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.