After a year of trying to figure out what was holding back my trucks engine power,i finally found out and fixed it!! I am so happy now and my truck runs excellent! Anyone else ever have a problem with their vehicle and could never ever figure out what it was even after having mechanic after mechanic look at it and they couldnt figure it out either?!!?Lets hear your story---best answer!!
If your wondering, my truck needed a new electronic spark control unit.The check engine light never came on so i could never diagnose it.I had replaced so many sensors already,i almost gave up.So i was chasing down a "bug" that would never reveal itself for over a year!Dont laugh,it could happen to you too!!
2007-02-10 09:36:30 · 4 answers · asked by lift&shift 101 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Two occasions.The first was when I was in the Army and drove armored personnel carriers.I got to know these vehicles very well but wasn't really a "mechanic" in the eyes of the maintenance shop. The other drivers didn't really think maintenance was all that hot.One cold winter night I was in the field with my unit,we got a call from one of my buddies that his APC quit charging and had no lights and no heat. It was freezing and pitch dark. The mechanic was getting ready to go when another call from my buddy came specifically asking for me. I went with the mechanic in a dump truck and about 100ft from my bud,the truck died.My bud, a former truck driver tells me to let him deal with the truck and me deal with the APC. The mechanic starts telling me I have no business working on the APC and to step aside.After about an hour and a half of him working on it,he still can't figure it out. I asked if I can help and he says"OK wise guy,go ahead and waste my time and give it a try" I start to read some of the wiring diagrams and found that if I bypassed the fuel regulator that it should start charging,in theory.So I did and it worked. The APC started charging and heating.The mechanic says"Dumb luck" and starts towards the dump truck,but before he gets to it,my bud got it running,with no tools at that (it turns out I forgot to switch the fuel tanks and I ran it out of fuel,oops!) My buddy tells the mechanic to "get back in the truck and don't waste my time!" He became the laughing stock of maintenance because a "dumb-*** driver" out-did him. In return,maintenance issued me my own tool chest and allowing my platoon to have their own "mechanic". The second time was when I first started working for a school bus contractor and he sent me after a bus that quit on the side of a very busy highway. He sent me with fuel pumps and other miscellanious parts. I replaced the pump like he told me to but couldn't figure out why it would die after not even a minute. Not wanting to dissapoint my boss,I kept looking for the problem and just for the hell of it,started to blow air into the fuel tank side of the fuel line and heard air blowing into the tank. I noticed that the bus had a half a tank of fuel and decided to fill it. And that temporarily solved the problem because it turned out that the pick up tube had a hole in it and sucked air at half a tank. I was relieved and happy that I was able to get the bus going and back to the shop. Saving the boss from about a $1500 towing bill.
2007-02-10 17:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by David F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate (I mean get really really angry) paying so called experts that don't fix the problem and charge like a wounded bull...
It is worth keeping old cars going just because they are basic.
basic = simple = easy = foolproof = cheap to fix
2007-02-10 09:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by roger a 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a 12 pack and celebrate.
2007-02-10 11:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by mister ss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, that could not happen to me.
and you never ask me..
2007-02-10 16:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋