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rcrcomputing
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You wanted to see what I got, so gentlemen, meet "beeter". I named her the night I bought her. It was an ebay purchase, to far away, and was not told (till I got there) a few things. Here's a short list of things.
Heater fan
fuel gauge
speedometer
leaking hoist cylinders
clutch goes all the way to the floor
BOTH tail lights don't work
(A little rust on the hood) means all the way thru all the way across the front lip.
It has 3 tool boxes, not four.
Frame is NOT "clean with no rust"
Said battery was bran new (It did look like it was)
Choke doesn't work.
Moral of the story.. Don't hit the buy button at 1:30 in the morning. Don't believe someone selling an old truck. Don't believe ebay's "distance" option. (It lied by 100 miles). Don't get there at 8:30 at night to inspect and drive it off. Don't call him when your almost there so it's warmed up and running when you get there. Do take tools next time.
Sooo, I get 3 miles down the road and it dies on the hiway. Was going 9 miles to walmart to fix the lights and other things. When it rolled to a stop, the battery wouldn't crank it. Sooooo, I get to walmart, get a battery, all the while thinking if the battery is new, I've got a bad alternater, but I need to get it off the hiway for tonight. (The gentleman was magically not answering the phone anymore).
I get back to the truck, install the battery with my new 75.00 tool set. It turns over now, but won't start or even try..
By now, it's time for a motel. I leave the truck on the hiway and find a room. I'm a bit sick to my stomach at this time. The next morning, I'm thinking, possibly it ran out of gas and the battery coinsidently is a lemon.. I go get some gas and prime it, lo and behold, it starts. It seems the fella failed to mention the gas guage always says full and is broken and it only has about a pint of gas in it.
This is all the "short" version of the ordeal. It would take many pages to write the long version.
Here's a link to the truck on ebay. I'm also attaching pictures.
On the bright side. I really do like "beeter". Loaded, she can do 75mph, uphill and even gain speed if I give here the gas. It's important that I "like" the truck and I do...
She's in the shop today getting the clutch, fan blower, tune up, and headache rack and top tool boxes removed..
She will be getting all the bed lights replaced, painted from top to bottem, likely with alot of kioti orange paint. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Beeter on ebay
Heater fan
fuel gauge
speedometer
leaking hoist cylinders
clutch goes all the way to the floor
BOTH tail lights don't work
(A little rust on the hood) means all the way thru all the way across the front lip.
It has 3 tool boxes, not four.
Frame is NOT "clean with no rust"
Said battery was bran new (It did look like it was)
Choke doesn't work.
Moral of the story.. Don't hit the buy button at 1:30 in the morning. Don't believe someone selling an old truck. Don't believe ebay's "distance" option. (It lied by 100 miles). Don't get there at 8:30 at night to inspect and drive it off. Don't call him when your almost there so it's warmed up and running when you get there. Do take tools next time.
Sooo, I get 3 miles down the road and it dies on the hiway. Was going 9 miles to walmart to fix the lights and other things. When it rolled to a stop, the battery wouldn't crank it. Sooooo, I get to walmart, get a battery, all the while thinking if the battery is new, I've got a bad alternater, but I need to get it off the hiway for tonight. (The gentleman was magically not answering the phone anymore).
I get back to the truck, install the battery with my new 75.00 tool set. It turns over now, but won't start or even try..
By now, it's time for a motel. I leave the truck on the hiway and find a room. I'm a bit sick to my stomach at this time. The next morning, I'm thinking, possibly it ran out of gas and the battery coinsidently is a lemon.. I go get some gas and prime it, lo and behold, it starts. It seems the fella failed to mention the gas guage always says full and is broken and it only has about a pint of gas in it.
This is all the "short" version of the ordeal. It would take many pages to write the long version.
Here's a link to the truck on ebay. I'm also attaching pictures.
On the bright side. I really do like "beeter". Loaded, she can do 75mph, uphill and even gain speed if I give here the gas. It's important that I "like" the truck and I do...
She's in the shop today getting the clutch, fan blower, tune up, and headache rack and top tool boxes removed..
She will be getting all the bed lights replaced, painted from top to bottem, likely with alot of kioti orange paint. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Beeter on ebay
