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Hello from Saskatchewan (82 Power Ram)
Hello Folks,
Joined the D50 club with the purchase of this '82 Power Ram 50 yesterday. Apparently it had been sitting in a farmer's back 40 for 10 or so years before the guy I bought it from acquired it. He had put some work into it
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(rebuilt transmission and transfer case, plus a bunch of smaller additions).
On the 5 hour drive back home, I got to learn a thing or two about it.
1) It's loud - As you can see there's been some "custom" work done to the exhaust
2) It labours at anything over 100km - I'm thinking it's chiefly a tranny issue but also considering carb and engine condition
3) There's a crazy lot of play in the shifter - probably a busted or absent bushing
4) There's a lot of little issues - temp gauge doesn't work, speedometer is off, drivers door handle is absent, doesn't idle well for long (at least when a little cold), among other things.
Eventually I'd like to use the truck for some light hunting and offroad duties, so I'll probably remuffle it, add some clearance maybe switch out the box for a flat bed. However, for a $700 truck that's eight years older than me I'm pretty happy with it so far.
Anyways, I'm looking forward to getting to know and learn from the pretty great looking community you guys have here.
Cheers,
JP