Went for my Chemistry exam in the morning, not great but I don't like that subject anyways.
Went to the dump and FINALLY found out how much the truck weighs, about 7,000lbs with nobody in it.
And went to see about a summer job at a hybrid turkey farm. My chances seem very good about being hired.
2007 Chevy 2500HD Duramax
A certain family member who stuck their nose in places it shouldn't be opened their giant damn mouth about my car transmission possibly acting up (which I can't even come close to confirming right now) and because she knows the guy who rebuilt it, he wants me to tear into it tomorrow (drop the fluid and valve body), which I sure wasn't planning on doing as my weekend was already full up with other work that needs to be done. So freakin angry right now.
I'm surprised it weighs that much, a lot of the newer trucks are pretty light. The old F250 we have weighs in at around 7,400 with the plow and custom bumpers and other junk off it. Rolled off the showroom floor at 6,600. Throw the big tires and other junk in with it and I'd bet it's seen days at almost 8,000lbs.
Because he cut me a huge discount I did my own tear down and installation, which was a nightmare and would have rather paid full price if I had known it was going to be that bad. Typical tear down should have been five hours, and I've done plenty of transmissions before, but this monster took me ten. Just dropping the pan requires removal of a cross member and exhaust down tube. Well, that's what my warranty reflects, a bare transmission, no labor, so in order for him to even look at it I need to determine if it needs to be removed again, and if it does I have to do that. There's nothing wrong with the operation of the transmission, all I mentioned was that the fluid looked a little too dirty on the dip stick than it should be at 2000 miles. So she ran her mouth to him and now he wants to know by monday if he needs to schedule it in his shop and he wants me to see if any material is in the fluid and inspect the valve body. I was planning on doing this at 10,000 miles (while keeping an eye on the condition of the ATF), not tomorrow. And since this guy has me over a barrel on our agreement, I really don't want to push his buttons. Take it from me, deals with friends and family members can turn into a hassle in no time flat.So don't go?
Got a massage. Made me lay on the edge of the bed for massage. Pass out from relaxation from massage. Roll over, where'd the bed go? I'm sitting on the floor and my head hurts. Ouch.
Luckily I have a big huge cauldron head. Glad it didn't break the nightstand.
Probably. Lot of plsatic junk on the new stuff too though.I'm guessing that it's because of all the safety stuff they have to put on cars nowadays. And it might just be the styling but the 07 looks like a much beefier truck than the 06.
Ah I see. Hope your plans don't interfere too much.Because he cut me a huge discount I did my own tear down and installation, which was a nightmare and would have rather paid full price if I had known it was going to be that bad. Typical tear down should have been five hours, and I've done plenty of transmissions before, but this monster took me ten. Just dropping the pan requires removal of a cross member and exhaust down tube. Well, that's what my warranty reflects, a bare transmission, no labor, so in order for him to even look at it I need to determine if it needs to be removed again, and if it does I have to do that. There's nothing wrong with the operation of the transmission, all I mentioned was that the fluid looked a little too dirty on the dip stick than it should be at 2000 miles. So she ran her mouth to him and now he wants to know by monday if he needs to schedule it in his shop and he wants me to see if any material is in the fluid and inspect the valve body. I was planning on doing this at 10,000 miles (while keeping an eye on the condition of the ATF), not tomorrow. And since this guy has me over a barrel on our agreement, I really don't want to push his buttons. Take it from me, deals with friends and family members can turn into a hassle in no time flat.
SlashfanGraduated from high school =P
gtavcfanHad another great day, went to the baseball game today, Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics, along with my uncle, and little sister..... so much better at the stadium than on TV.
I would definitely go again.
Yep, 6-3, on the 10th inning.Did the Mariners win?
*Expects another song from Maclemore about his Homs team*