nxtlevl
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- Hutchinson,KS
- First Name
- Ed
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 350
Ok....Went Friday evening to give the yellow squarebody a thorough "look-over"..took it for a test drive, and took it back to the guys shop...Below is a list of **** that wasn't "as advertised"
Found several spots of "rust bubbles" under the paint in the cab corner/rocker area...and a couple of spots on the front fenders/rear fenderwells...couldn't see these by just glancing at the truck..(In about a year or so, these spots woulda been really noticeable)..I examined these areas really close Friday due to the fact that his ad said "Rust Free Body"...
The evening of the test drive, the choke on the carb wasn't working properly causing it to idle at around 1200 RPM....No biggie..easy fix, but after the test drive, noticed that there was oil being pushed up through one of the intake bolt holes...and there was also indications of a coolant leak..He then admitted that he tried fixing these issues, but couldn't..(new intake/carb woulda fixed it)..After the motor warmed up, there was an odd knock on acceleration.....The transmission shifted fine from 1-2, but the 2-3 shift was a slipping, surging shift....Truck with a rebuild under 5K miles(according to him) shouldn't have these problems...
Looked to be a faint crack on frame where the power steering bolted on...Front suspension was ****** at best....The front end had so much play, that it was almost scary to drive it above 65...
Adding up all the costs to fix things was just not worth it to me..
So after spending a majority of this weekend driving in a car looking at vehicles, we ended up taking home this '92 25th Anniversary Z-28...owner had it for 8 years..only put 20k miles on it during the 8 years, and just was tired of it sitting in his garage....there was about an inch of dust on the car...inside and out...I just did a quick clean-up of it to get a general idea of how much polishing/buffing is going to be needed this spring...(which I will do a write-up on)...
All in all, it was a long ****** weekend that did nothing but make me tired..I will try to get more pictures up as I go along....Thanks again for being patient, and sorry to disappoint about the square.....just wasn't worth it.
Found several spots of "rust bubbles" under the paint in the cab corner/rocker area...and a couple of spots on the front fenders/rear fenderwells...couldn't see these by just glancing at the truck..(In about a year or so, these spots woulda been really noticeable)..I examined these areas really close Friday due to the fact that his ad said "Rust Free Body"...
The evening of the test drive, the choke on the carb wasn't working properly causing it to idle at around 1200 RPM....No biggie..easy fix, but after the test drive, noticed that there was oil being pushed up through one of the intake bolt holes...and there was also indications of a coolant leak..He then admitted that he tried fixing these issues, but couldn't..(new intake/carb woulda fixed it)..After the motor warmed up, there was an odd knock on acceleration.....The transmission shifted fine from 1-2, but the 2-3 shift was a slipping, surging shift....Truck with a rebuild under 5K miles(according to him) shouldn't have these problems...
Looked to be a faint crack on frame where the power steering bolted on...Front suspension was ****** at best....The front end had so much play, that it was almost scary to drive it above 65...
Adding up all the costs to fix things was just not worth it to me..
So after spending a majority of this weekend driving in a car looking at vehicles, we ended up taking home this '92 25th Anniversary Z-28...owner had it for 8 years..only put 20k miles on it during the 8 years, and just was tired of it sitting in his garage....there was about an inch of dust on the car...inside and out...I just did a quick clean-up of it to get a general idea of how much polishing/buffing is going to be needed this spring...(which I will do a write-up on)...
All in all, it was a long ****** weekend that did nothing but make me tired..I will try to get more pictures up as I go along....Thanks again for being patient, and sorry to disappoint about the square.....just wasn't worth it.
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