1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Oh yeah forgot about that part

 

Cant say ive ever been there before

 

Just broke $40,000 spent on maintenance on my truck. Does not include special tools, small/inexpensive parts, insurance or gas costs. $10,000 spent just since joining this forum 2.5 years ago.



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I would only ask for Milwaukee gift cards as payment

 

I find that hard to believe

New oe ball joints every year since ownership?

I cant see what else requires soo much maintenance

 

Wut??? You buy it new and replace the engine a couple times and SAS it a couple times? How do you get to 40k?

 

Yup pitman puller is the ticket. I tried using a pickle fork first but those are a pain in the ass and make a mess of the boots. The puller makes quick clean work of it

The HF one is just the right size, works well

 

Ignorance is bliss in this case!! (at least for me)

 

I wish we had a Lowe's in town, I prefer them over Home Depot any day. We have one not too far but HD is just down the street basically

 

I only started doing my own maintenance a few years ago. Before that it was all dealership. Engine threw a rod at 50K. Trans went out at 150K. Worn out suspension was refreshed front and rear at 300K. If you look at the cliffs on the graph you can see those big ticket items. The rest just adds up little by little.

 

Meanwhile im redlining my engine from startup letting it sing at revlimiter a week after i have it redlining underwater and it wasnt till i ran it out of oil for a while that it started slightly knocking

Trans still shifted perfect at 290k too

 

Oh gotcha gotcha, unfortunately you were one of those rare engine and transmission failure. Sorry to hear that crap luck man

 

They are basically right next to each other here. Lowes is always empty and HD packed. I usually go to lowes because I can actually find shit there.

 

Keep your head up

 

You're gonna go far kid

 

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You're like my brother, been with his wife since they were in middle school. Got married at 27. They're like a couple from a Nicholas Sparks book/movie

 

If the person doesn't know u irl u can say ur underaged (unless u already spilled the guts, can try to lie meh). But those people make threats and never commit to that shit. Its a scare tactic, u know how long it would take to follow each of ur friends and thereafter send it to each of them? Too much work for a scamner. Worst case scenario u gonna be one of the billions of peter pics online. People are understanding we all fuck up