O'Rattlecan
Redneck Prognosticator
I just made the biggest, most expensive mistake of my amateur car career.
My 1994 is without a motor, and I rebuilt one about a year ago. I was finally ready to commit to installing the motor back in today, and I even recruited help. My friend arrived and I was ready to push the truck back into the garage for a day of work.
Pushing manually didn't work, and I blamed it on flat spots on the tires. I put a little air in the tires and still had no luck. I blamed it on the hill and that we just didn't have the strength to push it. So I got my red truck and pushed it.
Guess what? Whoooooops..... I left it in park, that's why it wasn't giving. The thing slid and the transmission is totally seized up.
Do I keep the truck? Do I buy another truck and put the motor in it instead?
Pros:
Good looking wheels
Very clean interior for a 20 y/o truck
sentimental value
rust free (not matching) bed
immaculate aluminum tailgate panel
Cons:
Rust on the cab corners and front fenders
Panels don't match, would eventually need a complete paint job
Rust on the frame
Broken windshield
Crappy headlights
I can't decide whether I want to be done with it and have it towed off to truck heaven, or if I want to take it to a transmission shop and let them deal with it. To be perfectly honest, my free time is practically zero at this point in my life, and it was a wonder I even got a day blocked off to reinstall the engine. I want to have a 'project truck' but I don't want a ground-up restoration project. I want it to run and I want to be able to drive it.
Ryan
My 1994 is without a motor, and I rebuilt one about a year ago. I was finally ready to commit to installing the motor back in today, and I even recruited help. My friend arrived and I was ready to push the truck back into the garage for a day of work.
Pushing manually didn't work, and I blamed it on flat spots on the tires. I put a little air in the tires and still had no luck. I blamed it on the hill and that we just didn't have the strength to push it. So I got my red truck and pushed it.
Guess what? Whoooooops..... I left it in park, that's why it wasn't giving. The thing slid and the transmission is totally seized up.
Do I keep the truck? Do I buy another truck and put the motor in it instead?
Pros:
Good looking wheels
Very clean interior for a 20 y/o truck
sentimental value
rust free (not matching) bed
immaculate aluminum tailgate panel
Cons:
Rust on the cab corners and front fenders
Panels don't match, would eventually need a complete paint job
Rust on the frame
Broken windshield
Crappy headlights
I can't decide whether I want to be done with it and have it towed off to truck heaven, or if I want to take it to a transmission shop and let them deal with it. To be perfectly honest, my free time is practically zero at this point in my life, and it was a wonder I even got a day blocked off to reinstall the engine. I want to have a 'project truck' but I don't want a ground-up restoration project. I want it to run and I want to be able to drive it.
Ryan
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