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Unbelieveable
I sold my Early 99 to a friend who has been wanting it ever since he saw it.
I had the truck since 99 it was never @ a dealer until this year for the CPS recall.
I sold it because I could not justify having 2 trucks anymore.
The truck has never left me stranded or broke down.
Before i sold it i changed oil and drove it for 3 days. It ran perfect.
I gave him a list of all mods, told him about this website, what fluids to use, even gave him a new fuel filter & 1/2 gal long life coolant so he would know what to buy.
Now for the rest of the story:
He wasn't driving it but 2 days & the front caliper was dragging & caught the tire on fire . (no damage to truk body or wheel liner)
He said it was pulling to the left . He didn't know the tire was on fire till some kids flagged him down. Luckily he had a cup of coffe & some old man came running out of his house with a fire extinguisher.
To fix, it cost him $1000. New brake lines calipers, & hubs, All of the items were replaced 20k miles ago by me.
Today he called & said the tranny went out. It was rebuilt 130,000 mi ago with a billet converter.Serviced 60k ago. Never slipped the whole time I had it. I never towed or loaded it heavy.
I feel bad. I sold it to him for 9k. Trucks of equal value are going anywhere from 11 to 16k.
What do you all think.
BTW He said he was going to sell it.
I had the truck since 99 it was never @ a dealer until this year for the CPS recall.
I sold it because I could not justify having 2 trucks anymore.
The truck has never left me stranded or broke down.
Before i sold it i changed oil and drove it for 3 days. It ran perfect.
I gave him a list of all mods, told him about this website, what fluids to use, even gave him a new fuel filter & 1/2 gal long life coolant so he would know what to buy.
Now for the rest of the story:
He wasn't driving it but 2 days & the front caliper was dragging & caught the tire on fire . (no damage to truk body or wheel liner)
He said it was pulling to the left . He didn't know the tire was on fire till some kids flagged him down. Luckily he had a cup of coffe & some old man came running out of his house with a fire extinguisher.
To fix, it cost him $1000. New brake lines calipers, & hubs, All of the items were replaced 20k miles ago by me.
Today he called & said the tranny went out. It was rebuilt 130,000 mi ago with a billet converter.Serviced 60k ago. Never slipped the whole time I had it. I never towed or loaded it heavy.
I feel bad. I sold it to him for 9k. Trucks of equal value are going anywhere from 11 to 16k.
What do you all think.
BTW He said he was going to sell it.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Marseilles IL
Yah tranny went out from the new owner overheating the Trans because he was too s***** to know he had a locked up caliper! The exact thing happened to me with a ford ranger I had. I sold it telling the new owner to take it directly to a brake shop, it needed brakes asap and it just came out of storage. They drove it 200 miles and the caliper locked up, almost got in an accident in the process. They also blew the Trans because of extreme overheating. It was my first truck, I bought new it was my baby and they scrapped it. I feel for you!
Tuned
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Gonna agree with everyone here, he was having "too much" fun, and how do you not notice a caliper dragging or lagging to the point of a fire??
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I found out that tire sidewalls can turn orange, I can only imagine what happened to everything else.
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That is Murphy's Law. Had that happen TWICE last year. I sold my 1997 F150 to my next door neighbor, because he had been hounding me for YEARS to sell him my truck. Well, he started having problems right away...and I live next door, so it's hard to say "Sorry, I won't help you try to fix it." 14 years, and that truck only needed 2 batteries replaced, changed spark plugs and wires once, and maybe one other issue ever.
The Late '99 F250 CC PSD I bought to replace the F150 I sold a few months later because ANOTHER friend sold me "HIS" Excursion. I sold the F250 to a mutual friend of his and mine (and neighbor of Mueckster, incidentally), and within 2 weeks, the starter went out!!! I bought him a new starter, as I felt terrible.
Yes, I hate selling vehicles to friends because you feel very bad when something goes wrong.
The Late '99 F250 CC PSD I bought to replace the F150 I sold a few months later because ANOTHER friend sold me "HIS" Excursion. I sold the F250 to a mutual friend of his and mine (and neighbor of Mueckster, incidentally), and within 2 weeks, the starter went out!!! I bought him a new starter, as I felt terrible.
Yes, I hate selling vehicles to friends because you feel very bad when something goes wrong.
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From: Mesa AZ
You sold your truck at the perfect time. 
It doesn't matter what the situation...anytime you make a change, all you are doing is trading one problem for another. Sometimes it works out for the better, sometimes not. I say you made out on the positive end this time.
It doesn't matter what the situation...anytime you make a change, all you are doing is trading one problem for another. Sometimes it works out for the better, sometimes not. I say you made out on the positive end this time.
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Yeah it's a different story when selling to friends I sold a snowmobile to my best friend thing was mint and low miles he used it good for 1000 or so engine blew when he was doing 96 blamed it on me for longest time tell I showed him the little. Brass hitting that cracked to ruin the bottom end it sucks selling to friends really hard not to feel guilty when it wasn't ur fault at all
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From: Longview, TX
He must have put a bow tie on the grill 
I've passed every vehicle i've owned to the same person. Of course it was usually for free, and he was the one that did most of the work on them anyway. But there is just something that should be understood when buying a used vehicle, no matter who you're buying it from: It's used... He'd get no help from a dealer if he bought the same truck off a lot.
I've passed every vehicle i've owned to the same person. Of course it was usually for free, and he was the one that did most of the work on them anyway. But there is just something that should be understood when buying a used vehicle, no matter who you're buying it from: It's used... He'd get no help from a dealer if he bought the same truck off a lot.