Trying to not derail the Motortrend thread.
Stories of trying to limp some shitbox further than you should, whether it was a fail or a win. I'll start.
Bought a parts Ranger in Conway, NH that was supposed to be have been towed to me. They wadded up the tow dolly so I went up with plates and slapped them on, paid and drove it to Wakefield, which should only be 30 minutes. Throttle kept sticking open, would stay at 3000 rpm. I'd shut it off at stop signs and restart it in gear so I didn't destroy what was left of the clutch. Got it back and the frame was rotted in half under the driver side and flopping around.
Or the $300 Ranger that a friend was getting back on the road, had no brakes but we "had" to go test the new clutch. Pull up to the stop sign and dude driving shuts it off in 3th and wonders why we keep coasting into the intersection. Keys fell out of the ignition and we roll into a blind intersection. I grabbed the keys and jammed them back in and turned while he was still in shock. Truck pops to life and we just bomb thru the rest of the intersection.
Wound up taking that truck to Houlton Maine for some 37" humvee tires. Door jamb switch was busted, so the chime always was dinging, so we pulled that fuse, which killed the entire dash, including the wipers. Somewhere up on I95 it starts raining, I'm steering from the passenger seat while the driver has the door open at 60 trying to fish the fuse back in so we can run the wipers. Next hour or 90s Ford door chime and it stops out of the blue. Great! Trans starts whining worse than when we left, stop off and find a Carquest, friend opens the door and the dinging was back, idiot! By the time we made it home the cooling system had given up, the trans sounded like a 8-71 blower, but my buddy had tires for his F250 so he didn't care
Stories of trying to limp some shitbox further than you should, whether it was a fail or a win. I'll start.
Bought a parts Ranger in Conway, NH that was supposed to be have been towed to me. They wadded up the tow dolly so I went up with plates and slapped them on, paid and drove it to Wakefield, which should only be 30 minutes. Throttle kept sticking open, would stay at 3000 rpm. I'd shut it off at stop signs and restart it in gear so I didn't destroy what was left of the clutch. Got it back and the frame was rotted in half under the driver side and flopping around.
Or the $300 Ranger that a friend was getting back on the road, had no brakes but we "had" to go test the new clutch. Pull up to the stop sign and dude driving shuts it off in 3th and wonders why we keep coasting into the intersection. Keys fell out of the ignition and we roll into a blind intersection. I grabbed the keys and jammed them back in and turned while he was still in shock. Truck pops to life and we just bomb thru the rest of the intersection.
Wound up taking that truck to Houlton Maine for some 37" humvee tires. Door jamb switch was busted, so the chime always was dinging, so we pulled that fuse, which killed the entire dash, including the wipers. Somewhere up on I95 it starts raining, I'm steering from the passenger seat while the driver has the door open at 60 trying to fish the fuse back in so we can run the wipers. Next hour or 90s Ford door chime and it stops out of the blue. Great! Trans starts whining worse than when we left, stop off and find a Carquest, friend opens the door and the dinging was back, idiot! By the time we made it home the cooling system had given up, the trans sounded like a 8-71 blower, but my buddy had tires for his F250 so he didn't care