So I bought this 2004 Ram 2500 from my Mom in 2011.   It had 61k miles on it.  I got it pretty cheap at the time.

It currently has 65k miles on it.    It sits, a lot.  I plow a little with it, I haul stone, and plywood.  That's about it.  

I came back from picking up some sand yesterday and as I was backing in, this really loud noise was heard from the right front end.

So I took a look inside the right front.  LOL.      The lower one is disconnected too, but it's up in the joint. 

The body is still pretty nice...it's just dissolving down below.   I've replaced all the brakes, lines, calipers, fuel rail, power steering pump hoses, coils, plugs, on and on.  If something can rust on this thing, it has.

 

Couple of tubes of JB Weld and you'll be fine!

 

Jesus!

That'll buff right out.

4 minutes ago, 10X said:

Couple of tubes of JB Weld and you'll be fine!

 

Maybe a little WD40 on those bolts to get 'em out?  

I'm going to sawszall/grind them out.  I already bought the parts.    8 bolts, 4 on each side.  $89.00

 

 

Hmmm. That doesn’t look right to me

Throw a wand lawn sprinkler underneath the vehicle in the future. Brine and salt kill trucks

I have a few rolls of really good duct tape....will that help? 

5 minutes ago, Displaced Texan said:

I have a few rolls of really good duct tape....will that help? 

Maybe I can cover my ears so I don't hear it?

Had two Dodge Durangos from that era....both were absolute rust-buckets.  Had rust in areas that no decent vehicle should have rusted

 

16 minutes ago, Malsua said:

Maybe I can cover my ears so I don't hear it?

Just turn this up:

2 hours ago, Displaced Texan said:

I have a few rolls of really good duct tape....will that help? 

4 hours ago, Malsua said:

So I bought this 2004 Ram 2500 from my Mom in 2011.  

I hate to say it, but I think she took you to the cleaners. 

Just now, Handyman said:

I hate to say it, but I think she took you to the cleaners. 

That's ok, at the time it was was worth about $15k.   I got it for 5k.

The footnote is that I got it all back anyway when she passed.