You tube and the downfall of man
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azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
I changed the crank position sensor in my Desoto that has a 2001 Ram 2500 5.9 in it. It was tucked in pretty tight against the firewall but I only had to move the transmission dipstick tube to get it in and out. The only problem was after changing it the car still wouldn't start. It wasn't the problem. 
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
"It wasn't the crank position sensor" has a nicer ring to it.
mrfury68
Senior Member
And I went to work at a wastewater treatment plant.
Not to hijack, but I’m gonna sell my Dart SXT this summer. Bought new in ‘13 with 18 miles on it; will be hitting 57,000 in a couple months or so. Paid (payments) $21,000 and what’s the KBB trade in value........about $5K! What a loss!!!
thrashingcows
Senior Member
One of the reason I drive old stuff. Saw this post today....love it!!
Click on the arrow on the right side of the pic for the other two pictures....;)
Click on the arrow on the right side of the pic for the other two pictures....;)
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
No, thanks, it finally kicked a code with cranking. The fact I got nothing before makes me think that a rodent may have had there way with some wires back there so I'm actually going to have to take it apart to see what's what. I think the scrap man will be hearing from me. The truck was a POS 10 years ago when it was on the road, now it just languishs around waiting to do grunt work.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Now put the firewall, dipstick, framerail, base of the windshield, rad support higher than engine so you are face down feet up, and of course the obligatory screws and sharp plastic clips hanging off the firewall to gouge the back of your hands.
Like I said, resting comfortably in hell.
Much respect for the people that still do this for a living. There is probably only a handful of jobs that I would want less than working on NEWer cars and trucks.
Not that I hate the technology in the power train, but the packaging of these units just sucks. The pick-ups are the worst of these. Nowhere in the 70s does the cab need to be unbolted to R&R something in or on the power train. Unit body cars are always better to drop power train out to do any kind of substantial work, these body on frame entrapment machines are a nightmare.
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Newport 66
Old Man with a Hat
Wastewater?? Me tooo!!! 1989, I got out of the mechanic business and became a turd herder, great work!!
Mike66Chryslers
Senior Member
A "turd herder" LOL! I'm going to have to tell my wife that one. She works at the city water and wastewater treatment facility.
MarPar
Meat Man with a Hat
traintech55
Senior Member
Does that mean you are good at slinging crap?
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
And here is more problems.
Compared to rock auto
So was it the best business model to build a brand new store on every corner and stock the same part over and over?
Also Vato zone CPS is lifetime warranty. On a part that the warranty and price to cover the replacements. It's a part I do not want to replace over and over no matter how many free ones they give me. The warranty gives me no confidence that the part will last 2 years.
Auto zones page just screams,
SUCKER!!!!!!!!
Compared to rock auto
So was it the best business model to build a brand new store on every corner and stock the same part over and over?
Also Vato zone CPS is lifetime warranty. On a part that the warranty and price to cover the replacements. It's a part I do not want to replace over and over no matter how many free ones they give me. The warranty gives me no confidence that the part will last 2 years.
Auto zones page just screams,
SUCKER!!!!!!!!
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mr. fix it
Old Man with a Hat
And myself left the trade to work in IT
My days of swearing at the idiots that designed cars with no regards as to having a repair done are behind me
Now I just swear at computers and the idiots that don’t know how to reboot a computer
65Fury440
Senior Member
Got a free 02 F150 with a 5.4 Triton. Engine had a miss. It could have been anything, coil pack, injector, but no. Spark plug on right rear bank is broke. The rear 2 cylinders sit recessed in the firewall. Screw that. Scrap guy gave me $400. I know what he was thinking, easy fix and flip. Good luck.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Your are supposed to check them before you go through the trouble of changing it. Maybe that's why the engineers thought it was a good idea at the top of the bell housing. Keep people from arbitrarily changing before checking.
traintech55
Senior Member
This picture reminds me of the car that made me quit working for Pontiac. A 1984 Fiero, one of the first cars you had to drop the engine out on the frame to do any repairs on. Had to replace the engine block in one, got paid a whopping 10 hrs. for the job, and it took me a week to do.
Newport 66
Old Man with a Hat
You don't wanna know the half of it.....
78Brougham
"Chump"
I see this week after week at my local Ford garage. Sometimes two at once! The techs have it down to a science, they can do that in 45 minutes! Then it's clear sailing to get at whatever needs done.
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