Wyreth
Certifiable Noob
So back in August, I started my adventure. Never having owned, worked on, or even looked closely at a Diesel before. I went in search of one. Farm had an 87 supercab on CL for $675. I bit. Running, she sounded like silk, but typical air intrusion hard starts. Fix that, then I go to the 
DMV, who has completely f*&$'ed the paperwork up on it. After two months, over $500 in bogus fee's, and a partial refund from the PO (who is an amazing guy) I officially own the truck. So I used it to move to Vegas. Overloaded the crap out of it, and after blowing tires and breaking suspension on the trailer several times, I make it to the Tahachapi pass. Trans overheats, burns the front main, vomits fluid... WOOF! Fire dance! Luckily Got the fire out before it did more than minor damage.
Since I have been lurking here since I bought the truck, I call up Dragrag for the C6 he had in the market. He stays up until midnight (or was it later?) for my brother in law to pick it up on his way through. My friend and I, we figger ish just a trans, we'll just shove it in on the shoulder. So, we fix the melty return/vacuum lines, get her running.... Buuuut, this was a dirty old ranch truck, sooooo after breaking several sockets, knuckles and a wrench on the side of the road. We gave up on the transmission. At which point, we come up with a crazy plan to daisy chain our AAA tows and get the truck to my new house. Surprisingly that actually worked. So then we rent a uhaul to tow the trailer. Make it about 3 miles and stop for a strap check. Got back into our vehicles, and a Semi hits the trailer going about 50. (missed the chase car by inches) Disintegrated the trailer, and my supra that was on it.
Bent the frame of the Uhaul, and slashed up the box. LUCKLY! The trailer absorbed most of the impact, and no one was hurt. Not even a bruise.
By this time, I still need my truck. But am so pissed off, and impatient, I got dumb. I didn't pull the T/C off and mount it on the trans first. See, in the 13 years or so I've been putzing with gassers I never bothered, and it was never an issue. Well, there is a reason you do it like that... and today when I pulled the trans back out of the truck, I got reminded why. So now I am cleaning out, and replacing the pump on a rebuilt C6 with 10k or so miles.
(the internals are brand new!!!) and ordering a new T/C aaaand the adventure continues......
All in all tho, mostly due to everything I've learned lurking here, I'm glad my first Satan fueled vehicle is both a ford, and an IDI.
DMV, who has completely f*&$'ed the paperwork up on it. After two months, over $500 in bogus fee's, and a partial refund from the PO (who is an amazing guy) I officially own the truck. So I used it to move to Vegas. Overloaded the crap out of it, and after blowing tires and breaking suspension on the trailer several times, I make it to the Tahachapi pass. Trans overheats, burns the front main, vomits fluid... WOOF! Fire dance! Luckily Got the fire out before it did more than minor damage. Since I have been lurking here since I bought the truck, I call up Dragrag for the C6 he had in the market. He stays up until midnight (or was it later?) for my brother in law to pick it up on his way through. My friend and I, we figger ish just a trans, we'll just shove it in on the shoulder. So, we fix the melty return/vacuum lines, get her running.... Buuuut, this was a dirty old ranch truck, sooooo after breaking several sockets, knuckles and a wrench on the side of the road. We gave up on the transmission. At which point, we come up with a crazy plan to daisy chain our AAA tows and get the truck to my new house. Surprisingly that actually worked. So then we rent a uhaul to tow the trailer. Make it about 3 miles and stop for a strap check. Got back into our vehicles, and a Semi hits the trailer going about 50. (missed the chase car by inches) Disintegrated the trailer, and my supra that was on it.
Bent the frame of the Uhaul, and slashed up the box. LUCKLY! The trailer absorbed most of the impact, and no one was hurt. Not even a bruise.By this time, I still need my truck. But am so pissed off, and impatient, I got dumb. I didn't pull the T/C off and mount it on the trans first. See, in the 13 years or so I've been putzing with gassers I never bothered, and it was never an issue. Well, there is a reason you do it like that... and today when I pulled the trans back out of the truck, I got reminded why. So now I am cleaning out, and replacing the pump on a rebuilt C6 with 10k or so miles.
(the internals are brand new!!!) and ordering a new T/C aaaand the adventure continues......All in all tho, mostly due to everything I've learned lurking here, I'm glad my first Satan fueled vehicle is both a ford, and an IDI.
"Man, NOTHING goes right for you does it?"
