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TheStepChild
07-16-2011, 05:34 AM
http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab291/lotsofmiles/IMG_0213.jpg
TheStepChild
07-16-2011, 05:39 AM
Looks like I nicked a brick just wrong and it flipped up into the driveshaft and went kaboom.
Trans, driveshaft, exhaust, fuel cooler, abs module all took pretty good hits. And a couple holes in floor board.

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab291/lotsofmiles/IMG_0204.jpg
RickDLance
07-16-2011, 07:38 AM
That looks bad. How fast were you going?
maine04max
07-16-2011, 08:09 AM
ouch
TheStepChild
07-16-2011, 11:57 AM
Just under 60mph. Truck was fully loaded for a 1700 mile trip, full fuel tanks (149 gallons) full meth tanks 34gallon + 20 extra + a 8000 lb 30 ft trailer
blksmok
07-16-2011, 11:58 AM
Suk! Everyone okay? Except the truck?
TheStepChild
07-16-2011, 12:15 PM
Yup. Just went boom. All damage is floorboard and lower. 5AM, noone else near me on the road to catch a driveshaft thru the window or anything
TheStepChild
07-25-2011, 06:15 AM
Hoping they get it up in the air and start on it today.

Ins co has damages at $6200 so far.

Dealer hasn't touched it yet, but says it'll probably be higher
TheStepChild
08-19-2011, 05:18 AM
Are all dealers like this one??!?!

They had it a month Saturday. Its been sitting in the same spot since Tuesday. Waiting for body shop to get to it.

YOU'VE HAD IT A MONTH!!! You couldn't have the body shop guy ready for it?!?! You knew it was coming for over 3 weeks!!!!!
RickDLance
08-19-2011, 07:10 AM
Hope they get you fixed up soon.
01LB7
08-19-2011, 07:19 PM
feel for you, ours has only been there 9 days and i'm getting ancy, ours isn't done because parts people are idiots though, not because of our body shop, it was apart the next day
trashygasman
08-19-2011, 08:00 PM
Are all dealers like this one??!?!

They had it a month Saturday. Its been sitting in the same spot since Tuesday. Waiting for body shop to get to it.

YOU'VE HAD IT A MONTH!!! You couldn't have the body shop guy ready for it?!?! You knew it was coming for over 3 weeks!!!!!

How many jobs have you missed so far? That is pretty ridiculous!
TheStepChild
08-20-2011, 06:09 AM
I usually do one, sometimes 2 runs a week. Very glad it is a part time/side job. But still, I'm out anywhere from $200-$2000 grs a week in income.

Going to male some changes as soon as its done.
I'll run it a couple trips to make sure its OK first.
Then I'm going to pull it out of the hot shot type work and make it my service truck in my business. Ordering a contractors cap, color matched today. Going to pull all the equipment out of the van, put it in the truck and sell the van. Haha I'll be the fastest carpet cleaning truck around. :)
chevydiesellly
08-20-2011, 06:35 PM
took the dealer 6 months to get my wife's G6 right.
TheStepChild
09-02-2011, 06:51 PM
:thumb:

WoooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooo

Got her back today!!!!!!!!!!!!

A short test drive, with a couple 100+ mph runs (on a closed course, private road of course).

Putting some fresh wax on her now. :)
trashygasman
09-03-2011, 05:47 PM
On the road again!.....:thumb:
blksmok
09-03-2011, 06:12 PM
:thumb:

WoooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooo

Got her back today!!!!!!!!!!!!

A short test drive, with a couple 100+ mph runs (on a closed course, private road of course).

Putting some fresh wax on her now. :)

Good to go for another 300k miles now!
Fingers
09-04-2011, 11:37 AM
I usually do one, sometimes 2 runs a week. Very glad it is a part time/side job. But still, I'm out anywhere from $200-$2000 grs a week in income.

Going to male some changes as soon as its done.
I'll run it a couple trips to make sure its OK first.
Then I'm going to pull it out of the hot shot type work and make it my service truck in my business. Ordering a contractors cap, color matched today. Going to pull all the equipment out of the van, put it in the truck and sell the van. Haha I'll be the fastest carpet cleaning truck around. :)

I always found the local start and stop is way harder on the vehicles than the long hauls.

Glad it is back in your hands and good luck.
TheStepChild
09-04-2011, 07:01 PM
Put about 300 miles on it so far. Everything seems great, except there is a different turbo noise in the exhaust. Talked to Henry about the exhaust he shipped and agreed it was probably just the difference in the pipes.

I had originally had a banks cat back exhaust, then ordered the cat delete from merchant then was at tony b's shop one day and had him make me a muffler delete.

Can't remember what brand Henry said he shipped but said that front pipe might have been different than what I had.

Going to tow a Ford tomorrow :thumb: