What a magnificent day.

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I tell ya, what a glorious and enjoyable day I had today.

As some of you know, today was the IL ca.com meet. It all started off good.

Nice and sunny when I wake up, I load up the truck and make it there without an incident.

People start cruisin in, so I set up the termlab.

Mind you, this is the same termlab and laptop that I used on thursday (and shut off afterwards and didn't use until today).

So i boot it up and start the termlab software.

ERROR. FILE NOT FOUND.

......shit

Reinstall termlab

nothin.

Shut down and reboot

nothin.

Finally I system restored (after the 2 hour disc error scan...gay) and got it working. But guess what, by that time it starts raining sideways.

Fuck me running.

So i hurry up and cover up all my shit just in time for the torrential downpour to occur. So here we are, all huddling under my tent so as to not get AS wet. So I'm soaked to the bone and just praying that I didn't fry anything. Luckily I didn't.

Finally the rain stops and it turns into a beautiful day. Sunny and warm. The metering begins and ends without incident. Everybody runs through and the show starts rapping up.

I hear a few setups, say bye to a few people, and pack up the truck.

So I'm cruisin on home which is about 40 miles away.

"All is well" I say. I spoke too soon.

So I'm drivin and being the content and humble retard that I am. I look down at my gauges and what do I see? My battery light flashing. "Hmmmm" I say. "Wonder what that's about".

So I'm drivin still, and here comes a turn in the highway. I turn the wheel....kind of. "SON OF A BITCH!!!" I proclaim loudly, using quite a bit of strength to turn the wheel.

At this point I know something is up and so I look down at my gauges again. "Engine temperature: 240 degrees". Yeah....

So finally i get to an exit after repeating "SHIT SHIT SHIT" over and over, pull off to the side and pop the hood.

There it is.....my idler pulley....mocking me. The idler pulley bearing went "Oh snaps!" and took a dump all over itself, subsequently launching the fan belt off and making all hell break loose.

Finally an hour and a half later a tow truck takes me home and leaves me a wonderful $220 parting gift known as a bill.

"So how was your day?" You might ask? Fanfuckingtastic.

Thanks to all that braved the weather and stuck around for the rest of the meet.

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[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

What an up and down day.

That idler pulley is pretty easy to get to...at least on the 4.3

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

i had the EXACT same thing happen with my idler pully in the caddie, but i was only like 30 minutes from my house, had to get mine towed as well, but it was alot cheaper

Tripple A FTW!!!

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

What an up and down day.
That idler pulley is pretty easy to get to...at least on the 4.3

try it on my northstar v8 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

Well, was it worth it?

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

wow.

well.....

thats a serious bummer

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

What an up and down day.
That idler pulley is pretty easy to get to...at least on the 4.3

Very easy to get to. However, that doesn't do a whole lot of good when you're in the middle of nowhere on a sunday evening when all the parts stores are closed. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Well, was it worth it?

Sure it was worth it. Luckily the truck broke down on the way HOME instead of the way there.

I don't really care about the truck breaking. It isn't the first time. I'm just happy that nothing serious happened.

 

[Slikk]

god **** dude, i had the same thing happen to me in my monte!!!! sucks i know but luckily i was pulling into my driveway when the thing snapped....got it fixed now hope you get ur shit working man

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Gotcha...parts stores stay open until 9 around here...but wouldn't do any good if I were out in the middle of no where...plus, that isn't a part I keep a spare in the cab.

I have been moving all day...plus I mowed the lawn.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

god **** dude, i had the same thing happen to me in my monte!!!! sucks i know but luckily i was pulling into my driveway when the thing snapped....got it fixed now hope you get ur shit working man

It'll get fixed in due time.

Somethings telling me I should have replaced it long ago, but just never got around to it.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Gotcha...parts stores stay open until 9 around here...but wouldn't do any good if I were out in the middle of no where...plus, that isn't a part I keep a spare in the cab.
I have been moving all day...plus I mowed the lawn.

Plus I couldn't even buge the bolt on the idler pulley anyways. So even if i got a new pulley there was no way in hell I was getting it on there.

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

Gotcha...parts stores stay open until 9 around here...but wouldn't do any good if I were out in the middle of no where...plus, that isn't a part I keep a spare in the cab.
I have been moving all day...plus I mowed the lawn.

did you end up getting a house flip?

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

did you end up getting a house flip?

I did.

I closed last week...still going through stuff. Throwing a shit load of stuff away and giving it to goodwill and whatnot. Still another couple weeks of moving stuff.

 

[dcole18 5,000+ posts]

i see, well im glad to here it, ill have to come check it out when i come up at the end of the summer..

ill prolly be up 2-3 weeks early due to football

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

i see, well im glad to here it, ill have to come check it out when i come up at the end of the summer..
ill prolly be up 2-3 weeks early due to football

Just give me a PM....I can show you around the boro.