I bought a new truck, a 1982 GMC Diesel Jimmy K5, and promptly tore it down to replace the torque converter and flywheel.
The converter's bolts came loose, and backed out, destroyed both the converter and the flywheel in the process... I was doing good, found that the truck has a removeable hump which makes the job WAY easier, and was in the process of dropping it when the stupid dip stick fell out, and made an ATF lake under my truck, DOH!
That made me rather annoyed, but I had my trouble light under the truck and when the AFT spilled out, some landed on the bulb and exploded it, so I got a new one to put in, and the stupid bulb shattered in my hand for some reason.
So, I spent the next hour picking glass out of the dozens of little papercut like wounds in my hand, and decided I'd had enough for one day... Have I ever mentioned how much I hate automatic transmissions? Stupid things break a lot, make a mess when you pull em, and are downright awkward to try and manouver from under a truck
Oh well, I've got an apartment suite to finish painting today, so I'll finish it up either tonight or tommorow... You guys can expect pictures shortly aftewards...
It is a really nice truck though, thing has like 50 000 or so miles on it, the diesel runs beautifully, and the truck has an almost mint interior, less the dash pad. Literally has every single option available in 82. I bought it off the original owner, who was selling it cause she figured that the crank broke, and that was the noise she heard when the converter bolts backed out.
Only problems with the truck, less the converter is the typical rust for this area, since the truck was used primarily in the winter, and a broken wire for the tailgate window, which I'll have fixed tommorow.
I know of a beautiful bare 1980 Jimmy tub sitting on a 2wd frame, that comes all new factory sheet metal for the front clip, still sitting in the boxes, no drivetrain or interior, all for 800 bones. I'll likely pick it up next weekend, and eventually put the tub on the 82 to replace the rusty stuff, use my spare 88 clip to replace the front, and paint it flat black, then put the front clip stuff away to use on my 80 sometime...
Big plans, lots of time, next to no money :P