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Post Fiend
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From: utica il
who the hell fixes anything properly???? thats crazy talk 
ask me about a guy i know who put saw dust in his tranny fluid. made the slipping not as bad and got rid of the weird noises it had after a few dunks in some illinois river water. lasted just long enough to sell.
douchebags
ask me about a guy i know who put saw dust in his tranny fluid. made the slipping not as bad and got rid of the weird noises it had after a few dunks in some illinois river water. lasted just long enough to sell.
douchebags
Hotshot
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From: iowa
Dan do you have any idea how long the sawdust trick has been used by used car sales lots? It's nothing new, us it in the differential to quiet down gear noise, transmissions to get them to last just long enough to sell etc.
Post Fiend
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From: Joppa, Maryland
I would've had a broken wrench and my driveshaft still wouldn't be off. The amount of tq required to remove far exceeded the working limit of the wrench. DAN.
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From: North Dakota
Idk Paul, sometimes those wrenches will surprise you. But than again other times they break just by looking at them. Lol.
I've done the same thing before Paul. But mine was because I lost my half inch wrench and busted a ujoint. It works good "slinging" the d shaft upsome times!
I've done the same thing before Paul. But mine was because I lost my half inch wrench and busted a ujoint. It works good "slinging" the d shaft upsome times!
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Yupp, when i turned 16 and was looking my first truck i pulled the tranny dipstick on one and found a little sawdust on it... i shut the hood and walked away
Post Fiend
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From: utica il
thanks for the info
but i always try to buy outright from people not dealerships, it's easier on the ol' bs detector when they don't lie for a living. 
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i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
oatmeal is another good noise quieting additive. i pulled a trans apart on a mack one time after the driver said it was making a noise like a broken gear.
there had to be 5 lbs of oatmeal in with the straight 140WT gear oil.
the truck was bought at auction about 6 months earlier.
every bearing in it was bad, causing the main shaft to wobble enough to bust a tooth off the low side splitter shaft.
there had to be 5 lbs of oatmeal in with the straight 140WT gear oil.
the truck was bought at auction about 6 months earlier.
every bearing in it was bad, causing the main shaft to wobble enough to bust a tooth off the low side splitter shaft.
Post Fiend
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From: utica il
know what i hate? when your wife decides to divorce you out of no where when you've actually been doing the **** she was bitching about you not doing.
that's right folks, as of now i'm going through the big D and i don't mean dallas
life kind of sucks right now.
that's right folks, as of now i'm going through the big D and i don't mean dallas
life kind of sucks right now.
Hotshot
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: iowa
Sorry to hear that dan, it does suck.
But I will telll you, don't give up (unless you want to get divorced) she just went through having a kid and for some reason woman can get rather strange right after child birth.
But I will telll you, don't give up (unless you want to get divorced) she just went through having a kid and for some reason woman can get rather strange right after child birth.
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From: Across from the neighbors
I just bought a cclb rear dshaft complete with carrier bearing setup with like 59k on it for $200.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
i was talking new though Cheeto.
i would have bought used if i could have found one, but he was using my truck while his was down, and i did not want to wait a few weeks for the local yards to find one.
i would have bought used if i could have found one, but he was using my truck while his was down, and i did not want to wait a few weeks for the local yards to find one.