Originally Posted by Luder94,Oct 21 2009, 10:33 AM

Boss:

Originally Posted by jeggy,Oct 13 2009, 09:12 PM

2 months ago a 1983 F-250 dump truck comes in for "noise at rear while driving". i pull the rear brakes and found a brake shoe spring poped off and the shoe was flopping around in the drum. replaced shoes and hardware. road test. now i can hear a new noise in the rear. drained the diff fluid and metal chunks comes out. ring and pinion is busted/chunks of teeth are missing. pull rear axle and replace whole assembly with new unit, drum-to-drum. replaced front brakes. truck is all good. bye bye.

last week truck returns for "needs to be jump started every morning and dump bed will not raise".
do routine battery/starter/charging system check. found battery low on charge due to failing alternator. replaced alternator. belts are frayed and cracking. customer does not want replaced.
checked complaint of inop bed. found bad pump motor. had to remove dump bed to get to motor. replaced pump motor. truck good to go. bye bye.

yesterday truck returns on back of tow truck. "clutch is gone" per customer".
start to pull transmission..... trans mount bolts are MIA, bell housing bolts are all different sizes, clutch line secured with coat hanger. WTF!!!
trans is finally out. and once again different size bollts holding clutch pressure plate on and same goes for the flywheel. trans out, clutch/flywheel out.
now i noticed the engine sitting cock eyed in the engine bay. look around and see that ALL engine mount bolts are MISSING!!!!!!! this engine has just been resting freely on the cross members for god knows how long. it was not bolted down what so ever!
i try to cheat it by sneaking in new bolts into the mounts. no go. have to pull engine to get access to engine mounts. finally mounts are bolted in properly.

oh, the exhaust is broken/rusted out in 3 locations. removed that for replacement as well.

clutch and trans should go back in tomorrow.

short of lifting the cab off the frame, i have basically taken this truck apart from head to toe.

this thing was truly held on by the mud and dirt that covered it. now i fear that since i disturbed it, it may fall apart and come back on a flatbed tow truck next month....

Originally Posted by Vadster,Oct 21 2009, 09:34 AM

his loss then

Originally Posted by Luder94,Oct 21 2009, 10:02 AM

That's when I say eff it and post away in the Hotties forum and in Off-topic (you do see that I'm posting in an area where I generally do not, right?).

Originally Posted by Luder94,Oct 21 2009, 10:43 AM

Nope...no sarcasm. I started posting in WC maybe yesterday; and for Hotties, I've been pos....well, maybe not posting . Let's just say I've become more active in the Hotties section.