I'm back!!

[DRanger024]

I'm sure no one remembers me here anymore. But I had this:

Sold it after my first daughter was born because it was too small. Made a string of bad decisions after I sold it. Think Mopar. About 5 of them

But now I'm back in another RBV with this:

And I couldn't be happier with it. It's a little rusty, rockers and rear doors/lift gate, but it runs like a top and drives almost as smooth as my old Audi. Has 186,000 miles on it, '99 XLS 4.0 OHV Auto 4x4. It had 17 stored DTC's when I got it home. Guy thought a spark plug blew out, which it hadn't (rather large exhaust leak and cylinder 4 and 6 misfire) so I put a set of plugs in it and found a few disconnected vacuum lines. Boom, fired right up and ran like it just rolled off the assembly line. It still has one confirmed DTC for a small vacuum leak in the EVAP system but I'll deal with that another time.
Plans are pretty small for it. Fix the rust, crank the torsion bars and put some shackles in. Then I'll probably run a 31x10.50 or 32x11.50 and just drive it.

 

[Mark_88]

Welcome back~!

I don't remember your old ride but it looks like it was meant to be off road...considering in that picture it was...

Purge canisters valves are notorious for broken or ragged hoses causing the error code...but I'm sure you will figure that one out as needed...

 

[DRanger024]

Mark, I never really posted a whole lot, my old white truck is missed dearly. It was perfectly optioned. Mach stereo and manual everything except the transfer case and it had A/C and Cruise Control.

As far as the vacuum leak on the X, it's kind of one of those I'll get to it when I get to it types of things. I don't really feel like pulling the battery or dropping the spare tire at the moment. I've got part of the Rec Room downstairs in the house torn apart for drywall. Wife wants the house done ��