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tonypaul · 10-22-2010, 10:04 PM

It very well could have been a farm or similar use truck back in the day. Many times things were fixed on the fly, not to have too much down time for the truck. Not like today when these trucks are highly sought after for toys and not work trucks. Sometimes its hard to remember that we have it so lucky today with affordable tig/mig welders and the internet for sourcing the right parts. Back in the day if you had a stick welder and a junkyard within hours drive you might get it fixed...

Maybe what Im trying to say is just be glad you have the skills and the desire to fix it right and not nessarly bash what else someone had to do to get their truck back on the road!

10-22-2010, 10:04 PM	#8
tonypaul Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 639	Re: what kind of crap rearend work is this? It very well could have been a farm or similar use truck back in the day. Many times things were fixed on the fly, not to have too much down time for the truck. Not like today when these trucks are highly sought after for toys and not work trucks. Sometimes its hard to remember that we have it so lucky today with affordable tig/mig welders and the internet for sourcing the right parts. Back in the day if you had a stick welder and a junkyard within hours drive you might get it fixed... Maybe what Im trying to say is just be glad you have the skills and the desire to fix it right and not nessarly bash what else someone had to do to get their truck back on the road!