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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
Yeah, I do all my own maintenance on the truck. Oil change every 3,000 miles, etc., etc....... So far the most major work I've done is the heater core and the timing chain. A friend of mine who owns a repair garage wanted $800 to do the heater core. Did it myself for.........$40. Sometimes it's awesome, being a wrench monkey aint it, Dave? 
It also recently had misfire issues on #2 and #5. Luckily all it turned out to be was a loose rotor cap. Total bill for that; $0. 
She looks kind of rough, rust on the roof, a few dents and scratches, headliner drooping...........But she runs strong as a team of Clydesdales.
But, it does go through ball joints. I think I've done the whole set three times. I've gotten good at it, it only takes me about 15 minutes per.
Dave |
Last year a lady brought me a 3/4 Ton Dodge Van that needed ball joints. The lowers were easy.. simple press fit to control arms. But the uppers were threaded in the control arms and rusty. Had to order a 3/4'' drive 2-9/64'' special ball joint socket. They were so darn hard to get out I had to actually dig a 2 foot deep hole with post hole diggers, stood a piece of 4x4 up in it and used it to place my feet against because I had been digging up the ground with my boots and slipping trying to pull the 4 foot cheater pipe with all I had in me. I got them out one tiny squeak & pop at a time. I hardly ever sweat.. but that time I was soaking wet.
