jimoshel Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 For the last couple weeks the Jeep was hard to steer. Really had to put some muscle in it.I got the daily driver in the garage rebuilding the engine in it and this is one of my spares I had out in the yard. Today I finally got tired of it so I got the new pump I had and popped the hood to replace the old one. Removed the cap and THE CYLINDER WAS BONE DRY..Poured some fluid into it and it steers just fine..Not sure which I felt the most. Stupid or p*ssed off. That was one of things I harped on most when teaching a new mechanic. Check the obvious first. Never thought I would admit it but must be getting old and/or absent minded. :doh: :fs1: At least I caught it BEFORE I swapped pumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Ha, I'm just surprised you didn't hear the pump whining/screaming with no fluid in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 You would think so. Never heard a murmer out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellaheep Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Years ago I was working for Sears Automotive as a job dispatcher. A customer brought a '79 Cutlass in for a significant oil leak. The mechanic that got assigned to look at/work on the car was a guy in his 60's. He drove it in, looked under it without putting it on a lift and quoted the customer a rear main seal repair. The car sat for weeks and the shop manager asked me to call the customer and have them remove the car. They said they couldn't afford the repairs and didn't think the car was worth fixing. (This was '87 and the car was actually really nice). I told them the shop manager would have it towed at their expense if they didn't get it moved soon. Couple days later, it had a for sale sign in it stating the rear main issue and a $50 price for the car. Yeah I bought it. Brought it home, bought a rear main kit, oil, filter and pan gasket. Jacked it up, looked it over and giggled like a school girl.... Trans cooling line had rubbed a hole in the oil filter. For the price of a new filter and a couple quarts of oil, I had a stupid cheap new daily driver....lol. So yeah, sometimes assumptions can really screw things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickinmule Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Was gonna comment on this but wait what were we discussing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull4x4 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 About 15 years ago, a friend of mine went to look at a 69 Camaro. Add said blown motor , $1,800 OBO. Got it for $1,500. Loaded it on trailer. Got home and looked under it. Saw the wires on starter not hooked up. Hooked them up and drove it off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 About 15 years ago, a friend of mine went to look at a 69 Camaro. Add said blown motor , $1,800 OBO. Got it for $1,500. Loaded it on trailer. Got home and looked under it. Saw the wires on starter not hooked up. Hooked them up and drove it off I did the same thing with a 80s Z28. Except I fired it up after I paid the guy $500 and drove it on the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Went and looked at a CJ5. $750 Ad said it needed a starter and battery so I brought them. Fired it up and drove it around. Offered $400. Was all I had. He said nope. Ok, so I pulled the battery and was crawling under it to pull the starter and he ran out and said ok. Drove it home 25 miles with no plates the day after a major snow storm. Who Looks at a Jeep with a plow during a storm clean up? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I have bought two "blown up" knocking 4.0 XJ's then took them home and replaced the backed out flex plate bolts to fix the knock before flipping them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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