Where is everyone #5

The stars lined up today and I had enough time on the clock to run through the house.

Hour out of the way but the beverages are cheaper at home and I forgot a bag when I left out.

 

Dispatch must've found out I was complaining about the weather up in Minnesota today... got a load going to Dallas.

 

Wonder where they will send you when you get down there and start complaining about traffic and all the Construction!!!

 

There's sixteen new drive tires sitting in my shop that need to go on this weekend.

My back is already starting to hurt just looking at them.

 

Could be worse. Could have the engine out of it, scattered all over the shop like mine is lol

 

Oh I'll be there before long....have one in the drive that needs a block swap. We have another that the head needs to come off first. And both them will need tires before they go back on the road.

I'm looking into buying stock in aleve. Lol

 

Hopefully this one will be the last of mine for a bit. It wasn't a surprise though. I will say it was like the #### energizer bunny, I didn't think it was ever gonna throw in the towel.

 

The one I'm driving has over 1.1 on it at around 800 ponies. Did a head gasket on it this summer. I try to stay out of it as much as possible but it still runs good but needs resealed. I really need to get on that block swap. That one only has around 300k on the overhaul and to truck has 800k less miles.

Bought that truck for the kid to drive. He was 21 at the time. Some hot shot in Springfield had put hot codes in it and turned up the fuel with a stage 1 turbo before I bought it. I replaced the tranny and both rears before the block cracked all in less than a year. Other than the test drive I've drove that truck a total of four days. Powells had rebuilt the motor and tranny. I didn't get the paperwork but I talked to the shop and confirmed it had been done.

 

@wore out and any of you other Pete guys, I've got a couple questions about the low leaf suspension. I had a guy call me about welding a crack in an axle tube on his truck. It cracked underneath by the spring mount. He's telling me it's leaking oil through the crack. That in itself, while not impossible, will be a pita to get clean. He also told me this is a common problem. I have not looked at it yet to know the specifics.
Here's my questions, Has anybody seen this before? What did you do to solve the problem? Repair, new axle, etc.?

 

Home. Hopefully.

I've truthfully never found Dallas to be that bad. Just gotta avoid it at rush hour like any other major city. Construction has never bothered me. Just happy I don't need to freeze my toes off anymore