The SteveAndTiff Dultimatum

[TBoneTX 45,872]

You call yourself a Texan?

1- you should be drivin a F-150

Pursuant to the foregoing, see man... there's a hierarchy of trucks in Texas, known to all Texans but by only a few insider outsiders, si man: In descending order of prestige:

GMC, GMC man

Chevy, man

Dodge, si man

Ford, si man

foreign, oj tak

The above was confirmed by a east-Texas blonde girlfriend of mine back in... my gosh... 20 years ago already, time flee man.

windchill makes it feel like -19.

That's "minus 'many'" in Poland, brrr man.

[TBoneTX 45,872]

Serpentine belt chewed up.....one of the pulleys is vibrating. Bearings shot. May be the power steering pump. what was it that you just had replaced? The tensioner and the what? what size engine? In the case of my Yukon, there are 2 tensioners, upper and lower. 1 is for the serpentine, and one is for the AC compressor. But if it gets louder around turns, it's steering pump related.

Glad that Steveklarette Jr. is nonfeverish. Mini-B. went back to preskool today for the first time in ages, wee man. However, Mrs. T-B. now claims to be sick. If she's sick enough to be bedbound, then I can call the rubias.

The serp belt was rather old. It and its tensioner were replaced yesterday. The tensioner was quite expensive because it's attached via brackets to the intake. Good old GM design.

Water pump was replaced a couple of months ago. Radiator was replaced in February.

3.8-L engine.

Mechanic noted yesterday that the A/C compressor was wet (haven't run the A/C in a few days).

A/C has its own drive-belt, I think.

Noise does get louder on turns. If fluid dipstick reads full, is power-steering pump bad?

Knew that I should've bought the extended warranty for longer, sigh man.

Edited December 10, 2013 by TBoneTX

[Caryh 5,206]

Glad that Steveklarette Jr. is nonfeverish. Mini-B. went back to preskool today for the first time in ages, wee man. However, Mrs. T-B. now claims to be sick. If she's sick enough to be bedbound, then I can call the rubias.

The serp belt was rather old. It and its tensioner were replaced yesterday. The tensioner was quite expensive because it's attached via brackets to the intake. Good old GM design.

Water pump was replaced a couple of months ago. Radiator was replaced in February.

3.8-L engine.

Mechanic noted yesterday that the A/C compressor was wet (haven't run the A/C in a few days).

A/C has its own drive-belt, I think.

Noise does get louder on turns. If fluid dipstick reads full, is power-steering pump bad?

Knew that I should've bought the extended warranty for longer, sigh man.

rubias!!! been a long long time since I was with a rubia. But given I'm a blonde, does that make a rubio?

Noise from power-steering pump when full indicates its most likely going bad. But you can run those things bad for a long time. You just have to turn the radio up louder and they work fine, until they don't. Is it getting harder to turn the wheels when you're not moving?

[Caryh 5,206]

Why do people come up to you, when you're obviously working, say "I know you're busy", then comes the "But" and continues to go on and on and on when you're obviously in the middle of working on something with other people no less? After his first "But", the guy comes backs with two friggen more. All when me and another guy have our hands all over a machine trying to figure out how to fix a mechanical cluster F@#$K design that the mechanical engineer keeps ignoring. And while the dam thing is running to. Next time he's on the phone and I need to talk with him, maybe I should just pull the plug on it.

rant over

And yes I'm feeling pissy today.

[SAT 9,609]

rubias!!! been a long long time since I was with a rubia. But given I'm a blonde, does that make a rubio?

Noise from power-steering pump when full indicates its most likely going bad. But you can run those things bad for a long time. You just have to turn the radio up louder and they work fine, until they don't. Is it getting harder to turn the wheels when you're not moving?

Exactly what I woulda suggested turn up the radio

[dwheels76 5,468]

Can any of you smart people give some insight on this.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/469916-how-long-will-i-have-to-wait/?p=6695266

[SAT 9,609]

Glad that Steveklarette Jr. is nonfeverish. Mini-B. went back to preskool today for the first time in ages, wee man. However, Mrs. T-B. now claims to be sick. If she's sick enough to be bedbound, then I can call the rubias.

The serp belt was rather old. It and its tensioner were replaced yesterday. The tensioner was quite expensive because it's attached via brackets to the intake. Good old GM design.

Water pump was replaced a couple of months ago. Radiator was replaced in February.

3.8-L engine.

Mechanic noted yesterday that the A/C compressor was wet (haven't run the A/C in a few days).

A/C has its own drive-belt, I think.

Noise does get louder on turns. If fluid dipstick reads full, is power-steering pump bad?

Knew that I should've bought the extended warranty for longer, sigh man.

Tarklar I know how to fix this in 7 easy to follow steps.....

1- open hood

2- replace power steering pump

3- replace automobile with 2014 Honda accord

many- test to see if noise still exist

Voila

Can any of you smart people give some insight on this.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/469916-how-long-will-i-have-to-wait/?p=6695266

Deb what insight do you need? Those guys in that thread got a handle on it already.

[SAT 9,609]

Well, we got about 1 and a half inch of snow. Can't even go sledding with the kid...

[TBoneTX 45,872]

1. rubias!!! been a long long time since I was with a rubia. But given I'm a blonde, does that make a rubio?

2. Noise from power-steering pump when full indicates its most likely going bad. But you can run those things bad for a long time. You just have to turn the radio up louder and they work fine, until they don't. Is it getting harder to turn the wheels when you're not moving?

1. Si, man.

2. I called several service advisors at dealerships today. I should probably take it to a dealer for diagnosis, then take it back to my mechanic. Not hard or harder to turn the wheels when stopped, no man.

[TBoneTX 45,872]

Tarklar I know how to fix this in 7 easy to follow steps.....

1- open hood

2- replace power steering pump

3- replace automobile with 2014 Honda accord

many- test to see if noise still exist

The president of Poland would be ashamed of anyone who messed up their numerical system as you have, grrr man.

Thread participation has been light for the last day or two, why man.

Edited December 11, 2013 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,872]

Off-logging; cat-ministry if cat awakens; zzz man.

[Caryh 5,206]

1. Si, man.

2. I called several service advisors at dealerships today. I should probably take it to a dealer for diagnosis, then take it back to my mechanic. Not hard or harder to turn the wheels when stopped, no man.

I agree with Steven on what to do now.

Iffen you don't want to turn up your radio, I'd go with Steve's approach.

You power steering pump is the most likely culprit of the noise, as it goes up when you turn. They usually take a very long time to go completely bad. First some noise, then later its tougher to turn when not moving, then it starts getting tougher to turn while moving slow, until finally it no longer works at all and manual steering would turn easier. Its still possible its a bearing on any of the devices running by belt, but the higher noise while turning really points to the power steering pump.

[SAT 9,609]

tark hasn't described the noise in more detail. a car mechanic woulda known right away if it was a steering pump. And would not blindly replace a tensioner. A bad tensioner makes a crackling bearing noise. Not a whining.

[SAT 9,609]

so, I just got an email from Cabelas. Says "Surprise sale" so I click on the link, and it opens up the Cabela's website. But there's nuttin on it. It's a black screen. No products on sale......

Surprise

[Caryh 5,206]

so, I just got an email from Cabelas. Says "Surprise sale" so I click on the link, and it opens up the Cabela's website. But there's nuttin on it. It's a black screen. No products on sale......

Surprise

Are you sure the Cabelas email was from Cabelas and not an attempting to install a virus or nefarious software on your computer? Cabelas comes up just fine here.

Surprise, we sold you into installing a virus!