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Post by Captain Awesome on Sept 8, 2016 19:52:07 GMT -8
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Post by lenniamc on Sept 8, 2016 23:40:23 GMT -8
Drama
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Post by spud on Sept 9, 2016 2:14:29 GMT -8
Reminds me of a freind with alzheimers. What time is it? A minute later than the last time you asked. Where are we? Planet earth motherfucker.
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Post by 69Rebel on Sept 9, 2016 6:57:11 GMT -8
Are Lodge plugs really good? Better than NGK? I once had an Autolite plug go bad on me, so those are all junk.
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Post by spud on Sept 9, 2016 7:07:30 GMT -8
I tried ac platinums in my chevy s10. It ran like monkey shit. I put bosch iridiums in it. Then it runs like chevy shit. So I put the old wore out ones back in. Two champions and four autolites. Poof original lackluster vortec impotence restored. Total sucksess. Cost? Yeah dont ask.
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Post by 69Rebel on Sept 9, 2016 18:48:40 GMT -8
Shit, spud, a little Marvel Mystery Oil will have that S10 running right as rain.
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Post by spud on Sept 10, 2016 1:56:29 GMT -8
Lol. I never had a vehicle like this s10.it is by far the biggest piece of junk I ever tried to keep going. It is unreal. Its a 2001 with low miles, its shits parts like mad.
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Post by Captain Awesome on Sept 10, 2016 6:37:29 GMT -8
Yeah, those suck real bad. We had a 96 with the injection spider. Intake only had 8 bolts on it only around the water jackets, so the plastic gasket would crack since that's where all the pressure was put holding it on.
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Post by spud on Sept 10, 2016 9:59:31 GMT -8
Been there done that. Plastic radiator, check, air injection pump check. Upper a arm bushings (next to exhaust manifolds for ultra fast burnup)check, Idler arm check, cv joints in driveshaft major fail check, body mount bushings (no shit) check, fuel level and oil pressure sensors double check, window motor check, alternator, water pump, timing chain, rear crank seal, electric mirror switch, check. And its got 76000 miles.
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Post by 69Rebel on Sept 10, 2016 17:48:33 GMT -8
And the US makers wonder why the Japs have been killing them on everything other than full size pickups for the last 35 years....
Our '96 Lexus has 225K miles on it. The other day, I had to change the upper radiator hose, and I need to do the brakes soon. That's it. It still has the original alternator, radiator, front CVs, A/C compressor, etc..
My '98 Suzuki Esteem has 221K miles on it, and I have had to work on it some, but it's so cheap and easy to work on it isn't even funny. Cost me a whole $65 dollars in parts to do a timing belt (the second one, I did the last one at 157K), water pump, and front crank seal. Took like 3 hours with hand tools.
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Post by Captain Awesome on Sept 10, 2016 22:54:25 GMT -8
Be glad you don't have a 232 Hornet. You'd have to do valve jobs on it every 15,000 miles.
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Post by spud on Sept 12, 2016 6:15:42 GMT -8
I must be a shitty excuse for a gaymcer cuz I rebuilt my 232 head 24 years ago and its still running fine.
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Post by Captain Awesome on Sept 12, 2016 8:19:24 GMT -8
Yes you are. Especially if you don't have $15,000 and 2000 hrs of time into your old Six.
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Post by amxdreamer on Sept 20, 2016 22:06:44 GMT -8
Been there done that. Plastic radiator, check, air injection pump check. Upper a arm bushings (next to exhaust manifolds for ultra fast burnup)check, Idler arm check, cv joints in driveshaft major fail check, body mount bushings (no shit) check, fuel level and oil pressure sensors double check, window motor check, alternator, water pump, timing chain, rear crank seal, electric mirror switch, check. And its got 76000 miles. No intake gasket yet? The GF had a 2000 Jimmy, that thing was falling apart. You would close the door (the one with the hinges falling off) and something else would fall off. Traded it in on a new car with the recycle your ride program. We were honestly worried it wouldn't get to the junkyard... |
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Post by spud on Sept 23, 2016 11:02:23 GMT -8
yeah. intake gaskets failed after i replaced the fuel inj spider. So i got the thrill of tearing it down and reassembling it all twice. I shouldnt complain. Every now and again I get to drive it.
I bought it cuz I thought the xtreme looked cool. Now that I own it, I realize gm built it to sell to stupid kids who arr into a sport truck. It aint a car, it aint a truck. Its got a big v6, a wimpy rear axle, and is pretty much usrless. A shitty uncomfortable ride, shitty little brakes, ino payload, no tow rating, shitty milage, falls apart, just absolutely every thing a driver could want.
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