FIRST! 😛 It will be nice to see it run again! (Of course, like the good "bother" I happen to be, I am sure it will probably find another lemony green way to break down. Also, some of the parts, like the oil dipstick tube, have proven just about impossible to find...so if anyone's got a line on those...)

@JohnSmith-xq1pz

Ай бұрын

👍

@walshmonster2005

Ай бұрын

Who needs a dipstick?!😂

@JohnSmith-xq1pz

Ай бұрын

@@walshmonster2005 when you have a furhead?

@uxwbill

Ай бұрын

@@walshmonster2005 Just gotta listen for that knocking sound!

Jeez, I remember watching that video about the ebgpoj over on that other channel with the computers about a decade ago and getting pointed in this direction. Hard to believe it's been that long!

We’ve got an almost identical truck on our farm but it’s a K2500 Cheyenne trim, it’s rusty but has never failed to crank up even in negative weather

Going be brand new truck when get done....cant wait see video of back on road

A set of cab corners would make that thing look mint.

Wow! I was just thinking of the EBGPOJ the other day. For some reason I thought it was long gone. I'm glad to see it's still around.

i remember when he had his lawn business with the BBPOJ

Been hoping for an update for about 10 years! Lol

@uxwbill

Ай бұрын

I'd really like to see it run again, but I've got to be honest...it's been a long time. A lot of the trouble was finding all of the parts that were taken off, and some are still missing.

glad you kept it - one day, perhaps in another 10 years time, it will be considered a classic truck

Looking forward to it, Keykeeper! Welcome back!

It's funny, the KZread algorithm recently recommended uxwbill's video of you "deleting" the ignition key and pull starting it. I was wondering whether we'd ever get to see it again, and here you are posting a new video on it! I really love these older trucks, and being a diesel is even cooler. I imagine being a manual trans is also a lot of fun, however I can't really speak to that myself as I'm one of those so-called "lazy millennials" who has never driven anything but automatics. Good luck with the project, I'm exited to see more! Maybe it'll give me the motivation to pull my own 1993 Ford Taurus "POJ" out from the field.

@just_a_norwegian

Ай бұрын

That`s so funny! I just watched that video you are talking about yesterday!

@uxwbill

Ай бұрын

We had a lot of fun making that video...there are definitely times I miss those days, though it probably wouldn't be impossible to get "the crew" (such as it is) back together. Of course, we'd have to find the time, too. There's more than enough torque that this is an easy manual transmission to drive...you almost can't stall it unless you're doing something stupid like starting in second gear (which it doesn't really like, but will do). By comparison, Ranger Danger (2.3 L I4, also a five speed, but no "granny low" as the EBGPOJ has) is definitely a bit on the underpowered side, especially if one had the A/C on. Still, it was fun to putt-putt around town in...but it was NOT fast. Obnoxious opinions department: I do not agree (to say the least!) with folks who say "oh, you aren't driving if you don't have a manual transmission". I don't have the patience for it in stop-and-go city traffic. I do think that if you want a manual transmission in a car or truck you should be able to get one, but please don't tell me all about how great it is and how inferior a car or truck you can just put in "drive" happens to be. Some advancement in technology is a good thing. Back when this truck was still running, the Keykeeper and I drove to one of our favorite restaurants in "the big city"...he in the Green Lemon and I in the Caprice station wagon. We kept hitting all the lights red, and people were blowing up his cellular phone left and right. By the time we got to the restaurant, he was rather put out to say the least. Like any good "bother" would, I hassled him mercilessly about this by pointing out that all I had to do was just "sofa" along and let the TH700R4 do all the work. 😛 I probably also pointed out the working A/C on the wagon, since it was a hot summer night. (This truck's A/C probably could work, but there's a leak of unknown severity somewhere.)

I had a red 1993 K1500 extended cab a few years back. It was optioned just shy of a Z71. I wound up trading it off for a 2005 Jeep Liberty, which was one of the worst vehicles I have ever owned. I could kick my own ass for letting that truck go.

@uxwbill

Ай бұрын

Sometimes it takes a Chrysler product to put it into perspective and realize GM isn't all that bad. 😛

@Helo735

Ай бұрын

@@uxwbill No lie!! And this is coming from someone who has owned six Land Rovers, and two throwaway Chevrolet Aveos!! That Liberty was awful.

I thought this was sitting in a junkyard somewhere with the engine still in pieces and who knows what happened to the Naughty Pontiac

@walshmonster2005

Ай бұрын

The Pontiac got scraped. Frame failed.

@KnightIndustries3000

Ай бұрын

@@walshmonster2005 Oh Sorry Keykeeper

I am amazed this thing is still around. Does furrhead still have he`s old jeep?

@walshmonster2005

Ай бұрын

Yup

Thanks for the update! If you're going to drive it in the winter salt, try to oil the underside to avoid the same fate of the red Reliant/Dodge Aries! Did the bbpoj get scrapped?

@walshmonster2005

Ай бұрын

The BBPOJ got traded. The frame was starting to rot.

This truck is way better than Chinese Made PUTs today, and it's really good design. When will you get a new Ignition Switch for this EBGPOJ without bypass the switch? Now don't give me wrong, I like older PUTs from 1990's or older that are made to be serviced and to keep it running again. And where is the newer ones? Newer ones are made to be scrapped nowdays like for example, the 2015 Ford F150 has alluminum body, and it has plenty of torque to drive against 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and 2015 GMC Sierra, the problem about alluminum body, it's not that sturdy to withstand against heavy items when loading it to the bedlines by causing to puncture through the bedlines without plastic skid resistant bedlines and may end up replacing the whole bedlines with either a new one, or turn into a farm truck. Other PUTs has steel body to withstand any heavy items at the same page. Although the vintage PUTs are usually nowdays are using as a showoff vehicles but not usually. There is someone out there still using the vintage trucks today and majority of drivers still using a new trucks today. Especially for new trucks, all auto manufacturer is now making trucks are made for sports use and not for the work trucks and it is really don't make any sense to me the way all auto manufacturers are doing away of producing work trucks for not just for private owners, but also for business owners and for federal owners to use as a work truck on the regular basis. And I hope it better not be a tofu dreg project vehicles that are very dangerous to make things worse and cause serious problems. I wish you a very best good luck when servicing your EBGPOJ truck.

@walshmonster2005

Ай бұрын

The switch works. I am not going to be picky. Maybe in the future I will replace the switch and fix the loose door card.

@Bluethunderboom

Ай бұрын

@walshmonster2005 I remember back in 2018, me and my family used to own the 1996 GMC Suburban K2500, it has a sweet ride and runs like a PUT, used to drive around in the federal campground area in FL, and it was fun to play with it. Sadly, the head gasket was shot and cause engine to have leaky oil and no way to stop the leakage, and ended up trading with POS 2010 Ford Flex AWD SEL in KY, and I am really disappointed how Ford Flex has an rusted floor pan and the unibody, plus with the roaring front differential, and replacing the door actuator in the dashboard and in the glove box. By the time in 2021, finally, my family traded in from 2010 Ford Flex AWD SEL to 2016 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X 4D PUT, and I really am happy that the truck runs smoothly and never has problems at all. At that time, I am driving the truck with my mother and keeping the truck with us. Fast forward to 2022, they bought 2019 RAM Bighorn 4X4 crew cab, and they like it and for me, I didn't care about their truck since it has knob shift instead of console shifts, or shift levers. Plus, it has auto-off feature part of the government standards, and I understand about fuel efficiency when dealing with traffic congestion and so forth but not when stop and run and cause engine and starter to wear out. Plus, it has a push start button instead of the traditional ignition switch, it has an electronic lock for the tailgate, and it has a backup camera. 2016 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X 4D PUT is for me. And for 2019 RAM Bighorn 4X4 PUT, not so much. Fun fact: Hennessey Mammoth Sport 4X4 PUT is the same thing as for RAM Bighorn 4X4 PUT only available in TX, and can't find Hennessey Mammoth PUTs in KY or in who-knows-where. British YT user carwow has the video that he drove around in UK with American PUT that you can look it up. Nissan Frontier, Nissan Pathfinder, and Nissan Xterra are the models that I will remember when servicing my PUT.

Head gaskets suck! I know, I drive a Subaru!

@Corvette1658

Ай бұрын

Has it been fixed yet? Because I remember you telling me that in January.

@weasel2htm

Ай бұрын

@@Corvette1658 Got it out of the shop fixed in mid-february.