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- 2007
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- Automatic
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Woah a post from me? Yes I am still alive and so is my truck! Even though I own a Hellcat now I still have my truck for daily commuting etc.
Well time goes fast and sure enough this damn thing is already 17 years old and I've had it since I was 16. And yet, it still only has 153k miles on it. The body is kinda getting rough but someday it will all be fiberglass anyways.
I am planning on taking it on a trip to Colorado so I figured it was a time to kinda do a thorough inspection and see what's going on.
So I do regular service on it, oil changes etc so overall it still runs amazing and gets me to where I need to go.
Some things I've already done, I changed all the ATF fluid in the transmission and new filter, I've done spark plugs belt etc, finally got around and serviced the AC system with some new cool juice, I've also put new caster bolts in as well. All the fluids still look good and it has newer coolant from when my thermostat housing exploded. The batterys got probably another year left before the Texas heat nukes it.
However it appears the front end is in need of new parts (again). Both boots on the upper control arms are toaster strudel, I have replaced them in the past but as a poor CFI I just used some ebayesium ones and you know what they did the job for the time. Same goes for the tie rod ends, they are the ebay special and cooked as well. The sway bar end link bushings are also crispy so its time for new end links too.
Being that I can actually put some better kit on it, any brand or recommendations for some of this stuff? I've seen a Moog kit that has most of what I need. Any other service recommendations just based on age alone I should look at?
Well time goes fast and sure enough this damn thing is already 17 years old and I've had it since I was 16. And yet, it still only has 153k miles on it. The body is kinda getting rough but someday it will all be fiberglass anyways.
I am planning on taking it on a trip to Colorado so I figured it was a time to kinda do a thorough inspection and see what's going on.
So I do regular service on it, oil changes etc so overall it still runs amazing and gets me to where I need to go.
Some things I've already done, I changed all the ATF fluid in the transmission and new filter, I've done spark plugs belt etc, finally got around and serviced the AC system with some new cool juice, I've also put new caster bolts in as well. All the fluids still look good and it has newer coolant from when my thermostat housing exploded. The batterys got probably another year left before the Texas heat nukes it.
However it appears the front end is in need of new parts (again). Both boots on the upper control arms are toaster strudel, I have replaced them in the past but as a poor CFI I just used some ebayesium ones and you know what they did the job for the time. Same goes for the tie rod ends, they are the ebay special and cooked as well. The sway bar end link bushings are also crispy so its time for new end links too.
Being that I can actually put some better kit on it, any brand or recommendations for some of this stuff? I've seen a Moog kit that has most of what I need. Any other service recommendations just based on age alone I should look at?