{"id":504,"date":"2022-10-05T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2022-10-06T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:18:07","slug":"van-life-rehabbing-a-rusty-22-year-old-dodge-ram-1500-van-party-8-of-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"Van Life &#8211; Rehabbing a rusty 22 year old Dodge Ram 1500 Van, Party 8 of Many"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lots of updates here, we removed the old dry-rotted tires and changed them ourself and used balancing beads.  Good tire shops are hard to find around here and well again, this is a budget build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300789942_10160495608028385_8548274595048667161_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300789942_10160495608028385_8548274595048667161_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300789942_10160495608028385_8548274595048667161_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300789942_10160495608028385_8548274595048667161_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300789942_10160495608028385_8548274595048667161_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300789942_10160495608028385_8548274595048667161_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300955837_10160495608043385_4585892174958711661_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300955837_10160495608043385_4585892174958711661_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300955837_10160495608043385_4585892174958711661_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300955837_10160495608043385_4585892174958711661_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300955837_10160495608043385_4585892174958711661_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/300955837_10160495608043385_4585892174958711661_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tire Changer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harborfreight.com\/manual-tire-changer-69686.html\">Harbor Freight<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balancing Beads: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ecYxGQ\">Amazon \/ Counteract<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, we started tearing down the inside and working on rust remediation, this is just a wire wheel and a scraper to get at this and get it down to serviceable steel.  Then weld in patches where needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/302702432_10107073679052536_252902081035491330_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/302702432_10107073679052536_252902081035491330_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/302702432_10107073679052536_252902081035491330_n.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/302702432_10107073679052536_252902081035491330_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottharvanek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/302702432_10107073679052536_252902081035491330_n-400x300.jpg 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