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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9840 on: July 24, 2015, 03:20:23 PM »
Quote from: Icequeen on July 24, 2015, 02:28:58 PM
Quote from: Hubert on July 24, 2015, 12:45:13 PM
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Cost of auto repairs went from $700 to $1550

 :zombiefuck: Another car might have been cheaper.

Bought the truck for 4 grand, have put about $3000 in repairs into it over the past three years.  AC compressor, fuel pump, two alternators (at least I did those myself), two batteries, plugs and wires, intake manifold and a wheel cylinder.  I would have just junked it for a cheap car but I need the truck to have any fun with my boat :)

Plus I am in the middle of pulling all the carpet out of my basement and still need it for trips to the dump.

What went wrong with it?

Price for labor even repairing stupid shit is nuts anymore.

Flashing check engine light and engine was shuddering with about half power.  Bad misfire in cylinder #1, guy quotes $700 to replace all the plugs and wires plus change the oil, new air filter and replace a bulb.  While he is pulling the plugs he finds that the spark plug tube for cylinder #5 is full of coolant.  Tracks that down and finds a bad leak in the intake manifold.  Plus I have a frozen brake in the back and the brake fluid is dangerously low.  I approve some more work to fix that and then he comes back and says that he can't bleed the air out of the brake lines because some screw on a wheel cylinder is stuck and he needs to replace the cylinder.  In the middle of all of this he also flushed the brake fluid and transmission fluid (that was slipping also).  End of the day the total was $1505, but it runs nicely now and the trannie isn't slipping anymore.  Which is good as I am taking a 7-day road trip with some buddies for a field study course in mid-August, and I am going to be driving these guys up and down mountains all day.
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9841 on: July 24, 2015, 06:06:44 PM »
Quote from: Hubert on July 24, 2015, 03:20:23 PM
Quote from: Icequeen on July 24, 2015, 02:28:58 PM
Quote from: Hubert on July 24, 2015, 12:45:13 PM
Quote from: hykeaswell on July 24, 2015, 11:43:27 AM
Quote from: Hubert on July 24, 2015, 09:04:53 AM
Cost of auto repairs went from $700 to $1550

 :zombiefuck: Another car might have been cheaper.

Bought the truck for 4 grand, have put about $3000 in repairs into it over the past three years.  AC compressor, fuel pump, two alternators (at least I did those myself), two batteries, plugs and wires, intake manifold and a wheel cylinder.  I would have just junked it for a cheap car but I need the truck to have any fun with my boat :)

Plus I am in the middle of pulling all the carpet out of my basement and still need it for trips to the dump.

What went wrong with it?

Price for labor even repairing stupid shit is nuts anymore.

Flashing check engine light and engine was shuddering with about half power.  Bad misfire in cylinder #1, guy quotes $700 to replace all the plugs and wires plus change the oil, new air filter and replace a bulb.  While he is pulling the plugs he finds that the spark plug tube for cylinder #5 is full of coolant.  Tracks that down and finds a bad leak in the intake manifold.  Plus I have a frozen brake in the back and the brake fluid is dangerously low.  I approve some more work to fix that and then he comes back and says that he can't bleed the air out of the brake lines because some screw on a wheel cylinder is stuck and he needs to replace the cylinder.  In the middle of all of this he also flushed the brake fluid and transmission fluid (that was slipping also).  End of the day the total was $1505, but it runs nicely now and the trannie isn't slipping anymore.  Which is good as I am taking a 7-day road trip with some buddies for a field study course in mid-August, and I am going to be driving these guys up and down mountains all day.

 :zombiefuck:

I could not get the rear bleeder valves open on my last van so I undid the rear passenger brake line where it went into the drum and used that to bleed the line and called it good enough. 
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9842 on: July 27, 2015, 12:02:30 AM »
Really tired and therefore really grumpy.
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9843 on: July 28, 2015, 05:36:58 AM »
Diet, exercise and people who are not used to seeing me commit to such activities.
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9844 on: July 28, 2015, 04:32:26 PM »
The new van doesn't have half the balls the old one did hopefully the better mileage will make up for it
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9845 on: July 28, 2015, 07:36:30 PM »
Call centers in Mumbai or wherever in Asia they are drive me nuts!     :hair:
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9846 on: July 29, 2015, 12:03:22 AM »
I'm tired and I have a headache.
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9847 on: July 29, 2015, 12:54:17 AM »
Quote from: odeon on July 29, 2015, 12:03:22 AM
I'm tired and I have a headache.

So, no sex, I guess?
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9848 on: July 30, 2015, 12:30:52 AM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2015, 12:54:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 29, 2015, 12:03:22 AM
I'm tired and I have a headache.

So, no sex, I guess?

I'll make an exception for you. :eyelash:
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9849 on: July 30, 2015, 07:32:37 AM »
Everyone is cranky from the heat round here
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9850 on: July 30, 2015, 10:08:34 AM »
Quote from: Parts on July 30, 2015, 07:32:37 AM
Everyone is cranky from the heat round here

I'd bitch about the heat, but then I remember the unrelenting cold and snow of this last winter............then shut my mouth, sit in front of a fan and sip tea.    :P
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9851 on: July 30, 2015, 04:37:39 PM »
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2015, 12:30:52 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2015, 12:54:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 29, 2015, 12:03:22 AM
I'm tired and I have a headache.

So, no sex, I guess?

I'll make an exception for you. :eyelash:

Not in front of the children.    :o
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9852 on: July 31, 2015, 12:19:42 AM »
That's just the gopher. :eyebrows:
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9853 on: July 31, 2015, 01:21:43 AM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 30, 2015, 04:37:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2015, 12:30:52 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2015, 12:54:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 29, 2015, 12:03:22 AM
I'm tired and I have a headache.

So, no sex, I guess?

I'll make an exception for you. :eyelash:

Not in front of the children.    :o
Quote from: odeon on July 31, 2015, 12:19:42 AM
That's just the gopher. :eyebrows:

Does that mean I get to watch?  :zoinks:
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Re: Just one quick bitch, part two
« Reply #9854 on: July 31, 2015, 08:36:50 AM »
Quote from: Gopher Gary on July 31, 2015, 01:21:43 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 30, 2015, 04:37:39 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 30, 2015, 12:30:52 AM
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 29, 2015, 12:54:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 29, 2015, 12:03:22 AM
I'm tired and I have a headache.

So, no sex, I guess?

I'll make an exception for you. :eyelash:

Not in front of the children.    :o
Quote from: odeon on July 31, 2015, 12:19:42 AM
That's just the gopher. :eyebrows:

Does that mean I get to watch?  :zoinks:

Would you prefer the barn or the meadow?  In either case we need to clear off the horses so we don't frighten them.
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