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Old 06-23-2011, 08:30 PM
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well guys my baby has lived a good life lol but any way my brake line blow out today and when it did my motor cought on fire on the driver side. Just my luck now i have my work cut out for me with no money lol.
 
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damn.
did all the wiring burn up? as in ABS, pdc, harness into the cab?
 
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sorry to hear it guess this is a good reminder to check these things.
 
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it was not a reall big fire melted the oil cap, heater hose, plugwires i just bought, tps, iac, have not look to see if it got the harness bad in the two spots it started th melt the coating
 
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What part of your brake line blew? Sorry to hear about that..really sucks! Suck's even more when you don't have any money!
 
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it was the steel line that comes out of an aluminum square block down to the frame
 
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