If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all......... - Page 2

Gus · 12-04-2013, 12:14 PM

$300.00 for the fix, not bad considering.

I was upset by this, I like that Yukon intact.

10 Bears · 12-01-2013, 09:45 PM

Well, I reckon you HAVE to looke at the 'good' side.

Sure has been bunch of irritations though.

HorseSoldier176 · 12-02-2013, 12:49 PM

The best Bambi is the Bambi you got from some other poor suckers accident.

My wife got one back in early spring that way.

Sanders · 12-02-2013, 01:03 PM

Glad you weren't on the scooter. Metal work is easier to fix than flesh work.

Czubek · 12-04-2013, 06:13 AM

I smacked large buck last night. Happened so quick, by the time I saw him and let off the throttle he was already balled up under the truck and spit out. Three things, one is that I thought I destroyed the front end, by the way the truck shook and wobbled, two I didn't, just folded the bumper back on the right side and was able to pull it out when I got home, thanks to a high sitting 4X4 dually, three is that it happened in exactly (within a hundred yards or so) where Princess nailed one with the Denali Yukon. I got home and pulled the bumper out with a come-along and Princess's truck.

Brian

Eightball · 12-04-2013, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Czubek

it happened in exactly (within a hundred yards or so) where Princess nailed one with the Denali Yukon.

Is there a deer crossing sign there? If there is, you need to move it somewhere else.

Czubek · 12-04-2013, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eightball

Is there a deer crossing sign there? If there is, you need to move it somewhere else.

No, so maybe that's the problem

Brian

44044 · 12-04-2013, 08:53 PM

I wonder if those deer whistles, that mount

on your bumper, work? Or do they just call

them in like a dog whistle?

Gus · 12-04-2013, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 44044

I wonder if those deer whistles, that mount

on your bumper, work? Or do they just call

them in like a dog whistle?

Many folks in Texas use and swear by them.

Czubek · 12-05-2013, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 44044

I wonder if those deer whistles, that mount

on your bumper, work? Or do they just call

them in like a dog whistle?

Yep, they work great and draw the deer to you...

Brian

Hunter07 · 01-31-2014, 08:19 PM

And so, the continuation of bad luck continues.........

Two day before I leave for work in Nebraska, the brakes in the Silverado went out completely. Yeah, it was fun dodging other vehicles at the intersection.

Next day, my son comes over and we fixed the oil leak on the Yukon by by-passing the engine oil cooler system completely. New filter adapter & a mini oil filter (half the length of an OEM filter), did the trick and works great.

Went up today to change the title over to my name and get new license plate tabs on the Yukon and find out that I need to have a lien card and his mom has to have a full Power of Attorney authorizing his mom to sign off on the sale (he's stationed at Ft. Campbell KY and currently deployed).

Screw it!

Went to the grocery store, picked up a few things, then hit the liquor store. Upon arrival at home and unloading the stuff I bought, I see coolant spewing out from near the lower left corner of the radiator (lower right as you're facing the front of the truck).......

By then it was too dark out to see just wtf is going on.

F*** me!

Rick-a-Roo · 01-31-2014, 11:37 PM

I had a car like that way back in my days in England.

Every week I had to spend money on the thing and it was only a year old when I bought it from a workmate.

Driving home from London one weekend I was within 5 miles of home on the 150 mile trip, congratulating myself on nothing having gone wrong with it that week, when a piece of heavy paper blew up off the road, wrapped itself around the radio antenna and broke the darn thing right off. This was the same car whose flywheel broke of from the end of the crankshaft at 70 mph.

Sounds like you have a similar gremlin in that beastie of your'n, Hunter.

44044 · 01-31-2014, 11:48 PM

Damn the bad luck

500grains · 02-02-2014, 01:42 AM

Let me just say one word:

TOYOTA.

Rick-a-Roo · 02-03-2014, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 500grains

Let me just say one word:

TOYOTA.

The Cruiser is now 70-1/2 y.o. and seems like only three; wife's Tundra is now 10 y.o. and still runs like new.

My old pre-Tacoma extra-cab was 14 y.o. when I let it go some years since, and I wish I'd kept it.

Guese I like Toyotas too.

But I feel sure that Hunter will still come out on top of the deal in the end.

12-02-2013, 01:03 PM	#4
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,567	Glad you weren't on the scooter. Metal work is easier to fix than flesh work. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

12-04-2013, 06:13 AM	#5
Czubek slug Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stover, Missouri Posts: 33,622	I smacked large buck last night. Happened so quick, by the time I saw him and let off the throttle he was already balled up under the truck and spit out. Three things, one is that I thought I destroyed the front end, by the way the truck shook and wobbled, two I didn't, just folded the bumper back on the right side and was able to pull it out when I got home, thanks to a high sitting 4X4 dually, three is that it happened in exactly (within a hundred yards or so) where Princess nailed one with the Denali Yukon. I got home and pulled the bumper out with a come-along and Princess's truck. Brian __________________ 3 Here at the Dirty Dozen's Bunker, we have no problems, only solutions.

01-31-2014, 11:37 PM	#12
Rick-a-Roo Gaw' Blimey Limey Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Round behind the sleazy bars of Telephone Road Posts: 25,905	I had a car like that way back in my days in England. Every week I had to spend money on the thing and it was only a year old when I bought it from a workmate. Driving home from London one weekend I was within 5 miles of home on the 150 mile trip, congratulating myself on nothing having gone wrong with it that week, when a piece of heavy paper blew up off the road, wrapped itself around the radio antenna and broke the darn thing right off. This was the same car whose flywheel broke of from the end of the crankshaft at 70 mph. Sounds like you have a similar gremlin in that beastie of your'n, Hunter. __________________ zulu6 out

02-02-2014, 01:42 AM	#14
500grains Soldier of Allah Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Crackerland Posts: 31,690	Let me just say one word: TOYOTA. __________________ Racism will keep you alive.

12-04-2013, 12:14 PM	#1
Gus Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 66,849	$300.00 for the fix, not bad considering. I was upset by this, I like that Yukon intact.

12-01-2013, 09:45 PM	#2
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Well, I reckon you HAVE to looke at the 'good' side. Sure has been bunch of irritations though.

12-02-2013, 12:49 PM	#3
HorseSoldier176 Retired Soldier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Central PA Posts: 14,148	The best Bambi is the Bambi you got from some other poor suckers accident. My wife got one back in early spring that way.

12-04-2013, 08:53 PM	#8
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 51,028	I wonder if those deer whistles, that mount on your bumper, work? Or do they just call them in like a dog whistle?

01-31-2014, 08:19 PM	#11
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,532	And so, the continuation of bad luck continues......... Two day before I leave for work in Nebraska, the brakes in the Silverado went out completely. Yeah, it was fun dodging other vehicles at the intersection. Next day, my son comes over and we fixed the oil leak on the Yukon by by-passing the engine oil cooler system completely. New filter adapter & a mini oil filter (half the length of an OEM filter), did the trick and works great. Went up today to change the title over to my name and get new license plate tabs on the Yukon and find out that I need to have a lien card and his mom has to have a full Power of Attorney authorizing his mom to sign off on the sale (he's stationed at Ft. Campbell KY and currently deployed). Screw it! Went to the grocery store, picked up a few things, then hit the liquor store. Upon arrival at home and unloading the stuff I bought, I see coolant spewing out from near the lower left corner of the radiator (lower right as you're facing the front of the truck)....... By then it was too dark out to see just wtf is going on. F*** me!

01-31-2014, 11:48 PM	#13
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 51,028	Damn the bad luck