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The Damage Thus Far
10 years ago
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After doing a breakdown, I was worried I lost the entire Tahoe and that the engine was completely blown. Reason being, the grinding noise and vibration. I have been working early mornings in order to pry it apart and assess the damage and I made the discovery that not all was lost. In fact, fortunately it was just the fly wheel that was bent out of shape.
What this means is that I'll have to replace it, which is merely another $40 fix at the most unless I get a high dollar component that really doesn't do anything special but look pretty while doing it's job. Well, that only has me pinned down for the meantime for about a week at the longest now.
As for the bank account raid, the bank looked into the whole thing and discovered that it was in someone else's name on a discovery card which to them said that it was just a simple mistake where someone entered the wrong routing number and got our account number by mistake. I had it fixed as well.
By the next week, everything should resume normal operation. I'll have what may as well be a brand new truck (as I always took damn good care of the engine and it's still a very strong piece of machinery). I had to make a few adjustments on lines that were severed and already replaced a couple hoses that were cut by the jack and jack stands when they fell. Transmission lines, a fuel line, and a couple dents in the assembly were removed. The frame is still in good condition and the engine really didn't seem to notice the damage at all.
What this means is I can buy time before setting down and getting a new vehicle, which should give me time to finish paying one final outstanding debt and should prevent my father from causing any more mishaps even with his tricky bullshit gambling problem. Once this is complete, I'll be able to actually travel to friends' and do things I always wanted to do. This also means that after my experience with the worst Chevy ever made, I feel like I am much wiser now and ready for anything else this thing can throw at me.
What made the difference: I have a tool now that I never had before. Something that I went out of my way to purchase because I was sick of doing shit the hard way. An impact wrench.
This tool alone saved me hours of heart ache and despair dealing with any component on this Chevy. If you don't already have one and would like to work on your vehicle, GET ONE. Mine is a corded Impact Wrench designed for shop work and fast tire replacement. At the most it set me back $60. This thing more than paid for itself in one night.
Originally, I bought it to disassemble what I could from the Tahoe then call a wrecker to come get it. After doing this, I managed to discover exactly what went wrong and now I'm able to fix it pure and simple with little effort. It's something that made a tremendous amount of difference and seems like my little junker may finally get the mileage I set out to accomplish.
What this means is that I'll have to replace it, which is merely another $40 fix at the most unless I get a high dollar component that really doesn't do anything special but look pretty while doing it's job. Well, that only has me pinned down for the meantime for about a week at the longest now.
As for the bank account raid, the bank looked into the whole thing and discovered that it was in someone else's name on a discovery card which to them said that it was just a simple mistake where someone entered the wrong routing number and got our account number by mistake. I had it fixed as well.
By the next week, everything should resume normal operation. I'll have what may as well be a brand new truck (as I always took damn good care of the engine and it's still a very strong piece of machinery). I had to make a few adjustments on lines that were severed and already replaced a couple hoses that were cut by the jack and jack stands when they fell. Transmission lines, a fuel line, and a couple dents in the assembly were removed. The frame is still in good condition and the engine really didn't seem to notice the damage at all.
What this means is I can buy time before setting down and getting a new vehicle, which should give me time to finish paying one final outstanding debt and should prevent my father from causing any more mishaps even with his tricky bullshit gambling problem. Once this is complete, I'll be able to actually travel to friends' and do things I always wanted to do. This also means that after my experience with the worst Chevy ever made, I feel like I am much wiser now and ready for anything else this thing can throw at me.
What made the difference: I have a tool now that I never had before. Something that I went out of my way to purchase because I was sick of doing shit the hard way. An impact wrench.
This tool alone saved me hours of heart ache and despair dealing with any component on this Chevy. If you don't already have one and would like to work on your vehicle, GET ONE. Mine is a corded Impact Wrench designed for shop work and fast tire replacement. At the most it set me back $60. This thing more than paid for itself in one night.
Originally, I bought it to disassemble what I could from the Tahoe then call a wrecker to come get it. After doing this, I managed to discover exactly what went wrong and now I'm able to fix it pure and simple with little effort. It's something that made a tremendous amount of difference and seems like my little junker may finally get the mileage I set out to accomplish.
Good luck on what ever comes now and glad that you will be able to do what you need and want.