adamzan

Yep. I got my truck safe and reliable before I started toying with the rust

You can pick up a grease gun for very little $$ at a lot of places....Also you don't NEED an air ratchet to remove the tires, its just easier. I use a breaker bar and socket all the time. A torque wrench is good to have but you don't need it. I drove around for a month with my spare on, tightened only by the stock lug thing under the back seat. Also, I don't know if it was mentioned here, but have someone turn the wheel while your under the front end on the ground, and look to see if there is any abnormal play. I've been told they're allowed to have a little twist in them, but if it looks like its popping up and down that is a

Why not? Mine is running through the stock amps and it sounds great! There is an adapter you buy so its all plug 'n' play. At least it is for mine....

Don't even bother unless they drop it to 3k and provide a warranty!

If its stock and the head unit lights up, check the fuses for AUDIO AMP in the fuse panel. They're separate from the RADIO fuse IIRC.

So it does it just when rolling? Or is it when going slow over bumps? You also, while you have the front tires off, should take a grease gun and shoot some grease into anything that has a grease nipple, my ball joints and outer tie rods had them. My grandfather showed me the other day. Much quieter up front now.

The alternator is easy, its the starter thats a pain!

B the 3.5 requires premium fuel

This should be pinned.

No They had black flares in 99 too. It's when they changed over to the newer r50 body style that they went body colored. But if you need a part just say 99 ....The 96-99 are all pratically the same.

What B said, also, does it sometimes just run really sh!tty at idle and put a bit of black smoke out the tail pipe? As if you were pressing on the egr valve. Mine did that when the cats were clogged.

I'm always told that if you don't change it for a long time and then you do, it can have bad effects. But when I got my 95, the fluid was BROWN and burnt. I had it flushed, and it seems to run just fine. I have about 18k miles on this fluid. Adding the external cooler is a good idea. I haven't done it yet, but will be in the future. If it runs fine now just get her flushed at a good shop or do it yourself, I had it done cause I didn't feel like getting covered in ATF or spilling half of it on the driveway ( always happens to me). I'm at 154k miles and it's running as good as a 13 year old trans should.

I was thinking out loud and stickwacking myself. My tires were low and my steering was hard, now the pressure is right and the steering is all good again. I'm we todd it

Oh THAT explains something. Durrr

Dude, 1 mile is 1.6km, you do the math. And everyone knows that it's 3k miles or 5k km for the standard oil change frequency.

Every 5000km for me. Although I might start doing 10,000km changes as it is 45 dollars for 4.4 liters of it

Trim makes a difference on insurance for me.

Yeah Simon that truck looked good, like no rust or anything from what i saw. What about the trans after the weekend

I saw this during the summer.

Nice, usually it's the other way around. Yeah, I can say pathy online, but in person I'll usually call it the path or something.

Well it worked. I didn't even see the bolt head, as there is SO much undercoating on there. I did have the weight off the truck too.

You sure there is no place that'll test it? Like where you bought it from. Most batteries have decent warranties on them. Don't want to waste money! Oh ya make sure you get the biggest battery (most cranking amps) that will fit. The 500cca amp one I had in my 93 temporarily could barely crank it over even if it was 5 degrees out.

Fixed that for ya The service manager here told me that they've NEVER heard of or seen the wd21 frame rot issue, OR The leaking fuel filler issue that my father had on his r50, they didn't even cover him under the recall!

Woah you guys used the bolt head at the bottom? I loosened the jam nut then cranked the other one with a wrench

When I first replaced the battery for my 93, one cold winters night killed it. Turns out it was bad, returned it and it has spent many more cold days (3 months actually) in the cold just fine. Just saying, even though it is new, it can still be bad. I see you live in canada, take the battery to canadian tire and they'll test it for ya.