RE: I just bought a truck
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/16/2008 5:50:32 PM
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WolfPack
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I hear ya on that! I'm in the process right now of pricing out on-board air systems. I wanna be able to have air tools where ever I go..
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/16/2008 5:56:19 PM
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WolfPack
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I have little faith in air bags...I plowed through a stopped buick's trunk in an Explorer going 40 mph and my air bag didn't deploy. We actually had to get out of the truck because the firefighters said the airbags should have gone off, and could at any second.
Thankfully the buick's airbags and side curtain bags deployed, which led to them being perfectly ok despite the massive collision. Moral of the story: Don't let your 16 year old drive your SUV.
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/16/2008 6:34:44 PM
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tjwiens91@hotmail.co
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Um, i am that 16 year old, and i wasnt in a suv i was in a car with bad tires in the winter. Why do people give teenagers so much crap about there driving, alot of them are good drivers, but some whose parents are doctors or something like that an they feel like they can do anything they want, an when they get pulled over they cry! I just point an laugh!
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/16/2008 6:45:33 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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I shouldn't have let myself drive my SUV. lol
Anyway, tomorrow, I'll be well on the way to having it fixed. I found a bulletin on replacing the timing chan and it also has a tutorial on timing, so I'll use that to time it. It was sursprisingly easy to get the radiator out. The radiator shroud was in the back of the truck when I got it, so that shaved about 10 minutes off the task of getting it out. I pretty much figured out that the guy had replaced the timing chain and didn't time it correctly, so after he cranked it up and it wouldn't run, he pulled it out in the field and left it there. There was no coolant in the radiator and there are still handprints in the dust on the bottom of the radiator. Theres also fresh form-a-gasket glooped around the groove where the top of the engine faceplate and intake manifold meet, which proves my theory.
Once I get it running, I'm gonna take the bed off and repair the dents, strip it down and primer it, then I'm gonna do the front fenders and hood. While I have that off, I'll fix the major dent in the side of the cab and go to work on it..... of course this is all wishful thinking unless I can get some money.
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/16/2008 7:00:08 PM
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WolfPack
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Um, i am that 16 year old, and i wasnt in a suv i was in a car with bad tires in the winter. Why do people give teenagers so much crap about there driving, alot of them are good drivers
Yea I was the 16 year with the SUV  . But I know not all teenage drivers are bad...but it really is an inexperience thing. Teenagers simply can't think of everything, much less know the best thing to do in a situation after only a few months of driving. I learned my lesson...I just had to do it the hard way..
And Euro:
play the lottery  . Good job on the plan though...keeps ya on track!
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/16/2008 7:12:28 PM
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tjwiens91@hotmail.co
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Yeah, i should have gone into a parking lot to see how it reacted in snow, but i didnt. Ended up t-boning a pickup, not fun especially when the people start to cuss you out, just makes it a whole lot worse.
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2000 4dr. 4wd. Blazer
glasspack muffler
pioneer headunit
235/75/15 Bridgestone dueler at
15" American Racing outlaw 2s
Alpine Type S component system
Future upgrades:
Rear speakers
subs
taillights
Hunter Push Bar
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 6:00:18 AM
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EuroGoldLS
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ORIGINAL: WolfPack
And Euro:
play the lottery . Good job on the plan though...keeps ya on track!
Im 17 remember..... Can't play unless you are 18, but come September, I'm gonna buy a cigar and a lottery ticket to celebrate! lol
But yeah. I'll probably finish restoring it to new condition while I'm in college when I can actually work out a little money instead of being at school every stinkin day of the week.
I'm definately gonna work on it again this evening. Might finish it if I can get ahold of an air-ratchet.
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 12:04:38 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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My crankshaft bolt is stuck... any tips? I tried putting the breaker bar on it and bumping the starter, but its too tight for the starter to break it loose.
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 12:22:38 PM
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coplinb
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no tips on the crankshaft, but i would reccomend a chohiba on the cigar though!
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 1:41:34 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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Dang... I was hoping you may have had some tips.....
Bad news.....
Well, I tried putting a wrench on the camshaft in the hopes of holding the crank while I got the bolt out and all I accomplished was tightening the heck out of the cam bolt. I've done everything short of taking the starter off and jamming the flywheel. Its way too tight. I tried an impact gun, still no go. May just end up selling the 100 buck truck to the scrapyard.
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 3:05:24 PM
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lennyblazer
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You'll probably get a hundred dollars or more for it from the junkyard anyhow. We got $175 for my 1988 Nissan Sentra 2 Door from the junkyard.
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 5:37:12 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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I got some bigger jumper cables and tried again... broke my socket... so now I need a 19mm impact socket
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 5:38:57 PM
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WolfPack
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Wow..That's intense. Haha this little guy's going to cost you more in tools than you paid for it!!
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/17/2008 5:42:21 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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My dad said I'm too stubborn. but all that stands between me and getting it running is that frickin bolt!
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RE: I just bought a truck - 4/19/2008 8:04:21 PM
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BobTheBlazer
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Noooo don't sell it to the scrap yard, I'll buy it from ya for more than the scrap yard will give ya, Brent! It's an extended cab, right? I really need one of those...they fit carseats better than the standard cab does!
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, it was a 4 speed manual, but it had no drivers airbag, which the parents didnt like to well because in the accident if the airbag had not gone off, i would be either really injured or dead. NIce truck
