"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
04/19/2016 at 17:40 • Filed to: None
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"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
04/19/2016 at 17:40 • Filed to: None | 0
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Trusty old Toyota broke down at the wrecker today (where I got free Chevelle bits, so silver linings) theory I’m going on is that the batt cables are so old they won’t carry the current to start the car, unless it’s cold first start of the day, once its warm thermal expansion jiggers the corrosion and it can’t overcome the resistance in the 31 year old wires. that’s the theory I’m going with, gonna pick up some welding cable and replace both cables.
When wrenches and sandpaper wouldn’t do it, I rolled myself into the ditch and drove myself back out.
lone_liberal
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 17:45 |
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Possibly a solenoid issue, or did you replace that when you replaced the starter?
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> lone_liberal
04/19/2016 at 17:49 |
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looking into that too, probably bad wires and crud.
AutoSavant
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 17:52 |
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My old Corolla had a bad starter solenoid. I took it apart and there’s a brass washer in it that causes the current to flow to the starter motor. I sanded it down and out it back in. That fixed it.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> AutoSavant
04/19/2016 at 18:02 |
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Sandpaper and vise grips DID fix it. left the actual cable off when I ditch-started it, feel dumb, but it drove home. still needs new cables.
Die-Trying
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 22:29 |
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i recomend the double 0ught.... been replacing the standard cables in my junk with it for a while....best cables i have owned. you might of gotten a knick in a wire, and had moisture form some corrosion in them.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> Die-Trying
04/19/2016 at 22:36 |
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ALL the corrosion, my truck dont half ass anything
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Die-Trying
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 22:43 |
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my truck TRIES to corrode in several spots. but i make sure that i get the battery to block, block to frame, frame to body ,body to battery ... and then some more......
but its an honest truck.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> Die-Trying
04/19/2016 at 22:52 |
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Mine was in the family 29 years before anything broke. It owes me nothing, but I’m sure I can get 29 more for an even 60 before it’s all used up. It’s done it’s job, and has every right to develop some personality. I don’t like trucks with no scratches. I like honest trucks too.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> Die-Trying
04/19/2016 at 23:00 |
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Mine’s about 40% corrosion at this point.
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Die-Trying
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 23:11 |
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ive gotten the urge to paint my truck before, but i always lost the heart before i did. something about covering up the hard earned scars that let you know its been there for someone....just didnt sit right.
precious things arent always worth much though.
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> Die-Trying
04/19/2016 at 23:17 |
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My neighbor’s daughter found a piece of box in the street, it was time.
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Die-Trying
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 23:20 |
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ive thought about the japanese broken pottery before, and mending the truck like that, trying to keep as much of the original around for as long as possible be fun explaining to pick and pull why you are sawing off only the bottom 1/4 of a door.
i know ill be sad when the last of it is gone.
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Die-Trying
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
04/19/2016 at 23:25 |
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i still regularly find chunks of bed wood planks and body bolts in the road that work their way loose, bout the only reason i go walking. keeps me on my toes. the truck letting me know that it wants attention too.