TexasTruck
Registered User
EPA Sheriff stopped by 2 weeks ago. Said someone on a golf cart (Karens) complained about my rig being derelict. We live out in the county but they are trying to turn it into a Karen community. There is no HOA mess out here. We aren't even incorporated so no local government/tax mess. Anyway, he asked me if it ran. I said "Hell yes that thing runs! It's a beast!" Helps being on prior good terms with the sheriff. Anyway I told him it was bogged down in Hurricane Harvey and got a lot of water in the fuel system, insurance said F and U but I was waiting for some parts (and money). True story.
Back story: There was so much rain (56" worth in a couple days) that it flooded my flat bed and actually got into the tanks. Then 2 years of sitting there. Yeah. It was a mess.
With yalls help I cleaned IP, lines and installed a Duralift refer pump. I got the belts done and did the smaller alt belt/water pump trick. I still need to do the tanks but I can strap a jerry can on the front and he starts right up. Thank you very much everyone and much obliged by this site and everyone here.
Now I should say that before all this happened it would take an effort to turn a head to actually see my truck sitting there. You'd have to stop and get a good look to see that it was anything more than just dirty. So I decided to move it out to the street so they don't have to look so hard.
And now that it's out there being an OBVIOUS eye sore I have decided to start washing and buffing it up to be a "good resident".
I just can't seem to get the swirls out of the paint. Let me know if you have suggestions.
Back story: There was so much rain (56" worth in a couple days) that it flooded my flat bed and actually got into the tanks. Then 2 years of sitting there. Yeah. It was a mess.
With yalls help I cleaned IP, lines and installed a Duralift refer pump. I got the belts done and did the smaller alt belt/water pump trick. I still need to do the tanks but I can strap a jerry can on the front and he starts right up. Thank you very much everyone and much obliged by this site and everyone here.
Now I should say that before all this happened it would take an effort to turn a head to actually see my truck sitting there. You'd have to stop and get a good look to see that it was anything more than just dirty. So I decided to move it out to the street so they don't have to look so hard.
And now that it's out there being an OBVIOUS eye sore I have decided to start washing and buffing it up to be a "good resident".
I just can't seem to get the swirls out of the paint. Let me know if you have suggestions.