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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:04 AM
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does anyone else
does anyone else always think something is not right with the truck or that something is about to break and you need to fix it
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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kinda an odd question but yes yes i do
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:20 AM
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That would be me.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:41 AM
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Only after hanging around here .. now I dream of potential problems to come.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 07:09 AM
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Mine's parked for the winter, so I guess I'm safe on this one.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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I always have this little feeling deep in the back of my head that this truck is gonna break somehow and let me down and be expensive to fix. I never worried about my ranger, I guess cause I bought it new and knew what it had been thru. I bought this one used and ya never know what little problems are lurking about waiting to become big ones. This is also my first diesel so its hard for me to tell what might be normal diesel stuff/sounds and what might be a problem surfacing. I know if it ever does break yall are here to help me fix it.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Yes only because I can't afford to fix it.
 
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Yes but my 97 is like a favored grandchild. The 2000 I drive every day is dirty, dented and fixed only when broke. The 97 is rode easily, rubbed down and put away dry.
ROAD SALT? You have got to be kidding!!! It has not been on the road since sometime before Christmas. That is what the 2000 SD is for.

97 is inside the warm shop, 2000 is in the driveway

Wife thinks I am nuts,,, she is not often wrong
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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Ya only becuase I like to run my mouth about how reliable the 7.3L is and I just have that feeling that it will call me a liar someday but deep deep down inside I know its a great truck.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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I don't fix anything so I always have something wrong. Wipers don't work, leaks antifreeze, rear leaks, brake lines are all corroded. Has 200,000 mi on it. Guess I'll go for a ride.

If the world were perfect, it would'nt be. Yogi Berra
 
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My two big fears = blown turbo and/or blown trans on a trip... that would suck.
 
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Not always. Only the past 38 years or so.
 
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oh yeah, ever since the vacuum pump went about 4 months after i got her. plus i am very accident-prone in life in general lol
 
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Yea vacuume pump went out on my old truck. Not fun. Fan fell off to, luckily didn't get the rad.
 
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I cant wait for the trans to go....give me a reason actually to spend the money and call BTS.
 
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