We need a "You know what sux?" thread....

[Jesus_man]

Sorry man. Any damage to your house? Big thread on CO4x4 going on. Lots of people with damage and no power.

J.D.

[JGZ]

Sorry man. Any damage to your house? Big thread on CO4x4 going on. Lots of people with damage and no power.

J.D.

Have'nt assessed the damage on the roof yet but no branches on the inside of the house so I got that goin for me.Called the ins. agent to see what the protocall is ,so now I just have to deal with it.crap happens!

[ZOSO]

Loosing a $60 part for the fuel bowl on your truck. Leaving you without a vehicle. Once I buy the new one I know I'll find the old one laying on the garage floor.

Oh and working in a cold garage. I need a heater.

[Viperwolf1]

Cold garage makes you work faster...if you don't account for the thawing breaks. Blood flows slower out of your hand too after you jam it into your geared shift lever.

[airbur]

It sucks to have finished 3 coats of primer, and 3 coats of enamel, and then have your hood scoop sitting in the sun drying, and you run into it with your car. It's not horrible damage but I did scuff it up in a few areas:(

[Jesus_man]

Being sick as a dog on christmas day. Stomach flu or something

[RickGyver]

Putting a V-belt fan on a brand new serpentine engine! CRAP! Works OK if you don't drive it!

[ZOSO]

Loosing a $60 part for the fuel bowl on your truck. Leaving you without a vehicle. Once I buy the new one I know I'll find the old one laying on the garage floor.

Oh and working in a cold garage. I need a heater.

Found the part I lost. Got the truck back together and put 20 miles on it. Went to move it today and there is fuel pouring out of the fuel bowl all over now. So I gotta pull it again.

[Rox Crusher]

when your wife slides her F150 down the icy driveway crashing into your son's ol chevy pick up which gets pushed into the 57 Fairlane hotrod

oh well, I guess I now have a good reason to give it a fresh paint job

[Viperwolf1]

Oh no.

[Justin]

That sucks!

[Rox Crusher]

Yep, but sounds worse than it is

[airbur]

It sucks to get a hair up your ass...and decide to replace 42 year old head gaskets....then finally get the thing apart and find you didn't drain all the coolant.

I actually don't think it's worth the effort to do this. I may just pull it.

[Viperwolf1]

You can never get all the coolant out. Just change the oil and it'll be fine.

[airbur]

Yea....the rings are holding it all up well.

[socofn]

When you loose approx 3 gals of fuel due to a leaking aux tank. JP

[Shawns Fords]

It sucks to get a hair up your ass...and decide to replace 42 year old head gaskets....then finally get the thing apart and find you didn't drain all the coolant.

I actually don't think it's worth the effort to do this. I may just pull it.

That "sucks bucks" as we used to say in the shop all of the time. Make sure you get it cleaned out well so you dont wash out the bearings.

[airbur]

Yea.....got most of it dried out. Now to figure out how to remove all the old gasket.

[airbur]

You just use razor blades etc? These are stuck on their good.

[Shawns Fords]

I have always used a 3M roloc disc for all pof the engine work I have done.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/e ... 5CPWS904gl

these are great for this type of work. you use red for aluminum and brown for cast iron. Saves you hours of cleaning with a scraper. then wash down with brake cleaner and change the oil before restart.

[airbur]

Those look good. I'd be a bit concerned about the dust though.

[Viperwolf1]

Cover the intake valley and oil ports in the block with rags first. Use a shop vac to cleanup after.

[Shawns Fords]

Those look good. I'd be a bit concerned about the dust though.

All they do is make the gasket material into fine particle dust and you wash everything down with brake cleaner. The pads them self do not come apart, they just clog up with the gasket material over time, then you change oil and filter. anything that gets into the valley or pan washed down and filter picks it up. Done this for years. As a matter of fact, I haven't really ever used any scrapers for this type of work. Ford used to supply technicians with their own style of these that had several hundred small fingers instead. those work great but dont last as long.

When you scrape gasket and there usually ends up with a big chunk that falls down through the water jackets or into the oil pan will cause more problems than you can imagine if it prevents flow, like in the pickup tube or water jacket gets blocked.

[Gunnibronco]

Hearing a "POP" and watching a crack run across your virgin windshield. It was a good run, it lasted almost 2 whole years. That's life in Gunnsion.

[Jesus_man]

I wish I could get two weeks out of my new windshields! I don't know what it is, but my trucks windshields always have cracks. My first truck I ever bought got snagged by a stray stone just a few miles from the dealer lot!

[airbur]

Exactly why I finally went will full glass coverage for all our vehicles. They will replace, at no charge, any glass on the vehicle....and there is no limit on the amount of times per year.

[Gunnibronco]

My first truck I ever bought got snagged, by a stray stone just a few miles from the dealer lot!

That sucks!

I always try to fix the chips & cracks I get ASAP. This time, the glass was already cracked, but it was below the black perimeter, and I didn't see it till it had already run. My defrost caused the crack to run across the windshield (temp was -6 outside). At least it isn't in my line of sight. I'll swap the glass this summer, after the gravel is cleaned off the roads. I should look into the cost of full coverage for my 300, the car is too nice to be running around with a cracked windshield.

[Shawns Fords]

I wish I could get two weeks out of my new windshields! I don't know what it is, but my trucks windshields always have cracks. My first truck I ever bought got snagged by a stray stone just a few miles from the dealer lot!

Happened to me when I left the lot in my brand new 06 F150, I didnt even have 60 miles on it, crack. Also happened in my 05 F150 with 850 miles. Sucks balls!!!

[akaFrankCastle]

Two weeks in Watkins, CO with no Internet and one bar of Edge coverage. Took 10 minutes just to post this after reloading 100 times.

Anyone have a buddy with a hangar, comfy couch, and high speed Internet at Front Range Airport? LOL

[Shawns Fords]

Having to sell everything you own just to get by. Bronco sold, Sold the 67 Mustang (owned it since 1992, that's twenty years) and the F100 is next. I have my reasons and they are definitely validated but it still sucks. I have given most of my furniture and other things I have no room or use for to goodwill. I feel that once I am down to just my clothes and my pickup I will find that new job and start earning a living again.