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Re: Just thinking about the car situation OT


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Posted by trucker40 on December 09, 2008 at 19:48:15 from (69.155.110.212):

In Reply to: Re: Just thinking about the car situation OT posted by Matt from CT on December 09, 2008 at 16:27:55:

Well,when you take it to Ford,they put it on a computer and you spend 300 dollars,then it still doesnt fix it,plus I spent more than that trying several things,it gets to where it costs way more than its worth to fix them.All of the ones Ive had with an electric fuel pump have had to have that replaced,at from about 125 to 85 dollars.The old kind of fuel pump costs less than 20 dollars.When I had to replace something on top of my DOHC 4.6 it took a day and a half,plus I had to get a girl with a small hand to start one of the bolts.Changed that motor,had to cut it out with a torch.I think they made them not to be worked on by average people.My opinion might be biased because its mostly Ford I had trouble with.For my 2 1988 Chevy pickups I ran one 100,000 and it had 115,000 on it when I got it.It didnt run all that good,burnt lots of gas,and had to put a new fuel pump on it twice used about 3 quarts of oil in 2000 miles.I dont see the big advantage,theres still lots of old Chevys running with a carburetor that have that many or more miles.Metric sockets and wrenches dont make much difference,its just the time they started making things you cant work on.The newer stuff doesnt rust away as bad.Now the real new stuff that Ive seen is way worse as far as fixable.Lots of vehicles running around with check engine light on,but they still run.I guess what I was saying is the maintenance is way more on the new stuff,unless you are a company mechanic you probably dont know what to look for,and some things are hard for anybody to figure out.Ive worked on lots of things and working on new vehicles makes me want to quit being a mechanic.It also makes me think that it could be made easy to work on,even if they have to lower some standards,so we can be able to buy them.I wont ever give them 30 or 40 thousand for their stuff unless I win the lottery.If they could build something comparable to the old cars for 5 or 6 thousand lots of people here and in other countrys would probably buy them.


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