What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Dale thompson

    Dale thompson Road Train Member

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    was called plymouth roadrunner superbird
    They came out with that i believe, the super bee(had a bee on it) had one with a 440 years ago..

    Ole lady made me get rid of it… then next day was mad, went to get car back, some kid had gotten it and crashed it into trees that night.

    Edit super bird 70, only made for one year.
    Plymouth Superbird - Wikipedia
     
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    May I suggest a little something different.
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  4. Dale thompson

    Dale thompson Road Train Member

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    . 2 scoops of gravy would achieve perfection. That is some really good looking bacon worthy of a medal of some sort.
     
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    Truck has been shutting off and throwing shutdown lights when going over rough roads/train tracks. Loses throttle but comes right back on. Checked all connections and found nothing. It kept happening. Figured a short in a wire somewhere. Turns out it is the ring terminal on the ECM power wire that’s connected to the batteries. If you push or wiggle just right it shuts the truck off. Easy fix.

    This got me thinking. If you relied on a mechanic that could easily cost hundreds just for a .50 ring terminal. If the mechanic is a scammer, he could fix that and tell you it needs a new ECM and now we are into the thousands.
     
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    And that's after waiting days for someone to check it.
     
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    Got 3 hours of sleep yesterday after the 30 hours awake. Drove to WV to eat dinner and retrieve the very moody, hormonal teenage daughter and have dinner with brother in law. Slept all last night.

    This has put me on dayshift. I woke up to an empty house. Now I have to make my sandwiches. This is ludicrous. I mean, what’s the sense in having a woman around if she’s not around and I have to make sandwiches?!?!? I mean, it’s in their DNA, not mine. Whats next doing dishes and scheduling pap smears???????? I need to get control of this house. Insane.
     
  8. Dave_in_AZ

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    Dale you need moar BACON. You sound like a man without BACON.

    The OM and I had some this morning.

    Super OM crackdown is starting very soon, and there will be no BACON.
     
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    Yelled out the window and told her to pick her own poop up. She didn’t listen. Probably use the no thumbs excuse.

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  10. Dave_in_AZ

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    Freightliner wouldn't say ECM, but you'd be in it for a grand for the diagnostic. And the diagnostic would show you need a whole new wiring harness. So maybe like $5,000 out the door.