GotTorque?
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« on: April 12, 2007, 06:55:42 AM » |
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Cara's Law of 40 hours.  I'm not sure how this happens, but no matter how far along I am with the car or how much work done, I always have around 40 hours left. Take yesterday for example. I pulled the front seats. It was more difficult than it should have been... The guy who welded in the subframe seat brace welded after he put the bolt in, and it was impossible to get the impact socket on straight, and the tabs kept me from being able to get a wrench on there. I rounded the nut a bit on my first attempt, then pounded the crap out of a cheap socket with narrow walls to get it to fit on. Next, take a power seat in it's all-the-way-back position and take away any ability to power the sucker. Can't fit a socket on, even a small profile sucker. No 17 mm gear wrench, either. 1/12th of a turn at a time, and those bolts are some long mo-fos.  Next we move to the front calipers. I decided to paint them black while I had everything off. While painting, I notice a torn piston boot on the passenger side (which someone told me about a couple months ago and I conveniently forgot). Yaayyy! More work. It's funny, bet even since this project started, I always seem to have 40 hours of work left because either I didn't account for something or something pops up (like mold, etc).  I'm not trying to complain, I realize these things happen, I just find it amusing. At least I'm getting things accomplished now... I think.  |
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my92gt
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2007, 07:10:43 AM » |
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I hear ya, girlie!!! I'm going through the same things with my blower install. It seems like it's been one little thing after another.  |
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I don't have an attitude problem; you have a perception problem.
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2007, 07:12:28 AM » |
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I hear ya, girlie!!! I'm going through the same things with my blower install. It seems like it's been one little thing after another. You're not done yet??? |
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Brandon
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2007, 07:55:22 AM » |
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hrmm...if it aint broke dont fix it!!  seats were not broken and calipers sure as hell didnt need painting... sounded like homebrew time if you ask me!! |
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« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2007, 07:58:17 AM » |
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really.... i know what you mean. There's always that one thing that royally f-s up your project. I remember back in like 01 when I put the gt40 motor in my 87gt... I had the entire project licked... when to slap the T5 back in and suddenly I couldnt find the f-ing clutch fork pivot bolt! HAH! I pressure washed the tranny in the back yard and somehow that *** damn thing fell off. Of course no one has them... had to wait a week for a delivery from ford and 20 bucks later  |
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GotTorque?
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« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2007, 08:00:49 AM » |
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hrmm...if it aint broke dont fix it!! seats were not broken and calipers sure as hell didnt need painting... sounded like homebrew time if you ask me!! The seats were moldy!  |
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« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2007, 08:06:26 AM » |
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bahhh... still cleaning up that disaster? I hate mold...
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GotTorque?
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« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2007, 08:10:56 AM » |
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I hate mold...
times eleventy billion. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2007, 08:27:55 AM » |
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I hear ya, girlie!!! I'm going through the same things with my blower install. It seems like it's been one little thing after another. You're not done yet??? Don't you start with me!! |
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I don't have an attitude problem; you have a perception problem.
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2007, 09:31:19 AM » |
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Your law is similar to mine. Except in my case, it's the law of 168 hours. That's a week for all you slow peeps.
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-Michael
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« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2007, 09:33:06 AM » |
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Your law is similar to mine. Except in my case, it's the law of 168 hours. That's a week for all you slow peeps.
Is that for lug nut removal?? |
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Brandon
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« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2007, 09:49:50 AM » |
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Usually what happens with me is I just get so disgusted with my projects that I say f*** it and don't touch them until I get a wild hair again.
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2007, 09:51:47 AM » |
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Since that's pretty easy, it'll only take me 5 days.
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-Michael
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« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2007, 09:59:12 AM » |
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On topic, when frustation sets in, sometimes tools tend to fly in various locations in my backyard. I can chuck a breaker bar pretty damn far.
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-Michael
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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2007, 01:08:15 PM » |
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Usually what happens with me is I just get so disgusted with my projects that I say f*** it and don't touch them until I get a wild hair again.
Im the same way. |
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« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2007, 03:54:48 PM » |
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Piston boots? WTF are those? Mine smoked off the first time I took the car to the track and haven't been replaced in the 4 years since.
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« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2007, 05:12:19 PM » |
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Yaaaaaay! You remembered! I went through the same thing with my drivers seat, when the switch broke.  |
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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. Then find someone who's life is giving them Vodka.....and have a party.
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GotTorque?
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« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2007, 06:43:15 PM » |
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Piston boots? WTF are those? Mine smoked off the first time I took the car to the track and haven't been replaced in the 4 years since.
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