Year: 2002

Things are slowwwly returning back to normal now that I’m mobile again. I have to say that I HATED not being able to get around myself. I know….I’m spoiled from having two cars for too long, but it really is a pain having to call people to get a ride to work. This weekend begins…

Finally! The truck is back (purrs nicely too)… This will be the final word on the truck (I hope). In a nutshell, the timing chain tensioner had gone south and while they were fixing that, they noticed that the end of the camshaft where the timing sprocket goes on was badly cracked. So, both have…

Multiple Updates Today: I went to Edmonton for my last APEGGA coucil meeting on Wednesday. So, I am no longer a councillor. Oh well. It was fun (sorta). I flew up there on a little Metroliner (52 inch culvert with wings) that flies directly to/from the Edmonton Municipal Airport. It was pretty nice not to…

Just truck news. I actually found out Friday, but didn’t get around to posting it until now. It seems there is a crack in either the head, or head gasket. What was happening is that compression was (is) leaking into the crank-case, and thus pressurizing the whole engine. Untold grief then ensues. The way they…

New truck update….Some good news, some bad. They have not been able to pin down what is causing the noise yet, but they have made it worse. They ruled out the crankshaft bearings today though. That would have been VERY expensive. They narrowed it down to the value chain somewhere. Likely one of the middle…