Who had March 14th?

Printable View

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

03-18-2010, 12:48 PM
agjohn02

the blue oval is your problem
03-18-2010, 01:15 PM
Hot Pocket

Quote:

Originally Posted by agjohn02

the blue oval is your problem

Ding ding ding!

I made a mistake when I said the battery is new... It's not new; I took it up to Oreilly and had them charge it, but it came back ok. I'm going to get a new one today/ tomorrow. I don't trust this Valu-crap ****.

Hippy-
I've gone through the electrical system with a multimeter. I found that the tach is the problem of the short, it draws about .5 amps of power. I did clean my grounds, and I even got new cables and terminals since the old ones were crap.

Sorry, you are right that I have yet to say thank you for any of the advice posted.

But thank you guys.. It goes without saying that I would be nowhere if I had nobody to come to for help. So thank you all for the help that you've given me.

edit: especially you, Mayfield.. A big thanks to you!
03-18-2010, 04:32 PM
Hot Pocket

She lives!!!!!!!!!

Happiest moment of my life! Fixed the short & the bad alternator. Put in battery from Jetta and she fired right up!

On the to-do list for today

New oil
New U-joint
Fix front driveshaft
Replace rear driveshaft
35's back on (if time)

To do list for tomorrow

Buy New battery
New trans fluid
New transfer case fluid
Add fluid to diffs
Hug truck for running

WHOOP!
03-18-2010, 04:51 PM
agjohn02

Quote:

Originally Posted by agjohn02

crank, start, and run are not synonymous. i think the alternator was the problem.

:gigem:
03-18-2010, 04:54 PM
Hot Pocket

Quote:

Originally Posted by agjohn02

:gigem:

I was the one who called the alternator!

DAMN YOU COX!:flipoff2::D
03-18-2010, 05:33 PM
TdmayfieldIV

Where was the short? The tach wire?
03-18-2010, 05:36 PM
Hot Pocket

Quote:

Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV

Where was the short? The tach wire?

that was it

what weight oil and how much do you think? about to run up to oreilly and get some oil and a new ujoint
03-18-2010, 07:01 PM
Eckert

if you have a battery already, you should NEVER pay to get a new one. if you cant exchnage it for a new one, you suck at life.
03-18-2010, 07:25 PM
colman

not everyone is as shiasty as you tyler, hell your an even bigger jew than me
03-18-2010, 07:48 PM
Eckert

Quote:

Originally Posted by colman

not everyone is as shiasty as you tyler, hell your an even bigger jew than me

blasphemy!

rotella 15w-40
03-18-2010, 08:02 PM
KrazyKarl02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hot Pocket

that was it

what weight oil and how much do you think? about to run up to oreilly and get some oil and a new ujoint

It's an "M Block" right? You should be able to piss in it and it will be fine.
03-18-2010, 09:05 PM
TdmayfieldIV

Yeah, that battery isnt bad, just turn on the truck and let it charge. its fine, the short was just making it seem bad
03-18-2010, 11:57 PM
DRAGOONRANCH

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eckert

rotella 15w-40

this
03-19-2010, 12:05 AM
Sharpe

Dont furd gassers use 5w20? Thats all they get at work, but we dont have any 78-79's in the fleet.
03-19-2010, 12:18 AM
85cj7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharpe

Dont furd gassers use 5w20? Thats all they get at work, but we dont have any 78-79's in the fleet.

thats what my 5.4 and 302 get. but who knows with broncos
03-19-2010, 12:23 AM
Shaggy

i always ran 10w30 in my m block
03-19-2010, 12:27 AM
stx4wheeler

Tell me what your oil pressure is and I'll tell you what oil to use!!! I'll respond to your pm when I'm back in Texas and not drunk.
03-19-2010, 12:29 AM
TdmayfieldIV

I have always used 10w30. For what its worth, i tore my first engine apart after it had exploded the piston rings (previous owner was a JackA$$) and the cam lobes, crank bearings and cam bearings looked close to new with it. The engine had like 80k when it got fawked. That being said, the m blocks are notorious for low oil pressure so when 10w30 gets hot i have only 18 psi at idle. When i had 5w20 it was like 25. I recommend 5w20. Right now i have mobil 1 synthetic 10w30 at the time, in hinesight (sp) i should have used 5w20. I didn't even think about it when i bought the new oil.

oh here's the piston rings of my first motor just for fun

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/7...llsize/086.jpg

oh and the excessive crank pressure resulted in this along with blowing oil everywhere

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/7...llsize/083.jpg
03-19-2010, 01:35 PM
uglyota

I'm real proud of you boys and Imma let you finish, but neither the alternator nor the draw on the tach were the reason the truck wouldn't start. The battery was. The battery was dead because you drove it with a non-functioning alternator, and was dead before that because of the short. So I was right. :flipoff2:

enjoy beating on your truck
03-19-2010, 02:55 PM
colman

sorry guys, hippie is correct
03-19-2010, 03:48 PM
Hot Pocket

Um, hello.. I diagnosed this

How does hippy get all the credit!?!
03-19-2010, 04:16 PM
agjohn02

You're all fags. I'm right.
03-19-2010, 05:02 PM
BroncoJo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hot Pocket

1979 Ford Bronco
400/435/205

The goods:
Runs and drives good... for a little while.
Body is solid, no bondo.
Speedometer works, 4x4 works, steering worked surprisingly nice.
floorboards completely redone and interior has been cheapo-lined.. he did a nice job on it though, paint is pretty decent.

The bads:
Needs new: bumpers (someone want to help me custom fab some and make some moolah?), tailgate, seats (front & rear), alternator??, battery, some kind of electrical problem somewhere keeping it from starting. I'm about 95% sure that it will start just fine with a new battery, but will kill it just like it did this one. Previous owner said this thing is a battery killer.. any thoughts on the matter would be great. My plans as of right now are new alternator & battery and we shall see how that goes.

Drove to Waco today to look at a Bronco. Previous owner owned truck for 7 years and has been his weekend project ever since. During that time he installed new master cylinder, booster, lines, completely redid floor which he said had rusted through, he did a good job on all of it. The guy almost cried getting rid of it, touching stuff.. I know. Also has new carb, but this thing is mostly stock. I already removed some cheesy diamond plate step rails. It's sitting on 35's with no lift. The power steering doesn't seem to like that too much though.

Drove Bronco for 45 minutes with no problems. Previous owner said there is a short somewhere and it kills the battery if left on. We get about 30 minutes outside of Waco and Bronco starts losing power.. eventually dies as I coast to a stop. My diagnosis is no juice left in the electrical system + a bad alternator. I'll post follow up on this tomorrow after I remove alternator and put replacement in.

I hate to do it but I have to give some credit to HP, however it was very poorly executed. :gigem: or :flipoff2: (not sure which is correct:D)
03-19-2010, 07:34 PM
uglyota

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hot Pocket

Um, hello.. I diagnosed this

How does hippy get all the credit!?!

I'm not trying to take all the credit, just saying you're retarded for thinking a bad alternator or a 1/2 amp draw on the tach was keeping your starter from turning the motor over :flipoff2:
03-19-2010, 08:27 PM
bcolman

why not 30 weight oil?
03-19-2010, 08:55 PM
TdmayfieldIV

we hooked jumper cables between my running truck and his and it didn't do anything different. We had a multimeter on the battery and it was charging 14 volts for a good 10 minutes. Thats why we didn't think new battery
03-19-2010, 09:13 PM
agjohn02

Quote:

Originally Posted by uglyota

I'm not trying to take all the credit, just saying you're retarded for thinking a bad alternator or a 1/2 amp draw on the tach was keeping your starter from turning the motor over :flipoff2:

.5A draw drains the battery, bad alternator doesn't recharge it, vehicle with DEAD battery won't jump start
03-19-2010, 09:14 PM
robertf03

did you make sure it was in park?
03-19-2010, 11:29 PM
TdmayfieldIV

Nope, most of the time we were trying to start it he didn't push the clutch in. Oh well, it works now.
03-20-2010, 01:32 AM
Hot Pocket

Quote:

Originally Posted by TdmayfieldIV

we hooked jumper cables between my running truck and his and it didn't do anything different. We had a multimeter on the battery and it was charging 14 volts for a good 10 minutes. Thats why we didn't think new battery

plus the fact that oreilly told me it was a good battery.

PS Thanks for the advice Eckert... Took my old ****ty battery back to vatozone and got a free one. I guess there is some jew in me after all. I just made up a story about how I was passing through Waco about a year ago and picked up this battery but forgot the receipt. It worked.. got a replacement fo FREE!

Today I had a nice little 2 hour cruise around town. She backfires when shifting gears sometimes, going to get new spark plugs & wires tomorrow. The tranny needs a rebuild since it slips out of 4th, and it sounds like the motor could use a tune-up.

The good news-
This truck is all stock. All my gauges and lights work. Only thing is when the blinkers get turned on, it flashes both lights... I think I'll check that out tomorrow. Now that she's running I'd like to get her registered.
03-20-2010, 03:07 AM
sasquatch

1 Attachment(s)

bitches
03-20-2010, 05:37 PM
4-Banger

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hot Pocket

plus the fact that oreilly told me it was a good battery.

PS Thanks for the advice Eckert... Took my old ****ty battery back to vatozone and got a free one. I guess there is some jew in me after all. I just made up a story about how I was passing through Waco about a year ago and picked up this battery but forgot the receipt. It worked.. got a replacement fo FREE!

Autozone's not great for much, but they're good for batteries. Last time I exchanged a battery, I gave them a receipt that wasn't even for the same truck. Still got half off on the new battery :D
03-21-2010, 06:07 PM
Eckert

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4-Banger

Autozone's not great for much, but they're good for batteries. Last time I exchanged a battery, I gave them a receipt that wasn't even for the same truck. Still got half off on the new battery :D

fail

HP, where is this pig parked at these days?
03-21-2010, 06:15 PM
colman

the bronco is in the neighborhhod behind triangle bowl off college
03-21-2010, 11:36 PM
Hot Pocket

2 Attachment(s)

what colman said.

here she is on the 35s
03-21-2010, 11:39 PM
85cj7

those bumpers are ridiculous, scrap those, recoup some money, and build some nice ones.
03-21-2010, 11:40 PM
colman

did you realise earlear there was a cop behing you while you were driving around and you have no ins, tags or plate. ask clarke how expensive that ticket is
03-22-2010, 01:30 AM
Sharpe

A driveway with no house? WTF!?!?!?!
03-22-2010, 01:55 AM
colman

that is the extra spots at the park across from jacks house, jack is the guy that bought jordan's old bronco
03-22-2010, 02:32 AM
Hot Pocket

Quote:

Originally Posted by colman

did you realise earlear there was a cop behing you while you were driving around and you have no ins, tags or plate. ask clarke how expensive that ticket is

I also don't have any rear view mirrors

so no

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page