In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
It's a bit of a distance, but I know a guy trying to unload a fairly rusty 03 Explorer. The body ain't great, and I'm not sure what he's asking, but he's using my shop to clean it out to get ready to sell it at this very moment.
Body of the new wheel cylinder is leaking. Stupid civic, should have just left the original in there.
Mess with a pair of corroded plate lights. New terminals, new bulbs. I checked to see if I had juice in any of the wires before I started, and got nothing. I blow it off because I must be checking it wrong, right? Solder together oily, crunchy wires, hook it up and...nothing.
Herka-dut-dut-der-aaaahgh!!!
You didn't check the pass through between the hatch and the body for a broken wire, did you?
Because it was totally a broken wire .
In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :
I'm sorta in the same boat here and I feel your pain.
Since I have great winter tires for an explorer I started looking there, guy has a 2000 Mountaineer. Promising!
It's cheap , not even 1.5k. Promising!
Looks to be in nice shape, promising!
Tires and rims I have fits it, Promising!
Is an AWD 5.0l, Promising!
Has 285k miles........not so promising
berkeleying tremors. Hate these.
Berkeleying trifocals. I hate not being able to see my feet. I stepped of a workbench onto a step ladder and discovered that despite what my eyes were telling me my foot was not in fact, on a step. Fortunately, no major injuries but I've got a a new collection of bump, bruises and sore muscles that are now tightening up all over the place.
I feel like I'm never going to get ahead. Like I'm never going to be able to afford to get my block back from the machinist.
Every damned week its something else. Any money I put aside immediately goes out. Thank gods I didn't have to replace the wheels and tires on the Miata from what happened Friday.
I'm not having a good time right now.
The stupid thing did last 12 years, and we paid $75 for the washer and dryer when we bought it, though.
RevRico said:Body of the new wheel cylinder is leaking. Stupid civic, should have just left the original in there.
Called the shop at the end of my street today. A "Full service auto shop". They don't do anything involving brakes.
RevRico said:RevRico said:Body of the new wheel cylinder is leaking. Stupid civic, should have just left the original in there.
Called the shop at the end of my street today. A "Full service auto shop". They don't do anything involving brakes.
I guess full service is oil changes, air filters, windshield wipers, and cabin air filters.
Berk automotive wiring. I hate chasing broken wires. I hate paying someone else to do it. So I punish myself.
I sold a set of shifter cables on eBay that were clearly labeled for a Ford Focus SVT and even provided the part number. I ship in the US of A only. They sold to someone in Alaska of course so I had to pony up for extra shipping.
Get a return request through eBay. Buyer wrote something along the lines of "don't fit wrong cables don't fit my zx3 I tried two others they won't fit either."
So you just just eBay for parts cannon purposes? I asked him if his car was an SVT with no response. Now, my auctions all say clearly no returns and eBay has told me I don't have to accept the return. What say the hive? Tell him to pound sand? Or take the return so he doesn't blast me with bad feedback?
Offer a refund minus shipping only after he pays shipping to you I think that's an option that eBay gives you.
Half the time they never get around to shipping the stuff back. So it just locks up your money for 90 days or so.
We all know of automotive businesses that put small-budget customers on the backmost burner indefinitely, or in some cases go out of their way to scare them away from ever contacting them and are happy to find any excuse to get rid of them. They suck, but I'm thinking that the healthcare software company I work for has to do a little hint of that to get rid of, and stop bringing on, the "these metal-on-metal brakes still work, they're just noisy and you have to push harder, why are you trying to rip me off for brake repairs I don't need!?" level cheapasses, and when it comes to IT, no industry has worse cheapasses than healthcare. I don't get how small clinics think keeping things secure and working isn't worth an amount of money one doctor can easily make back on the first day of the month before lunch.
In reply to Scotty Con Queso :
Tell him to kick rocks, and if you still have the address, send him some reading glasses free of charge.
My lead participated in "bring your covid to work day"
Two weeks ago he left early because he felt bad. He was out for less than a week and came back to work, complaining how his wife had him quarantined in the basement and how the guy doing his job was not doing a good job. He also has a need to micromanage us and probably thinks the building will fall down without him being here.
So, he came back for a week and left early last Friday looking like death warned over. Thanks to him having no concept of personal space nor the self awareness to wear a mask when feeling bad, half of our eight person sub-department is now out with covid and I am beginning to not feel so hot.
Thanks Lead, we are knee deep into Christmas party season and you decimated your department because you couldn't sit at home and trust us to get our work done.
In reply to mad_machine :
You and the crew need to don ski masks and beat the E36 M3 out of this fool in a dark alley. I don't usually advocate violence, but some people are so far up their own ass it is the only way.
The healthcare marketplace website sucks the sweat off a dead man's ass.
I hate winter so bad. No daylight. Cold. Makes a middling task like bleeding brakes into a miserable chore. The wrenches hurt, can't see anything, the ground is frozen. F this noise.
Still have air in the lines. I'm over this. It can wait until Saturday.
hopefully it doesn't snow again.
My dad has been dead for 4 years.
Oh good, another berkeleying rooster. At the same sad disgusting excuse for a E36 M3 stains house across the street.
Appleseed said:My dad has been dead for 4 years.
Thanks for sharing that. I am sorry for you and your family.
RevRico said:Oh good, another berkeleying rooster. At the same sad disgusting excuse for a E36 M3 stains house across the street.
Pellet guns are fun for the whole family...
Winner winner chicken dinner?
Appleseed said:My dad has been dead for 4 years.
it gets easier, but not quickly. and there will always be moments when you'll have something trigger your sadness. my dad passed on 8/28/1990, when i was 23. here we are, 32 years later, and it still hits me once a month or so. not sadness so much as "i wish Dad could see this."
We all went to a concert last weekend, me, the wife and kids. If my Dad were still alive (in 3 days it will be 6 years), he would have been there too. That's the sort of thing we always did together.
In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :
Yup. I'm not sad. I got over it quick. But I wish he could have met his grandson.
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