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<p>[QUOTE="sirjeff, post: 8096500, member: 131149"]1) Blowing a turbo on the Coquihala. Was driving my favorite truck ever (2010 freightliner classic daycab glider w/6nz)</p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn't the worst, as they all suck, but the best because: Got to see 6 ft flames shooting out of the stacks, got to play mcguiver by using a touque as a make shift air filter to half ### close the intake to limp it to the brake check and make a big mess, to then hitch a ride home 15 mins later</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Blowing a 30$ plastic coolant pipe in behind egr cooler and whole bunch of other crap on my own truck, also on the coquihala, on a Saturday, resulting in a $1200 tow home because nobody could come out, and $1000 bill monday evening, which in turn threw off the 2nd half of the week costing another few thousand. Why is that pipe moulded plastic?!?@###%##</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Grenading fab hub, also on my truck when I had less than 1000 miles on it, in rush hour on a Friday, greater Vancouver, area, busy offramp off of of Hwy 1, sorry traffic, hahah.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Grenading fan hub again, on my truck, and on the coquihala, yet again, $600 tow to hope, and 10 days to get parts FML. Just a fan hub, I know. All options were explored. Then the water pump and power diver went.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ughhhh[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sirjeff, post: 8096500, member: 131149"]1) Blowing a turbo on the Coquihala. Was driving my favorite truck ever (2010 freightliner classic daycab glider w/6nz) It wasn't the worst, as they all suck, but the best because: Got to see 6 ft flames shooting out of the stacks, got to play mcguiver by using a touque as a make shift air filter to half ### close the intake to limp it to the brake check and make a big mess, to then hitch a ride home 15 mins later 2) Blowing a 30$ plastic coolant pipe in behind egr cooler and whole bunch of other crap on my own truck, also on the coquihala, on a Saturday, resulting in a $1200 tow home because nobody could come out, and $1000 bill monday evening, which in turn threw off the 2nd half of the week costing another few thousand. Why is that pipe moulded plastic?!?@###%## 3) Grenading fab hub, also on my truck when I had less than 1000 miles on it, in rush hour on a Friday, greater Vancouver, area, busy offramp off of of Hwy 1, sorry traffic, hahah. 4) Grenading fan hub again, on my truck, and on the coquihala, yet again, $600 tow to hope, and 10 days to get parts FML. Just a fan hub, I know. All options were explored. Then the water pump and power diver went. Ughhhh[/QUOTE]
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