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 Post subject: i want to give up
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:11 pm 
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ok heres the story


It starts out a few months ago when i saw the performance of my luv starting to fall. I checked everything i could think of with no luck, untill i saw some antifreeze leaking from the side of my block. When i noticed that i pulled the top end off my engine and saw that i had a bad head gasket. While i had stuff torn apart i desided to put on all new gaskets and check a few things. Not even a week later after all the work i had just done, my tranny starts to slip... and i mean bad. That was ok tho cause it isnt that hard to pull out and i had a few nice days to do it. i saw it was just the clutch plate, it took $20 and the first part of my weekend off to fix and i was done. or so i thought, on my way home from work tonight not 5 blocks from the house my oil light starts to faintly glow and i thought there is now way i just filled it. this was soon followed by a clattering and the smell of smoke. all i can think is F&#! whats wrong now. i let it coast the rest the way home and just roll up into the yard. cool off for about 30 minutes then check the oil... its fine. but now its dark so i cant really do much else. if its not one thing its another with this truck.

List of things I've done in '08
all new gaskets and seals from the pan to carb
new water pump
all new vac lines
new plugs & wires
new battery
new clutch disk
new u-joints
removed & properly sealed off all smog parts/ports

well thats pretty much where im at... under the hood again.
for what i hope is the last time for a while. but if its any thing major it my be "bye bye luv, bye bye happiness, hello loneliness and maybe a '82 mustang" :(

its not my first choice but the only thing in my price range around here.

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 Post subject: Re: i want to give up
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:41 pm 
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Just part of owning a cheap built 30 or so year old truck! :| Dont feel alone as most of here have been there done that. I just went through it 20 years ago, replaced all the bad stuff, with BETTER stuff! 8)

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 Post subject: Re: i want to give up
PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:00 pm 
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Is your truck a 4x4? If so how is the body on it? If you do decide to sell your truck, what price would you be asking?

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 Post subject: Re: i want to give up
PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:22 am 
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Dont feel so bad man. I actually have to pull the motor and tranny out of my truck today to fix a stupid fluid leak. I dont even have 100 miles on the damn thing yet. It's all part of the game. Just keep your head high.


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 Post subject: Re: i want to give up
PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:55 pm 
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Try pulling and putting it back in four seperate times...


Damn piston #3...


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