Recent content by hardebeck

I couldn’t find an obvious source of water intrusion but the last rain was pretty light. I may need to simulate a downpour with a garden hose before it gets any colder. No obvious rust or water tracks on the perimeter behind the trim panels. I used some abrasive wheels on a drill (the red...

Thanks. That would track with where most of the rust is. I’m going to hold off repairs until we have a good rain to see if I can find the source. I’ll take a closer look at the seal.

I'm thankful that this 92 D1 has very little rust, all things considered, but I noticed the pad under the rear carpet was wet after a recent rainstorm and saw some rust on the floor panel. I stripped everything out this morning to take a closer look. Most of the rust spots are surface but...

Is there anything particular with regards to doing an alignment on these trucks, or should any decent shop be able to do it properly?

Wanted to close out this thread with a couple lessons learned: -I've always tried to support independent shops whenever possible, but never thought about a commodity like tires in the same way. No longer. Local family-owned shop had zero issues (at least that they told me about) and mounted...

The new tires are 16s. Good to know I've got a shot getting these to work. I'll find a new shop with techs that know what they're doing.

They said they tried 2 cheetahs and 2 different tires and still couldn't get them to fit. I didn't see the attempt and not sure exactly what issue they were having. Could the tires be too wide for the stock wheels?

Hi all, recently acquired a 92 DI 200TDi. It has stock steel wheels marked 16x7JH2x33 with 205/80R16 tires that are on their last legs. Based on research and recs, I bought 5 new General Grabber 235/70R16 tires and took them to a big box tire shop for mounting. They could not get them to fit...

If Will or someone else has a sonar blue console I’d love to chat.

Hi all, In the process of sorting out a 92 D1 and about to undertake repair of a badly cracked center console. I tried a practice run by repairing the cracked rear side pocket but I wanted to check in first to see if this is a solved problem before I do the console. I’m not sure what the best...