in with the new(er)
Posted By Jon on November 1, 2009
The truck is dead.
The transfer case is making horrible smashing sounds. The shop says $1500. Add that to broken A/C (another $1500), and you have the recipe for death of the vehicle. If it didn’t have 225,000 miles on it, I would say the repairs would be worth it. But, just my luck, it would blow a head gasket or the transmission a month later.
Funny thing is, that when we would take it to our former repair shop, it would have some horrendous breakdown a week or two later. This time I had the inspection done at the former repair shop. Two weeks later the transfer case blows up. I checked the fluid level. Bone dry. Uh huh. I hope they burn in hell.
Yes, I did try refilling the transfer case but no good. BTW, Merkon V fluid smells like rotten beef. If anyone knows how to get it out of clothing, please tell me. I washed my sweatshirt 5 times and it still stinks horrendously.
We bought a Saturn. Its a 2002 (my first car from this century). Its just a little over bluebook, which was about average for up here. I saw some nice deals on the same car down in Virginia. Not here. One more giant shovelful deepr into the eternal pit of debt.
Now I have to donate the truck. Hopefully the donation people will reply soon. The junk yard offered me $100. I figured that the tax write off would get me about $400. Anybody want to pay $400 for my truck? All it needs is a new transfer case. CD player? Leather seats? Moon roof? Really cool chocolate bumper sticker? Nobody? Your loss.
I haven’t run. I didn’t run today. I suck. I ate the rest of the Halloween candy. Gah.
Not a good day in the Chocolate former-runner neighborhood, chocolate candy not withstanding.
Um, what’s a transfer case?! Car lingo just went whooosh – over my head. I will remember to Never play with Merkon V fluid though. Lesson learned! ;)
What kind of Saturn?? That was my first car – little sedan. Learned how to drive a standard – life skill right there!
Debt stinks. Hope the chocolate helped. Now go out for a run.
i don’t blame you. i would’ve eaten an entire aisle of chocolate.
get up and run! a few weeks ago you were whining about not being able to run – now that you can take advantage of it!
Is the Saturn a truck? Or something else?
225K is beyond death! we have to find a car soon too – possibly one of those pontiacs being phased out.
Eternal pit of debt? Nice…my husband chooses to call it ‘ether money.’ Sounds little more pleasing than ‘eternal pit of debt.’ I hope you enjoy your new to you car.