What have you done to your square lately??

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NOOOOO!!!!!
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NOT AGAIN!!!!!
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Poor hood, this same thing happended about two and a half years ago, but I was on the interstate, and the hood was even more mangled.

I was working on it last night, and I must have not latched the hood all the way.
You’re not the only one to do this. One dark night many years ago, Tina & I were dispatched to the lake north of town because our daughter had a dead battery. I twisted up a couple of road trip refreshments and away we go in a little Ranger pickup. Got there, popped the hood and got hers jumped off. On the way back, I needed refreshed again. A few miles farther and the stinking hood flies back standing straight up doing 70 around a curve. Scared the crap out of us. I got my @$$ chewed on real good. No major damage, luckily. After replaying everything in my head, I realized I screwed up and didn’t fully close it because of the foggy conditions that had set in:rolleyes:. Self inflicted stupidity.
 

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Happy to say I haven’t needed to do anything. That’s the way I like it to go. Just get in and drive.
 

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Pulled the driveshaft to replace ujoints and go figure it's all beaten up and making it very hard to get them out. I beat on it with a 3lb hammer and it didn't budge. Even after soaked it in penatrating oil. I think it's been beat a little out of round.

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I'd really like to "thank" someone with a 3lb hammer if I found that when I took it apart!
 

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According to the rear license plate bracket, your truck was sold originally with no rear bumper. Pretty interesting to see on a high trim level truck.
Agreed. I pointed that out to my buddy as well, it was common back then but not on a loaded truck. This was a longbed on a horse farm originally, it had a 5th wheel in it for most of it’s life so I would guess the same people are rocking a loaded LTZ or Platinum Ford nowadays lol


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I think the po did it in order to fix the heater core because it isn't hooked up. That's the only thing I can think of why you'd do that. Lol

Is it covering the reinforcement? Because all my inner fenders have a plate there where the fender bolts to the cab.

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Obviously, some in better shape than others.
 

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I got the swaybar bushings replaced yesterday. I'm in the process of replacing the carpet and seat reupholstered. The carpet is installed but waiting on the seat.
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Replacing carpet, prepping floor, waiting for seat to be recovered. Excuse all the double images. I'm not too swift on the computer.
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Moved stalls yesterday, i now have both of them together with a doorway between my Squares; pretty much the best thing i could've done. Walking between the two sucked SO bad. Moved in yesterday, finished some sorting today and took off the wipers and the hood. When the truck goes down the street for a bit, the hood, doors and tailgate will be getting the sanding of a life time, epoxied and perhaps even some body work. We shall see

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Went junkyard hunting and found a front sway bar with brackets. Cleaned up my parking and turn signal lenses for install. Remove the front turn signal housings to clean up and repaint for install.
 

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Pulled the driveshaft to replace ujoints and go figure it's all beaten up and making it very hard to get them out. I beat on it with a 3lb hammer and it didn't budge. Even after soaked it in penatrating oil. I think it's been beat a little out of round.

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Personally, I'd replace the shaft. Or at least the rear yoke and a re-tube. I don't like that the tube has a welded seam.
 

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Personally, I'd replace the shaft. Or at least the rear yoke and a re-tube. I don't like that the tube has a welded seam.

I really just want to buy a new driveshaft. Just need to make sure I get the right one.
 

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I really just want to buy a new driveshaft. Just need to make sure I get the right one.

when i went to get a new one, i took in the original and said i wanted a brand new duplicate of it and they did. Granted it was $600
 

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Topped off the oil again. :baby:


Pretty much been daily driving her this entire month - good thing I am getting 5% back on gas purchases.

Dam near time to change the oil again, too . you would not think it would get dark w/ the top offs, but those have included MMO and a half quart or so of tranny fluid.

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