Before we went to the Gear Head Inn, I replaced both of the idler pulleys under his hood. There's a whirring noise, I thought for sure I knew which pulley it was, on the tensioner. I just THOUGHT so. It was another comedy of me trying to "fix" something, I ended up taking the Sawzall to a radiator hose support to be able to put enough tension on the tensioner to be able to undo the serpentine belt and replace the pulleys. It worked, new idler pulleys.
But that wasn't "it." That's not where the noise was coming from. Stay with me here, I'm asking for advice. Today I went and got me one of those $10 automotive stethoscopes, ammo determine where that noise is coming from. It's bearings going slowly bad in something, at 98K miles. It's either the alternator or the water pump, the serpentine belt drives it all. Or the power steering pump. I haven't checked it all yet with the brand new $10 stethoscope.
I'll figure that out, haven't done it yet, trying to get up enough courage to go find out.. More beer required, in fact I don't even want to KNOW what it is, but it's there. This afternoon, one more beer, I know it's gonna be a huge job (for me, at least) no matter what it is I need to replace under there.
The real question is....When I find out what it is and get the parts, Bubba is so far up in the air that it's mighty hard for us short people to work under the hood at all. I have plans to put him out in the driveway, he won't fit in the garage with enough room to work on him, take his wheels off, and lower him down to where the front rotors are supporting the front end load on wooden blocks on the ground. So we can work on him in the driveway like true Southern Rednecks without climbing on step stools like chipmunks and cussing like drunk sailors and bleeding like heart donors.
That's the question, will rotors support the front end load with no wheels on them?
But that wasn't "it." That's not where the noise was coming from. Stay with me here, I'm asking for advice. Today I went and got me one of those $10 automotive stethoscopes, ammo determine where that noise is coming from. It's bearings going slowly bad in something, at 98K miles. It's either the alternator or the water pump, the serpentine belt drives it all. Or the power steering pump. I haven't checked it all yet with the brand new $10 stethoscope.
I'll figure that out, haven't done it yet, trying to get up enough courage to go find out.. More beer required, in fact I don't even want to KNOW what it is, but it's there. This afternoon, one more beer, I know it's gonna be a huge job (for me, at least) no matter what it is I need to replace under there.
The real question is....When I find out what it is and get the parts, Bubba is so far up in the air that it's mighty hard for us short people to work under the hood at all. I have plans to put him out in the driveway, he won't fit in the garage with enough room to work on him, take his wheels off, and lower him down to where the front rotors are supporting the front end load on wooden blocks on the ground. So we can work on him in the driveway like true Southern Rednecks without climbing on step stools like chipmunks and cussing like drunk sailors and bleeding like heart donors.
That's the question, will rotors support the front end load with no wheels on them?
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