Wow . . . for a MGB site you've probably seen quite the gambit on things I've worked on . . . from boat air conditioning systems, to wave runners . . . to an old Buick . . . and now a truck??? Yea, this is the truck (1991 Dodge Dakota with 2.5L and 5 speed tranny) that I bought to be the engine donor for my little Morris Minor project. Unfortunately I never had time to get the Morris going and ended up selling it. Now I've gotten myself down to only three vehicles (?!) and I think I can squeeze some time in to get this one up and going. So what do I have to do to it?
Oh, well . . . there is one little issue with it not starting. I poked and probed, and tracked down various things until I eventually narrowed my problem down to the electric fuel pump. (Oh what fun that is to change . . .) I've got new brakes for the front, from rotors to calipers and pads . . . it'll all be fresh and ready to roll, or stop I should say. I've put new headlights in it and once it's roadworthy, I'll start looking at the beauty aspects of the truck. I'd love to get some different wheels or something to set it apart . . . but other things get priority. The main reason I'm working on the truck is so I'm not dependent on others to haul things . . . I've been in that scenario too many times over the past 15++ years . . . so I'd like to get to a point I could just do something whenever I wanted to. We'll soon find out on that.
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