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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Yeah, we don’t know for sure, but if I had to guess, it’s probably the original fuel pump and filter sock. The truck has just over 200k miles on it.

    Considering how old it is, it still purrs like a really big cat, but the other day it crapped out on us and simply refused to start. I verified the fuel pump was working and also verified good hot spark coming from the coil pack, but still it refused to start anymore.

    Puzzled I was, so we called a friend, and he was a bit puzzled too, but that’s when he suggested taking a hammer to the bottom of the gas tank, to try to dislodge any crud. Well, we happen to have a sledgehammer, usually just used as a prop stick for the toolbox, but I smacked the bottom of the tank about 6 times (I didn’t even smack it hard), and it started right up 👍

    Another commenter suggested a rubber mallet, which I actually do have, and that’ll be going into the truck toolbox later today. As far as replacing the pump/sock assembly, well I won’t be able to do that myself out at our apartment, as it requires either dropping the tank or removing the truck bed first, so that’ll have to be done at a shop someday whenever we have the extra money, whatever the fuck extra money is…








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    2 days ago

    No. You can have the flying shits, then you clean up and think you’re done, go walk back to the living room, only to realize you gotta go again, but next time is a 3 foot long solid log you wish you could have evacuated a month ago.

    That was a glorious day! 💩