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Quoted from trilogybeer:I've seen some pretty crazy shit , the stuff that some people do to cars is scary .
Owning a shop, I see this all the time. Then they put their families in these death traps and wonder what happened. Some of the worst shit is single women who let boyfriends work on their vehicles and alley mechanics from craigslist.
Not too long ago one came in with the brake pedal going to the floor. The left rear caliper had been leaking. Her boyfriend took a pair of needle nose vice grips and pinched the line off to the caliper. She drove it that way for 6 weeks and had 2 little kids in that car.
People can be bat shit stupid when it comes to their vehicles to save a few dollars.
Quoted from Darcy:We get many older Chev and GMC trucks that come in with the hole cut out of the box floor. Just to access the fuel pump/sender unit. Most leave the hole open. Some will have a mat covering the hole. Some have silicon goop to act as glue to hold the cut piece in place..
Yes sir, my Father-in-law has that exact cut out in the bed floor of his old 1500.
Quoted from BagAJellyDonuts:I understand this "fix" but for the trouble (and it always doesn't work) why people don't just lift the bed to change the pump???
In a somewhat related story, a family member called me up complaining that his Suburban wouldn't start. I told him to go outside and kick the thing. He doubted my advice but as I listened, he did exactly what I told him, I told him to kick the gas tank in the center, then try to start it. He was amazed that it worked. With the fuel pumps in the tank, the cheap gas fouls the contacts of the pump and usually the sending unit too. Won't "fix" the problem everytime but as long as it does it once. BTW, I am a strong believer in using a bottle or two of Techron in the gas tank especially when I know the car will be sitting for a couple days. It seems to do a better job than most of cleaing the sending units and pumps.
BTW, have seen some clowns drop the tank on many of the older GM cars without looking to see if there is a trap door in the trunk. Most of the doors are gone now but talk about an easy swap when the opening is there.
I am a BIG advocate of Techron. That stuff works. Especially on Ford's and GM's with injector misfires causing a P0300. Also HIGHLY recommend this stuff for anyone using E85 that commonly switches back & forth.
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