Got a Dodge squarebody!

[Grit dog]

Haha funny thing is I know how bad the electrical systems are. Used to keep these and Chevys and fords running side by side.
The electrical is amazingly clean and totally un touched. So there’s that.
My dad used to say they won’t even run in the rain and if a dog even pees on a tire they might not start!

 

[Grit dog]

And keep a spare ballast resistor in the glovebox.... maybe a spare module too.

Looked in the glove box. There’s a new ballast resistor in it! Hahaha

 

[Grit dog]

Well most all of the lights work, radio and horn make noise.
And it runs, on a Gatorade squirt bottle…engine is quiet and healthy sounding.
And it goes forward and backwards a little.
But good ole dodge electrical. One tail light is stuck on…lol.

 

[Derick C.]

Might be time to get yourself a trailer.
Sweet lookin project, I've always liked those trucks but never had one.

 

[Turbo4whl]

Don"t try and pry a stuck distributor rotor off. Bend the dizzy shaft real easy. Then it only fires half the cylinders. Take a small ball pin hammer and hit stright down on the top. Pull the broken pieces out of the dizzy.

Check the firewall where the master cylinder mounts, they crack there. Radiator support cracks too.

Nice find!

 

[TotalyHucked]

Eww, you bought a Dodge?



















Oh yeah, I did too lol. Looks like a real nice truck! That would be a cool one to do a mild drop on with some 20" steelies painted like the originals and use the original caps and just cruise it as is

 

[TotalyHucked]

Wayamin. I just realize it's 4x4. Nevermind lol

 

[89Suburban]

Man this is killin me!! I have had MANY of these old Dodge trucks/Ramchargers. Good luck with it, try to save the old girl. Can I ask how you got it and how much?

One of them I stabbed a GM HEI distributor and CCC carb system off a mid 80's GM, really made a huge difference in drivability.

 

[Grit dog]

Might be time to get yourself a trailer.
Sweet lookin project, I've always liked those trucks but never had one.

A reg cab long bed is the absolute longest vehicle you can put on a Uhaul trailer. Of course I told them I was hauling a Hyundai…or they wouldn’t rent it.
Glad it was local trip just from Lynnhood to home. 52mph max speed, that short little trailer get the uncontrollable wiggles at 53mph!

 

[Bennyt]

Did Dodge start paint matching them to U-Haul because they spent so much time getting towed?

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[Derick C.]

A guy I work with has a short bed d100 he said he would take 1k for it so he wouldn't have pay for storage anymore.

 

[squaredeal91]

Did Dodge start paint matching them to U-Haul because they spent so much time getting towed?

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That's a great idea! Make it look like a u-haul
Truck from the period. That would be cool maybe lol

 

[RecklessWOT]

Might be time to get yourself a trailer.
Sweet lookin project, I've always liked those trucks but never had one.

I was SOOO close to buying a car trailer until Covid screwed up the supply chain and I waited too long because I figured they weren't going anywhere. By the time the 24 week waiting period was up (or however ridiculously long it was) and they finally called me, I had changed my mind. Even if I tow a couple cars a year, I can't justify spending like 4k for a cheap trailer. I don't have a race car that I tow every weekend or anything. Those Uhaul trailers are actually pretty decent little trailers, and for 50 bucks a day you can't beat it. Assuming the price doesn't go through the roof (which I doubt because it's been $50 for 15 years or so, maybe longer I had just never towed a car before then) it would take 40 years for that $4k to pay for itself lol. And used trailers around here at least, you'll pay like $500 less than a brand new one and it will be rusty with dry rotted tires and brakes that don't work

 

[dusterdude]

Might be time to get yourself a trailer.
Sweet lookin project, I've always liked those trucks but never had one.

I had 1977,damn good truck till i burnt it to the frame

 

[Goldie Driver]

I had 1977,damn good truck till i burnt it to the frame

Similar issue on a '77 Ramcharger, but it burned from the firewall back and gutted the interior. Worst part was it happened while a buddy of mine was driving it ...

Dam Dodge electrical. Never understood that as the vans had the fuse box inside as well and did not have electrical problems that I know of. Not sure if the vans ran an ammeter setup, though.