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post Sep 29 2010, 02:19 PM
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I've done so much car work in the last 2 weeks, I'm actually getting sick of it. Here's the list of what I've had to do.

'88 Buick:
PS Pump - leak and bad bearing
Harmonic Balance - rubber cracked and pully delaminated
Passenger side half shaft - outer CV boot exploded

'03 Jeep Grand Cherokee:
Front brakes and rotors
Inner front axle seals - passenger side was leaking and may have been the cause of the brake issues
Transfer case fluid change - it was just time
Passenger front window regulator and motor - cable broke

I've got about $750 in just parts, I don't even want to know what all this would have cost at service shops.

Anyway, just venting.
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post Oct 3 2010, 06:20 PM
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Ok the bad luck is starting to hit me. First my 94 has lost a u-joint or something in the steering. I noticed that on friday and on saturday I replaced a fuel pump in a 96 bird and got to pull it right back out cause it is defective. The only good news is I did not fully reassemble the car before trying to start it. Oh yea my daily driver 00 Z needs a battery. I know the majority of what I got is gravy compared to what Mike and Kevin got but these fuel tanks suck when the customer does not want the floor cut.

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post Oct 4 2010, 02:27 PM
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QUOTE (rocky @ Oct 3 2010, 01:20 PM) *
Ok the bad luck is starting to hit me. First my 94 has lost a u-joint or something in the steering. I noticed that on friday and on saturday I replaced a fuel pump in a 96 bird and got to pull it right back out cause it is defective. The only good news is I did not fully reassemble the car before trying to start it. Oh yea my daily driver 00 Z needs a battery. I know the majority of what I got is gravy compared to what Mike and Kevin got but these fuel tanks suck when the customer does not want the floor cut.


Don't you hate that? I got a new pump and updated harness for our 95 9C1 Caprice. I installed it, put gas in it, and tried, but no start. The odd thing was I could hear the pump spin up like it's supposed to, but it seemed to get no fuel pressure. I hadn't touched anything else. After trying to verify it was something else, I had to drain the fuel and pull the pump for another inspection. I finally discovered they had built the harness with the power wires switched! After swapping the wires to the pump, and bolting everything back together, we were back on the road.
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00 SS   Working on cars rant   Sep 29 2010, 02:19 PM
rocky   I would have liked to of had that for a side job. ...   Sep 29 2010, 03:33 PM
00 SS   QUOTE (rocky @ Sep 29 2010, 09:33 AM) I w...   Sep 29 2010, 04:07 PM
trackbird   I just did a job for a co-worker fixing a hack job...   Sep 29 2010, 03:36 PM
00 SS   QUOTE (trackbird @ Sep 29 2010, 09:36 AM)...   Sep 29 2010, 04:03 PM
trackbird   QUOTE (00 SS @ Sep 29 2010, 12:03 PM) Hol...   Sep 29 2010, 04:38 PM
SuperMacGuy   Yeah me too this year. Wife's 02 Kia Rio - tim...   Sep 29 2010, 04:27 PM
Jeff94TA   I had an 02 Saab 9-3 convertible heater hose repla...   Sep 29 2010, 07:56 PM
trackbird   QUOTE (Jeff94TA @ Sep 29 2010, 03:56 PM) ...   Sep 29 2010, 08:23 PM
Arthurpod   I have to re-do the power steering pump on my Tran...   Sep 29 2010, 08:32 PM
nape   I've done a ton in the last 6 weeks also. Laid...   Sep 30 2010, 03:57 AM
rocky   Damn Kevin I am glad I did not get that headache. ...   Sep 30 2010, 10:27 AM
Racerdad916   QUOTE (rocky @ Sep 30 2010, 06:27 AM) Dam...   Oct 4 2010, 12:51 PM
robz71lm7   QUOTE (00 SS @ Sep 29 2010, 10:19 AM) I...   Sep 30 2010, 11:50 AM
CrashTestDummy   I just recently finished up tracing a poor running...   Sep 30 2010, 12:45 PM
00 SS   I don't know why reading all your stories make...   Sep 30 2010, 02:43 PM
slowTA   Friday I bought a 2000 Cherokee, 147K, 4 L, auto, ...   Sep 30 2010, 09:33 PM
cccbock   QUOTE (slowTA @ Sep 30 2010, 05:33 PM) Fr...   Oct 1 2010, 01:19 AM
rocky   Ok the bad luck is starting to hit me. First my 94...   Oct 3 2010, 06:20 PM
CrashTestDummy   QUOTE (rocky @ Oct 3 2010, 01:20 PM) Ok t...   Oct 4 2010, 02:27 PM
wrencher   Well I know exactly what you mean. Even worse when...   Oct 5 2010, 05:35 AM
rocky   ^^ and when you do it for a living your car always...   Oct 6 2010, 12:21 AM
nape   QUOTE (rocky @ Oct 5 2010, 07:21 PM) ^^ a...   Oct 6 2010, 02:39 AM
trackbird   QUOTE (nape @ Oct 5 2010, 10:39 PM) QUOTE...   Oct 6 2010, 12:38 PM
rocky   QUOTE (trackbird @ Oct 6 2010, 08:38 AM) ...   Oct 6 2010, 01:18 PM
Todd   This has been a tough year for me too...the idiot ...   Oct 7 2010, 02:32 PM
trackbird   Congrats on the wedding Todd! Sounds like the ...   Oct 7 2010, 04:19 PM

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