![]() The dashboard was missing pieces and had numerous damage points, with a second gas gauge (neither worked) and a cracked pane covering the speedo.įront seatbelts were fine, but the rears had been chewed through. There was only one front seat, taken from what I believe was a RAV4. Salvageable, but needed a complete cleaning. It was also ripped and missing the (very important) latch that secures it to the floor so it does not fold forward. The rear bench was “there,” which is to say that it was in the rear of the truck, but not bolted in anywhere. I have seen all sorts of stock sizes for these guys, but it came with 235/75/15s on it. Old ones were dry-rotted, which I knew, so I went up a size and bout new steel wheels for it. New windshield installed however, had to reuse the gasket, so it’s leaking a bit in heavy rain.Where possible, new seals were purchased and installed.Dirt and dust were everywhere, and since most seals for doors and what not were gone, dirt and dust was everywhere. Inspection passed in Pennsylvania, and to do so, I had to rewire headlights and put in new turn signals, as the new ones are LED to replace cracked, broken incandescents.Parking brake adjusted cable had slipped off completely.It appears the fronts were original to the truck. There actually were no wiper arms on it when I got it. Other maintenance stuff like wipers done: lots was missing on this, as it looks like it was beaten in its previous life.So, what’s been done thus far for maintenance: Cost under $1k, though I did have to ship it. After a brief search, I found one at auction, through Copart. ![]() ![]() I did not realize some well-known problems that these little guys can have, but this has so far been solved. I sought a Rocky for a wide variety of reasons due to their reputation. I will save the entire backstory, other than to say this vehicle replaces a similar one totaled by a drunk driver. I’ll do a post first about what I have done thus far.
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