Phoneguy's Son
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- Joined
- Nov 21, 2009
After trying to leave Sunday morning, and both of our trailers we had lined up to borrow breaking, we end up buying a trailer tuesday afternoon, putting us leaving wednesday at 6:30am. The 15 hour drive went well, with the exception of the truck just not quite having the cojones to pull a 4000lb car and trailer through the mountains. In any case, I think we took everyone's bad luck, and horded it for ourselves. Here's an overview of the weekend.
--Car comes off trailer
--Coolant "S" hose was pinched and leaking
--Fixed "S" hose
--Coolant bypass/throttle body heater was leaking
--Fixed by bypassing the throttle body
--Vacuum leak at EGR Blockoff
--Fixed with Copper gasket maker
--Car finally goes to Dyno
----Attempt to move fuel pressure gauge onto windshield
----'Dale' tries to untwist braided line
----'Dale' arcs braided line against alternator post
----'Dale' blows a 5-8ft orange fireball in my face
------TurboBuick.com members now call me Human Torch
----Fix by capping off FPG hole with schraeder valve + cap
--Car gets back on rollers
--After 2 25% rolls, car starts knocking
----Very evident that it isn't the motor
----We assume torque converter bolts
--Find source of "knock"
----All pressure plate/flywheel bolts are finger tight
------EPIC FAIL.
--Pull car onto lift, get tranny down in 10 minutes thanks to Richard Clark and his ridiculous selection of tools, both Snap-On and custom made
----Tighten everything, and Loc-Tite everything
--Change oil for safe measures
----Drain
----Pull Filter
----Replace Filter
----Fill
--Pour 5qts Castrol GTX on shop floor.
----Spend 1 hour cleaning up 5 qts Castrol GTX
-------EPIC FAIL.
--Raise car back up on lift
----Remove old oil filter gasket that got pushed out
----Replace oil filter
----Refill oil
--Car runs great now, no knocking
--Put car back on Dyno
--Make 2-3 50% throttle runs
--Make 56% throttle run
++++make 489whp @ 15-21psi
++++++WOOT!!
--Make WOT run
----at roughly 1second of WOT, eject cylinder 2 fuel injector and spray 10-12ft of pressurized gasoline
--Get disheartened
--Pull car off rollers
--Fix injector next day
--No more time for Dyno
--Find out B&M Pro Ratchet shifter linkage is off by a hair
----Spend 2 hours adjusting
--Fix shifter
++++WOOT!!
--Drive car around premises
--Find that boost gauge is no longer working
--Have son (me) blow in vacuum lines
----Son creates 3psi of boost
------Make jokes
--Give up and put car back on trailer, with no finalized Dyno numbers, no finalized tune, and no track numbers.
--Start 15 hour drive home at 6pm
--Make it roughly one hour out of town.
--Find auto parts store
--Buy parts to replace faulty O2 sensor and MAF sensor on truck
----Try for over an hour to get rusted O2 sensor out
----Fail
--Make it roughly another 45 minutes out of town
--Front driver side brake on truck locks up
--Decide to do brake job in Advance Auto Parts parking lot
----Find that everything is rusted, and lower slide bolt wont slide after repeatedly striking with hammer
----Decide "**** IT"
--Find out trailer brake lights are no longer working
----Find that pin on truck's connector is corroded and broken, only the pin that provides power to the brakes themselves
------Mess with connector for 45minutes
------Guy at Advance suggest "DUH, make a jumper and fix it later, as it's now 1am"
----Take Mr. Parts Guy's advice, wondering why we didn't think of that to begin with.
--Finally get on with 15 hour return trip @ 1:45am
--Decide to stop for food, as last meal eaten was roughly 9am.
----Type in "Taco Bell" on GPS'
----GPS takes us 45 minutes back tracking, only to find we cannot make it through the drive through
----Try every other drive through we can find
------EPIC FAIL.
----Decide, once again, "**** IT"
----Go looking for truck stop with attached fast food restaurant
--While driving down highway, music playing, conversation being had, hear "CLANK CLank clank"
----Say "WTF WAS THAT?!"
------Pull over, figure out we lost a trailer ramp
----Double back on ourselves almost 8miles
----Find ramp
------Thank Jesus that it's still straight.
--Finally find McDonalds 10 miles later.
----Eat
--Co-pilot (me) passes out.
Big thanks go out to Mr. Clark, who was a great person to meet, and a phenomenally hospitable host. Thank you from both my father and myself for everything you provided for us, including your help and wisdom.
To everyone I met--Dale, Dale's wife who's name I never caught, Michael, Gary, Pete, Bob, XRay, Julio, Cal, Dave Fiscus, and I'm sure several people who's names I either never caught or forgot (I'm terrible with names)--it was a pleasure to meet you! Except you, Dale *grumbles about fire*.:biggrin:
--Car comes off trailer
--Coolant "S" hose was pinched and leaking
--Fixed "S" hose
--Coolant bypass/throttle body heater was leaking
--Fixed by bypassing the throttle body
--Vacuum leak at EGR Blockoff
--Fixed with Copper gasket maker
--Car finally goes to Dyno
----Attempt to move fuel pressure gauge onto windshield
----'Dale' tries to untwist braided line
----'Dale' arcs braided line against alternator post
----'Dale' blows a 5-8ft orange fireball in my face
------TurboBuick.com members now call me Human Torch
----Fix by capping off FPG hole with schraeder valve + cap
--Car gets back on rollers
--After 2 25% rolls, car starts knocking
----Very evident that it isn't the motor
----We assume torque converter bolts
--Find source of "knock"
----All pressure plate/flywheel bolts are finger tight
------EPIC FAIL.
--Pull car onto lift, get tranny down in 10 minutes thanks to Richard Clark and his ridiculous selection of tools, both Snap-On and custom made
----Tighten everything, and Loc-Tite everything
--Change oil for safe measures
----Drain
----Pull Filter
----Replace Filter
----Fill
--Pour 5qts Castrol GTX on shop floor.
----Spend 1 hour cleaning up 5 qts Castrol GTX
-------EPIC FAIL.
--Raise car back up on lift
----Remove old oil filter gasket that got pushed out
----Replace oil filter
----Refill oil
--Car runs great now, no knocking
--Put car back on Dyno
--Make 2-3 50% throttle runs
--Make 56% throttle run
++++make 489whp @ 15-21psi
++++++WOOT!!
--Make WOT run
----at roughly 1second of WOT, eject cylinder 2 fuel injector and spray 10-12ft of pressurized gasoline
--Get disheartened
--Pull car off rollers
--Fix injector next day
--No more time for Dyno
--Find out B&M Pro Ratchet shifter linkage is off by a hair
----Spend 2 hours adjusting
--Fix shifter
++++WOOT!!
--Drive car around premises
--Find that boost gauge is no longer working
--Have son (me) blow in vacuum lines
----Son creates 3psi of boost
------Make jokes
--Give up and put car back on trailer, with no finalized Dyno numbers, no finalized tune, and no track numbers.
--Start 15 hour drive home at 6pm
--Make it roughly one hour out of town.
--Find auto parts store
--Buy parts to replace faulty O2 sensor and MAF sensor on truck
----Try for over an hour to get rusted O2 sensor out
----Fail
--Make it roughly another 45 minutes out of town
--Front driver side brake on truck locks up
--Decide to do brake job in Advance Auto Parts parking lot
----Find that everything is rusted, and lower slide bolt wont slide after repeatedly striking with hammer
----Decide "**** IT"
--Find out trailer brake lights are no longer working
----Find that pin on truck's connector is corroded and broken, only the pin that provides power to the brakes themselves
------Mess with connector for 45minutes
------Guy at Advance suggest "DUH, make a jumper and fix it later, as it's now 1am"
----Take Mr. Parts Guy's advice, wondering why we didn't think of that to begin with.
--Finally get on with 15 hour return trip @ 1:45am
--Decide to stop for food, as last meal eaten was roughly 9am.
----Type in "Taco Bell" on GPS'
----GPS takes us 45 minutes back tracking, only to find we cannot make it through the drive through
----Try every other drive through we can find
------EPIC FAIL.
----Decide, once again, "**** IT"
----Go looking for truck stop with attached fast food restaurant
--While driving down highway, music playing, conversation being had, hear "CLANK CLank clank"
----Say "WTF WAS THAT?!"
------Pull over, figure out we lost a trailer ramp
----Double back on ourselves almost 8miles
----Find ramp
------Thank Jesus that it's still straight.
--Finally find McDonalds 10 miles later.
----Eat
--Co-pilot (me) passes out.
Big thanks go out to Mr. Clark, who was a great person to meet, and a phenomenally hospitable host. Thank you from both my father and myself for everything you provided for us, including your help and wisdom.
To everyone I met--Dale, Dale's wife who's name I never caught, Michael, Gary, Pete, Bob, XRay, Julio, Cal, Dave Fiscus, and I'm sure several people who's names I either never caught or forgot (I'm terrible with names)--it was a pleasure to meet you! Except you, Dale *grumbles about fire*.:biggrin:
