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Fixed my truck!!

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#1 ·
So I am the farthest from a mechanic..actually I like to refer to myself as a "google" mechanic..but I have had the last 6 days off of work and decided to tear into the motor of the truck that broke down on me 8 months ago..I had a pretty good idea it was the head gaskets so I got it into my garage and started taking it apart..after 4 days I finally got it fixed and sure it enough it was the head gaskets..the oil in it looked like chocolate milk..it was nasty..the scariest part was that I had to mess with the timing..luckily I found a bunch of YouTube videos on how to get it right..when I put that key in it for the first time to fire it up I was literally shaking I was so nervous..but luck was on my side and it fired right up..I just felt like I had to tell somebody because I am absolutely ecstatic I pulled this off
 
#5 ·
'the Garage of Repair and Despair" that is some real words right there.
I recall an occasion when I was in college, laying under my truck in a snowy parking lot, repairing a transmission line on my old truck. One of my neighbors walked by and said, "Awful cold to be working on a truck" to which I replied, "Not if you need to go somewhere."

Good for you, by the way! I put an alternator on my brother in laws car last week. Watched a youtube video on it while he was on his way over and had all the necessary tools laid out when he got to the house. Took less than an hour and I don't know what I'm going to do if I have to go back to figuring this stuff out on my own.

Sons truck has a funny sound/vibration in the drive line. I am guessing carrier bearing or a u-joint is bad. If we pull that drive shaft I am replacing all of it so I don't have to do it again anytime soon.
 
#13 ·


My wife has diagnosed a few vehicle problems when we've had trouble on the road. The main one being a throttle position sensor on her Yukon when it fell on its face while we were driving through KS on I-70. She lined up a repair in Goodland at the GMC dealer and we limped it in. They had us back on the road in an hour. I was impressed to say the least!
 
#15 ·
The first car I ever worked on[age 15] and drove off in was a 1953 buick! LMAO I reckon I was created with the gift, I wound up with greasy hands, face, clothes and etc......for the rest of my life up until now! I can't even remember off hand how many and varied vehicles I've owned since then! I do know, sometimes folks discard perfectly useable things because they don't want to mess with fixing them!
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#19 ·
There ya go! Lot of people would have sold the truck.
It is amazing how many people don't even know how to change brakes or oil. Today's society.
Be careful on you tube though. Lots of ignorance as well.
I was trying to take my wifes air intake off here Dodge journey. Was having trouble so I watched a you tube video. Dude was saying to take a sawsall and cut this plastic tip off on the cover.
I thought to myself "take a saw to a plastic air intake, that sounds stupid. " Looked at it a minute and realized I just has to take 2 bolts out for a manifold tube that came out the side.
Moral of the story if it sounds stupid or wrong, watch a different video.
 
#20 ·
..when I put that key in it for the first time to fire it up I was literally shaking I was so nervous..
I've done hundreds of engine repairs and engine swaps and R&R's, and in my opinion, it doesn't matter how many you do, you always get that feeling just before you hit the key for the first time. Even at work, after doing probably several hundred ATV engines, same feeling.
 
#23 ·
I bought a used nissan about 6 months ago. It came with a check engin light. I bought a decoder that plugs in and figgured that it was some valve that was under the car behind the rear tire. So Monday I was following a truck that had a trackhoe on it. They blew a tire and I ran over it. Walla It fixed that valve.
 
#24 ·
Last bike rebuild I did I was checking for spark before trying to start for the first time. Kicked the bike and got a nice blue spark. Wife asked me what I was smiling about and I told her. She asked, "Is that a big deal?" I replied, "Working on a 40 year old bike and getting a spark is a big deal, honey."

Always some trepidation on that first start after some work has been completed. At least fro me anyway.
 
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