wheeling pics and problems

went wheeling yesterday and got stuck as hell and while i was sitting there muddy water seaped in my door seal and got about a gallon of dirty water in my floot board this wouldnt be so bad if i hadent just cleaned my carpets 1 month ago

i dont have pics of me stuck but i do have pics of what my truck looked like after



im the one with the shirt on

and so today i was cleaning my truck up and crawled up under it and seen why i got stuck
skid plate bent down not allowing me to back up

and while i was down there also i noticed my transfercase leaking oil badly
idk how long its been like this but it hasnt been long




and also my truck dosnt sound like it wants to start but it dose (barely)
im thinking altinator but i would think the battery would be dead by now any one have any other ideas?


also another problem i have is it feels like my power stearing dosnt work all the time but its ben like that for a while now and the fluid is reading its full so idk? any help with that



so ive come to a conclusion
i hate to say it but i think im going to do the same as tigerfan and retire my truck for wheeling (for now at least)
but im not gonna stop ill only use 4wd when i need it

 

if you still have your stock tires and rims you want to think about selling the ones you got now

 

not sellin my tires or rims
i like them

but i do still have my stock rims i might sell but idk

 

well i think my 09 stocks are probley better than 11 year old stocks

 

but my stocks are aluminium

 

oh i got the cheepest rims and stereo cuz my parents knew i would beg em into letting me get aftermarket, you would think they wouldove gone with the 4x4 insdead of buying a whole new 4x4 truck

 

you need to pressure wash the hell outta that truck..top to bottom,engine compartment and all. make sure you wash underneath really good, and you'll wanna check that leak asap.

 

ithe first thing that went when i got my truck was the radio

 

i already washed and waxed the body and i didnt really get a good look at the case but i think its coning fron around that seal ill try to take the skid off tomarro and wash the hell out of the bottom of the truck

 

well my dads construction company is sellign there old f150 and f250 for about 1k and 2k there all 4x4 and have mudtires alread and cb radio, all i would want to do is paint part with bed liner and get some bumper gaurds and itl be a great offroad truck

 

Smell your power steering fluid and see if it smells burnt.

 

i would serousely look into that if they wernt fords

i dont like fords

 

will do
tomarro

 

its an 03 for 1k its a pretty damn good deal, hell ill buy it when i get money insetead of paying for rims and tires on a prerunner

 

id buy both
and do a 4wd convversion on the prerunner

 

Hey my skid plate looks just like yours!! Except it's the pass side that's bent down, not the drivers side. And mine came from snow/ice and not mud

 

is that possible/economical

 

nice photos, good luck w/the truck

 

it looked worse last week
from when i riped it off