You can't make this up

[Bruno of NH]

Left my place at 5:00 this morning with the wife and dog.
Heading to Brooks Maine to get the power up/down for my mill.
Just made it in to Maine and my 2011 GMC shut down and went in limp mode
Made it to Thomas got my parts and tour of the place . Their new mill that cuts 48" wide is some nice.
Back to the truck it needs a tps the first dealers ship had the part but no time to put it in tried clearing the code sent us on our way made it 10 miles shut down again 5 hrs from home.
I'm in Walbouro Maine at tucker Chevy and they are fixing it:)

[thecfarm]

At least it is being fixed. But still unlucky for you.

[starmac]

Nothing worse than trouble on the road, especially when no one has time to get it in the shop.

That 48 inch cut is interesting. I have to wonder what the practicle limit is for small bands, before the band starts making wavy cuts.

[Bruno of NH]

Jon Showed me a band it was 2"
He said they helped Lennex design it.
He gave me a 1 1/2 band in the same design to try it has a deep gullet

[21incher]

Boy that stinks, glad you found a dealership that would take you in. You have a Kohler engine in that truck? ;D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

          A      TPS ?


Makes me sick on my stomachs.   :D :D :D

[Bruno of NH]

Yup the goat sent some grits to my throttle positioning switch in my GMC

[KirkD]

Good thing it was not a CPS it could have had you coming in on the hook.

[Magicman]

To me it's sorta scary that virtually no controls in the cabin are actually connected to whatever they control.  Things are done now with controllers, encoders, transducers, and whatever else.   :

[starmac]

One of the guys I haul logs for just lately bought an old kw with a nice hood log loader mounted on it and left it at the log yard down in Wasilla we are hauling to. It is all manual controls, no electronics on it other than lights. I love it with all the hydraulics, being controlled by hydraulics, what a novel idea.

Something is even wrong with the switch on the truck, so after we start the truck we have to turn the switch back off, so even have the fuel solenoid screw on the cummins turned to manual. lol

[4x4American]

I just don't understand what the advantage is of controlling everything via electronic controls!!!  Drives me crazy!!

[Kbeitz]

Guess you all better keep on the ground... Today most all planes fly by
wire. All computer. No connections between the handles and the gear.

[starmac]

I bet I never have to figure out why an airplane isn't working though.

[Bruno of NH]

My wife asked me to look under the hood I did but knew better that is was a electric related part problem.
The worst part was that the abs and traction control locked up so you would lose control of the truck for a minute

[irvi00]

Gal I used to date bought a new Ford Edge. I looked under the hood and honestly couldn't tell you I could even change the oil. Never found the filter on the stupid thing! I'll drive my 88 toyota till the wheels fall off.

[Brad_bb]

I feel ya.  Spent 3 days just outside Nashville when I lost my tranny.  It hurt the pocket book too.

[Darrel]

I had an old Olds Cutless, first car I ever had that had cruise control.  In that car if you set the cruise control you could put your foot lightly on the accelerator peddle and feel it moving under your foot.  Those days are long gone!

In my wife's Subaru Outback you can put the peddle to the metal while driving on ice and the tires won't slip or spin. Then you can step hard on the break and you can't lock em up. You don't drive a car anymore, you just unwillingly provide the computer with input and it drives for you.

[WLC]

One of the guys I haul logs for just lately bought an old kw with a nice hood log loader mounted on it and left it at the log yard down in Wasilla we are hauling to. It is all manual controls, no electronics on it other than lights. I love it with all the hydraulics, being controlled by hydraulics, what a novel idea.

Something is even wrong with the switch on the truck, so after we start the truck we have to turn the switch back off, so even have the fuel solenoid screw on the cummins turned to manual. lol

Long way to be bringing logs.  Where you delivering to?

[starmac]

It is firewood logs to Websters, the quanset off the farmers loop exit.

[starmac]

WLC I have been known to deliver house logs to German Mike on the north side of town too, but not in the last 2 years.

[DanMc]

You think that's bad, just wait a few years!  Every automaker today is infatuated with developing full automation for their vehicles.  Some are further along than others.  Autonomous vehicles have various categories from level 1, which I think includes something simple like cruise control, to level 5 which means there is no need for a driver and it may not even have manual controls. 

Those of us that work on some of this stuff don't want full automation in our own cars, but it's what pays our bills these days.  The motivation for all of this is rather strange, it's like it's being forced on us. 

[Kbeitz]

I would rather be able to find new cars/trucks today that has wings, crankup windows,
No A/C, vents,no computers,No plastic,Standard shift, trunk space, a real spare tire, a frame, rear wheel drive, no cat., carburetors, real bumpers, and small little trucks like they made in the 60's. The list goes on....

[irvi00]

I would rather be able to find new cars/trucks today that has wings, crankup windows,
No A/C, vents,no computers,No plastic,Standard shift, trunk space, a real spare tire, a frame, rear wheel drive, no cat., carburetors, real bumpers, and small little trucks like they made in the 60's. The list goes on....

Toyota still makes the hilux trucks with 22r motors. But not allowed to sell in the US because of safety and emission standards. Id love to get my hands on a brand new hilux!

[Kbeitz]

I would rather be able to find new cars/trucks today that has wings, crankup windows,
No A/C, vents,no computers,No plastic,Standard shift, trunk space, a real spare tire, a frame, rear wheel drive, no cat., carburetors, real bumpers, and small little trucks like they made in the 60's. The list goes on....

Toyota still makes the hilux trucks with 22r motors. But not allowed to sell in the US because of safety and emission standards. Id love to get my hands on a brand new hilux!

When I was over in Dominican Republic I seen lots of trucks that I liked.
The one I like best was a Daihatsu . A very simple truck...



 



 

[plantman]

I would love a cab-over pickup truck ! There is something very wrong with America when we can't seem to get what everyone really wants and needs, and no one can figure out why.

I would rather be able to find new cars/trucks today that has wings, crankup windows,
No A/C, vents,no computers,No plastic,Standard shift, trunk space, a real spare tire, a frame, rear wheel drive, no cat., carburetors, real bumpers, and small little trucks like they made in the 60's. The list goes on....

Toyota still makes the hilux trucks with 22r motors. But not allowed to sell in the US because of safety and emission standards. Id love to get my hands on a brand new hilux!

When I was over in Dominican Republic I seen lots of trucks that I liked.
The one I like best was a Daihatsu . A very simple truck...