What is it with Ford Trucks?

[soupbean]

SWEET... ! Would love to see more pics of the FJ..

[jmdaniel]

SWEET... ! Would love to see more pics of the FJ..

Ask, and ye shall...

[willtill]

Ask, and ye shall...

That is TOUGH! Seems to be well taken care of too!

[jmdaniel]

That is TOUGH! Seems to be well taken care of too!

Thanks! It's a garage queen that I've owned for 6 years. Frame off restore by a guy up in the Portland area; Aqualu aluminum tub and front fenders, 350 Chebby under the hood, etc... I've done some work on it since I bought it, but the restore was off the charts. It's appreciated quite a bit in value in the time I've had it, due to the price of LandCruisers going way up, but I haven't really thought of selling it.

[soupbean]

Ask, and ye shall...

Damn..! That is one nice looking rig !! If you have Instagram you might enjoy posts from 4Runnermafia..

[jmdaniel]

Damn..! That is one nice looking rig !! If you have Instagram you might enjoy posts from 4Runnermafia..

Thanks! I do have Instagram, but never use it. I have one picture in my account, that I posted about 6 years ago.

[thumper 549]

The BIG pick Ups all suck.
Fprd, GM, Chev=IDC

The computer glitches to start.!
There is no excuse for the crap.
I will say Ram is the absolute worst.
My advice is to buy an older international 4200.
They are under CDL
They are plentiful, you can get them 4x4 if you look hard.
No computers.
Utopia
Never again will I buy another American pick up.
I have had Semi trucks for years.
Many With over 800,000 miles on them, they have never be down as much as my Ram.
NEVER.
Some years of Fords are way horrible as the Cab has to come off for quite a few operations!
They should have at least built them like a " Cab Over" so it could be jacked up.
The Duramax- I read of endless and expensive injecter problems....
Did i say go get an old International 4200?
That is the answer.

[3Chief]

The BIG pick Ups all suck.
Fprd, GM, Chev=IDC

The computer glitches to start.!
There is no excuse for the crap.
I will say Ram is the absolute worst.
My advice is to buy an older international 4200.
They are under CDL
They are plentiful, you can get them 4x4 if you look hard.
No computers.
Utopia
Never again will I buy another American pick up.
I have had Semi trucks for years.
Many With over 800,000 miles on them, they have never be down as much as my Ram.
NEVER.
Some years of Fords are way horrible as the Cab has to come off for quite a few operations!
They should have at least built them like a " Cab Over" so it could be jacked up.
The Duramax- I read of endless and expensive injecter problems....
Did i say go get an old International 4200?
That is the answer.

I've had no issues with my 2000 Ram 2500, 158k and going strong. I would never by a Toyota/Nissan or whatever for any average to heavy use. They're all grocery getters at best. Ford and Chevy after the early eighties are garbage IMO. Hard to beat 5.9 Cummins.

[thumper 549]

I could tell you many long faced stories.
110 K engine spun #7 main.
Plastic, Yes I SAID plastic oil cooling jets! They jumped out of the block.
No OP to the rear mains.

Mine is a One Ton and it is used like a truck.
It never leaves the yard to go get the mail or groceries.
It is DRW has all instruments and is monitored. EGT, FP, Boost. ETC
To just do a rotor swap, get ready for a hellish day, they are INBOARD.
And yes I know all the tricks in removing them.