Yeah today's the first day of our spring break. Anybody else off?

RP
Zach

I'll be on AIM most of the day if anybody wants to talk, seeing that my truck is at the mechanic's.

 

So exactly what did you do to your truck/whats wrong with it? I dont have spring break off for a while yet, i dont think its until like april 15th or something like that. But the GF's got it off all week and we just got a snow day today!!! wo hooo!

 

WOW you get a late spring break. Lol I know what you're doin'!

Yeah...well my power steering pump has been leakin' for a while and it's been gettin' worse, so I decided it was time to fix it. Pulled the old pump out Friday night. Went out Saturday, installed the new one, got everything on, couldn't get the pulley to attach all the way, it kept strippin' bolts. So I'm like damn. I call the mechanic (really nice guy, ran into a horrible problem with my mom's Silverado, kept mis-firing on 7, kicked his rear for 2 weeks all together, three trips out there, he'd get the CEL to go off and it to run fine, then it'd start up again, ended up completely tearing the block down to replace the head gasket, that fixed it. He was just so glad it was fixed he charged us nothing but parts.), he says bring my Ranger out there, he's got a tool that is better than the peice of crap they give you to re-install the pulley with. So I'm like aight. I start the truck up and the NEW pump starts leaking! So I'm like oh you peice of crap. Pulled both hoses, checked all the o-rings, seals, everything. It keeps doin' it.
So my gf's dad brings over a vehicle moving trailer thing, we put it on that and took it out there. It was really amusing, as my Ranger got all the weight on the trailer it picked up the back of the van he was pulling it with. Apparently my gf's dad would rather pull it with a minivan than my dad's truck, whatever. If his rear suspension gets jacked up, it's his own fault.

 

spring break starts the weekend of the 8th for me. ha snow.. its sunny and 80 here AND I LOVE IT!!

 

Lol yeah...we're in winter. I went out with my friend Michael yesterday. We're sittin' at a light on the highway, with all the windows and the top down in his Chrysler, radio cranked up, sunglasses and shorts on, I look over at the sign in front of the bank that says the temperature and current time, it flashes between 2:30 and 93*.

Love those Texas winters...lol.

 

Everything's got its pro's and con's. I would love to be in texas working on my truck right now in 90 degree weather. But there's also nothing better than fishtailing around every corner and doing doughnuts in parking lots and not ruining your tires one bit. Rangerpilot, have you ever seen snow first hand?

 

Off last week and this. Working all I can to pay for the rebuilt transmission I had to order this afternoon.

 

Off all week, nothing planned really maybe the beach towards the end of the week to catch some waves, might go fishin one of these days too. As for my truck i think im going to make a test batch of Bio Diesel to see if I can do it, then order my fuel lines and start making 35 gallon batches. Im gunna turn my muffler around tonight and remove my grill to see about opening up my ram air intake to about 3 inches FUN STUFF. oh n did i mention whats spring break without a field party n a case of beer!

 

Off this week... doing nothing all week... Maybe a few odds and end to the truck, that's about it.

Tom

 

I have next week off. I'll be working because I'd rather make 400 bucks then spend it!

 

im off this week too. so i went down to oak ridge TN with my crew team for spring training! we practice twice a day and run 5 miles down to the water once a day. its a ton of work but we're having a great time! plus, we're gettin back to milwaukee on friday.......ST PATTY'S DAY!!!!!!!!!

 

enjoy your breaks while ya get them.

 

I was off all last week... I got a lot of fishing in... temps were in the 50s all week...

 

mine just ended as of today....back to school on tuesday....six more weeks then i become a senior finally!! cant wait for grad school