1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

So, ex and I don't talk, for good reason. Until today...

Spoke for a few minutes, she totalled her car last night. The 5.0 I bought her -





Fell asleep behind the wheel, missed the stop.

 

Shit....is she alright? That's a pretty bad wreck from the looks of it

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/Qk_EGC81yvI?feature=share

Did rotors, calipers, and pads last night then a long bleed/flush. Had this strange howling noise on the 99 after it got back from Firestone. Brakes were well past due anyway.

Same noise when I test drove it. Only starts when I’m going 30+mph, take a sharp turn at speed, or hit bumps/potholes. Hitting a bad pothole will also make the noise stop for a bit. Just doesn’t seem like a seized caliper. I’d say wheel bearings but there isn’t really any 12:00-6:00 play in the tires.

 

Aside from bruising due to the seat belt, she came out alright.

We made the talk brief; she just didn't know where to turn to as I've always been the one to be around and help with this kind of stuff.

But she respects the need to not intrude and simply wanted a bit of advice and that was it.

The shitty part is she had reduced the coverage to liability recently after I paid it off. I had it under my insurance and was paying for it the entire time I was paying the car, but after having paid it off some months ago, I told her to take over it.

 

That’s a pretty bad wreck. It’s amazing what modern cars can do in terms of protecting the occupants.

 

So he is gonna hook it up with the oranges and target range

 

Alright I'ma try N buy it

 

Taco, pickup, and 250 would fit in there if necessary.

 

Yes

 

Living the dream

 

My dream is your nightmare

 

So you dream about rust?

 

Yep! in fact I just found some in my lower fuel filter on the ford. Guess I got a bum tank of fuel or two

 

@eon_blue How are those gaping holes in your roof doing?

 

Plugged those like 2 months ago, used rivnuts/RTV and bolts. Although I need to redo one of them that's been rattling like an angry snake

 

Saw my first Bronco in the wild today. Four door in (I'm pretty sure) this color below. Aside from the color not being my thing, it looked good, I get it.

 

Stop you’re scaring me. I haven’t had the time to seal my roof up again. RTV could’ve failed in 5 years.

 

What happened to your roof

 

When I pulled the rubber well nuts out that the Smittybilt rack used for the mounts, they were brittle as hell and crumbled apart. Another year or so of having those in and they would've started leaking for sure I bet