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06-06-2018, 12:44 PM | #1 |
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Just STUPID !!!!
Everyday I've been finding all kinds of Redneck, Shade Tree BS on this truck I bought.
Here's the latest....A glass fuel line filter with the rubber gas line laying on top of the muffler. Unreal !!!! Yesterday, found the drive shaft had the wrong U-Joint installed at the rear & without the cup clips installed. Also someone had replaced the drive shaft yoke & stick welded it to the shaft. It is so messed up, had to get another shaft made.....$320.00 ticket added. Ah....the fun.....
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Glad you found the issues vefore they lead to something more catastrophic.
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06-06-2018, 01:31 PM | #3 | |
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Glad I used a trailer to bring the truck home
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Manufactured homes are that kind of fun too. I've bought three for rentals.
Owner installed mobile home water heaters and furnaces are generally the most Mickey Mouse bubba engineered abortions I've had the misfortune to see. The "professional electricians" work that Bubba did is right behind em. I shouldn't complain much. I knew exactly how screwed up things were when I bought em. It cut the prices down considerably. They were structurally sound just had issues that scared away the unwashed masses. I did about two weeks of work on each one and they were clean, safe, and making me money.
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There should be a "Bubba" thread all it's on. I'm sure we could keep each other entertained for days...
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sadly, I feel like square bodies in particular are the most often victim of some bass ackwards repairs. Seems like 67-72 get the most respect with other GM trucks following suit. And our beloved squares bringing up the rear.
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I guess not everything is a 55/56/57 chevy.
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We really do need a Hillbilly Engineering thread. Should be quite entertaining. No offense meant to you guys that got saddled with Bubba.
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My thoughts exactly! I tell people that mom and dad didnt like me, thats why they named me "Bubba." Bubba |
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That way, it won't offend anyone. Wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings on here.....lol I think that would be a fun topic....
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06-06-2018, 07:43 PM | #13 |
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Is that a leak stain on that muffler? If that filter was on the suction side of things, at least that is what it was designed for. It gets really scary when someone posts a picture of one sitting on top of the motor clearly on the pressure side of the fuel pump.
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06-06-2018, 10:46 PM | #14 |
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I feel your pain. I've bought several 81-87 Chevy GMC trucks to fix up and sale. Everyone one them has had some kind of hacked up rigged issues. The #1 issue I run into is the engine harness is hacked up and 2nd would be the wrong spark plug wires rigged up with zip ties. This 84 GMC I recently acquired is one of the nicer trucks I've had as it is 90% original, however someone put plug wires on it that came off some Chrysler product that said MOPAR.
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I guess I can throw in my hilbilly engineering award. I had a 70 el camino that I bought that had really bad brakes when I went to change the booster and master cylinder the previous owner decided to bungee cord the brake pedal so it would return to its up travel. Now I admit I would have never thought of that...
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After a friend of mine took his newly acquired car for the obligatory 'How fast will it go' run on country roads, he found the screwdriver that was replacing one of the rear leaf spring shackle bolts. Look that truck over real close!
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06-08-2018, 12:09 PM | #18 |
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toss that glass filter - they suck I had so many problems with mine I rebuilt the carb only to find that stupid filter was at fault, wen't out and bought one of them plastic ones instead and the truck runs like a Champ
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IMHO, this filter rates right there with that Edelbrock foam air filter. One backfire, & up she goes in flames.... Now, let me see what other surprises I can find.....
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Why'd you tell him that? You know you can't put a PLASTIC fuel filter on top a Muffler!
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