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eyw · 02-11-2008, 08:48 PM

Thanks for all the encouraging words and the warm welcome.

I'm in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The truck's previous owner is also from the area and I think he purchased it previously from someone who lived in Utah who put on the bumpers and side bars. Not sure how many years the truck spent in Cleveland, but they do use salt quite liberally around here.

One new thing I discovered tonight is that the headlights seem to have gotten some moisture in them so I got some replacements for them. Now I've found that the upper hoop of SB bumper gets in the way of getting the clips off the grille. Have you owners of this bumper found any easy way to get the grille off or is it just a finesse kind of thing? Also found the screws for the retaining rings to be pretty rusted and pretty much fused to the rear part that holds the headlamp in place. Sigh - nothing is easy.

The signal lamps are held in place by a bracket between the two horizontal bars. If you look hard in the first picture, you can sort of make them out.

Got the truck for $800 so I'm not looking to put a whole lot of money into it. Definitely want to get the 4WD mechanicals and A/C working before I tackle the cosmetics (unless I can find a bumper cheap).

I ordered the Haynes and Chiltons manuals so I'll be going through those when they get here. And look at getting the hubs off and rebuilding them. Thanks for the link to the article.

Also - any Northeast Ohio YotaTech members and if so, any trusted places you go to to have your truck worked on?

02-11-2008, 08:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
eyw Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 20	Thanks for all the encouraging words and the warm welcome. I'm in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The truck's previous owner is also from the area and I think he purchased it previously from someone who lived in Utah who put on the bumpers and side bars. Not sure how many years the truck spent in Cleveland, but they do use salt quite liberally around here. One new thing I discovered tonight is that the headlights seem to have gotten some moisture in them so I got some replacements for them. Now I've found that the upper hoop of SB bumper gets in the way of getting the clips off the grille. Have you owners of this bumper found any easy way to get the grille off or is it just a finesse kind of thing? Also found the screws for the retaining rings to be pretty rusted and pretty much fused to the rear part that holds the headlamp in place. Sigh - nothing is easy. The signal lamps are held in place by a bracket between the two horizontal bars. If you look hard in the first picture, you can sort of make them out. Got the truck for $800 so I'm not looking to put a whole lot of money into it. Definitely want to get the 4WD mechanicals and A/C working before I tackle the cosmetics (unless I can find a bumper cheap). I ordered the Haynes and Chiltons manuals so I'll be going through those when they get here. And look at getting the hubs off and rebuilding them. Thanks for the link to the article. Also - any Northeast Ohio YotaTech members and if so, any trusted places you go to to have your truck worked on? Last edited by eyw; 02-11-2008 at 08:53 PM.