My Christmas started well enough, with a late breakfast, and then I made a phone call. I need to go another 4000 miles, before the new year, so I thought to do a service on Sarah's truck, as mine is still not fixed....

I had to get a service place do it last time, because of location, and that is where the problem started.. They presumably had a 10 foot gorilla under there, who tightened the filter so darn tight, it took me over an HOUR of yanking, banging and cussing to get it to move.......

The drain plug was so tight I was scared to touch it, so changed it for a Formoto Valve.. Why do the people working in Service Bays do things so wrong all the time. What should have taken me 20 minutes, took me all afternoon, and wore me out - never before have I had so much trouble changing the darned oil.. Never again will I go to a lube shop.

Nothing else was problematic, the diffs were in good condition, the brakes with plenty of material left, and the tranny behaving well. All the lights are fine, as are the horn, and other bits, and the tires are all inflated properly and with adequate tread, so once again, I get to drive 2000 miles in 24 hours.

I will need another truck at this rate - I bought the '02 in September of last year, and have 60,000 miles on it so far.

Theo

 

Theo- I'm sorry to hear that you had such a hard time with the oil change! What I don't understand is why you need to drive 2000 miles in the next 24 hours.

 

Wants to, needs to, it doesn't matter, he ain't gonna make it.


But, do drive safe, how ever long it takes you.

 

Bummer about the oil change, valuable lesson learned there.

83.333333 miles per hour for 24 straight is kind of pushing it don't you think? especially with all the lemmings trying to make it home from Christmas. Be careful out there.