my truck=teh sux0r

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

So i've been having a problem with my truck lately, and it just escalated to a new level today.

The starter has been having some problems for a while now, it has a few dead spots in it. I've been lucky enough to have it catch on a good spot after a few minutes of constantly clicking it.

Well, on thursday it finally decided to stop being nice to me and finally just stopped starting. On top of that, it snows a foot on wednesday night.

So here I am in a foot of snow trying to get my truck running. I jack up the truck and get the starter out (mind you, i'm laying on a tarp in my apartment's parking lot, getting snowed on).

So i get the starter out and all seems well (except for the starter of course). So i get a new starter today and try to get it in there. Problem #1: the starter won't fit up in there with the wires attached (battery and ignition leads). So i unhook those and try again.

Problem #2: I STILL can't get it to go in there, not to mention that i have no way of getting the battery and ignition leads on there even if I DO get it in.

So finally i take my aggression out on a nearby bush, and back to work i go.

I hook up the one wire i can and still be able to get the starter in there (the battery lead). Problem #3: I get the starter up in where it almost needs to be, then i try to manuver it a little bit to get it up higher, the ring terminal that attaches the battery lead to the starter snaps off.....fuck

So, here I am in a parking lot while it's snowing with a broken battery lead and no way to fix it. Needless to say, that bush felt my wrath again.

Now it looks like i'm going to have to tow the bastard home and try to fix it there. And all i wanted to do was drive to class. I guess i'm lucky that it decided to die at my apartment complex rather than on campus.

Sorry for the long post, just needed to vent my frustration:furious:

Long story short: fuck GM engineers

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[packerfan 10+ year member]

Shit happens, be lucky yours is only the started and not the LIM, water pump, power steering pump, and fuel pump....all with in an hour or so of each other.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

On a side note, i don't think my rear brakes work anymore either.

For example, when my car was still running, i was driving in the apartment parking lot one day. Now, they don't plow the lot for shit, so there's snow and ice everywhere.

When the engine is cold the RPM's stay pretty high, so the wheels spin fairly easily without me hitting the gas. So i'm on a patch of ice, my front wheels lock up, and i stop. Yet, the one rear wheel (stupid open differential) continues to spin no matter how hard i hit the brakes.

Intriguing to say the least.

 

[Meka 10+ year member]

And so it begins...the curse of the type R!

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

And so it begins...the curse of the type R!

Haha, pwnt!!

 

[analogkid]

sucks man. i feel your pain. i blew a clutch on my 4runner in a snow drift last winter. hadda drop the ******+tranfercase on it in 5 degree weather and snow. fastest clutch i ever changed...lol

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

that does ****

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

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[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

thats why...

ima ford truck man, thats all i drive

aint got no boundaries, no compromise

id rather walk ten miles, and be down on my luck

then drive another kind of pickup truck

ford is king of the mountain built ford tough

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[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

thats why...
ima ford truck man, thats all i drive

aint got no boundaries, no compromise

id rather walk ten miles, and be down on my luck

then drive another kind of pickup truck

ford is king of the mountain built ford tough

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The thing is, is that the truck just seems to eat starters. This will be the 4th one in 5 years.

Other parts of the truck are original and VERY high mileage and still work fine. The transmission, driveshaft(s) and rearend are all original with 300,000+ miles on them.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Come on, Tommy ... You've been here long enough to know this belongs in Car Performance and Repair ...
Try a non-OEM starter ...

If i wanted it in car performance and repair, i would've been asking people for advice/telling them what stuff i've been doing to my truck. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

This thread is about me releasing my frustration. So yeah, i think it belongs in the lounge.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

It's about your truck breaking down and repairing it ... Any vehicle that needs repairs is going to be frustrating //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Thats not what the thread is about though. If i made a thread about fixing my truck, it would have been entitled "I've been doing some work to my truck", not "my truck=teh sux0r". //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

my iroc's were the same way. had to un-bolt the motor mount.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

I always have shit **** up on the front end of my truck...ball joints, control arm, front end alignments, rack and pinion...and now i think the rotor on the driver side is ****ed

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

you dont HAVE to unbolt the motor mounts, it just makes it a bit easier to get the starter in. i had to use a prybar to get my old one out, but my mini starter off a 95 lt1 went right in.