PILOON
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LOL, don't ask!
I had a Dakota which spent about 1/4 of it's time in the shop for the year that I owned it. If I was leaving town I would call the garage to see what their schedule was, in case I needed a tow. They had changed front spyder gears, u-joints a few times, water pump, transmission twice (The first new-from-Dodge was defective) and a few other things which I don't recall. So when it wouldn't start I wasn't surprised to find the timing chain had failed. Rather than taking it apart to see what it needed they ordered the parts, then discovered the head was bad. Then they discovered something else... by the time they were done I should have bought a used engine.Good friend of mine (RIP) told me a story about the first engine overhaul he did. He said after all his work, he was getting ready to start the engine for a test run, when his Dad walked up, and said "What are you going to do with these?"...He opened his hand and showed him the new rod bearings, which he had neglected to install.
You have done good also my friend! ️
Nice to bring the ladies in. . . a really important part of who we are. I may post a couple of shots as well. Or, it may merit a separate thread - Our Better Halves?
Well, my honey at 5'10" is sweet but if I had tried that ketchup trick 49 years ago I would have looked like uncle Fester, 2 black eyes and "walking funny".Nice picture.
You are a brave man my friend. My wife would not only be PO’d but —- it’d cost a beauty parlor trip and a new outfit or two or three!!!
MoKelly
I think you should get a pass on that. It was cold, it was dark and automakers seem to delight in making what should be simple tasks difficult, or at the very least non-intuitive.My daughter has a 2013 Elantra that the left headlight went out. She wanted help changing and you just have to twist the bulb and cable and the bulb comes out of the back of the case. Of course this was winter time and she reminds me of it at 10:00 PM so everything is cold and dark. The problem is that on the left side the air intake and filter is right behind the light and my fat hands could not get in there. I finally gave up and said she would have to bring it back in the daylight. Well a few days later she stopped by my nephew's and he pulled the book out and all I had to do was pull one pin out and the headlight rotates out in front of the car 90+ degrees making access superb. Now they both laugh at me.