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DMiller 
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 Topic: Light trucks, gotten so sad
Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 11:55am |
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 12:49pm |
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problem is new trucks got 10 TIMES as many parts as they did 50 years ago.. Yea, lots of "NECESSITIES"... but with that comes many gremlins and more possibility of nuisance problems... Also i think the car companies and Govt " give a chit" more than they did 50 years ago.. If you had a problem back then, you LIVED WITH IT... No internet to look up and see how wide spread things were.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 12:53pm |
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All this electrical stuff I think I am going to get a extened warranty.
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 22 Jan 2026 at 12:54pm |
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Even Toyota is not immune. I am glad that I don’t have to buy a new vehicle with all of the crap they are building these days. Maybe when sales hit rock bottom they will start building more reliable trucks with less electronic junk on them.
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 17 hours 43 minutes ago at 7:43pm |
Guys, Thinking a 1972 F100 might be the way to go? Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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Wispitfiremike
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Posted: 14 hours 38 minutes ago at 10:48pm |
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That F100 would probably be cheaper to rebuild than buy a new base model truck. Probably hold its value longer too with less expensive maintenance along the way.
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Walker
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Posted: 13 hours 24 minutes ago at 12:02am |
Any educated fool who thinks he is going to install nearly an identical computer to the one that just sits on your desk and is rendered useless enough to need replaced every few years from just being there and getting used occasionally and expecting it to work in as dirty an environment that a pickup truck is one mental giant I can live without. Frontal Lobotomies all around, I'm buying. And yes, but go back even more past 1964 cause that was the year royalty decreed we needed to celebrate our freedoms by being told to wear our seatbelts or pay fines. Hah, freedoms.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 4 hours 60 minutes ago at 8:26am |
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I like the old trucks too....agree they are too complicated... But my 2013 F150 4x4 will cruise down the road at 80 MPH while getting 17 MPG and QUIET and SMOOTH, in comfort........... I had a 1969 C20 that had a top speed of maybe 70 MPH... anything over 50 felt you you were driving a Sherman tank.. ROUGH, LOUD ... Was almost tolerable when i was 30.. Dont think i would make it at 75 years old !! ..was good for driving to the gravel pit and picking up 3 tons of sand, but NOT a good road truck.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Ed (Ont)
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Posted: 4 hours 49 minutes ago at 8:37am |
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Very true Steve! My first pickup was 67 Chev 1/2 ton. 6 cylinder, 3 on tree, vinyl seats!! Can't imagine using it to go a long distance today. But it would still make a great farm truck if no long trips involved. My brother still has it today but he did upgrade to small V8 and auto transmission. He won't sell it back to me!!!! Lol.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 3 hours 34 minutes ago at 9:52am |
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So true, Steve and Ed. Just changed the oil and filter on my 69 C 10 because it's been over 2 years. Only had about 550 miles on it.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 3 hours 20 minutes ago at 10:06am |
I remember helping a friend 'tossing' a real truck 4 speed( with granny 1st) in a 72 F100 with inline 6. 3tree tranny came out, held in one hand.... it's wall BOTH of us could do to lift the 4 speed tranny !! It was a NICE ride after that.,,,no... GREAT ride.
Problem is 2 fold today. IDIOTS messing with the basic engine (aka VVT or what ever they call it ). Maybe tweak the computer for FI stuff, but keep the ENGINE 'simple' Second is all the STUPID addons to 'help' the driver drive. OK cruise is OK, 4 wheel ABS OK, after that nothing is needed.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 2 hours 38 minutes ago at 10:48am |
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Yeah Jay, I've wondered about the tailgate assist. If you can't lift the tailgate do you really need a truck?
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 4 minutes ago at 1:22pm |
In 2000 I bought a GMC 3/4 ton SLE 4x4 - figuring with the 6.0 and heavy transmission would be a good unit . 3,000 miles and the transfer case quit , well after that at 30,000 both front wheel bearings went out . Now have a parasitic draw that kills both batteries in a couple days , first test said alternator which was replace just after warranty expired . Nope still there , and then the fact the truck is a 1/2 ton frame with 3/4 ton running gear . Just bought 2010 GMC WT with 6.0 and 6 speed - parasitic draw but found it as snow plow hookup was wired live and not switched , but now dash lights show problems , dealer said for $1,700 could see if they could clear codes . Keep thinking my 1977 Chev 3/4 ton lasted 10 years and 175,000 on stock clutch and 4 speed manual transmission as a plow truck . My 1986 GMC with the 6.2 and manual transmission went trough a couple clutches as input shaft and front transmission bearing was bad . Couple sets of heads as they cracked and overheated but 200,000 on truck when crank broke . From a $5,500 new truck in 77 to looking at a similar truck now which costs $65,000 and it seems engines are lucky if they go 30,000 and transmissions less . What is Detroit selling as it seems Ford has over 150 different recalls on their truck line at present .
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