thank you again for helping me get this beautiful little truck back to good running order. This car was owned by someone who took GREAT care of it from the time they got it until about 210,000 miles- but then had to sell it and the 2nd owner just drove the crap out of it.. he put about 10,000 miles on it and didn't do a thing to it except change the oil (if he even did that to be honest. maybe when he got it, cuz I saw what the oil looked like and the filter was way over-torqued).
So when I got it.. it "ran good" but was NOT SAFE as far as suspension/steering/braking goes. Then once I got that fixed and was able to focus on just how "good" it was running- I found basically the cheapest part of each system.. the stuff that needs to be replaced every 20,000 30,000 or 50,000 miles... had been neglected. Brake caliper, CV axle, wheel bearings, tie rod ends, spark plugs weren't terrible but the wires were awful, it needed a new battery, fuel filter was original LOL, hoses and seals, stuff like that just got neglected.
Anyways thanks to YOUR HELP I have been able to get and keep my car SAFE and then also in good running order. I'm a nurse so I have been having to go to work despite this kung FLu19 as you called it (LOL aint that the truth too! clever and hilarious how you capitalized the FL in the flu..cuz of florida... or maybe I think too much haha. but I also have called it the kung flu because of its origin from china). So, if it means anything, you have helped (can't mention details but) a kid who is bedridden and can't get around- you have helped get his best friend and nurse to his house at a time when it's pretty scary for him. So, thank you so much for helping me...
Also, thank you for the check list that you gave me on the last comment. I have it written down and will go thru each and every one of those things to ensure.
Josh
OH P.S. I got my buddy to torque the 17mm crankshaft pulley bolt to 94ft/lbs torque :-) I forgot to mention it but I am also going to change the TIMING BELT BEFORE IT GOES BAD (as you have mentioned! going with a GATES as well) but I'm going to wait to do that until after the existing repairs that are causing damage or causing leaks.. are fixed. I will probably get everything that I need, done, this year and then change the timing belt out first thing in spring.
P.P.S. when I do the ball joints- are the lower control arm bushings that much harder to reach? Admittedly, I need to read on that subject a bit more. Once I do this- and rotors, I will literally have nothing left to replace on the front end. It was really rough when I got it. The rear seems to have been worked on by the original PO (who also changed everything in exhaust except for the manifold and the cat)..but it has new shocks n struts and the way it behaves.. the rear wheel bearings aren't bad (thank god.. I saw they're hard to find).. so after this ball joint job I will have everything done involving steering/suspension/braking :-) and at that point I can focus on accessory and peripheral devices that go bad before the engine will.
So when I got it.. it "ran good" but was NOT SAFE as far as suspension/steering/braking goes. Then once I got that fixed and was able to focus on just how "good" it was running- I found basically the cheapest part of each system.. the stuff that needs to be replaced every 20,000 30,000 or 50,000 miles... had been neglected. Brake caliper, CV axle, wheel bearings, tie rod ends, spark plugs weren't terrible but the wires were awful, it needed a new battery, fuel filter was original LOL, hoses and seals, stuff like that just got neglected.
Anyways thanks to YOUR HELP I have been able to get and keep my car SAFE and then also in good running order. I'm a nurse so I have been having to go to work despite this kung FLu19 as you called it (LOL aint that the truth too! clever and hilarious how you capitalized the FL in the flu..cuz of florida... or maybe I think too much haha. but I also have called it the kung flu because of its origin from china). So, if it means anything, you have helped (can't mention details but) a kid who is bedridden and can't get around- you have helped get his best friend and nurse to his house at a time when it's pretty scary for him. So, thank you so much for helping me...
Also, thank you for the check list that you gave me on the last comment. I have it written down and will go thru each and every one of those things to ensure.
Josh
OH P.S. I got my buddy to torque the 17mm crankshaft pulley bolt to 94ft/lbs torque :-) I forgot to mention it but I am also going to change the TIMING BELT BEFORE IT GOES BAD (as you have mentioned! going with a GATES as well) but I'm going to wait to do that until after the existing repairs that are causing damage or causing leaks.. are fixed. I will probably get everything that I need, done, this year and then change the timing belt out first thing in spring.
P.P.S. when I do the ball joints- are the lower control arm bushings that much harder to reach? Admittedly, I need to read on that subject a bit more. Once I do this- and rotors, I will literally have nothing left to replace on the front end. It was really rough when I got it. The rear seems to have been worked on by the original PO (who also changed everything in exhaust except for the manifold and the cat)..but it has new shocks n struts and the way it behaves.. the rear wheel bearings aren't bad (thank god.. I saw they're hard to find).. so after this ball joint job I will have everything done involving steering/suspension/braking :-) and at that point I can focus on accessory and peripheral devices that go bad before the engine will.