I did an emergency removal the other day. The customer offered to trade a '78 half ton gmc step side manual 4x4 in exchange for the work.
Checked it out and it looks good. Guy put in over 3500 in repairs. Drives strong and straight etc. etc.
so i figure I will mess with it a bit, clean it up cause it had been sitting and flip it over quick for a profit.
Brought it down to get smogged, which is mandatory for that year around here. Damm thing was sucking air into the #8 cylinder. Intake manifold leak.
Called up the guy and gave him his options; take the truck back and pay me the 2 grand for the job, or pay me 500 bucks to do the repairs.
He went for the payment to me.
It takes me about 4 hours to yank off the top of those chevy 350 engines. So I did that yesterday afternoon. Damm manifold is cracked. One knuckle bleeding and banged my head good. Back hurts from hunching over and sitting inside the engine compartment of that truck.
Got an Edelbrock manifold for 60 bucks and I'll slap that on today. Left the truck parked, and some kid decided he wanted to check out the inside so pushed the wing window in and broke the bottom hinge. Now have to go to the junk yard and get another. Jeeez.
I keep asking myself why I do this crap. I could care less about the stupid truck, and I don't need the hassle.
When I got home I took a shower, but in bed my wife said my hands stank of gas and grease. So I had to get up and scrub my paws.
Getting too old to be doing this crap.