ole' truck problems

ronaldj

ronaldj

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ell this is my Sunday to work and the truck is over heating....... I limped it home filled the radiator and now am about to head off to work ...I use the old truck about twice or three times a month.....mostly on Sundays when i work and wife needs the car....maybe they will fire me for being late......here is hoping it gets there and home tonight....I put a couple gallons of water in the back seat just in case and I will take the cell phone.....just this week we had a big blessing ..now its time to come back to earth .....no not really its all good, even if I junk the truck it has 236000 miles is rusty and owes me nothing
 

Looks like you're going to have to pay to have a rad repair Ron..or junk the old girl...hope you get to work and back ok!!
 

If you haven't already tried it...you might invest a few dollars on a can of Bars Leak, and give it a try. Unless the leak is real bad, this product will usually seal a minor leak within 50 to 100 miles.
 
Such a drag to be stuck with a vehicle that you can't trust isn't it. I remember a car that we had to carry extra water for! You have our sympathies Ronald. Good luck on the road!
 
I really miss some of my old trucks. My favorite was a 1948 Chevy pickup. I'd park it in the middle of a field where I was clearing rocks and just pitch rocks into the bed. Rocks that would seriously dent the side of a modern pickup didn't faze my old truck. It was built right after the war and I think they had some tank armor left over and used it building the Chevy pickups that year. Air conditioning thanks to missing floor boards. Fond memories.
 
Do you make a 50/50 mix of water and antifreeze, or do you just use water? You know about the boiling point elevation, right?

I've had my share of radiator problems, the most memorable being on a beach in Florida in my little Triumph TR-6 and being saved by a truckload of drunk hillbillies. :eek:
 
My next door neighbor (and dear lifelong friend) has a 1948 chevy pickup (white) that he has taken apart and put back together numerous times throughout the years. I rag him periodically about "that ol' truck." A couple of times when my newer car has stranded me somewhere and I"ve had to call him for help and here he to the rescue in that ol' truck, he's reiminded me that newer ain't necessarily better! Newer DOES ride better, though.
 
I have a radiator leak in my old truck "Frances" .... Problem is.. most of the Radiator repair shops are gone out of business.. Today they just replace it!

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had the old girl looked at this morning and slow leak friend says just watch it for now....if I drove it more it would be a concern but ...in fact he said I should drive it more it a slow leak from sitting or something...
 
Wish I had read this thread sooner. Maybe that Barsleak would have saved my car. After an accident I had a slow leak somewhere in my car. Shop could not find it. Kept filling it with water. Then a week ago the guage did not show it was overheating. Bearing under the motor was destroyed. Needs a new engine now. 4 to 5 thousand. Even though it had only 44,000 miles on it, car is a 2003 and not worth putting that much into it. BTW love your old truck, Scott. Sooo love old trucks. A mechanic with a restored 1920's paddy wagon would come and jump my cold starting TR 4, in the cold New England winters. Think I am the only person that was happy when her car did not start. Loved to have that paddy wagon drive up. Sooo beautiful, with hand rubbed, laquered finish...
 
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