It's very likely the engine, actually. The truck just barely made it over Tijeras Pass. While most people (including me) think fuel with that set of symptoms the mechanic said something about not enough compression to start but enough to run once it's started. Sorta. It cuts off while running at random intervals, remember. Dangerous in freeway traffic.
Anyway. It seems possible to me that I look like someone who has enough money to not care and few enough brains buy an engine that costs more than I paid for the vehicle, so I am just advising all buyers to check the truck out carefully because it does not run reliably and may no longer run at all. I believe that if someone primes the carburator it will drive down my very flat street, and maybe across town, but I am not guaranteeing even that. I advised the guy that lives on the other side of the mountain pass to get a towbar. And my rule of thumb is that I don't pay for major work on anything this old that has other problems. It is a decent work/ranch truck for someone that does their own work. I can do some work but I am not going to overhaul an engine. That's the logic behind that decision. Dana Andre Turrettini writes: > why not get your truck looked at by a mechanic. If its just the fuel pump, > it might be worth your while just to get it fixed. > DRE > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:52 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: dirt bike? > > > Good question. He said it ran well and had full compression but was a bit > banged up. I would be more concerned with the functionality than the looks > if I were actually planning to use it, or let my son use it. Looks might > matter if I am going to sell it or trade it... Now that I understand that > it is a fairly powerful bike I do have concerns with his reflexes... The > other issue being that if we keep it, we would need to get a car (or I > guess a truck, really) just to use it. We live in central Albuquerque which > is good for bus lines and bad for open desert.... though I guess there is > that big empty parking lot up the block... ::snicker:: it would probably be > better to learn at slower speeds with more room for error though. > > Anyway, the guy is coming into town on Wednesday so we will start with, > does he even want my truck. > > Dana > > > > > > > It is a good racing/offroad/leave it outside in the side yard overnight > in > > > the desert bike. > > > > > > It is a very simple, stripped down racing bike, though. Doesn't have a > > > lot of the extra racing parts some engines have. This makes it easy to > > > keep running even for an amateur like me. And parts are cheap. It is a > > > good bike that will hold its value. > > > > > > One more question I thought of last night. Does it still have all the > > > gears? Sometimes they tend to lose a gear (like second), which makes it > > > more difficult for beginners to shift. > > > > > > But as a first bike, I'd get a 125cc or less. You can get into plenty of > > > trouble even on a smaller bike. =) > > > > > > If it is still running well, you can probably trade it for a pair of > > > smaller bikes. (smaller meaning engine size, not neccessarily frame > size.) > > > > > > Or trade for it, and buy the kid a 125cc bike for 200 bucks or so, and > let > > > him grow into the bigger bike. (it is not a physical size issue or age > > > issue but a competency and maturity issue with the bigger engine). > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/17/03 11:20AM >>> > > > ::nod:: I find it interesting that my son is in favor of getting this > > > bike, > > > even if he never gets to ride it. Bragging rights maybe? BTW, it's a > 1975 > > > and strictly a racing bike is what the guy says.... > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > Jerry Johnson writes: > > > > > > > I sure am thankful for those mid-90s-purchased garage trophies. > > > > > > > > The price of a used (hardly used) softtail has dropped to about $8,000 > > > around here. > > > > > > > > The same is true of pwcs, skiboats and snowmobiles as well. > > > > > > > > Bargains galore! > > > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/16/03 05:59PM >>> > > > > Don't know if that last one went through - > > > > > > > > Sorry about that - I'm sure you knew I was just goofing. Was more of a > > > general comment on some of my rider friends that I figured a lot of > people > > > can relate to - the guy with the $24k Harley Davidson garage trophy :) > > > > > > > > Not that it's my business to judge people for what they do with their > > > posessions anyway - > > > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > >Jeff was a rare breed and got involved with some sort of pro circuit > > > right > > > > >after high school. I cannot imagine him ever sitting around looking > at > > > a > > > > >bike unless he was in a cast. > > > > > > > > > >He passed away about 5 years ago from a kidney disease. > Coincidentally, > > > he > > > > >died the same week I became a single father. > > > > > > > > > >M > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:35 PM > > > > >To: CF-Community > > > > >Subject: dirt bike? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >hehe, I bet that friend of yours is the same one who now-a-days drops > > > $13k > > > > >on the BMW enduro, rides it twice, and now just hangs out in the > garage > > > with > > > > >it drinking beer - not wanting to risk having parts fall of it ;) > > > > > > > > > >This reminds me of a book - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle > Maintenance. > > > If > > > > >you haven't read that, it's short and worth the read. > > > > > > > > > >Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
