ever get to the point..

[1tonchevy]

ever get to the point of working on your vehicle and think.... i'm done i can't do this anymore! That's where I am with this truck. every time i get a step forward i take 3 back and i'm growing quite tired of it.I wish may would hurry up and get here so i can get the convertible out and drive it before i do something i regret.

Don't get me wrong i love my truck and am amazed how far it has come since i started 3 years ago. just thought i would have more by now i guess... idk just one of those days.

sorry for the rant.

Dru

[flashed]

I feel your pain ,mine has been in the bodyshop for almost 2 years now with little hope of getting done anytime soon .I just keep hoping for the best and collecting more parts that may never get used . Good luck with your project.

[thesickc10]

I almost light my truck on fire once a month.

[chris989]

I feel your pain, I sometimes want to sell my 89 and go back another decade just to be free of the random metric bolt.

Let me see, if I were a chevrolet engineer, I would introduce some torx, allen, phillips, metric and standard fasteners all on the same car.

Just to **** with people.

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Originally Posted by chris989

I feel your pain, I sometimes want to sell my 89 and go back another decade just to be free of the random metric bolt.

Let me see, if I were a chevrolet engineer, I would introduce some torx, allen, phillips, metric and standard fasteners all on the same car.

Just to **** with people.

I have been tooling away for two years replacing every metric piece of SH!T on my truck. I have gone so far as to drill and weld bolts studs and such for proper standard thread pitch and even gone out of my way to order specialty bolts with metric threads and standard heads.
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[comegetsome2003]

I was at that point Friday night working on my truck....was tryin to come up with a game plan to build an engine driven compressor on my dually and after looking at my Cummins tryin to come up with a game plan for about 3 hours i was so irritated that i finally just turned off the shop lights and went in a went to sleep....come back Saturday and had a mount built and about 2 hours....think my brain just needed a break
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[75chev4x4]

Originally Posted by thesickc10

I almost light my truck on fire once a month.

Lmao

[D13]

I actually quit working on mine for a few moths Kisd bee busy with activities, tore my rotator cuff, and trying to decide what to build and what to scrap. But come summer I'll get back to the barn doing something.

[lilpoindexter]

Yep. It just sat around taking up space most of 2012...Near the end of the year I fixed it, and now I drive it once in a while. A family member needed help moving, so I was motivated to fix it...I'm glad they moved, or the truck might still just be sitting.

[rusty76]

Took my truck off the road in 2004 and wished in some ways I never did. Too many days were I wish I'd just slamm a motor in it and go. But then there are days were I'm ready to go.

[old Rusty C10]

Every project gets to this point AT LEAST once... if I had a dime for each time I was ready to toss the towel id be rich lol take a break and relax it gets better

[Hubscrub]

i feel ya, we had a nice weekend 70's, i got off my butt and worked on something, took my truck for a ride that hasn't been out of the yard since last fall. I felt great just thinking about the couple little things i done! Take a break if need be but don't kill it

[motornut]

sure things can seem that way at the end of the dark winter
like some kind of a cabin fever?
and when you get problems and even get people saying why the "old "truck?
"you should just get a new one"!
still happens here once in a while lol

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by motornut

sure things can seem that way at the end of the dark winter
like some kind of a cabin fever?
and when you get problems and even get people saying why the "old "truck?
"you should just get a new one"!
still happens here once in a while lol

yeah i get that all the time. why the old beast buy new this and that.... I love my truck. it's just it being my daily, my work shop is over an hour away and finding Crew cab parts in the junk yard is like looking for...... gold.

but i feel a bit better now knowing i'm not alone.

[78 Big10 454]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

Every project gets to this point AT LEAST once... if I had a dime for each time I was ready to toss the towel id be rich lol take a break and relax it gets better

Dru, take it from Bob's post - it will get better. I've had my square for 35 years, bought it brand new. Can't tell you how many times I wished I could have hauled it off to a wrecking yard and be done with it. The real satisfaction is tackling the seemingly overwhelming problem and solving it. Once solved, the satisfaction can be downright euphoric.

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by 78 Big10 454

Dru, take it from Bob's post - it will get better. I've had my square for 35 years, bought it brand new. Can't tell you how many times I wished I could have hauled it off to a wrecking yard and be done with it. The real satisfaction is tackling the seemingly overwhelming problem and solving it. Once solved, the satisfaction can be downright euphoric.

thanks guys. I'll enjoy march break with my daughter and get back at it.

[Damon23]

Happens to me. Especially when I find something that I cant fix. I hate having to put the job in someone elses hands. I dont know everything about fixing vehicles but that is why you have a toy. Something you can mess with and not have to rely on. Just read the line in my signature.

[meatwagon83]

nope! hasnt happened!

[Rubble]

Originally Posted by meatwagon83

nope! hasnt happened!

Maybe you have not been around them long enough yet!! I have ran into it as well,but other times when I had a tough day on the job,it's almost like a type of therapy to work on my old trucks.It helps having more than one also,if one is giving you grief,just go work on another!! You need a bit of rough going too,if it was easy then everybody would want our trucks eh.....
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[meatwagon83]

Originally Posted by Rubble

Maybe you have not been around them long enough yet!! I have ran into it as well,but other times when I had a tough day on the job,it's almost like a type of therapy to work on my old trucks.It helps having more than one also,if one is giving you grief,just go work on another!! You need a bit of rough going too,if it was easy then everybody would want our trucks eh.....
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i have been working on cars for 20 years, so i have been around long enough, what i do is i try to pick something that is within my abilities and when i get frustrated i might back off for a few hours, i have never given up on a project because i know what im in for, that and i i always figure it will take three times the budget i figure and twice as long!

[Rubble]

[QUOTE=meatwagon83;5940012]i have been working on cars for 20 years, so i have been around long enough, what i do is i try to pick something that is within my abilities and when i get frustrated i might back off for a few hours, i have never given up on a project because i know what im in for, that and i i always figure it will take three times the budget i figure and twice as long![
Not meant to ruffle any feathers,I been working on these trucks since 81, Like I said before,there are always a few hiccups eh......
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[meatwagon83]

[quote=Rubble;5940361]

Originally Posted by meatwagon83

i have been working on cars for 20 years, so i have been around long enough, what i do is i try to pick something that is within my abilities and when i get frustrated i might back off for a few hours, i have never given up on a project because i know what im in for, that and i i always figure it will take three times the budget i figure and twice as long![
Not meant to ruffle any feathers,I been working on these trucks since 81, Like I said before,there are always a few hiccups eh......
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no ruffled feathers here! im just sayin, if this hobby frustrated me that much i wouldnt do it. but what i have not mentioned is that when i do get frustrated and i back off for a few hours for that time i usually go put holes in something with a high powered rifle!(excellent stress relief!)

[GM-power]

I daily drive mine and its frustrating when multiple things go wrong cause I just cant take time to straighten them out. Ive come close to selling, but I just hate the thought of someone not taking the care of it like I do.
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[manimal]

I go through this with every project I have.....but it's not because I am disgusted or frustrated with the project itself, I have a severely disabled 5 yr old son. We almost lost him at the beginning of Feb. It just takes the wind out of my sails and I dont want to work on anything. But when he is doing good, I love to get out and build things.

[cory d]

you have to make "fixing it" the fun part