Rant. Blowing out coolant motor laid over

[Moofus02]

It's the wife's birthday and everything went to crap. Picked something up in town for her stopped at a friend's to talk to him about a mill i just picked up and the surface grinder and lathe he's got. Then got kids from school and go get pizza for dinner. Jumped on the freeway and the 99 sub pulled good to about 4200 and laid over like i shut the fuel off. Temp and pressure was ok but I cold smell coolant. It was every where. I pulled over and called a wrecker. Just got to it and found a plastic t for the heater hose is cracked. They should last more than 320k miles. Wife is mad i stopped to talk about milling machines without her and isn't talking to me. I rolled the insurance to my 94 roadmaster and tossed the plate on the dash until I can run the title and transfer the plate. The ac Delco wires have only been on this for a few weeks now they'll never be the same. Air filter is wet and air box is full of coolant. I guess I should get my 95 k2500 motor swap finished so I have a truck then swap this sick one out for a fresh one I've got on the floor. This stuff always happens when you're short on time and money. I can deal with lack of money, job I hate, broken junk etc. But a wife that looks for a way and reason to be mad all the time isn't worth the effort it takes. Sorry about the rant but it's been a bad day.

 

[someotherguy]

The use of plastic in critical spots like this is one of the things I dislike the most about GMT800's. If you think a tee in your GMT400 Burb's heater hose connection is bad, there's...

a plastic tee off the water pump:

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plastic quick connects on heater core inlet and outlet,

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in a very cramped location for working with the disconnect tools

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So you buy a new $100+ GM hose assembly with the same plastic crap (and notice the "permanent" plastic clamps, too)

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Then about 3 weeks later your water pump goes out too

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So while you're replacing it with a $115 Gates pump that comes w/the thermostat housing and thermostat, you check the thermostat to be sure it's installed correctly and the gasket not pinched (an issue I noticed with a previous pump) you install the thermostat bolts using an in-lb torque wrench and still manage to strip one almost immediately, fortunately on the side that isn't a blind hole so you run to the hardware store and get a longer bolt and nuts and just run that sucker through the back and slap a nut on there..

Oh, already replaced the radiator in this truck for leaking at the tank, had developed a crack near a hose connection.

and then later the heater hose, for failing at the plastic quick connect.. ran out of pic limit for that one, $34 for the GM hose on that..

Then I did the $112 oil cooler lines on that truck..

Power steering has been leaking for I dunno how long, tried to get GM pressure hose, there's half a dozen choices and none of them fit correctly at the bend. and it's developed a new oil leak somewhere that I can't see.

This is why we call my wife's truck, "Ol' Drippy"

She keeps a good attitude about it, though. She lets me know when the bug juice bottle needs a refill.

Sorry to hear about the drama; maybe this BS gave you a chuckle.

Richard

 

[someotherguy]

Forgot to mention I'd replaced the bug juice reservoir too because.. yeah, it was leaking. Then the pump started leaking too, so it got replaced. JFC

Richard

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

My LX470 has plastic tees also. Supposedly Toyota says to replace them with the timing belt every 90k miles, but hardly anyone does.

When I bought mine, first thing I did was the tees and they fell apart while I was changing them. It only had 110k miles when I bought it. Replaced them with generic brass tees.

 

[Erin]

Forgot to mention I'd replaced the bug juice reservoir too because.. yeah, it was leaking. Then the pump started leaking too, so it got replaced. JFC

Richard

Your wife’s truck thinks it’s the southern border.