Do any of you drive junk????

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Biggershaft96

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EVERYTHING GM 1980 TO 2002 I THINK-YOU HAVE TO REPLACE ALL GM PARTS WITH AFTER MARKET.TO KEEP THEM FIXED AND RUNNING AND TO MAKE THEM LAST.ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS.ALL HAVE PROBLEMS.

NO GM MECHANIC.AT A DEALERSHIP.WILL REPLACE ANY PARTS.HE REMOVES.WITH FACTORY PARTS.MOST ARE DEFECTIVE..HE SENDS OUT FOR AFTER MARKET PARTS.

THAT HE KNOWS WILL WORK AND ARE BUILT STRONGER..BECAUSE HE KNOWS-FACTORY PART.IT IS A 75 % CHANCE THAT JOB IS GOING TO COME BACK AND HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIX IT AS A COME BACK..AND LOSE HIS LABOR TIME AND MONEY

FOR YEARS ALL GM VEHICLES.HAD BAD ENGINES-AKA 400 V8 I THINK WAS THE WORST-THEY HAD BAD FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS EXCEPT THE CORVETTES..BAD TRANSMISSIONS FOR YEARS.

700R 4,S AND ML60 E AND ML 80 E AND OTHERS.NOW ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.A FEW YEARS BACK.THEY WERE PULLING THE TRANSMISSIONS OUT OF NEW CADILLAC'S.
WHY BECAUSE JUST LIME ALL THE OTHERS..

OILING PROBLEMS INTERNAL PRESSURE HOSE PROBLEMS.THEY WERE PULLED OUT AND FIXED.BY THE DEALERS.TRANSMISSION GUYS.WELL MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER DID.THEY MAY OF FARMED SOME OF THAT OUT.ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IF I AM RIGHT..2002 VEHICLES HAVE ALL BEEN CHANGED UP..ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS.I HAVE A 1986 - AND A 1988 - AND A 1996..ALL WITH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS-

ALL WAS DEFECTIVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.FROM THE FACTORY.THEY WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED ON TO THE DAY THAT THEY DIE - AKA THE CRUSHER.I TRY AND STRETCH OUT THE REPAIRS.SO YEARLY.I HAVE SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET.

FROM FRONT TO BACK UNDER AND INSIDE.THEY NEED REPAIRS.THE WORST.1996 PLEASURE VAN.CONVERSION FAN.LOW MILES.ML 60 E TRANS.NEW ONE WENT OUT.AT LOW MILES.THE OWNERS NOT KNOWING ANY BETTER.BOUGHT A GM REBUILT TRANS.AT A CHEVY DEALER.

ALL HAD THE DEFECTIVE PARTS.BAD SUN SHIELD.IT WENT OUT ON ME AT.125,000 I GOT A TRANSMAN AT A CHEVY DEALER.TO PULL IT OUT.GO THROUGH IT AND REPLACE ALL DEFECTIVE AND WEAK FACTORY PARTS.WITH AFTER MARKET.THE BEAST SUN SHIELD.WAS ONE OF THE PARTS.

COST AROUND 900.00 -THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.GM WAS CALLED.THEY CALLED THE DEALER ASKING THEM TO GIVE ME A GOOD PRICE ON THE REPAIR.GM WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR DEFECTIVE CRAP AND THE DEALER TOLD THEM NO.

NOW LAST MONTH IT GOT PARKED.145,000 MILES.I THINK THE SHIFT SOLENOIDS ONE OR BOTH HAVE GONE BAD.MORE TIME AND MONEY.THESE DAYS..WE GOT TO HAVE BACK UPS FOR THE BACK UP VEHICLES..

EVERY BODY REMEMBER THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES.YOU GOT TEN TIMES THE VEHICLE THEN YOU DO TODAY AND YOU COULD PULL THOSE VEHICLES OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.AND IF YOU HAD SOME HAND TOOLS..FIX THEM RIGHT THERE.

AND PARTS STORES WERE EVERY WHERE WITH IN WALKING DISTANCE--TODAY THE NEW STUFF.SOMETHING MESSES UP ON THEM.THE MECHANIC..LOL..PUTS THE COMPUTER TO IT AND TELLS THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT HE CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG.

FIVE OTHER MECHANICS- LOL..GIVES UP ON IT AND STARTS THROWING PARTS AT IT.IF IT RUNS.LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO PAY AND DRIVE IT AWAY..NEXT DAY.YOU FIND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM THAT IT HAS IS NOT FIXED.YOU TAKE IT BACK.OVER AND OVER..AM I RIGHT..
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Some of the trucks I pick off at the junkyard are nicer than the one I drove there.

thats my upgrade process.

1. is their gmt400 junk/part better than mine?
2. If yes, then go negotiate a price at the counter
3. If price is cheap then pull part
4. Now my junk is nicer than their junk!
5. move to next truck at the junkyard and repeat process
 

CrustyJunker

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thats my upgrade process.

1. is their gmt400 junk/part better than mine?
2. If yes, then go negotiate a price at the counter
3. If price is cheap then pull part
4. Now my junk is nicer than their junk!
5. move to next truck at the junkyard and repeat process

Haha, exactly! These trucks used to be plentiful by me, so I'm able to acquire some weird fix-it parts for the interior (pretty much any body panel is trashed) or wiring related stuff if someone didn't chop it to pieces first.
 

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EVERYTHING GM 1980 TO 2002 I THINK-YOU HAVE TO REPLACE ALL GM PARTS WITH AFTER MARKET.TO KEEP THEM FIXED AND RUNNING AND TO MAKE THEM LAST.ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS.ALL HAVE PROBLEMS.

NO GM MECHANIC.AT A DEALERSHIP.WILL REPLACE ANY PARTS.HE REMOVES.WITH FACTORY PARTS.MOST ARE DEFECTIVE..HE SENDS OUT FOR AFTER MARKET PARTS.

THAT HE KNOWS WILL WORK AND ARE BUILT STRONGER..BECAUSE HE KNOWS-FACTORY PART.IT IS A 75 % CHANCE THAT JOB IS GOING TO COME BACK AND HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIX IT AS A COME BACK..AND LOSE HIS LABOR TIME AND MONEY

FOR YEARS ALL GM VEHICLES.HAD BAD ENGINES-AKA 400 V8 I THINK WAS THE WORST-THEY HAD BAD FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS EXCEPT THE CORVETTES..BAD TRANSMISSIONS FOR YEARS.

700R 4,S AND ML60 E AND ML 80 E AND OTHERS.NOW ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.A FEW YEARS BACK.THEY WERE PULLING THE TRANSMISSIONS OUT OF NEW CADILLAC'S.
WHY BECAUSE JUST LIME ALL THE OTHERS..

OILING PROBLEMS INTERNAL PRESSURE HOSE PROBLEMS.THEY WERE PULLED OUT AND FIXED.BY THE DEALERS.TRANSMISSION GUYS.WELL MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER DID.THEY MAY OF FARMED SOME OF THAT OUT.ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IF I AM RIGHT..2002 VEHICLES HAVE ALL BEEN CHANGED UP..ENGINES AND TRANSMISSIONS.I HAVE A 1986 - AND A 1988 - AND A 1996..ALL WITH DIFFERENT PROBLEMS-

ALL WAS DEFECTIVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.FROM THE FACTORY.THEY WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED ON TO THE DAY THAT THEY DIE - AKA THE CRUSHER.I TRY AND STRETCH OUT THE REPAIRS.SO YEARLY.I HAVE SOME MONEY IN MY POCKET.

FROM FRONT TO BACK UNDER AND INSIDE.THEY NEED REPAIRS.THE WORST.1996 PLEASURE VAN.CONVERSION FAN.LOW MILES.ML 60 E TRANS.NEW ONE WENT OUT.AT LOW MILES.THE OWNERS NOT KNOWING ANY BETTER.BOUGHT A GM REBUILT TRANS.AT A CHEVY DEALER.

ALL HAD THE DEFECTIVE PARTS.BAD SUN SHIELD.IT WENT OUT ON ME AT.125,000 I GOT A TRANSMAN AT A CHEVY DEALER.TO PULL IT OUT.GO THROUGH IT AND REPLACE ALL DEFECTIVE AND WEAK FACTORY PARTS.WITH AFTER MARKET.THE BEAST SUN SHIELD.WAS ONE OF THE PARTS.

COST AROUND 900.00 -THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.GM WAS CALLED.THEY CALLED THE DEALER ASKING THEM TO GIVE ME A GOOD PRICE ON THE REPAIR.GM WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR DEFECTIVE CRAP AND THE DEALER TOLD THEM NO.

NOW LAST MONTH IT GOT PARKED.145,000 MILES.I THINK THE SHIFT SOLENOIDS ONE OR BOTH HAVE GONE BAD.MORE TIME AND MONEY.THESE DAYS..WE GOT TO HAVE BACK UPS FOR THE BACK UP VEHICLES..

EVERY BODY REMEMBER THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES.YOU GOT TEN TIMES THE VEHICLE THEN YOU DO TODAY AND YOU COULD PULL THOSE VEHICLES OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.AND IF YOU HAD SOME HAND TOOLS..FIX THEM RIGHT THERE.

AND PARTS STORES WERE EVERY WHERE WITH IN WALKING DISTANCE--TODAY THE NEW STUFF.SOMETHING MESSES UP ON THEM.THE MECHANIC..LOL..PUTS THE COMPUTER TO IT AND TELLS THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT HE CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG.

FIVE OTHER MECHANICS- LOL..GIVES UP ON IT AND STARTS THROWING PARTS AT IT.IF IT RUNS.LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO PAY AND DRIVE IT AWAY..NEXT DAY.YOU FIND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM THAT IT HAS IS NOT FIXED.YOU TAKE IT BACK.OVER AND OVER..AM I RIGHT..

What? On so many levels...
First... WTH is a ML60 E and a ML 80 E?
Second... the 400 never came with fuel injection.
Third... why is this all in Caps?
The all caps, and well the post in general just makes you sound like an idiot.



Anyway, despite the poor 90's GM paint on my 91, I wouldn't consider it junk. It's still all original, even down to the ball joints and 4l60e (oops sorry ML60 E). It's never let me down, has no rust and despite the paint show pretty good.
 
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