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TIP; to all folks who care if their vehicle heats and cools the interior.
Wintertime, turn A/C to cold, run on high setting every 2 weeks minimum.
It keeps the compressor seals and such healthy.
Summertime; turn heat to hot, fan on high, run through cycle of defrost/floor/dash/etc. .
It keeps sediment from settling and clogging the heater-core, an expensive repair.
Now back to our regular scheduled program.
Tikkanut, nice old chebby. Uh, any time you turn on the defrost, the A/C compressor cycles on any vehicle made in the last 45 years. Also they quit using shut off valves on the heaters and use panel doors to direct the airflow through either the heater core or the A/C evaporator to control the cabin temp. Coolant flows full time through the heater core.
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Just getting broken in at that mileage! Have you ran any injector cleaner through it yet? Does Seafoam count ? I run a can of it through on a regular basis That's what I use and it seems to do a good job. Nice truck too!
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I went through mine last month (02) new shocks, wheels, tires, headlights belts, fluids. Who knows how long the 5.3 will last
my same mechanic buddy...... had him replace all 4 rotors & pads last summer & Bilstein shocks... Along with adding an extra leaf in the rear... Its only money right ? Funny. I put Bilsteins on mine too but it's a 1500
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Why don't people learn how to work on their own vehicles? Everything listed in this post could be done by yourself with no special tools in your driveway...
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Nice truck!
Change the wiper blades.
Looks like a nice reliable vehicle.
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Why don't people learn how to work on their own vehicles? Everything listed in this post could be done by yourself with no special tools in your driveway... They were never taught and/or wasn’t interested in learning I grew up with a Dad who was into stock car racing and did cylinder head work in the garage my whole life. We always had tools around. I worked on my bike and mowers from an early age and then helped with the race cars as I grew up. It’s what you did because you didn’t have the money to pay someone to do it. I have made a good living fixing industrial machinery over the years and I have my Dad to thank for that.
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Welp, This lil' guy[99] just got all new plugs/wires/roter and distributor[not just cap]. @ 227K I figure it was due. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/CbpUTc1l.jpg)
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Why don't people learn how to work on their own vehicles? Everything listed in this post could be done by yourself with no special tools in your driveway... All money is exchanged at a rate which the owner finds acceptable. Were the amount charged by his friend too much - he'd do it himself. The saying "time is money" and "soft costs" aren't just sayings for some people. There's a TON of stuff I could be doing myself in my driveway but sometimes I'm time and money ahead to pay someone so I can go make more money doing something else.
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Why don't people learn how to work on their own vehicles? Everything listed in this post could be done by yourself with no special tools in your driveway... I did a heater core on my '82 S-10 pickup in my parent's driveway when I was in high-school. Nothing hard, just tedious. Dad and his neighbor checked in on the project a few times during the day while I was doing it. When I was finished, dad's neighbor asked me: "Well, did you learn anything?" Me: "Yep, I learned I want to make enough $$ that I can pay someone else to do this shiite while I make more $$." Got a big laugh AND a hearty tip of the cap from dad's CPA neighbor. I helped dad restore his street rod (3yr frame-off restoration). I worked on my motor-cycle, re-built the lawnmower carb a few times in high-school, as well as a fair amount of "tinker" gunsmithing, cleaning, replacing broken parts, etc. Give or take, I've done enough to know that if I took it apart, I can get it back together properly. That said I'm probably not taking time away from hunting or fishing to be tinkering with car/pickup stuff. I still do all of my own rigging/maint/repair on my boat stuff as the only shop I trust to do the work is typically so backed up that they take longer than I want to wait.
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Why don't people learn how to work on their own vehicles? Everything listed in this post could be done by yourself with no special tools in your driveway... why...?..not interested.....I change my own oils/filters & gear oils etc My buddy is very talented mechanic & likes to turn bolts & I don't Does a helluva good job & gets paid well......
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did you drive it to the lebby?
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Tikkanut: I am sofucking tired of replacing my 1996 one owner Dodge diesel 4x4's tires every 30,000 to 40,000 miles!
And the prices for tires are simply horrific these days.
I think tires today (tready type tires!) do NOT last as long as they used to, say 40 - 50 years ago.
Case in point - in 1972 I bought a brand new Ford F-250 4x4 that came with "Firestone" tready tires.
It immediately had a tiny wobble at a certain speed and eventually the Ford folks determined perhaps an "out of round" tire or two.
They sent me to the Firestone main outfit in Seattle and they determined indeed slight out of round was most likely the problem.
They took the wheels/tires off my truck and turned them on a giant lathe type thing and "cut" them to roundness.
The pile of rubber on the floor beneath that tire turner gave me nausea!
I mentioned this to the tire shop foreman and he made note on the work order that I was miffed/confused about the rubber loss.
I got 65,000 (sixty five thousand!) miles on those tires and when I traded it in on a 1975 it still had tread to spare!
That is THE most miles I have ever gotten on tready (off road'ish) tires in 55+ years of buying trucks and tires for them.
And, again, the price of a set of tires anymore is bordering on criminal!
Your daughter is lucky.
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Tikkanut: I am sofucking tired of replacing my 1996 one owner Dodge diesel 4x4's tires every 30,000 to 40,000 miles!
And the prices for tires are simply horrific these days.
I think tires today (tready type tires!) do NOT last as long as they used to, say 40 - 50 years ago.
Case in point - in 1972 I bought a brand new Ford F-250 4x4 that came with "Firestone" tready tires.
It immediately had a tiny wobble at a certain speed and eventually the Ford folks determined perhaps an "out of round" tire or two.
They sent me to the Firestone main outfit in Seattle and they determined indeed slight out of round was most likely the problem.
They took the wheels/tires off my truck and turned them on a giant lathe type thing and "cut" them to roundness.
The pile of rubber on the floor beneath that tire turner gave me nausea!
I mentioned this to the tire shop foreman and he made note on the work order that I was miffed/confused about the rubber loss.
I got 65,000 (sixty five thousand!) miles on those tires and when I traded it in on a 1975 it still had tread to spare!
That is THE most miles I have ever gotten on tready (off road'ish) tires in 55+ years of buying trucks and tires for them.
And, again, the price of a set of tires anymore is bordering on criminal!
Your daughter is lucky.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy I doubt you are going to get 65k miles out of any tires on the market today. What tires are you putting on now?
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$1440 for a set of (4)tires last month.
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$1440 for a set of (4)tires last month.
Just beat that......refreshing the '01 LC I mentioned earlier...DTD in PHX 4-BFG KO2's LT285-70x17's 4-Vision Manix 2 (Bronze) 17x9 wheels & lug nut pkg ready to bolt on Mounted/balanced & shipped for $1643 Shipping today-----I'll pass $$ this on to the new buyer
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$1643 for the wheels AND tires?
That's not bad.
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$1643 for the wheels AND tires?
That's not bad. yep.......4 tires & 4 wheels......ready to bolt on Just got shipping notification Ground fed ex....what a fuggin' nightmare that bunch is down here Shipping included though...4 @ 80# a pop
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