How did this little truck make it almost 400,000 MILES?

[@katznmier000]

What everyone else hears: "Hey y'all! Welcome back to Andy's little homestead!" What I hear: "Hey y'all, your days is about to get better!" Keep it up Andy, my wife and I love to see your shenanigans.

[@adrianphillips2247]

It's a good day when Andy puts up a video. Make yourself a cuppa, relax. We need more Andy we can't get enough!

[@freddking4389]

In my younger days if I heard something, the radio wasn't loud enough.

[@denisegaylord382]

I have a niece that is like that still. She's pushing 36! 😂😂😂😂 No wonder nobody will loan her a car when her's is in the shop....

[@dannymatthews6365]

“Michigan. The land of rust and sadness.” Hilarious Andy!

[@kennethsonier1766]

Good morning Andy 🌞 I absolutely agree, you can get a vehicle to run forever if you do proper maintenance. Good luck with your new Dodge 👍✌️🇺🇲

[@melodeeplath8002]

Good to see you online! Beautiful golden fall colors on your property ❤🍁🍃🌻 Take care.

[@pkkriz8610]

I don't remember how I stumbled on your channel, but every video is a gem. Grew up in Ontario, just over the border from there. Live in Australia now and still shocked that I can buy a 15yo truck and it isn't rusted out

[@Remingtonulv13]

My ranger has 502539 miles and it's still kicking. I love old high mileage trucks. Cheap and reliable if you take care of them

[@Price1861]

I had a 2002 ranger that had 360k and then sold it. Then found the exact truck a year ago with 120k…

[@martinarmstrong2206]

Good stuff Andy! And as always, I love you and you still need a Skid Steer.

[@WayCoolJr27]

Glad you are posting to KZbin!

[@thewitt76]

Good to see ya Andy. Love the old Dakota, reminds me of the 1986 D1500 w 318 my grandaddy had, took it to 280k miles and gave it to my stepdad who took her all the way to 456k miles, it needed a whole new air con system, AGAIN, and he was sick and couldn't get by without ac in the south so he traded her in on a 2001 Silverado with 2000 miles that I have up to 356k miles on that 5.3. Its slower than a dead horse but it never lets me down or doesn't crank.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

Thank you for making me laugh so much. 😂

[@christinastewart9830]

Gosh, I love your videos! You are way too funny and smart! Say hello to your wonderful wife! God bless.😊❤

[@marklanders630]

I buy oil filters by the case. Never an excuse to not change the oil. Living on an island means I never need to go over 55mph, but I'm usually just cruising along at 35-45. I have been procrastinating fixing my suspension but after you pointed out the chain effect, I'm ordering parts today.

[@jacksonbennett6151]

I bought an 87 v6 Dakota back in high school in 2012, I drove it till this year, put over 100k on it myself, it’s at about 175k. It started drinking coolant so I did the intake gasket… again… still consumed coolant, less if I kept it under 75, I’m thinking it’s the head gasket. I will get into it one of these days, I suppose I’ll treat it to a refresh of a few parts, I know one or 2 lifters are a bit tired, I had to make my own retainer spring for one that I found with the cap twisted sideways the first time I did the intake gaskets! This year I picked up a new used tundra, I paid over 10 times what I did for the Dakota for it!

[@eddielockejr7997]

Andy, I have a 91 Dodge W150 with a 318 in it. And it has over a 1/2 a million miles on it. And it's still running strong as long as you maintain it. It'll run forever because it's a Dodge. And I plow snow with it every year in new England

[@Dirtyjoe_13]

Them dang ole 318s and 360s in old dodge trucks live forever

[@brokenastronaught]

It's awesome seeing you post on KZbin more!

[@danfischer518]

PM is worth its weight in gold.

[@kd4yrp]

I had a ‘95 Dodge Dakota regular cab short bed 2wd with the 318 and the 5 speed manual transmission mission. That truck was quicker than both the Ford Lightning and the Chevy 454 of the same years. Great truck.

[@olypenguy]

My 1992 Chevy K2500 with the TBI 350 in it is sitting at 372,000 currently. Just keeps plugging along! I work it hard regularly as it’s my garbage/rock/bark/etc. hauler. Put some air bags on the rear several years ago to help out with the yard plus of rock im frequently hauling. Paint is slightly faded, not too bad. Interior is mint condition actually with exception of the headliner. It’s still good, but just unsticking from the foam board. Put several of the little screw style push pins in and she’s good to go for a while longer. Haha Front end is about ready for its second overhaul. All the bushings are getting weak. Probably push it off till spring.

[@HagasBN]

The Dakotas are beast, my dad has a 2000 with the V8 magnum in it with 300 some thousand miles on it. Got beat to all get out, plowed into a telephone pole, hauled everything and anything and ran til she started to rust out and fuel pump went and has been sitting since. Love those trucks

[@denisegaylord382]

I am laughing because I can SO relate to you! I drive a 1995 Dodge Ram B2500 Van with that same engine in it. She's got a few quirks, but I am ashamed to say, she doesn't have anywhere near that mileage on her yet. She was our "go to visitin' family" vehicle, and she's my "daily" ride now. But as a truck driver, the last thing I want to do when I get home, is drive very far. She just turned over 145,000 miles. She leaks about a qt of oil over the course of about 3 months, and I have to top off her tranny about every 6 to 9 months. I am its second owner. The first owner put 60K on it, and got rid of it. And until recently, she didn't have any real damage to her. My housemate forgot to look while backing up his vehicle, and put a wrinkle in the right rear. But all my upgraded led lights survived, 🤣

[@blindtomsadventures2067]

Yes you’re right long as you maintain them. My wife has a Ford expedition that everyone hates with 379,000 miles on it engine was never touched. and still runs great

[@frostysnowdog]

We had two 318s growing up. First was in a Dodge Aspen wagon from ‘77. It always had carbon buildup- but we learned how to take it apart. The next was a 1984ish “100” van. The van was amazing - it lasted forever and we drove it up and down the east coast and into Canada on vacation. The aspen unceremoniously died at 98,000 mile and threw a rod or something. Drove it home clack clack clack and it never started again.

[@ednorris3697]

Those trucks are AWESOME I had 2 of them a 91 and a 95 they have week transmissions and rears though. They last as long as you don't beat on em

[@bakman52]

Teal'ish green lmao

[@rondierckens6618]

Undercoat it soon or it will be rust red too lol

[@daphaneshultz5136]

the chicks love it! LOL!!!

[@davefreed2818]

First time watching your channel, i myself just picked up a 2010 Silverado with 390k miles on a 4.3 i just did a tune up and come to find out it had the original spark plugs and wires ground straps were melted almost completely away and miraculously ran great

[@whatevertheworldholds]

Take care of yourself God Bless you and yours always AMEN

[@SuperSodamachine]

I like how you roll with ur things, doesnt have to be pretty, if it works it works.

[@daleley7645]

WHen the wife says the car has a noise, I tell her to turn up the radio. Works great.

[@dougford5259]

I got faith in ya Andy. I think you can kill that truck in 10k miles. Oh, and it's always a good day when I see a new video from you.

[@steffaniepickering596]

Nice to see u again, u seem to b in a great place ❤

[@shawnsderbyden1032]

318 with an rv cam a 727 trans and 8 3/4 rear end was my go to choice for my full size derby set up back in the day you couldn’t kill that set up so not surprising that trucks lasted that long

[@parkergeurin]

That’s awesome! I’ve had some high mileage trucks before but not that high. I love old trucks. Had to part with my 85 f150 I6 single cab a while back when my son was born! Love your channel, been here from the beginning!

[@nikolauschiorgno5884]

Awesome truck.

[@slugwrench]

Nice to see "you'll " in the news papers .

[@carlwest859]

Hey Andy good stuff. I bought a wood splitter recently to speed me up and still have all my 70 year old fingers. My 2 left handed thumbs haven't faired so well but practice makes less pain eventually. Tried crushing tins cans and then some other metal forming with the 50,000 pound beast and hey what fun. Use hardwood blocks for anvils when crushing metal. Try it out with your splitter and invent more useful things for us to view. Take care.

[@BrandinHunter]

Disclaimer: I apologize for any grammatical errors in this post. I was in a state of deep contemplation and allowed my fingers to freely type, prioritizing the flow of my thoughts over perfect grammar. I love this video. let me take this time to talk up my father, who I lost 2 months ago. He had a lot of Acura's. Mainly the MDX. 01, 14, and a 16. The only one was his baby. Only an Acura dealer could touch his SUVs. the 01 was his baby. was stolen and recovered after about a year. Got it back. The paint was gone. something ate through most of the right side in some spots bare metal. never the less, he had his rules. all small things become big things, don't let them. over time, he started asking me to do work on it. also let me us it for out of town trips or to use while my car was in the shop. Every vehicle he owned, he made sure he had a remote start and a backup camera installed. if it didn't, he had it professionally installed. over time, it was a habit to give him a report on anything, and I mean anything that's that happened. Luckily, this is normal for me due to work DOT stuff. check the oil, tire pressure, using a torch wrench (just in case), what buld I replaced, which lead to switching everybuld but the dash to led. moving on, over time, he wasn't able to do the things he used too. I would change the rotors, breaks, and door switches. He bought new wheels for him and his wife's other MDX's a 14 and 16. they are both bodies styles. long story short, they ended up with matching MDX's in every way. You grow up thinking you have all this time, but you don't. One of the last things he said to me making sure his wife was there was, "I want Brandin to have the MDX" I replied. I don't remember what I said, but I know I dismissed like he'll be home soon like he always. I'm currently writing this in The MDX. I find it funny that we all know which one. He ended up putting his wife's wheels, which were brand new and Acura's 19's. I think the others were 16s or 17s. I still do all the things he did. I haven't full grasp it's mine. I hope your son enjoys his new to him ride.

[@gordondufrene5699]

Best line of the day “or a 5.2l if you live in a country that hasn’t been to the moon”.

[@wayned5872]

318 is a damn fine engine

[@johnwagner6423]

Power windows and locks, awesome!!!

[@floydferguson5366]

Great video!

[@brandonbearden3136]

We do need more videos.

[@alucarder]

Great video

[@DanielBowens]

I’m tryna figure out why you look so familiar… did you go to millbrook?

[@andyslittlehomestead6705]

Sure did. Lol.

[@brokenwrist24]

I had a 2001 durango that had the 5.9l 360 magnum. It made like a whopping 260 hp, but had like 350 ft lbs of torque. I abused that poor vehicle, and yet it never gave up. I have a fondness for the dogge magnum engines.

[@speedbuggy16v]

I so feel this video, for the last 13 years I have been driving a 89 mustang with the 2.3 and a 5 speed that cost me $150 a new fuel pump and ignition switch. It may have had the oil changed in the last year, maybe, don't quote me on that......

[@TheRealBadFox]

I am with you on the oil filter, Fram will kill your engine. 3 micron is too large

[@irocthe85]

This brings back memories, 318 trucks are gutless turds, but they do last forever.

[@joemcmenamy5896]

It’s a Dakota thay are tuff .. as long as you maintenance the vehicle regularly it will out live you 🎊 🎉

[@thomasmoore622]

What’s better than 4 old trucks? 5 old trucks!

[@joshbaker6488]

Damn i miss those 18 dollhair truck days man... 😂😂😂

[@daphaneshultz5136]

My guy gets so crazy because when I hear a noise and I (I'm like your Father in Law)expect him to find and fix it. He is like you who just waits until it is obvious where the noise is coming from and has become a big expensive problem.

[@JohnDeere0809]

I didn’t even know anyone else knew where Otway, NC was 😂

[@1RickBaja]

$18...i love it

[@stephenullman4534]

I live in Rhode Island and I understand the saying "land of salt and sadness".

[@donnelson4928]

Nice truck

[@Shield.148]

I have an "87 Dodge Diplomat with a 318 in it. Ran great until that damn carburetor computer went on the fritz.

[@danbartolini27]

Talk about engines you couldn't kill the Ford 300 straight 6 was awesome. I had a bunch over the years and I bought most of then with over 100k them of course the transmission didn't last and the body rot was an issue but the engine would run forever

[@rrecl_yt1743]

2 million subscribers channel selling

[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.

[@carllewis8203]

I like your videos and have a Happy Thanksgiving

[@JCWren]

If you're looking at a vehicle and see it has a Fram oil filter... Just walk away.

[@jonathanwright5550]

Ya reckon they're that bad

[@harrygolive]

I like the color. But I drive a clypso green f-150

[@charleskilgore185]

If it ever stops running and you can't figure out wth is wrong cause all seems fine.... Look at the harness under the hood on the driver side all the gound are on a small wire and spiders into a single same size wire corrosion loves that junction point....just a heads up

[@GreatWhiteSquid]

You've literally just explained the dichotomy between my dad and I. He lets everything go to shit and just barely keeps things running. I will rebuild an entire truck and upgrade everything during the process just because I think I might have heard a squeak while driving 😂🤣

[@walterg.dedgejr.4451]

❤😂❤"hey y'all" ❣️

[@bonnieclyde3615]

My sister had a Honda Accord with over 400k miles on it.

[@Wil_Liam1]

I hope that he has already replaced the ecm ,sitting there on the passengers inner fender well,on it as they tend to melt down and fleabay has used ones but they can get pricey..

[@gealer63]

Lets hope it doesn't get added to the collection of things you need to fix😂

[@addisonshealy7411]

Love it

[@Dagrond]

Used to run the 318 in a Dodge D100,. it was a total dog, but it went forever.

[@jamesranney4123]

What happened to the power poke ??

[@garyduquette1784]

What did you do with the dodge one ton dually? I know you wrecked it, and you said you were going to fix it. But you’ve gone through trucks like a hillbilly goes through underwear. So are you drinking or worse ? But really what happened to the dually?

[@teeing9355]

I owned a 2002 POS; I mean Dakota Sport. The transmission went out at 103K miles, put a new one in, and immediately sold it for a small profit. It is someone else's problem now.

[@dwb812]

I bought a brand new 1995 "heavy" half ton and, even though a crazy young dude took it for a legit Dukes of Hazzard jump on an elevated set of railroad tracks on a country road while moving everyone's vehicles to a new field of sugar beets, it has 386,000 on the clock. It only needs a rear wiring harness repair(which stretched to breaking point during attempt at take off) and a radiator (damaged when attempted take off failed and truck returned rapidly to the earth. I guess it must have 'stalled' due to insufficient lift.🤷‍♂️😏🇺🇸

[@dwaynenelson3764]

Best of luck, with your new truck. Hey I'm a poet, and don't care to know it. All joking aside, best of luck.

[@SeesSean]

Shit wisconsin standards thats rust free xD

[@danbartolini27]

I had 230k on my 09 Chevy Silverado and I'd still be driving it if it didn't rot away

[@Holledel]

Had a 94 with the 318 that would get stuck on wet grass

[@bjgulliver2157]

Me, too

[@LaLaLucky7777]

Just change the oil chumps! Oil oil oil change

[@maxinemadero9650]

❤❤❤❤

[@Alexander12547]

That trucks just asking to be a flatbed

[@redneck5356]

Wix oil filters lol

[@LynnGorman]

👍

[@seviren]

Good down force... 😅

[@TerryHaupt616]

0-60 eventually...

[@1RickBaja]

land of rust and sadness...lmao

[@paynemeikle5853]

Post more content us broke people can't support you and like share videos if you don't post them

[@theamericanwonder]

Without a doubt! I bought a 1966 dodge pickup for $200 while I was in college. It had a 318 in it. I swear you couldn’t kill that engine if you wanted too! I’m now on my 4th 318 after making the mistake of buying a Chevy Silverado. Put it this way. I will never buy another Chevy again! You can’t beat the 318!

[@tombob671]

Agreed on the 318, now if Mopar could get it's act together on lousy plastic parts and better rustproofing why it would be swell