today did not turn out good at all for me. i went out to one of my buddys land with another guy to do some muddin. i have my 79 f150, my buddy that owns the land had his 79 chevy 3/4 ton, and my other buddy had his 88 ford 3/4 ton. we were havin a good time throwin mud, gettin stuck, and pullin each other out, until the 88 ford got stuck pretty good and since the chevy's 4wheel drive is broke i hooked up to pull the other ford out, i couldnt budge him since he was hung up in the ruts that we dug, so we hooked the chevy up in front of me, started pullin some more then i hear my truck revvin up so i look at my tach and watch it climb up, i let outta it, and then i smell the awesome smell of a burnt up tranny. unhooked the trucks and mine wouldnt move forward or reverse. went and got some tranny fluid, came back and filled it up, after that i atleast had forward gears but no reverse. luckily i live a couple miles down the road so i drove on home. the guy i bought the truck off of had 2 extra trannys that came with the truck so i went and picked em up from him. ive been told to expect my bill to be about 1 grand for this at the shop. i just gotta hope i can drive my truck to the nearest tranny shop 10 minutes from my house, all highway until i get to town. also when my truck is supposed to be in neutral i can drive forward, when its in park it acts like it wants to jump forward. this was all after last weekend when i accidentally backed into a tree and messed up my bed and tailight and said i was done going muddin. i havent been too happy this afternoon and night. anyways, just wanted to share my bad luck with you all.

 

well now this time you can just build it stronger! but that does suck man. sorry about the price though, i know how that goes with dumpin a grand into your tranny. well at least you didnt blow the engine or somethin!


adam