Drive that truck like you own it. I just sold my '97 4.6L XLT. Put 149,500 miles on it without ever a problem. In 10 yrs., replaced the heater core, alternator, and starter. I never even looked at the plugs and it still passed well below on CA smog tests and had good mileage and quiet starts, even in Tahoe cold.

 

Yeah, great trucks . I have 200k on the stock U-Joints with no zerks!!

 

That's it I can't take it anymore.......going to pop in On any Sunday DVD again

 

Been there done that!!!

Thanks for that engine rebuilding link!

 

I just changed the plugs and wires on my 97 with a 4.6, W/110,00 miles It wasn't as horrible as I thought it was going to be! And they were the original plugs! The set up I used for the plug removal went like this: a 5/8 deep well socket- 4" ext- swivel knuckle- 8" ext and the I used a little electrical tape at each joint to keep them from coming apart worked like a dream and I didn't have to remove anything from the motor! As for the wires I highly recomenned getting a plug wire removing tool I didnt have one when I did mine and it was a little difficult...The whole plugs and wire job took about 2.5 hours! I also changed the serpintine belt it to was original. All in all the hardest part in my opinion was changing the plug wires. I also took the advice from one of the threads here and placed a cushion across the rad support and layed right across the motor..

Good luck!

 

Amazing what 100 years of engineering can do, isn't it?


Don't you mean **** Burleson? The enduro champ from the late 70's, early 80's? Rode Husky's. He's in the MC Hall of Fame. I think he did some design work for KTM too.

Rick Burleson was a baseball player. Red Sox, Angels, Orioles, and he played about the same time **** rode I think.

 

Yeah, the U-joints blow my mind - can't believe it. I shake, twist them , they have that little bit of play they always have. I've been ready to change them for a couple years - I can't do it when there in this kind of shape , Hell, they even look dry but hit soft so , Idunno.

 

LOL- How about climbing hills and not making to the top , then that hill kicks you a$$ as you roll bounce and tumble down it backwards . Then you slowly stand up when you get to the bottom only for your bike to catch up and flatten yuh lol..

CRASH AND BURN

 

Done that one, too!

Way, Way back when, I mean we're talking in the days of black & white I had a Taco 22 mini bike. We used to ride in some little gully aptly named "Suicide". Nothing but hill-climbing. I don't know how many times I ate it on that. What finally killed it off was a shorter hill right next to 'Suicide' that you could really get some air off the top if you hit it right (great on something with virtually no suspension!). One day I went running up that hill and another kid had decided to stop and watch the action on Suicide. Unfortunately he was in a spot that made him invisibleto anyone going up my hill and I landed right on top of his bike. Missed hitting the kid but my front forks got curled under the frame and I prolly kept on rolling over a good 50 feet! We usually had spotters at the top, but not that time...

 

LOL - KOLIDGA!! ROFL , that kid musta filled his drawers or at least spotted haha - Did yuh yell CANONBALL!!! lol To give fair warning of course.. Once in a while you have one of those days . Three of us decided to go cross country to a Meyers store , back then it was the only place close that had NGK's. We were all putzin 4th and 5th gear carving up back roads leaving our mark , it was all loose gravel especially on the shoulder. We seen a kid in the distance we were coming up on fast , he was riding his go cart in his front yard goin round and round and mannn, I really didn't mean to do this , but I was on the 390 (my excuse) (the Husky) anyway he swung out pretty close to us as we were going by and I doubled up on fourth after I past him , when we all turned around that kid was in a freakin meter shower BIGTIME - slips my mind I was on the real loose stuff , I intended to come close to him.. I felt bad , the kid was trying to take cover , but there was know where to go . The 390 shucked that stone like there was an invisible conveyor belt that lead right to him. It was funny after awhile though lol - bet he had a few strawberry's lol - he could prolly play connect the dots or find the big dipper on himself. We decided to take an alternative root coming back lol - most likely would have been lynched gong back the way we came. haha This is defined by definition - "Soil Sample" lol

 

LOL

We've all sprayed the guy who lost it in the corner. It's what we do. hehe And it's what we expect (and receive) when we are the ones trying to pick our bike up on that same corner. But gravel? Dayum!

That's like some kind of road-less-road-roost-rash s^^t there! Kid probably got grounded from the thing for doing face stands with it, and then beat for arguing with his parents over how it happened.

You should have just carried around a 12 gauge sawed-off loaded with rock-salt and let him have it when you went by. Probably would have hurt less!

 

Hahaaaha - Wait!!! "sprayed" that's a little 2 lite on the verbage - sounds like your chasing skunks or something A reference from our ancient fathers - yuh r what yuh eat son. We call it getting Rocked, That's what it feels like, even tastes that way - bland kinda. So we called it getting ROCKED up in these parts any ways. True this, a good rocking is absolute for the loafers in the corners, man it can hurt!!!
Lip-skids after a BBB (BeanedByBoulder) can brighten your day - Called them Lip-skids because getting knocked out from a BBB WFO in a straight away , the first thing that comes in contact with the ground is your lips and the rest falls under the aggressive style category lol
Getting Rocked, an unfortunate experience for kids on go-carts minding there own. LOL, that kid must have did something real bad and I was just on the giving end when Karma kicked in You shoulda seen his face

HAHA, yeah - Rock Salt would have hurt allot less lol and he would have got in a lot less trouble for messing himself up, from getting nutzo on the go-cart .

Triton - Did you have a moto-3 or moto-III

Any one remember the "Thumper" what bike had that nic?

 

That would have to be the ol' BSA Victor 500 single cylinder 4-stroke...
(Sorry, photo too large...)

BSA Victor

Talk about slingin' rocks! Put a **** on the back of one of those and you see a major rooster tail!!!!

 

The "THUMPER" 1977 Yamahaha-Yeeha TT5OO

LOL- I was referring to this late seventies model - Funny, when they were at idol , sounded like an over sized coffee pot perculating haha. Plenty of power above idol . We use to ride in an abandoned gravel pit and the way I could tell the guy I knew that had the TT500 was riding recently - there was a continuous rut with NO GAPS all the way across the pit. So much power the rear tire would keep spinning between shifts..cool




I imagine theres more than one "Thumper" That BSA is freakin cool looking ,it even looks light for that era - yeah , I bet it could roost !!!

 

Oh BTW - triton , I though I posted about **** Burleson already - don't see it tho. Anyway , I met him once long time ago, he was making appearances at dealerships in the area - springtime open houses. I met him back in time when I was riding a Husky - doin a parts run at the KTM dealership whom sold Husqvarna's as well. Didn't know he was going to be there , but I definitly knew who he was when I met him. So yeah,that was a surprise, makes sense that he had an affiliation with KTM. That had to be late 70's early 80's sometime.