98 s-10 problems...

[Paulson]

I got a question... we're kinda "testing" out a 98 s-10 truck before we buy it (we've been with the dealer for a long time and they let us)

originally the truck wasn't makin any noises...

NOW, while driving tonight, it's making a ping ping ping (metal tapping against metal) but only when you shift it into first and let the clutch out (pretty much only when the clutch is out)

The damn thing only has 47,000 miles on it, and it's a manual transmission.. what could be wrong with it? It doesn't make the noise in reverse, only in 1-5 gear...

It's not the engine, because you can give it gas and it wont make the noise, only when you put it in first and let the clutch out and it starts moving does it make the noise...

it's really really loud too...

any ideas?

 

[Ladies Man]

now i'm alittle drunk but here's what i'm thinking

IF SOMETHING IS WRONG DON'T BUY IT!

 

[Sluggo]

Throw-out bearing
Pilot bushing
forward gear syncros

 

[Paulson]

yeah, but we're about 100 some odd miles from the dealer and it originally wasn't making these noises

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Throw-out bearing
Pilot bushing
forward gear syncros

and how hard is this crap to fix? I mean ugh, damnit. STUPID POS :|

 

[Moonbeam]

Buy it after it's fixed by the bealer on his dime? I'm not good with car questions.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Paulson

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Throw-out bearing
Pilot bushing
forward gear syncros

and how hard is this crap to fix? I mean ugh, damnit. STUPID POS :|

The syncros would basically require a new transmission, the other parts are like $5 parts, but a bundle on the labor.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Buy it after it's fixed by the bealer on his dime? I'm not good with car questions.

Unless its a real philisophical thing like:

I really like my current car and will miss it when I sell it. Basically I have instilled human emotions onto this hunk of metal parts in my driveway, is there any way that I may be able to sell the thing and yet not miss it?

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: Paulson

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Throw-out bearing
Pilot bushing
forward gear syncros

and how hard is this crap to fix? I mean ugh, damnit. STUPID POS :|

The syncros would basically require a new transmission, the other parts are like $5 parts, but a bundle on the labor.

Why the hell would it go out on an almost brand new transmission? I mean 47,000 miles is hardly anything at all?

 

[amnesiac]

Dude stay the hell away from that truck.
It's unsafe, unreliable, and will give you nothing but headaches.
<--- Drove a 1995 GMC Jimmy for 5 years, has 2 friends with S-10's and 3 with Blazers. None are happy with their vehicles.

 

[Evadman]

Definately soulds like a throw out bearing. Is there any way you could make a recording of it? It would be most helpful.

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Oh, and a throw out bearing is like $20 max. Labor is a bitch though, as you have to remove the trans to put it in. 5-6 hrs labor mimimum.

I would not buy that truck even if they fix it.. If that bearing is going, then other things will too. That truck had to be beat on to get the bearing to do that after so few miles.

 

[Paulson]

no, it's a really nice truck, or at least it was till it started making these clicking noises

I don't get it though, hell our ford ranger was a manual and it had 196,000 on it before something else went on that damn thing

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Definately soulds like a throw out bearing. Is there any way you could make a recording of it? It would be most helpful.

I really can't makin a recording of it...

how bad is it to drive with a throw out bearing gone bad?

Also, what would make the throw out bearing go bad?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Paulson

Originally posted by: Evadman
Definately soulds like a throw out bearing. Is there any way you could make a recording of it? It would be most helpful.

I really can't makin a recording of it...

how bad is it to drive with a throw out bearing gone bad?

Sooner or later it is possable to weld it to the input shaft of the trans. Then you are not going anywhere.

Call up the dealer and tell him what happened. They will tell you what to do. Since you do not own it, be real careful.

It could be other things, that is only an educated guess. I am in no way infalable. ( you may not repeat that )

 

[Paulson]

ugh... just my damn luck

Here's the record of vehicles that have had something wrong with them while I was driving:

90 chevy c1500... auto transmission went out on me only 1000 miles after we got the truck.
90 ford ranger... camshaft froze up @ 145,000 miles and left me on the side of the road...
86 ford ranger... electrical system all messed up, almost rendering me stranded....

now this stupid truck... this is all in a matter of months too

Damnit

 

[Evadman]

So you are having bad luck with Chevy's and Fords. Maybe Try a 1500 dodge or a Toyota tacoma or something?

 

[Moonbeam]

Hehe, sluggo, If I had to psychoanalyze my statement I'd probably say that what I meant was that he doesn't need a high level automechanical explanation for the source of the click, he needs to take the truck back and get it fixed, whatever it is that's wrong, before buying it. In other words, while I may not know what's wrong with the car, the solution is blindingly simpleminded. And besides, he asked for ideas.

 

[Moonbeam]

PS, I think Paulson is excited about a new truck and didn't just want to say, guess what, I'm excited about getting a new truck.

 

[Paulson]

ugh, you don't get it... the dealer we got it from is like 100 miles away... how the hell am I supposed to bring it back when it's making really loud noises? I wanted to know if there was something I could do to fix the problem or if it's gotta go to a dealer to get fixed...

Guess it's time to bring out the trailer and haul the f'n thing back...

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
PS, I think Paulson is excited about a new truck and didn't just want to say, guess what, I'm excited about getting a new truck.

I don't think it is his yet. He is taking it for a long test drive.

Here is another tidbit: In most states you can change your mind out buying a car up to 3 days later, and bring it back and get your money back. Varies state to state though.

 

[Paulson]

It isn't ours, technically it's a "rental" over the weekend to see if we like it or not... well in this "rental" period the damn thing is making noises... the dealer is about 100 miles away...

If something is bad on it, I don't think it'd be wise to drive it 100 miles back to the dealer, do you?

damnit this sucks

 

[Evadman]

I would not drive it back to the dealer without first talking to the dealer and getting his/her recomendation.

 

[Paulson]

my guess is they'll be royally pissed

we were gonna get the truck anyways, and it does have a warranty on it that states "the dealer will pay 100% for parts and 100% for labor on blah blah blah powertrain and other transmission stuff like that crap" for 30 days or 1000 miles, whichever comes first...

so technically if we bought the truck, they'd have to fix the problem?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Paulson
my guess is they'll be royally pissed

we were gonna get the truck anyways, and it does have a warranty on it that states "the dealer will pay 100% for parts and 100% for labor on blah blah blah powertrain and other transmission stuff like that crap" for 30 days or 1000 miles, whichever comes first...

so technically if we bought the truck, they'd have to fix the problem?

Clutches and clutch parts are usualy excluded.

 

[Paulson]

hold on, I'll go read the damn thing...

it says the following:

Transmission: case, internal parts...

does that mean clutch and everything like that crap?