Recent content by coleman

Snag: Looks like the Colorado's bed can't handle 4x8 sheets of plywood without placing them on a couple pieces of 2x6 braces to raise them over the wheel wells, and even then there's nothing to support the back half of it. Have to think about this. I may just have to pull the trigger and then...

Hehe. Sorry! Yeah, when I got mine, I think there were only two on the lot. Fell in love with it immediately. She's been real good to me. Going to miss her. Best vehicle I ever had.

Bought it August 2001. October 2015 - August 2001 = 14 years, 2 months. That's why I said going on 15 years. No time machine required.

Absolutely. Picking up my new Chevy Colorado tomorrow. I was hoping that the TB would be brought back to North America, but that really doesn't seem likely.

I am. I've done most of the work on my TB myself down through the years, but my family is always on the go and I'm short on time and patience, plus my back can't take bending over an engine anymore. Besides, I've been driving it going on 15 years. It might be nice to have a new car. Sometimes...

Found out I have a cracked radiator, too, which is why I'm losing coolant like crazy. $630 to replace it. Add to that the water pump, the leaky transmission, the rack and pinion, and my mystery oil leak that eats quart of oil every couple weeks and I think it's time to part with the ol' gal...

No high engine temps here, either, and it's been in the 80s and 90s. Live and learn.

Well, it was the water pump, but not a bad bearing. The water pump is leaking and the knocking I'm hearing is the low coolant running through the engine and sloshing around with the air pockets. I never would have thought about this. I replaced my water pump about three years ago. The job...

Thanks, guys. I noticed yesterday that it starts when the engine is at full temp. I replaced my water heater a year or so ago when found it was it was wobbling. I suppose it could be bad again. I hope not. Total pain to replace and I wasn't planning on doing it again. I'll check out the...

Quick update. I took the truck around the block a few times, revved it in neutral, in drive, etc.. No noise. No ticking, no knock, no rocks. I couldn't reproduce it. The engine is smooth. Argh...

It's been fairly trouble free driving with my 02 TB. I have almost 176K miles on it. I noticed a couple days ago that it's developed a weird noise that sounds like rocks being shaken in a plastic cup. It only makes the noise at just below 2K rpm, and not even all the time, but it's very...

Got it. Will get a meter and check it out soon. Thanks!!

Thanks, guys. Drove around a little today while running errands. This is driving me nuts. If something like a paper napkin would have been sucked into the return, I guess it would have to get through the fan to plug up a duct, right? The fan motor volume sounds the same, but it's just moving...

2002 TB TLZ 167K Electronic AC controls Ran into a strange problem last night. While driving, all of a sudden the blower went to about half power. All the speeds on my blower control work fine stepping up and down, but the power at each is about half of what it used to be. At the top...

Update: The problem was definitely the pressure switch. I haven't lost A/C once since I changed it. Easiest fix going.