1st gen suspension parts

[killed300ex]

Wondering if any of you 1st gen guys could tell me where you are finding good replacment parts. I was just given a 2wd 1st gen that I need an upper right control arm and the dealer wants almost $200 for it. Just the arm no bushings ball joints ect. Any good stored like lmc dedicated to the first gens?
Thanks

[PToombs]

Evan, the only place most of us find parts is e-bay or a junkyard. It's tough finding new parts for a truck that's almost 20 years old. Even the parts houses don't wanna know nuthin'. I got lucky finding a donor truck in Connecticut, fairly nearby.
Good luck on parts. :HoleShotHolset:
Oh, get some pics up! :poke:

[killed300ex]

yea I was kinda afraid of that prolly gonna end up going through the dealer. Guess I shouldnt really complain Ill have 300 into a 88 dodge 150 2wd w/ a 318 as a daily driver. body is mint ill try to get some pictures tom if I get back from work at a decent hour

[killed300ex]

I love ebay 2 brand new complete ball joints ect for 125 shipped to my door. :woohoo:

[Jim]

nice evan good find!

[mattg4x4]

try https://www.1stchryslerparts.com/oe_parts_catalog.html they are fairily resonable good luck!!!:HoleShotHolset:

[PToombs]

:professor: Just so you know, a Cummins truck is a 1st gen. If it has a gasser, it's just an '88 pickup. :exactly:



PS, don't bother with pics. :nutkick:


:falldownlaugh: :smilielol:

[JLeonard]

Damn I wish you asked one year ago...I had an 89 D250 hauled away.
(after Deo stripped lots of parts, but nothing from the front end)

[killed300ex]

haha about the pickup comment ohh well for the price im not gonna complain. To bad about the parts truck but for $125 for 2 new ones with ball joints its almost a waste to bother with a used one.

[PToombs]

I forgot, I need the band/ clamp thingy that holds the swaybar to the strut. On the way back from Indiana last fall, I got this awful growling noise just as I got into NY state. 3 hours from home. :eek: I thought a wheel bearing was going.
Turns out the clamp rusted thru, and the swaybar was making it vibrate against the strut.
Man was I glad to see what was really wrong. I bent it apart, and finished my trip. :smokin:
So if anybody has 1 of those puppys, I'd appreciate a PM, call, or something!
:HoleShotHolset: