# Old blue lives on **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 5, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188 "2015-06-05T23:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/1 "2015-06-05T23:26:56Z")
well the regulars may remember old blue, my 75 ford supercab… i am happy to report that the fix a flat is still holding and i have delayed buying new tires for the time being… as i tell my daughter, “every trip is an adventure in old blue…” ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/2 "2015-06-05T23:30:30Z")
@wesw Glad to hear your “fix” is holding up! Where have you been . . . ?! How old are those tires, anyways? ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/3 "2015-06-05T23:32:54Z")
i can t drive it in the rain anymore tho, the starter solenoid tends to stick, and if i cut it off while hot, i have to let the starter cool before restart , due to heat warping i love that truck! Hey DB!, i ve missed you buddy… i ve been spending my time on the Plan B forum site, argueing mostly, but peacemaking too, or trying to anyway. i had a flash that you posted on this thread, so i ll go read it now… wes ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/4 "2015-06-05T23:40:40Z")
well, the back tires are probably ten years old, but they are expensive off road tires so no worries there. i d say that the front tires are…, god knows. old enough to begin to dry rot anyway. the truck rarely moves these days, i m saving it for the value it will have after ISIS or Iran sets off a bomb and ruins all the fancy electronic cars. i m sittin’ on a gold mine… i just got annoyed with the strict topic adherence here. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/5 "2015-06-05T23:42:41Z")
I seem to recall that some starters had/have a heat shield Did your truck ever have that, and if so, is it still there? Can you retrofit something? ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/6 "2015-06-05T23:46:39Z")
nah, it only started after the solenoid got stuck one day. it is just part of owning a 75 ford. a new starter would fix it…, for a while… i really need a new solenoid tho, i want to be able to drive in the rain if necessary. i need to build some shields to protect it from water, the old ones are long gone. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/7 "2015-06-06T00:03:36Z")
I was starting to wonder about you, too. It’s great to have your Eastern Shore presence to offset me Western Shore self. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-blue-lives-on/90188/8 "2015-06-06T00:10:16Z")
🙂