Recent content by niceolddart

These are some shots I just took. Sheet metal is crudely in place & needs to be tweaked & adjusted properly. I do have the complete grill assembly in my basement except the sealed headlight bulbs. Also have some of the fender trim pieces. Left fender is new. Cab & frame is super solid.

I'll be asking $4500 for it. I will get current pics of it right now with my digital camera as I haven't figured out how to download pics from my smart phone yet. Are there any specific things that you'd like to see pictures of?

I thought about that. I have too many things in my yard now. I have a 2001 V10 Dodge 2500 that I use for scrapping + 2 other vehicles & a car trailer. The 86 is in really nice shape in all the major places, cab, frame, engine, interior, & I just figured a younger guy would be interested when I...

Well, I finally got a temporary ignition set up on this thing to see what it sounds like. YES, I did by-pass the fuel tank & ran a hose from the fuel pump pick up, to a gallon jug of fresh fuel, changed the oil & filter, pulled the ESC carb & installed one from a 69 D-200 I had, primed the...

Thanks for your excellent response. I wanted to make sure I wire it correctly. Hopefully, I'll have it up & running by the weekend. Thanks again for the help. Enjoy your weekend.

These are shots of the alt. Pretty sure it's original to the truck. Does anyone know what type it is & how I should wire it to the VR?

I am trying to get this truck up and running & the engine wiring harness has been chopped off. It has the big alternator on it (Leese-Neville? see picture) with a single plug with two wires coming from it, one green one blue. I'm switching over to a regular E/I instead of the ESC unit it once...

Must have been working on the FABO & FBBO sites. All OK today.

Yep! Any metalic is kind of hard to match, even for a pro painter, which I am not. I was just going to paint the inner fenders, bumper filler & radiator support before I install them. I will probably leave the fenders & hood in primer for now. Wiring it & firing it is the most difficult part...

Thank you. I spotted the PB1 right away after you said it.

Pics of the cowl tag & tag found in the glove box.

I have a 1986 D-250 that I need to match the paint on. It's light metalic blue & definitely original paint. It does not have a code on the door jamb sticker or on the sticker I found in the glove box, which I believe is the one that was originally attached to the underside of the hood & the...

I have removed a bottom rear spring on each side (the short ones) on a 95 V8 Dakota that I bought new. That helped drop the rear end a bit with no other mod done to it. I've also heard of people heating up a coil to lower the front end a bit but, I've never done this myself. If you just want to...

I can understand that. They were a popular vehicle back in the day but not many people still mess with them. I'm lucky, I still have a real nice one.

I used a Hotchkis kit consisting of front & rear springs & Bilstein shocks on my 2000 Dakota. They have been on there for about 20 years now & have had no problems except, on the lower control arms, the factory bump stops are in a metal cup riveted to the lower control arm & they would bottom...