truck going to the mechanic tommorow - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

ocbaud · 02-24-2003, 11:47 PM

got feed up of how its been running lately, so i'm having my dad take it to his mechanic that he uses for his lot tommorow while i'm at school.

84Stepper · 02-24-2003, 11:56 PM

HOPE YOU GET IT RUNNING BETTER MAN. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GETTING A NEW ENGINE SOMETIME SOON.

ocbaud · 02-24-2003, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 84Stepper
HOPE YOU GET IT RUNNING BETTER MAN. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GETTING A NEW ENGINE SOMETIME SOON.

my plans are on my website

http://members.cox.net/rgore15

anyhow, i was planning on replacing the engine this summer, but since i dont have a job yet, it looks like i wont have the money to replace it with what i want to yet.

so i'll end up spending what i do get from the job i'll hopefully get sometime soon and just do lots of other stuff.

but that depends on how badly my engine's condition is, but i wont know that for a day or two

84Stepper · 02-25-2003, 12:08 AM

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUT YOUR WEBSITE. MY OLD 305 WAS THE ENGINE FROM HELL. IT MADE ALL KIDS OF WEIRD NOISES AND BLEW UP NOT TO LONG AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. HA...WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE TRUCK THE GUY WAS LIKE "YOU COULD DRIVE THIS TRUCK TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK IT RUNS SO GOOD". WELL HE WAS ON CRACK OR SOMETHING.

ocbaud · 02-25-2003, 12:10 AM

yeah, well my dad thinks its something that I did to make it run like it is

84Stepper · 02-25-2003, 12:14 AM

YA WELL MY DAD THOUGHT THE SAME. AND IM NOT GUNNA LIE I PROBABLY DID SOME OF THE DAMAGE.

84Stepper · 02-25-2003, 12:17 AM

I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT IM GETTING TIRED OF THIS SNOW. I WANNA TAKE MY TRUCK OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE SINCE THE BED IS OFF. MY POOR TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR 3 MONTHS.

*Zilverado* · 02-25-2003, 12:19 AM

Hey good luck with the mechanic. I know the feeling - my wife's Pathfinder is going to visit the tranny doctor tomorrow, too. The last time it was there, it cost us over $2000.

Hopefully not again...

84Stepper · 02-25-2003, 12:23 AM

DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE ANYTIME WE TAKE OUR VEHICLES IN TO A MECHANIC IT ENDS UP COSTING OVER $500.

ocbaud · 02-25-2003, 12:51 AM

is your CAPSLOCK button broken?:p

*1FaastC10* · 02-25-2003, 12:58 AM

Eric, hope everything turns out TERRIBLE for you, you need a 383!

low 84 · 02-25-2003, 01:03 AM

i know where you can get a .06 over 4 bolt 350 with a comp xe 262 less heads for a good deal some time in late may, lol.

*Zilverado* · 02-25-2003, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 84Stepper
DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE ANYTIME WE TAKE OUR VEHICLES IN TO A MECHANIC IT ENDS UP COSTING OVER $500.

Actually, our Pathfinder was in the shop last week for a little "tweeking" and it only cost us $135

. Yah, surprised me too.

But anyway, that's why I like doing my own work as much as possible. Cheaper and usually a lot of "fun"....

ocbaud · 02-25-2003, 01:46 PM

ended up not going to the mechanic today. i left my house driving one of my dads 99' tahoes (4x4) and when i try to get on the highway, it wont go, it just clucks a lot when i accelorate and wont go above 30mph. when i was leaving my house, teh service engine light came on when i put the thing in gear, so i'm thinking it was a transmission problem. anyway, hopefully i'll get my truck worked on this week

bigblock73 · 02-25-2003, 02:06 PM

does everything you touch/drive break!!??

let us know what the outcome is.

-Jeff

ocbaud · 02-25-2003, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigblock73
does everything you touch/drive break!!??

let us know what the outcome is.

-Jeff

no, i drove that tahoe the other night and i told my dad that something was wrong with what felt like the transmission, but i guess he didnt believe me and said that he said it was normal

84Stepper · 02-25-2003, 05:59 PM

My bad about the "CAPSLOCK" everytime I get on the computer it is on capslock, it is starting to piss me off. I also love working on my truck but there is always a limit to what I can do. Some stuff is just a lil to hard or I never have the tool to do the job

82 Silverado 4X · 02-25-2003, 06:28 PM

What many of you need is some freinds who live close by that like to wrench on things. That's how I got started when I was only 14 years old and have yet to get the grease from under my finger nails (I have some seriously old grease under there). Tools are not really a problem either. Almost any specialty tool needed to do a job can be rented from places like NAPA or Car Quest or borrowed from a freind.
One other thing before I get off my soap box. This group and all the other on-line groups are there to help you if you should ever run into trouble. That's something we older folks never had.

84Stepper · 02-26-2003, 12:34 AM

Believe me I know that. I do all my work to my truck because I dont trust places they either rip you off or do a bad job. It would just make life easier with an impact wrench or something. Theres always one bad bolt thats tight as hell.

02-24-2003, 11:47 PM	#1
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	truck going to the mechanic tommorow got feed up of how its been running lately, so i'm having my dad take it to his mechanic that he uses for his lot tommorow while i'm at school.

02-24-2003, 11:56 PM	#2
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	HOPE YOU GET IT RUNNING BETTER MAN. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GETTING A NEW ENGINE SOMETIME SOON. __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

02-25-2003, 12:08 AM	#4
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUT YOUR WEBSITE. MY OLD 305 WAS THE ENGINE FROM HELL. IT MADE ALL KIDS OF WEIRD NOISES AND BLEW UP NOT TO LONG AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. HA...WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE TRUCK THE GUY WAS LIKE "YOU COULD DRIVE THIS TRUCK TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK IT RUNS SO GOOD". WELL HE WAS ON CRACK OR SOMETHING. __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

02-25-2003, 12:14 AM	#6
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	YA WELL MY DAD THOUGHT THE SAME. AND IM NOT GUNNA LIE I PROBABLY DID SOME OF THE DAMAGE. __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

02-25-2003, 12:17 AM	#7
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT IM GETTING TIRED OF THIS SNOW. I WANNA TAKE MY TRUCK OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE SINCE THE BED IS OFF. MY POOR TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE FOR 3 MONTHS. __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

02-25-2003, 12:10 AM	#5
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	yeah, well my dad thinks its something that I did to make it run like it is

02-25-2003, 12:19 AM	#8
Zilverado Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 798	Hey good luck with the mechanic. I know the feeling - my wife's Pathfinder is going to visit the tranny doctor tomorrow, too. The last time it was there, it cost us over $2000. Hopefully not again...

02-25-2003, 12:23 AM	#9
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	DOESN'T IT SEEM LIKE ANYTIME WE TAKE OUR VEHICLES IN TO A MECHANIC IT ENDS UP COSTING OVER $500. __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

02-25-2003, 12:51 AM	#10
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	is your CAPSLOCK button broken?:p

02-25-2003, 12:58 AM	#11
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	Eric, hope everything turns out TERRIBLE for you, you need a 383!

02-25-2003, 01:03 AM	#12
low 84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,144	i know where you can get a .06 over 4 bolt 350 with a comp xe 262 less heads for a good deal some time in late may, lol. __________________ '51 F100, backhalf with a narrowed 9 and coil overs, 18.5" mickeys, monte front clip, +400" sbc in the works '05 1500 Crew Cab RIP '84 swb 5/7 drop, solid cammed 408 w/ fully ported dart heads, th350 w/ 10 inch hughes, 12 bolt w/ 3.73 richmonds and a locker '80 swb 4x4 in progress: 7" lift, 350 th350/np205, d44 and 1.5" ORD tie rod, 14BFF w/discs , armored diff covers, 40" MTR's

02-25-2003, 01:46 PM	#14
ocbaud Garage Queen Material Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 4,129	ended up not going to the mechanic today. i left my house driving one of my dads 99' tahoes (4x4) and when i try to get on the highway, it wont go, it just clucks a lot when i accelorate and wont go above 30mph. when i was leaving my house, teh service engine light came on when i put the thing in gear, so i'm thinking it was a transmission problem. anyway, hopefully i'll get my truck worked on this week

02-25-2003, 02:06 PM	#15
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	does everything you touch/drive break!!?? let us know what the outcome is. -Jeff

02-25-2003, 05:59 PM	#17
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	My bad about the "CAPSLOCK" everytime I get on the computer it is on capslock, it is starting to piss me off. I also love working on my truck but there is always a limit to what I can do. Some stuff is just a lil to hard or I never have the tool to do the job __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

02-25-2003, 06:28 PM	#18
82 Silverado 4X Genuine Chevrolet Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: South West Pennsylvania. Posts: 582	What many of you need is some freinds who live close by that like to wrench on things. That's how I got started when I was only 14 years old and have yet to get the grease from under my finger nails (I have some seriously old grease under there). Tools are not really a problem either. Almost any specialty tool needed to do a job can be rented from places like NAPA or Car Quest or borrowed from a freind. One other thing before I get off my soap box. This group and all the other on-line groups are there to help you if you should ever run into trouble. That's something we older folks never had. __________________ George 82 Silverado LWB 4x4 350 SM465 NP208 77 Chevrolet Blazer Chalet 400 TH350 NP203



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02-26-2003, 12:34 AM	#19
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	Believe me I know that. I do all my work to my truck because I dont trust places they either rip you off or do a bad job. It would just make life easier with an impact wrench or something. Theres always one bad bolt thats tight as hell. __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

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