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Greetings from Montana!
gedrven
+1y
The farm I'm staying at just bought a 93 B2600i 4x4, SE-5. The idea was to get something cheap and reliable with a cargo bed, bad/off-road ability, and reasonable fuel consumption, and this is what we got. Seems to fit the bill pretty well, we like it!
The car I drove out to Montana is a BMW project that I built in California. Its winter road performance is frankly abysmal, even with an LSD and track experience. I'm not that familiar with pickups, had an 86 2wd Yota before, and this is my first 4x4; I don't know how it stacks up against built rigs, but I was really impressed by its performance on light snow, light ice, and a snowy field - just point and shoot and it goes, grips on near anything. Puts a big smile on my face. It came with new Geolandar AT/S tires, and probably an LSD (to be confirmed). Would that be typical for an SE-5?
Also came with a cracked windshield, dented bed, and a host of other mostly insignificant-seeming issues.
I'm putting it on jackstands tomorrow and planning on doing a round of poking around and inspecting, possibly replacing things: fuel filter, diff oil, gearbox oil, cap, rotor, plugs, injectors, brake circuit, and the hackjob stereo system that whines. Anything else worth inspecting? I did look at it before buying, just not in great detail.
Oh, and the seats are terrible: uncomfortable and too low. Do RX-7 or other seats fit?
The car I drove out to Montana is a BMW project that I built in California. Its winter road performance is frankly abysmal, even with an LSD and track experience. I'm not that familiar with pickups, had an 86 2wd Yota before, and this is my first 4x4; I don't know how it stacks up against built rigs, but I was really impressed by its performance on light snow, light ice, and a snowy field - just point and shoot and it goes, grips on near anything. Puts a big smile on my face. It came with new Geolandar AT/S tires, and probably an LSD (to be confirmed). Would that be typical for an SE-5?
Also came with a cracked windshield, dented bed, and a host of other mostly insignificant-seeming issues.
I'm putting it on jackstands tomorrow and planning on doing a round of poking around and inspecting, possibly replacing things: fuel filter, diff oil, gearbox oil, cap, rotor, plugs, injectors, brake circuit, and the hackjob stereo system that whines. Anything else worth inspecting? I did look at it before buying, just not in great detail.
Oh, and the seats are terrible: uncomfortable and too low. Do RX-7 or other seats fit?
hunterw
+1y
Welcome man! Sadly I can't answer any of your questions well on the seats..I believe mx-6 and first gen rx7 seats bolt on or need little modifying to fit. Yeah the seats don't hold you in place very well lol.
baha
+1y
Welcome to the site!
sahankaface
+1y
welcome to the site lets see some pics
gedrven
+1y
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gedrven
+1y
Turns out it's not all hunky-dory. The "LSD" turns out to be an open diff, and a very loose one at that. Are these trucks known for diff problems? I seem to have heard of several with blown rear ends. It doesn't make much of a noise, so I assume the bearings are ok and it's gear lash or broken teeth, and will need to be replaced. Any suggestions?
Drove for 7 hours in a snowstorm here last night. This thing feels unstoppable - on the way back, there's a dirt road for a couple of miles that didn't get plowed, and had 1-4 feet of powder on its various sections. On the way back, it got up past the bumper to the windshield a few times and we were basically digging a tunnel. But it kept going, and got us home just fine.
v8mazda4ever
+1y
Welcome to the site and truck looks sweet danm thats a lot of the white crap there.