Just bought it, then on whe way home

37chief · Jul 25, 2018

Anybody else have this happen on the way home from a recent purchase. I bought a 79 Buick Regal On the way home the transmission went out. Bought a large welder on the way home it tipped over in my pickup, and caved in the side Just bought my 96 Dodge 3500. On the way home one of the rear's came apart, and shredded the fiberglass fender. I guess after years of buying things this is bound to happen. Stan

Geo-TH,In · Jul 25, 2018

Sounds like you just made a good argument for not buying used.

TomR Ont · Jul 25, 2018

37chief,

With all that good luck . . .
Maybe you should buy a lotto ticket.

Steve@Advance · Jul 25, 2018

Yeah, that happens...

But look how many times everything came together just as it should!

Nothing memorable happened, so it gets filed in the soon to be forgotten section, while the bad stuff hangs around for a while!

gregww · Jul 25, 2018

I once bought a Plymouth at an auction. I wasn't pay enough attention though, and discovered after the purchase, the transmission had no 3rd.gear or reverse. DANG! No wonder I got it for $375.00. There was a note right on the windshield. On the drive home I stopped for gas and raised the hood. I noticed some corroded wires in a plug not far from the battery. I unplugged the connector, went in and bought a can of coke, poured it all over the corroded wires, shook them dry, and plugged it back together. From then on the transmission worked perfect. Never had another issue with it. Some days your the windshield, some days your the bug.

Dave H (MI) · Jul 25, 2018

Bought TD6 crawler. Broke #1 piston while unloading it at home.

rrman61 · Jul 25, 2018

So you pay 30,40,50000 for a new pickup.if it doesn't have 150,000 miles on it when it's finally paid for your good.if it has high miles guess where your money goes then;repairs.when trucks were 10 to 20 grand,I bought new,now I just can't afford it.guess it all depends on your situation.to each his own

rrman61 · Jul 25, 2018

Sorry was responding to what geo-th posted

showcrop · Jul 25, 2018

COME ON Chief. Remember you have posted pics here of what you haul your crawler around on. You have had more good luck putting miles on old stuff than anybody here, LOL.

kcm.MN · Jul 25, 2018

My folks had some friends used to live in Chicago. They bought themselves a brand new Cadillac luxury car (top of the line, of course!). They'd had it about a week when the wife was stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, she gave it some gas and the engine fell out onto the road. Some numbskull had forgotten to bolt the engine to the mounts!! :shock:

Steve A W · Jul 25, 2018

In 1986 I bought my first brand new truck.
It was a Ford ranger extended cab 4x4.
About a half mile from home I was stopped
to make a left hand turn off the highway and
a passenger van pulling a travel trailer pulled
out in front of a semi and he cut his wheel and
took me and my new truck out.
Twenty four miles on the on the odometer.
The truck driver had just the month before
received an award for twenty five years of
perfect driving.
And the guy that caused it kept on going!

Steve A W

ADB-Ia · Jul 25, 2018

I bought a new skid steer loader several years ago, hauled it home with my trailer. When I got home a rock had broke the windshield out of it. Dang!

coshoo · Jul 25, 2018

Needed a car for my 16 year old daughter. Local auction has many "rebuild title" vehicles go through- I listened close, and bought a Ford Taurus that wasn't designated by the auctioneer as "rebuild title". Took it out for a drive, and the transmission was slipping. Went back and asked if that car was a rebuild title- yes, says the clerk. Told her the auctioneer didn't mention that, and that I was listening carefully. They refunded my money. Might have helped that I was a regular tractor buyer there.

Texasmark1 · Jul 25, 2018

In 1971 I bought a new boat. The dealership was closing and I had to put my chains on outside his dealership as he locked his gates. Another guy was doing something across from me. In backing up he backed into my new boat and tore a large hole in the fiberglass. It never looked the same.

Bought a new stove for the kitchen and had it sitting upright in the back of my p/u. Thought I had it tied to the back of the cab. Wrong....I heard this crash on the interstate (minimum speed limit of 50) and realized it fell backwards in the bed. It survived.

Goose · Jul 25, 2018

Some years ago, I bought a full sized Chevy Blazer from a local dealer. It was flawless on a test drive.

After I'd bought it, I got about a half mile from the dealership and the big CV joint by the transfer case went out dramatically. I pulled it the rest of the way home on a tow bar and fixed it.

The dealer and I were friendly competitors at the time, so we both just chuckled over it.

Tony S. · Jul 26, 2018

Bought a used Ford pickup from a dealer. Drove it home and my wife climbed in for a ride and the clutch wouldn't work. Leaky slave cylinder on the throwout bearing. Dealer knew about it too. Fixed it myself and drove the truck for 10 years.

olgentdc · Jul 26, 2018

I feel Your pain .it aint the same , but the disappointment is similar. Kinda like having a green light flash over to caution while doing a CDL driving test in indiana.too late to stop,FLUNKED OUT , goodbye 100 bucks, retest again .

Texasmark1 · Jul 26, 2018

When I took mine a local guy had an ad in the newspaper providing (for a fee obviously) a single axle (both tractor and trailer, like in town deliveries use), real easy to drive, with air brakes, older Ford, but it did qualify as a combination with air. We went for a test drive and he prompted me on this and that to aid in passing the test, even knew the route so I had a preview of that.

After passing the test we went back to the office. The line to get into the place was well into the parking lot. I thought geez gotta go through that. Not so, the officer directed me to the back door where there was no line. Phew! He remarked that the line was for applications. The back door is for testing and the volume is significantly lower.

JML755 · Jul 26, 2018

BTDT, in early 80's I bought a brand new Olds Toronado, fully loaded. Drove it home and neighbor came over to see it. He chuckled and said "did they throw in any extra anti-freeze in the deal?" There was anti-freeze pouring down the driveway. I called the dealer and they said bring it back. I said "without any coolant?" They sent a tow truck. Turns out a couple of the coolant hose clamps were never tightened.

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 26, 2018

There has to be some tricks that car dealers and tractor jockeys use to patch things up so they hold up long enough to make the sale.

Test drive the tractor at the lot. Starts good, runs good, drives good, shifts good, no real obvious leaks. Get it home, starts hard, rides rough, won't shift, overheats, oil pouring out everywhere...

TimWafer · Jul 26, 2018

Bought my 1995 Dodge Ram with a Cummins and 5 speed manual new in 1994. At 599 miles the transmission grenaded on the interstate. Only a few seconds warning , then a loud bang and the gearshift was flailing all over the cab. Parts and oil all over the road. To top it off it happened less than a mile from "New Process Gear" in Syracuse where the transmission was made. Found out later that a bearing retainer was left out at assembly. Bearing worked its way out of place and BLEWWY! They said every gear in it was broken.
It was all fixed under warranty of course and I am still driving the same truck today!

Mike M · Jul 26, 2018

Sounds like the welder tipping over was from not strapping it down ? The other 2 were just bad karma.

wilson ind · Jul 26, 2018

Had new truck in 1974 Transmission went crazy with 11987 miles. 12 miles from end of warranty. Dealer said make tow truck tows from rear up. District guy said closest warranty he even had. Another 12 miles and I would have paid.

showcrop · Jul 26, 2018

(quoted from post at 05:51:27 07/26/18) There has to be some tricks that car dealers and tractor jockeys use to patch things up so they hold up long enough to make the sale.

Test drive the tractor at the lot. Starts good, runs good, drives good, shifts good, no real obvious leaks. Get it home, starts hard, rides rough, won't shift, overheats, oil pouring out everywhere...

Yes Barnyard, A friend who has a used car business told me that the association that they all pay into has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to find ways to repair problems in a way that will cause the problem to come back in a short time. He said that some of them are hard to use like calculating the amount of torque to tighten a bolt at 50% of what it should be instead of having his men just tighten them. He said that it is worth it though to keep customers from being satisfied and coming back and bothering him for their next car.

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