SilvrT
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Thanks Erns... I'd done that already and got a lot of info.
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Thanks again for all the feedback guys. I took the truck for a drive and although she looks nice, the thing is a piece of crap mechanically. It's very "loose" suspension/steering wise... has a lot of shakes and rattles...vibrations, clunks, moans and groans LOL... and the alternator is shot more or less... I suspected this just from talking to the guy when I first looked at it yesterday. However, I'm not ruling out Fords just from that.
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whoaahhhhh horsies!!!... hehe not quite yet .... thinkin about it is all.
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I ain't dead set on anything in particular; however, I do favour Dodge Dakota. Thanks for the feedback so far guys... mucho appreciated!
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Well, let's see... @ $1.10 /Litre, that works out to around $4.99 /gal now. Yes, gas is expensive and since we're going from a fairly new 4cyl car to a truck, we'll really notice the difference; however, needs have changed so gotta take the cons in stride. One plus to that and that is we don't put may miles on a vehicle. The car has just over 31,000 Kms and it's 4 years old. Our goal is to get a good truck that will be more useful than a small car and have no monthly payment. We want to get rid of as much "debt" as we can so that we can get a new motorcycle soon. We'd much rather be making payments on that than a new or fairly new car or truck. The car is leased and the lease ends next month. We're buying out the lease with the plan to sell the car and make a few bucks. Take that plus some reserve cash and buy an older truck. Well, I ain't sold on that Ford yet... still gotta take it for a drive and do some of my own checking out of things. I have a list going...gonna take my mechanic's stethescope along with me... ya can diagnose a lot with one of those things.
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I've had so many vehicles in my life, it would be difficult to count. As for trucks, not so many. Let's see... '76 Ford F100, '78 Ford F100, '86 Mazda B2000, '89 Toyota SR5, '86 Dodge D150, '94 Dodge Dakota 4x4. My problem with vehicles is I'd never keep them long enuf to notice any problem "trends". Since I pulled wrenches for a number of years in my youth and had a flair for bodywork, most things that went wrong, I fixed myself. Never had serious engine problems on any vehicle and only once had a tranny go out and that was on my Dakota. Well, I had it for 5 years...that was the longest I owned any vehcle...and I loved that truck. Next to that, my '86 Dodge I had as a "second" vehicle...kept it for 3 years... never failed me.
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hey Kit, thanks for your constructive input. Now, as for what you said about vehicles....
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Most trucks do...are these any worse than other similar trucks?
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Do you need a new battery too? some folks really dislike one make of vehicle or another generally because of some bad experiences. If you have good or bad input on this specific year/model, I would greatly appreciate it.
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FORDS don't rust... only Chevvy's It's only been sitting for a couple month's since they bought their new truck and they've started it fairly regularly.
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ha!! I'd trade your weather for mine anyday (well at least during this time of year) and we even had nice weather today (sunny, maybe 4 above celcius) and I live in the part of the country that has the nicest climate.
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ya.. which are made by Ford nowadays aren't they? LOL (or something like that)
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Guys...need some input here if ya'll don't mind. I'm lokking at buying a 1992 Ford F-150 XLT extended cab fully loaded and not a 4x4. 5.8L engine, auto trans with trailer towing pkg. color matching canopy. Extremely good condition (from what I can tell) and has 180000 Kms (just over 100000 miles) It's got the captains chairs, air cond. cruise, tilt, pw & pl ... near new tires, new battery (I helped the guy install that today). I'm gonna test drive it tomorrow. What I need to know is what kind of problems these ford trucks are prone to. What should I be checking for? I've only had 2 ford trucks in my life, the first was a new '76 which I only kept for 6 months and the other was a '78 that I bought in '85 and I only kept that for 2 months...(traded it in on a new Mazda). This Ford I'm looking at is on the second owner...he's had it for almost 3 years. The first owner used it mostly to tow a camper trailer to Arizona once a year and back. While there, it basically sat for 3 month's. The current owner also towed a trailer but they bought a bigger trailer so the went out and got a bigger truck. He's asking $4000 OBO here's a pic
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Did I notice windows on the SIDE walls??? geeeez... great view thru those (the exterior walls of the adjacent buildings)
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geeez... I would have stayed with the cathedral ceiling... oh... you mean you cut the tree down to 8 ft!
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You know.... I am thinking about it. I'm not sure I'd do it in a book format tho but probably make a PDF file or something out of it.... I'm also a database programmer so I could compile the info into an application that folks could run on their PC's... hmmmmmm... lemme ponder this. Let's see how the responses go.
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Fake tree...fake lights... fake presents...fake turkey...fake grandkids... (except the tree IS fake)
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The thought just occured to me (after reading another post about oil seal replacement) ... there's an awful lot of technical advice, how to's, etc in this website. Some of it is nicely assembled in the technical forums but there is also a lot buried in various threads, and in bits and pieces in the posts. Wouldn't it be nice if all of that great info was assembled together in one nice book? I'd certainly pay for a book like that. It would be much more useful than the factory manuals and even current 3rd party ones such as Clymer. A lot of "real world" hands-on information is available to us here but not always easily found nor properly documented. Even if someone on this site were to go through all the posts, assemble all the info, do some real good "how to" documenting (with pics) and post it in either the technical forums or as a downloadable PDF. Now I know there is a lot of stuff in the technical forums and it is all very good....what I'm talking about is the info contained within various posts that has not made it into the tech forums. Has this already been done? Am I talking about something that is readily available and I just haven't come across it yet? Here's a small sample of what I mean... One of the members is trying to fix an oil leak, probably at the shifter shaft. The manual doesn't cover this except when the engine is out. It would be nice to have a well documented with pics explanation of "how to" accomplish this (with the engine in the bike). Another member mentioned there is another seal that could leak but in order to find it you have to remove the exhaust collector and run the bike up to operating temp ....and don't forget to remove the fairing lowers. If all of this was documented under a common heading of "Fixing Common Oil Leaks".... it would be so easy. Now, to try and find all posts in here to do with "oil leak", here's what I get... 299 threads, many of them having several posts. I might find exactly what I'm looking for right away or, I might get caught up reading the many posts and totally forget what I was looking for (don't ask me how I know this) LOL Any thoughts on this guys/gals?
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I'd bet NOTHING bothered ya....even humans!
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It ain't the kids in the restaurants that are the problem, it's those parents who seem to think a restaurant is an open playground for their kids.
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What's that saying..."what goes around...comes around" ....
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Jerry, I hope you can get this resolved...these things can be a real annoyance and sometimes the only resolve it to re-install the operating system from scratch, reformatting the hard drive in the process, and then re-installing the programs you use. Before doing this, backup your important data files to a CD or something. As for those shortcuts, did you try checking the properties of them to see where on your computer they are pointing to? If you right click the shortcut, you can choose properties from the menu. Also, sometimes when you delete a shortcut, a message will appear asking if you want to delete the shortcut only or the actual file it's pointing to. Sure sounds to me like you have this virus mentioned. If nothing else, you'll gain a lot of knowledge about dealing with such things so there is a positive side.
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I sent the seller this message.... Dear gwladys, yeahsureright... that looks more like my aunt Mabel. gawd, what some folks will try to do to get a buck! They responded with this... Dear silvrt, Stay tuned for next week's star item. My Aunt Mabel's cousin twice removed profile in a pancake. I wouldn't mind, she couldn't abide maple syrup. Maybe she's trying to tell me something. The trouble is she isn't dead yet. Why doesn't she just call or write to me? Christmas special... a sense of humour. Your's free at no extra cost. Go on bid for my bagel... you know you want it.
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Here are a couple methods for getting rid of entries in Add/Remove Programs that are either invalid or for some reason, cannot normally be removed. This assumes you've somehow removed the actual program. This first method involves editing the registry and is an excerpt from Microsoft's Help site. The second one is a link for a downloadable probram that will work. To remove a program reference viewable in the Add/Remove Programs tool: 1.Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). 2.Locate the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall 3.Locate the key to be deleted by locating the key name created by the program. If the name of the key is not apparent, browse through each key and note the value for DisplayName. This is the viewable string in the Add/Remove Programs tool. 4.Using the Registry menu, export the selected registry key to make a backup. Store the .reg file in a safe location in case you need to import it at a later date. 5.Delete the selected registry key and its values. Do not delete the entire Uninstall key. 6.Quit Registry Editor. 7.Verify that the reference in the Add/Remove Programs tool is no longer visible. Second method (should really be the first) http://www.download3000.com/download_16103.html Also, if you get rid of the entry in Add/Remove Programs, and you delete the folder containing the program from your hard drive, run ccleaner and do a registry clean....it will get rid of most, if not all, the "orphaned" entries in the registry associated to that program. CAUTION... back up your registry before messing with it "just in case"!.
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It may be the politicians and/or lawmakers that are enforcing it but it's those gol durned "bleeding hearts" and activists who are behind it all. I think it's time we stood up against all of them and protested! (ooops... that makes me one of them...)