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Idahome
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I like this:
"Was starting to doubt myself as a mechanic and my ability to diagnose."
Because it is truth, how many nights tossing and turning trying to sort things out. Winning these battles is what makes us good mechanics. Patience is a virtue!
There has only been 1 project I have ever had to give up on and lost the battle. That was a 98 Eddie bauer known around here as "the eddie"
She was so clean, the body was awesome but needed an engine (5.0 truck). So I installed an engine I had lying around and it was mixing oil and water? So I fixed the oil cooler, not it. So I replaced the heads and head gaskets. My install failed. So I yanked the heads and tried again...still mixing. So I pulled the engine and installed another from my old 96, finally it was running perfectly! Buttoned her all up and took test drive! 1 mile from the shop the trans lost all forward gears.
I then pulled the engine, front clip, seats, etc and crushed that SOB
That was one fun project, about $1000 down a hole
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I build custom RBV, specializing in drivetrain conversions, wiring, suspension and complete custom trucks