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Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:39 am
by trybe13
Drove 500 hundred miles round trip to Albuquerque (too bad I couldn't get to the Balloon Fiesta, Skip. Dr's appointment. Maybe next year.). Put a container of octane booster/injector cleaner in before we left. Engine performed like a champ! 3.5 hrs there, 2.5 hrs back. Did 90-95 all the way home. I love living in the open desert. 
This is the only vehicle I've ever owned where I feel confident enough to take it from coast to coast at a moment's notice. Damn GM for dropping the ball!!!! 
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:33 am
by Cobra
Drove to work, got windshield replaced drove to post office to pick up part of my Halloween costume and drove home
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:23 pm
by Moreforles
think the power booster went..... (Hydra boost) lost brakes and power steering at the same time..... inched it to my last two jobs, down shifting and using emergency brakes...... got it home... hoped 88 shorty had the same system to scavenge for parts, but no such luck.
another project to play with the next few days.... anybody changed one before.... something for me to tackle or let mechanics do the honors?
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:51 pm
by Cobra
if i remember correctly isn't no brakes or power steering caused by power steering pump failure?
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:33 pm
by d3athm3talh3ad
this past week i've:
-removed home-rigged exhaust system from previous owner
-swapped exhaust manifolds
-installed cylinder head temp switch and rerouted wire to other side of engine
-got starter and alternator rebuilt and installed the starter
-installed spark plugs
-installed all the missing hardware from fuel filler neck and gas cap
with any luck i'll tow it down to the exhaust shop and have it running sometime in the next 2 weeks...
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:49 pm
by rlsllc
Drove the '99 to the airport to pick up my wife from vacation (yeah, it's odd but cool), and got a kick out of how the G80 would occaisionally bark the inside tire when I goosed it in the spiral ramp to the parking garage. I'm so like 12 years old sometimes.
On another note, I envy your darkness, d3athm3talh3ad, although I'm not smart enough to figure out what your name means.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:24 am
by crash
rlsllc wrote:On another note, I envy your darkness, d3athm3talh3ad, although I'm not smart enough to figure out what your name means.
3 = E
get it?
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:40 am
by Cobra
Sunday:drove to London picked up last of halloween costume
Today:install new wiper blades
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:59 pm
by d3athm3talh3ad
3 = E
^what he said^
i'm a goth chick and like things dealing with death,
metal is one of my favorite genres of music,
i used to hang with pot 'heads',
i'm only half-evil 666/2=333,
change the e's to 3's...
put them together and you get me...d3athm3talh3ad
to keep this on topic, i ordered a new battery tray from the chevy dealer and bought new moog sway bar links for my van today...
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:09 pm
by reaper
[/quote]
i'm a goth chick and like things dealing with death,
i'm only half-evil 666/2=333,[/quote]
Now there's somebody I can relate to & hang with.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:07 pm
by ihatemybike
Bought some new valve stems and installed one in the leaky wheel from 25% Off, then set the bead using starter fluid and the redneck flame thrower. Tire now passes the soapy water test. If the pressure is still good tomorrow, Grumpy will be getting some different wheels for the winter.
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:47 pm
by rlsllc
It took a while, but it did finally sink in. Very cool reasoning also. I like the goth stuff and love Metal, I just don't look the part. I guess I'm black on the inside, lol.
Oh yeah, all I did was use my van to drag my butt to and fro work today, first day back since the 8th. There, on topic...kind of.
Just remember, there's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people-
Mr Garrison
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:27 pm
by phr1$k37
I flashed back a truck who was trying to flash me to move over for a pass ... love my rear-lights! I flashed him and he still tried to pass me ... with an officer waiting 
Ahhhh ... what comical relief for a long and busy day!
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:52 am
by astroturf
phr1$k37 wrote:
I flashed back a truck who was trying to flash me to move over for a pass ... love my rear-lights! I flashed him and he still tried to pass me ... with an officer waiting
Ahhhh ... what comical relief for a long and busy day!
How'd ya flash him back? Jim
Re: What did you do to/with your van today?
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:48 am
by phr1$k37
astroturf wrote:phr1$k37 wrote:
I flashed back a truck who was trying to flash me to move over for a pass ... love my rear-lights! I flashed him and he still tried to pass me ... with an officer waiting
Ahhhh ... what comical relief for a long and busy day!
How'd ya flash him back? Jim
With a BIG MOON! 
Seriously? With my rear mounted lights. They are aimed down a lot otherwise they be a flood lamp and that is a no no.