Talk about a bad day.
 

I took some leave from work to go up to Oregon to see my parents for a week. I decided to take my truck up. Bad idea.


I made it up to Redding, about 200 miles from home, when I noticed that my rear U-Joint went out. I had to pull over in Redding and bought a new U-Joint. I had a fellow Ford owner help out and get some greese, and got back on the road again.

Well, about ten or so miles from Weed, my truck started running funny, acting like a bad carb, but it's fuel injected. It cut out about ten times, and didn't start for about 10 to 15 min, each time. I finally made it to weed, and decited to fill it up the rest of the way, it was already ¾ full. When I got done filling it, I noticed that my tire was low on air.

I took it over to the air pump and started pumping it up. I heard an air leak so I took off the hose and started looking foe the leak. Well, I finally found it. My wheel cracked between the tire and the wheel center. It was about a five inck crack, unrepairable.

I tried to get out my spare, but the 289 sittin in the back made it really hard. Since the spare was smaller, I had to drive the rest of the 300 miles, with it pulling to the left really hard. Man are my arms Sore.


So now, it went from a 8 hour drive, to a 16 hour drive.


No fun at all.

Thats sounds like FUN.:mad:........... Hope you make it make Back!!!!:rolleyes:

Ya, me too, UI'm already trying to fiqure that one out.

that sucks, i hope stuff gets better!

I found a used wheel to fix my old one. Tommorrow I will hopfully fix the dieying part of it. I think it's just my fuel filters. I haven't changed those since I got the truck, and I have put on over 10,000 miles.

I just got done taking the tire off, I found about a foot long crack in the inside of the bad wheel, not good.

They are 10" wide aluinium wheels, not one piece wheels

you would think that 2001 couldn't get anyworse anyways Good luck on your way home and maybe 2002 will be a better year for all of us

what the hell is that in your avatar 92RS350. A killer pupet???

Its stuffed doll my mom had as a child and Merc and Tim C Dared me to use it as an avatar because it looks kind of Evil

That's horrible. Hope you have better luck for the way home!

Did your mom ever have nightmires??? I know I would have.