The Purple Monkey Dishwasher TBSS

[motorheadmike]

You're not having fun unless you've either shaved some skin of your body, cut yourself on some sharp edge that was hidden, or smashed a finger or two trying to get a hammer into a narrow opening!



Nick

True, I need to:

Filled it will fluid. Overfilled it really, then it overflowed. After siphoning out the right amount it seems to be holding the fluid it should.

 

[motorheadmike]

Phone rings. It's the wife. Says my truck tossed up the SES, Service Stabilitrac, is over heating & the power steering is gone. I get all stupid & accusative. She pops the hood & says "the skinny belt broke". The skinny belt broke days ago when the AC compressor froze up (yup). Sends me a picture... the skinny belt is the main drive belt shredded.

Now I feel like an *ss. Grab the spare, some tools & the other kid to go & fix my marriage (& truck). Pull out the guts, check for seized pullies, get ready to pop in the new one & hear a weird sound from the water pump.

Sheared right off.

Well... that's a new one. Not bad for the original 145k mile water pump.

Waiting for a tow. Eating some #DQ fat pills.

Might burn this truck when I get home.

#tbss #whyme #badthingscomeinthrees #whatsnext ?

Oh... wait this was number three. I just finished fixing the power steering cooler yesterday.

There's nothing glamorous about this hobby.

 

[Supercharged111]

 

[ck80]

View attachment 205492

Or, cut the losses and toss a plow or blower on it for winter. Less use equals less breakage

 

[motorheadmike]

View attachment 205492

Ordered a replacement water pump this morning. Time to clean it up and tear it down in advance. Oh joy... gonna need another case of brake cleaner.

I need a clone or two hundred.

 

[81cutlass]

So blower = fatigue on the water pump pulley?

Strange.

 

[motorheadmike]

So blower = fatigue on the water pump pulley?

Strange.

Plus rust. I've heard of the pullies walking off the driveshaft, but never breakage like this.

 

[Cauterize]

Out there breaking records. Better hang it on the wall.

 

[Texas82GP]

Phone rings. It's the wife. Says my truck tossed up the SES, Service Stabilitrac, is over heating & the power steering is gone. I get all stupid & accusative. She pops the hood & says "the skinny belt broke". The skinny belt broke days ago when the AC compressor froze up (yup). Sends me a picture... the skinny belt is the main drive belt shredded.

View attachment 205486

Now I feel like an *ss. Grab the spare, some tools & the other kid to go & fix my marriage (& truck). Pull out the guts, check for seized pullies, get ready to pop in the new one & hear a weird sound from the water pump.

View attachment 205482

Sheared right off.

View attachment 205484

Well... that's a new one. Not bad for the original 145k mile water pump.

Waiting for a tow. Eating some #DQ fat pills.

Might burn this truck when I get home.

#tbss #whyme #badthingscomeinthrees #whatsnext ?

Oh... wait this was number three. I just finished fixing the power steering cooler yesterday.

There's nothing glamorous about this hobby.

It's mad about all that sitting it did. That + #greatwhitenorthcorrosion

 

[Texas82GP]

Plus rust. I've heard of the pullies walking off the driveshaft, but never breakage like this.

Had a low mile replacement on my brother's truck do the same thing. It was a Chineseum Delco. The replacement from O'Reilly probably has close to 70k miles on it.