New annual section!

[rhipsher]

Starting on Jan 1st of every year for the entire month, the moderator(I guess that would be you Gold Cylon) should have a section called "MOST REPAIRS DONE IN ONE YEAR." Not repairs you paid somebody to do! But repairs you did yourself. The blood sweat and tears. The bloody knuckles and all the GoJo you went through. And members can pitch in and buy the winner a free lap dance at the gentlemens club of his choice=D> I think I would be the winner in 2008. Lets run down the list shall we.
1. Chase down the cause of code 61. Bad actuator and vacuum solenoid.
2. Replace both right & left side exhaust manifolds do to bad cats.(That is a bloody knuckle one for sure)
3. Remove and install new clutch kit do to broken throw out bearing.
4. Replace serpentine belt.
5. Replace oil pressure sensor.
6. Replace all six U-joints.
7. Replace rear mono leaf spring.
8. Replace drivers side upper A-arm.
9. And last but not least another clutch slave cylinder I am waiting to recieve some time around wednesday.
Car Vin#1G1YZ23J6L5801931 has kept me very busy over the last year. It's kinda like having a high maintenance girlfreind thats mean to me but gives me good sex. There's a nice bottle of Ruffino Oro in the wine rack. I think I'll go get drunk now.

[tomtom72]

That's a cool idea. I nominate you, rhipsher, as them's some real knuckle /gut busting projects you went thru.:thumbsup:

I would also like to humbly suggest another award category.....for those of us that don't own a garage(with a house attached to it), but rent garage space and are forbidden to do repair work in said space via the rental contract......ahh, that would be me...:mrgreen:.....my particular speciality is "stealth midnite auto repair".....I start after midnite and have to leave no trace by 4AM. We could call the award the "Mentally mal-adjusted award", as I proly need some couch time for my brain to be tuned up.:sign10:

:cheers:
Tom

[A26B]

That's a cool idea. I nominate you, rhipsher, as them's some real knuckle /gut busting projects you went thru.:thumbsup:

I would also like to humbly suggest another award category.....for those of us that don't own a garage(with a house attached to it), but rent garage space and are forbidden to do repair work in said space via the rental contract......ahh, that would be me...:mrgreen:.....my particular speciality is "stealth midnite auto repair".....I start after midnite and have to leave no trace by 4AM. We could call the award the "Mentally mal-adjusted award", as I proly need some couch time for my brain to be tuned up.:sign10:

:cheers:
Tom

Man, that's rough! :worship:

[LGAFF]

My association has a rule against auto repair also, however I explained nicely that it was my hobby, and if I couldn't partake in my hobby I would have to find a new one. I explained that my backup hobby would be sunbathing in my driveway and as I tend to go all out with my hobbies, I would need to sport a thong.....in addition I explained that I tend to be alittle restless so I would need to combine my sunbathing with an activity. I like money and finding things so I explained that I would probably drop rolls of quarters in my drive and spend all day picking them up in my thong....and with my bad hip I cannot easily bend at the knees.....I think you get the picture....needless to say everyone likes my hobby and no one complains.:mrgreen:

:cheers:

[rhipsher]

My association has a rule against auto repair also, however I explained nicely that it was my hobby, and if I couldn't partake in my hobby I would have to find a new one. I explained that my backup hobby would be sunbathing in my driveway and as I tend to go all out with my hobbies, I would need to sport a thong.....in addition I explained that I tend to be alittle restless so I would need to combine my sunbathing with an activity. I like money and finding things so I explained that I would probably drop rolls of quarters in my drive and spend all day picking them up in my thong....and with my bad hip I cannot easily bend at the knees.....I think you get the picture....needless to say everyone likes my hobby and no one complains.:mrgreen:

:cheers:

Have you received a nasty letter from your assoc yet about your sunbathing attire?:mrgreen:

[WB9MCW]

My association has a rule against auto repair also, however I explained nicely that it was my hobby, and if I couldn't partake in my hobby I would have to find a new one. I explained that my backup hobby would be sunbathing in my driveway and as I tend to go all out with my hobbies, I would need to sport a thong.....in addition I explained that I tend to be alittle restless so I would need to combine my sunbathing with an activity. I like money and finding things so I explained that I would probably drop rolls of quarters in my drive and spend all day picking them up in my thong....and with my bad hip I cannot easily bend at the knees.....I think you get the picture....needless to say everyone likes my hobby and no one complains.:mrgreen:

:cheers:

Better yet would be to tell em that -- Twice removed cousin Billy-Bob from down south was going to have an extended stay at your house and this was hiz hobby with the quarters thing!

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p110/HAMMERHATE/Feb%2009/fat_guy_in_girl_underwear1.jpg

[LGAFF]

Byan,

That is an actual photo of me going up the stairs to the association meeting, wondering how you got the pic.

Threats are meaningless without a show of intent.

[rhipsher]

You forgot to tuck your tag in. Thats really hard to look at after eating lunch.

Projectile vomit time.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn63/keeno1970/chunks_t.jpg

[vettn71]

What, the tag? :jawdrop:

[LGAFF]

Don't be a hater:bootyshak




PS: My apologies, I misread the title, thought it said anal not annual. My Bad

[jonszr1]

you guys are awsome , thankyou i really needed a good laugh for my ugly day:worship:

[HIZNHRZ]

rhipsher, why did you have to replace your rear leaf spring?

[rhipsher]

rhipsher, why did you have to replace your rear leaf spring?
Because the rear end was feeling really soft. And more than one person told me how bad it was squating down when I would launch at the drag strip. Apperantley even if there are no signs of cracks or splintering they can go soft over time. And thanks to Pete who sold me the front and rear springs, problem solved. Its a much stiffer ride and no more squating.

[jonszr1]

rick , when they did your allignment did they raise the rear of the car at all?

[rhipsher]

rick , when they did your allignment did they raise the rear of the car at all?
I don't think so. Still looks the same. When I took the rear leaf spring off there were 6 shims. Three per side. One on top of each side of the spring and two on the bottom of each side of the spring. The alignment didn't make much difference anyway. My steering wheel still shakes right around 67mph. Above or below that speed is fine. They did say my tie rod ends are going to need some attention pretty soon. So I suspect/hope that fixes it. But first I have to get the new slave cylinder in then I'll deal with the tie rods. And then maybe things will be quiet for a while and I can get to the fun things like yanking more power out of her if you know what I mean right Brad:thumbsup:

[WB9MCW]

You forgot to tuck your tag in. Thats really hard to look at after eating lunch.

Projectile vomit time.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn63/keeno1970/chunks_t.jpg

He does that on purpose --

to hide the azzcrack --

Does not want to be accused of Plumbers Crack :blahblah:

[rhipsher]

There are not allot of places to hide the tag are there. I guess he's being a little modest and not wanting to show to much.:mrgreen:

[WB9MCW]

well so far he has been lucky no cracks in that engine he has been twittaling with l8tly

[tomtom72]

Man, that's rough! :worship:

Thanks Jerry. Anything I have to do on her takes alot of planning. I need to have all possible relavent parts related to what op I'm doing, and tools, and a good estimate of time needed to get whatever done so I can leave no trace.

The space is in a Co-Op & ya gotta respect the Board's rules. I had a hook on the BOD. I helped out a nice elderly lady & her 199? Buick Park Ave & she, unknown to me at the time, was the president of the BOD. I was in like flint for two yrs.:mrgreen: Lost her on re-election & it's been tough. She gave me a heads up before the hammer came down, nice lady; she was a car guy.

Oh, yea, also the 48"/34watt tubes are 15' in the air, single tube fixtures spaced 2 to every 4 spaces....I burn thru alot of 18v Ryobi & 24v DeWalt batteries.:sign10:

[Pete]

Byan,

That is an actual photo of me going up the stairs to the association meeting, wondering how you got the pic.

Threats are meaningless without a show of intent.


Lee,the trick with thongs is to wear them backwards then you have a place for your wallet.


Pete

[QB93Z]

Hey, how come Keith (ITLGO2) isn't speaking up on this thread? As far as I know he is the expert on thongs. That may be Keith in the picture.:)

Jim

[jonszr1]

rick the cool thing about all the work you have done is you have just about finished doing all the things a 70k mile car needs done sans wheel bearings. so you hopefully will be good to go for a while .i remember that you had adjustable camber rods on your car. I might be wrong but you could raise the ride height on the rear by the springs and then re adjust the camber with the rods . call corey to ck for sure . i may have an extra set of stk spring bolts ,if so i will send them with the shocks .

[rhipsher]

rick the cool thing about all the work you have done is you have just about finished doing all the things a 70k mile car needs done sans wheel bearings. so you hopefully will be good to go for a while .i remember that you had adjustable camber rods on your car. I might be wrong but you could raise the ride height on the rear by the springs and then re adjust the camber with the rods . call corey to ck for sure . i may have an extra set of stk spring bolts ,if so i will send them with the shocks .
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. These are special cars and are totally worth the work. I feel very privileged to be able to own one. I've also just wore out a set of Vredestiens on the rear. I only got about 10,000 miles out of them but those were 10,000 hard miles. I probably lost most of that at the drag strip. Taking it up to 179mph for extended periods of time didn't cost me any rubber but it sure did bring out the suspension issues that needed attention. But I have noticed the prices for vreds are on the rise. And I'm going to get another set before the prices go through the roof.

[jonszr1]

,i know how you feel though, you get 1 thing fixed then its something else . i was just trying to give you hope that you have got most of the stuff done that ,i know i had to do when i got my first zr1 that was at the 70,000 mile stage . what i tried to tell myself was i really am learning a lot about a car i love . and except for doing the deep part of the motor ie heads and rebuild .its really not to awful hard to wrk on . i find messing with my town car (honda accord ) tougher to fix .