![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:03 • Filed to: rant, veronica | ![]() | ![]() |
Truck/friend rant after the jump.
So last tuesday I went to work on my ranger at a friend's house, he got in my head about what was wrong with it. He is quick to judge and talks out of his ass often. I grew up with him, I should know better. Tonight, after recovering from being sick and having a clear head I hopped under my truck. The bell housing is bone dry, no leaking there. I have a feeling, the fluid on the trans body is old and that contributed to the smell. I also have a feeling my oil filter is loose. I know I have a leak, possibly from the shift plugs. Its a slow leak. But If it was the main seal I'd have engine oil in the bell housing, and if it was the input shaft seal I'd have trans fluid in there. So nothing big, everything is completely fixable with relative ease and cheapness. Lesson learned: dont listen to friends, they may know nothing.
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:00 |
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If it makes you feel any better I hate all but one of my friends right now.
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But he does also have a Ranger, Amiright?
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He does, but the most he has done on it is change the oil and tires
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Good idea to take his name out.
Don't let stupid shit tear you apart. And that's stupid shit. You sound pretty pissed at him, and he's a fellow Opponaut. I'd suggest you take this post down.
Sounds to me like an honest mistake, depending on what he said.
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Am I the friend that you dont hate?
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:06 |
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I did, either the new editor is messing with me or a mod took this down for a second. So I edited the post. It had this scheduled for an hour from now after I edited his name out. I think it was the editor TBH
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:07 |
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I meant friends at school. I don't hate any of my Oppo friends!
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:08 |
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If you hate your friends, it means you don't really have friends, just strangers you share information with.
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:08 |
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lol, I was just being weird
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That's probably smart. I don't know him, but think of how he would react if he saw this. Juusssst saying. :P
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:09 |
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Its shabbos, he wont see it. And he wont be too pissed, I know him pretty well. I just wasnt sure how against the rules this post was in hindsight, thats why the edit
![]() 12/05/2014 at 22:10 |
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Yeah, me and my friends have mostly grown apart or they've just became assholes recently. It's unfortunate but Oppo and my one other friend I've known since 7th grade are really the only people I can have a somewhat intelligent conversation with.
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Ah, Gotcha.
If I recall properly, it's probably not a good idea. Just use his real name next time :)
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Interesting way of looking at it
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Intelligent conversation..... Thats hard to find in even the best of friends
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It is, that's why I've tried to surround myself with relatively intelligent people. That's where my better friends are now.
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Full disclosure: I hate everyone
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I hate everyone too.
Including you.
![]() 12/05/2014 at 23:00 |
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Don't be racist. Hate everyone.
![]() 12/06/2014 at 00:29 |
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Can I be brutally honest with you? Alright, context first:
My best friend since high school, who doesn't know or care ANYTHING about cars, has owned his teal 96 ranger 3.0 slushbox for 11 years. It broke 260k recently, and other than ball joints and a slipping tranny that refuses to die, that thing has been solid as a rock.
Here comes the honesty. You somehow acquired a cursed ranger. CURSED, I SAY!
![]() 12/06/2014 at 00:30 |
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Not bad
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Ya, My ball joints are iffy. I'll fix em later, aka in 2 years. Mine shifts, but there is a phantom leak, a small phantom transmission leak. I'm taking it to my guy on friday for a fluid flush, Im gonna ask him to not put thread sealent on it so I can check and maintain the levels myself. Im gonna do this for a month so I can figure out exactly how much Im leaking. Then I'll fix the leak, where ever it is. Im thinking its the freeze plugs.
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Is he Nibbles? Or someone else? didnt asked denver cause i dont know if he could be annoyed by the question.
![]() 12/12/2014 at 15:40 |
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No, it's a lesser known Opponaut. You probably wouldn't know him, I'm not going to name any names for Denver's sake.