Good Day...Bad Day

[ianjpage]

Well yesterday was the good day / bad day combination...

Good Day

Went to USAutos and picked me up a new rotor arm and dizzy cap so fitted them to the truck...

Old Rotor
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[Titsy]

Bummer about the tyre... But on the plus side you're going to save heaps on fuel looking at the state of that rotor and cap... That must have been murdering your ignition...

[Roadkill]

Yep, the second I saw the old cap and arm I knew they were fooked.

The originals, too.   Shocking, really.

[F Body]

Slightly different than the one on our GMC

The old dizzy cap on our GMC had actually burnt away most of pins and I assumed it was just firing by arcing across the gaps

Lets hope the mpg improves

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Titsy

Bummer about the tyre...

yeah tis a bit - wou;d have liked more than 8 months out of it but hey ho such is life!

Tis a fairly nice chunky screw in there as well....at least it not a tiny shard or summat that would add insult to9 injury

Quoting: Titsy

But on the plus side you're going to save heaps on fuel looking at the state of that rotor and cap... That must have been murdering your ignition...

Quoting: F Body

Lets hope the mpg improves

yeah lets hope so - i dont think it could get any worse really lol..

Quoting: Roadkill

Yep, the second I saw the old cap and arm I knew they were fooked.

The originals, too.  Shocking, really.

Yeah they did last well though 200,000 miles on the orignial cap and rotor cant be bad!!

[v8mad0]

That sucks about the tyre, hope the vans all sorted for ya now Ian.

[ianjpage]

Quoting: v8mad0

hope the vans all sorted for ya now

so do i lol!

[Titsy]

Quoting: ianjpage

yeah tis a bit - wou;d have liked more than 8 months out of it but hey ho such is life!

I had new boots on the rear of the maro a couple of years back and picked up a screw within 2 weeks of having them.... Let's just say the air turned blue....

Luckily they were able to plug it and did it for free cuz I went back to the place that fitted them... If it hadn't been fixable it would have been £80 down the drain in 2 weeks...

[HardRockCamaro]

Toyo used to offer a free replacement tyre or a credit towards a new one equivalent to the tyre wear (so if half tread depth you got half off) for punctures caused by road debris.

I noticed it was offered in a tyre place I went to in the USA, if you paid an extra $10 per tyre.  Well worth it...  Some guy came in with a Bronco and they swapped it for him, no quibble...

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Titsy

I had new boots on the rear of the maro a couple of years back and picked up a screw within 2 weeks of having them.... Let's just say the air turned blue....

Oh yeah i can well imagine that was a bit, how shall we say, annoying!!!

[ianjpage]

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

Toyo used to offer a free replacement tyre or a credit towards a new one equivalent to the tyre wear (so if half tread depth you got half off) for punctures caused by road debris.

Tis a good idea, would be nice if more of them offered this...

[ianjpage]

well puncture repaired yesterday thanks to Tires Direct - 15 quid to replair & balance it

[F Body]

Quoting: ianjpage

15 quid to replair & balance it

Result

[Roadkill]

Tyres Direct do indeed Rock.

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Roadkill

Tyres Direct do indeed Rock.

Yeah very handy place!

Bit f***d off today though - vicky went to go work this morning in the truck and seems some little f***r decided it be funny to bend the aerial at right angles .... this is after the mirror was smashed about a month ago.....grrrrrr