fergusontom45
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well, it all started when my pickup started overheating. don't have access to a digital cam yet, but will start a thread and update the pix when i get the ability to transfer them from my phone. anyway, 1 week ago, truck started over heating, so i flushed the radiator and engine block, replaced the thermostat, and refilled. still overheated.... thinking oh god i need a new waterpump. my truck is a 93 b2200, and come to find out, the engine is an 87 b2000.... nothin like finding that out when the guy at orielly's tells you the year and model engine by looking up the picture of the waterpump that came of your engine..lol.... anyay, got the wp in and guess what, went to hook the electric fan back up and fried the motor.... another 70 bucks and three days later....... got it running, and staying cool...... however when i pulled the bumper off, i found that when the previous owner hit, whatever he hit, he practically destroyed all the valance pieces... and all the bolts holding them to the bumper were rusted solid.....so i ended up ripping all that off..... i figured i'd replace it soon anyway... but i didn't stop to think about the blinkers....lol... so what i did today.....went to the junk yard and found out that of the 4 mazda b's they had, only one had a blinker, just one, that was still salvageable....but he wants the same amount that they cost new.....so pass, cause i don't even know if the wires are still good... btw... the junk yard has one stamped tailgate if you guys are interested, it has a few dings across the top edge but over all pretty good condition and i think he has two 4wd models one looked like all the body was in fair condition, one had a driver side front end collision to that fender is basically toast... but the place is called Meador's auto salvage, it's in Springdale Arkansas, i think the area code is 72764... so if ya wanna look up the ph number, he said the aforementioned tailgate he'd sell for 100 bucks, not sure about shipping though.... back to my story..... so i went to orielly's and got a couple of trailer type, double sided tail lites and wired em up to be my front end blinkers...lol. ....... mounted em on the bumper.... need a new one anyway.... but i'll get some pics up when i can and we can all laugh together....