If I were a betting man...

[ravingmadman]

This is the list of parts I've had to replace, with the date and cost. We're taking bets on what goes up in flames next. Feel free to play. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, results may vary.

The Official Replaced/Involuntarily Upgraded List:
purchased vehicle 5/21 $2000
front brake pads 5/23 $21
rear brake shoes 5/23 $20
rear brake drums 5/23 $120
rear brake cylinders 5/23 $10
front wheel bearings 5/23 $300
idler arm 5/23 $20
alternator 6/6 $100
fuel pump 6/13 $220
radiator 6/17 $250
lower radiator hose 6/17 $20
all battery wiring 6/21 $50
pitman arm 6/24 $20
tires 6/25 $1200
rims 6/25 $400
battery 6/25 $60
alignment 6/26 $60
rear shocks 6/26 $100
front diff u-joint 7/12 $5
driver side half shaft 8/22 $70
used upper control arm/bushings/ball joint 8/29 $60
lower ball joint & pressing 8/29 $70
used spindle/hub/disc/caliper 8/29 $70
used front diff with *correct* gears 8/29 $300
new rim 8/29 $90
new rear end 9/14 $400
alignment 10/1 $150
front disks turned 10/7 $30
front brake pads replaced again 10/7 $60
moog poly sway bar bushings 11/1/09
moog poly sway bar bushings (again- rough handling during summer ) 11/5/10
driver's side catalytic converter 12/20

 

[3blackchevys]

I'll start the over/under at 10 days

 

[Sepiroth]

My money si going to be on something in the drivetrain.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

yikes! thats not fun man.. sorry to hear about your hoe.. and FYI not all of em are like that! lol.. i hate to say it, but maybe that hoe had a ****** owner and took it out on you!

 

[TahoeGoBoom]

that sucks man, I'm just glad mines been rather trouble free.

oh, and I got money on the tranny!

 

[ravingmadman]

Hahaha. Alternator hot-to-battery wire burned up on Saturday, but I've resorted to keping my entire shop in the back of the hoe, so we weren't stranded for long. It took longer to flag someone down for a jump start. Oh, and I forgot- when I went to take the wheels off to do the brakes, the front bearings were so bad, the wheels moved about a quarter/half inch when i put the wrench on the lugs. So i did the front bearings, too.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

geeeezus!

 

[ravingmadman]

It left my wife stranded again last night. Loose/burned ground at the block (which also explains why the alternator and wire burned up- they were working really hard!!!).

I replaced all the high-amperage wires (block-body, block-battery, starter-battery, alternator-battery wtf?) with really big cables from O'Reilly's.

I also cut away all the hacked wiring that Todd from Burien did, and corrected it all with proper connectors, and crimped-on terminals. Big three FTW mother bishes!!!!

 

[BlueTahoe2001]

I got money on the Rear Diff. And axle...

 

[ravingmadman]

hahaha, i'm buying gear oil, and a gasket on the way home so I can check them. I'm also going to sea foam the engine.

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

a few hundred miles before the next oil change seafoam in the oil too to help clean it out.

Pat

 

[roadrageror]

well i guess im gonna go with U-joints then..at least there cheap.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

dont give him any more bad luck guys.. lol atleast be appreciative he drives a tahoe! lol

 

[ravingmadman]

Hahaha- Atomic, we sold a land rover, for this hoe. Almost anything is better than a '95 rover. I'm happy to have a rig I can wrench myself (even if half metric, half american), that actually gives me intelligible codes...

 

[AtomicHoe094]

oo well then screw it.. you windshield is going to blow off your truck when on the freeway.. hahahah jk man.

 

[ravingmadman]

Ah, thanks. No, [rant] I bought this hoe from a guy named Todd, in Burien, and he's a total *************. If I ever see him again, it will be an instant misunderstanding. I got a good price for it, because of some obvious stuff, like it needs a repaint after completing the shave welds (the rookies that did it only spot welded the plates, and they're all cracked now), dents pulled, bald tires, and bad brakes. He also promised me that he'd give me the alarm he pulled out of it that actuates the door poppers. It has been over a month, and many phone calls, texts, etc., and still no sign of him, or the alarm. And with everything I've had to do to this thing, the sheer downtime has been not worth it, if I'd known ahead of time. But now that we've fixed so much, we're committed to getting at least a couple years and some mileage out of this thing. But Todd from Burien is still a super douche. [/rant]

So anyway, I'll just keep taking pictures of the stuff I have to fix, and publish how-to's.

---------- Post added at 05:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:30 PM ----------

The saga continues.... Wife just left the alignment shop- they couldn't do it because the pitman arm is "very floppity, and about to fall off" according to my awesome wife. I'm doing the pitman arm, the gear oil in both diffs, and sea foam tonight, God willing. I'll take more pictures. I'm on a first-name basis with the entire local O'Reilly's. I've told them if it runs for a month without breaking down, or having something really messed up, I'm buying them all beer.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

damnn.. that sucks.. no one guessed that one.. lol

 

[ravingmadman]

I don't know what I'll do if someone does guess correctly. I might have to drop ship beer or something. I don't think it is possible, but I'll figure something out. Up the stakes, you know. And I should require a part/time range, too. Like, "The tranny will blow up within 2 months." Or, "The wheels will fall off on the freeway tomorrow."

 

[AtomicHoe094]

dont say that.. ahh boy.. we dont need any more problems!

 

[clean454]

id say u can turn it into a part truck but u prolly dont have enought good parts to make a profit!! lmao jk jk atleast when ur done with it it will be like new hahahah good luck....