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Old 09-11-2007, 09:45 AM   #1
ChevyC102007
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Just a rant!!

Ok Ive been trying not to rant and rave but my wifes tired of hearing about what alls been cobbled up on my truck.

1st things first, PO pulled out the automatic transmission and replaced it with a 4sp manual which in itself is fine, when ya got a V-8 banging gears is great fun, but in so doing they bypassed the neutral safety switch and God knows what else.

2nd the disc brake conversion, hey its great I love having discs on the front its a good thing, but when it was done the pedal shoulda been changed too, took it to the dealer to have brakes and such done (not my choice, the Voc Rehab program was paying for it so I couldnt do the work myself) anyways the dealership ended up putting a piece of ready rod in the brake booster/pedal so it would activate the Master Cylinder

3rd, I was working under the hood one day putting in new plugs and the hi-pro cut to fit wiring when I noticed a bundl of wires in the corner of the inner fender.............it was at least a quarter of my wiring harness

4th, another botched conversion, the truck originally had manual steering so the PO upgraded to power steering, again another good idea but its exocution wasnt so great. The wires running to my Voltage regulator run past a big chunk of the inner fenders that had been cut out to make room for the power steering lines.

Theres other things that have been done wrong or are missing that are to numerous to list it all here (plus my arms are getting tired from typing all this) basiclly as I mentioned before my ole truck has been jury rigged................BUT I have corrected at least a quarter of what has been messed up and the truck runs ALOT better than it did when I bought it. Already put alot into the Ole girl and Im not done yet.

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