Estimated Rolling Date: Feb. 12, 2012
The visit to the Truck hospital turned into a diagnostic event instead of a repair. After the tech got through with his exam, he could not definitely say what part of the water pump two piece housing or gaskets was the trouble. Since the Truck has nearly 200,000 miles and seven years on the original water pump, the choice was to spend 6 hours of labor to take it apart and maybe replace a gasket or to spend another chunk of money and replace the old water pump while the engine was opened up. A new water pump was chosen.
It was a surprise for me to find out the water pump is gear driven from inside the engine block. The parts have to come from Corpus Christi and will be in tomorrow. With the new water pump the Truck should be finished with any worry about this part of the engine for another six or seven years. By then my age will be well over 70 and ready for another vehicle, maybe.
The game plan is to have the Truck at the repair shop of the dealer by 0800 in the morning and sit around the dealer’s waiting room for the repairs to be completed. A waiting room is not the best place for trying to have tooooo much fun. TheOFM.
3 comments:
IMHO, better to spend the big bucks now , rather than have it fail on you in the middle of nowhere. And like you said, it'll be good long enough for you to wear out the rest of the truck first.
I hear you about not having too much fun in a repair shop waiting room! Do you have a Kindle, a good book, or an iPod you can bring?
Surely sightseer should be able to find somewhere to explore around there.
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