Recent content by bobthebuilder

I still haven't figured out whats making noise on my truck, compression #s were strong across the board. My mom has expressed interest in using the truck to cart her show goats around. We figure, drive this until it dies and get a "new" engine when and if it goes. My brother is going to...

I think I'm going to keep it and turn it into a work truck. My mom needs something to haul her goats to goat shows. Might as well go in style!

It was pending, deal fell through.

$2500

Compression #'s are 165-170 across all cylinders and mechanic said oil pressure is decent as well. He said it runs fine, just noisy.

$2750

6 months ago I was pouring over these pages trying to find the perfect cruiser, one that I could put some time and effort into to make my perfect rig. I found it and within a few months realized that I have no time to do anything to anything. Since starting back to grad school in the fall...

I haven't had time to do anything lately. All of the sudden, grad school homework just took over my life! Hopefully this week I can figure out what's up. My wife is NOT excited by this turn of events....

:doh:Oh, now I get it. For some reason I always think worst case scenario. Guess that's a side effect of working in an ER. Thanks for keeping my head outta my arse.

HA! I'm sure it'd be more than just a spark plug ;)

I didn't get a chance to pull the valve cover but listening w/ a mechanic stethoscope revealed the sound is most prevelant in the top end. If it is a valve clattering, what would I be looking for when I pull the cover? I know the mid 90s VWs had lifter (cam follower) issues and would wipe the...

I started it up, no big deal. You're right, won't make a difference!

My truck has a nasty sounding "knock" and I need to pull it into the garage 100yds or so, to do the diagnostic tests. Is there a way to disable the high rpms at startup to prevent making things worse? Or just run it and hope for the best? This already sounds expensive and I don't want to make...

Yeah.... I'm afraid it might be the end of this truck. It's definitely in the top end but I will investigate further Friday morning