General vehicle thread

[HunterCO]

I don't know anything about diesels. I've never owned one. Never said I did. How come you act like an asshole with a chip on his shoulder all the time?

I dont and for the record you do realize it takes a while for things to update and I never seen any of what you updated until later so I thought you where being the asshole my bad. however if you think Im an asshole thank you trust me it dont hurt my feelings. Ths is a simple case of misunderstanding it happens on the internet however I never called you and asshole or accused you of having a chip on your shoulder.

[Irving]

Glad we could get that cleared up.

[Erni]

Her boyfriend did her brake job it pulls bad and grinds. Just when I think I have seen and heard it all somebody has to prove me wrong.

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[Erni]

My dad works on yachts and boats, doesn?t do book or estimates anymore. Everything is hourly. One rusted bolt and it can take half a day to remove the threads.

Myself it takes me about 2x book rate if I don?t tinker with something else. But I do it for myself and OCD and what not.

For those questioning high prices of experienced techs: you are not paying for the labor, you are paying for the experience that will get it right and get you home safely.

[HunterCO]

Glad we could get that cleared up.

me too now you want to see a very sick 6.7l diesel that cost 35k when I got done with it LOL. Open spear ranch in Molt Montana only a rancher could blow shit up this bad windowed both sides of the block blew the hell out of this 6.7 and took the trans out.

[Irving]

Yes I do. Looks worse than the block on my wife's Ford Focus that blew up at the beginning of last year.

[HunterCO]

Yes I do. Looks worse than the block on my wife's Ford Focus that blew up at the beginning of last year.

Ok you got me on that one only a women could blow shit up worse than a guy and have no clue why it happened. At least with guys we know exactly why it happened.

[Irving]

To be fair to my wife, since it was her car, I really dropped the ball on maintenance and I'm sure it was ultimately my fault.

It shot a spark plug out a few weeks/months before and I bought a time-sert kit to rethread it. It worked fine, but I wonder if I didn't do a good job making sure the cylinder was clean and that was the reason it grenaded. Feels like debris inside the cylinder, but on top of the piston, wouldn't have caused the block to shatter, but I only know enough to fix things and get into trouble; not diagnose things.

I forgot that I have an ex-mechanic friend just down the street who has all those time-sert kits already and I wouldn't have had to buy one. Now I can't get rid of the damn thing on Craiglist and I'm completely Fordless. I think the same guy emails and asks if he can have it for $50 every few weeks.

[HunterCO]

To be fair to my wife, since it was her car, I really dropped the ball on maintenance and I'm sure it was ultimately my fault.

It shot a spark plug out a few weeks/months before and I bought a time-sert kit to rethread it. It worked fine, but I wonder if I didn't do a good job making sure the cylinder was clean and that was the reason it grenaded. Feels like debris inside the cylinder, but on top of the piston, wouldn't have caused the block to shatter, but I only know enough to fix things and get into trouble; not diagnose things.

I forgot that I have an ex-mechanic friend just down the street who has all those time-sert kits already and I wouldn't have had to buy one. Now I can't get rid of the damn thing on Craiglist and I'm completely Fordless. I think the same guy emails and asks if he can have it for $50 every few weeks.

Im not a ford guy or any guy for that matter I grew up chevy but none of it matters to me anymore. My mom wanted a new car back in the day and i told her get a toyota camery or a honda accord. She wanted to buy a chrysler and I told her if she did I would never talk to her again she got a camery. That being said after alll the years I am not brand specific per say but in some ways I am i have seen all the shit I care too. It really comes down to what you want and what you need. If you would have told me 15 years ago i would own a ford much less diesel that would have been fighting words. Now I own one and love it. I have never had a problem with spark plug inserts Ford is not the only one that blows them out however Ford was the worst for it. I have a 6.0l diesel most people will tell you that is the biggest POS ever but mine is bullet proofed as they call it. Its all in perspective depends on your needs and what suits you.

[Irving]

Yeah we got her a Camry as a replacement. I did notice it appears to be smoking on start up now though.