really quick google and found that it's most likely just the badge that someone's put there at some point for laughs or looks.

Edited April 12, 20195 yr by LifeRunner
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1 hour ago, dripley said:

Looking good!! See any more lke out your way?

See any more what now? 

I'm not all that on slang knowledge

25 minutes ago, LifeRunner said:

See any more what now? 

I'm not all that on slang knowledge

Any more "trucks" like yours. Not so much slang as my bad habit of omitting words.

2 minutes ago, dripley said:

Any more "trucks" like yours. Not so much slang as my bad habit of omitting words.

You obviously haven't spent much time.in the Midwest... That's nothing. 

23 minutes ago, TheGreatWhite said:

You obviously haven't spent much time.in the Midwest... That's nothing. 

I have actually spent some time in the midwest. Couple jobs in Ohio, one in Terre Haute, and 2 in Iowa. There's hillbillys every where I go it seems.

And @LifeRunner, thinking a dated a girl from Norway. An exchange student in my senior year in high school. Budil Osk was her name if I spelled it right.

5 minutes ago, dripley said:

I have actually spent some time in the midwest. Couple jobs in Ohio, one in Terre Haute, and 2 in Iowa. There's hillbillys every where I go it seems.

And @LifeRunner, thinking a dated a girl from Norway. An exchange student in my senior year in high school. Budil Osk was her name if I spelled it right.

Oh I'm talking Okie-ville, Kansas, and Missouri. Oh boy is it bad...

2 minutes ago, TheGreatWhite said:

Oh I'm talking Okie-ville, Kansas, and Missouri. Oh boy is it bad...

I did get off the interstate St Louis by mistake once near the arch. It put me in a part of town I had no business in. Didn't talk to anyone on that detour.

2 minutes ago, dripley said:

I did get off the interstate St Louis by mistake once near the arch. It put me in a part of town I had no business in. Didn't talk to anyone on that detour.

Probably best, St Louis is not a good city.

6 hours ago, dripley said:

Any more "trucks" like yours. Not so much slang as my bad habit of omitting words.

No there's not many 2nd gens around these parts, more 3rd gens.

Don't think you got that name right though, I give you 10/10 for effort though, since I probably get what you meant

On 4/27/2019 at 8:51 PM, LifeRunner said:

No there's not many 2nd gens around these parts, more 3rd gens.

Don't think you got that name right though, I give you 10/10 for effort though, since I probably get what you meant

I did spell her name wrong. Bodil Ask. You can see how high I ranked in high school. A lot of talk about her but I seem to be the anonymous escort.

 

On 4/29/2019 at 1:17 PM, dripley said:

I did spell her name wrong. Bodil Ask. You can see how high I ranked in high school. A lot of talk about her but I seem to be the anonymous escort.

 

not many other names that fit the spelling

2 hours ago, LifeRunner said:

not many other names that fit the spelling

She didn't  have shave @Mopar1973Man's girlfriend from Cali.