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curious2garden

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manfredo said:
Yep, tweaked the dust covers and she's quiet as a church mouse again!!
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Yeah just when I'm sure it's this or that expensive thing my husband will chime in nope it's this or that rattle, tighten it and voila. Yet he is deaf as they come from more than 22 years on heavies can't hear me at all, but the slightest sheet metal rattle and bam he's got it. I even asked audiology about that as they were tuning his new hearing aids they immediately explained it was range. So now I try to talk to him in my metal rattling range :cool:
 
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curious2garden

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manfredo said:
I've had mine for about 10+ years too....It was down in my grow room for quite a while and the kid living with me asked if he could use it for cleaning / working on his cars.
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I actually used mine for brake changes but I won't allow my husband too. I told him to get his own, just like his Snap On creeper that he uses for strategic napping, we have different tolerances for dirt.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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curious2garden said:
I actually used mine for brake changes but I won't allow my husband too. I told him to get his own, just like his Snap On creeper that he uses for strategic napping, we have different tolerances for dirt.
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I have foregone vehicle undercarriage maintenance and repairs. Progressive lenses makes it impossible to look up & focus @ close range.
Plus I turned wrenches for a living for wayyyy too many years to enjoy it any longer.
 
curious2garden

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I have foregone vehicle undercarriage maintenance and repairs. Progressive lenses makes it impossible to look up & focus @ close range.
Plus I turned wrenches for a living for wayyyy too many years to enjoy it any longer.
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Yes, that's why we moved to our new car and will be flipping cars within warranty. We are done with our own maintenance. I still won't allow him to use my brake chair :bigjoint:

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PS almost forgot to add when my husband had to have his cataracts removed (years on the tarmack) we paid the upgrade for the Bausch and Lomb accommodating IOLs. He doesn't even have to wear readers. His eyes are like they were when he was 19 again.
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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curious2garden said:
Yes, that's why we moved to our new car and will be flipping cars within warranty. We are done with our own maintenance. I still won't allow him to use my brake chair :bigjoint:

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I bought my 2018 F150 new off the lot in 19, paid $36K cash for a 52K truck & she still only has 27K miles. If things go well I'll keep her for quite a while.
 
farmingfisherman

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Wife and I took the paddle boards up to a lake near Mt Jefferson yesterday. Paddled and fished for 5 hours while taking in the views and destruction caused by a wildfire that rolled over the area back in 2020. Forest Service protected the lodge, cabins and a few camp sites but other wise the area was burned completely over.
 
StonedGardener

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manfredo said:
Oil change and brake inspection on teh ol' Accord, and adjusting the brake dust plates....I have a grinding noise in either direction when I turn hard. Thought a CV joint at first, but they look good....Hopefully just a little tweaking, and some fresh synthetic oil /filter that I got for nearly free with rebate!! Thanks Wally World.

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Could you come up to my place and work on a couple of cars for me ? I'm f'ing clueless when it comes to working on cars. I changed some tie rods on an old Firebird.....one of my major accomplishments. I also use to change spark plugs,
and change oil....pretty impressive ey ! I liked the old days, when you popped the
hood......you saw an engine and the pavement below. You could stand right inside.
I'll reward you with weed and all the Smores you can eat....yuka-yuka ! My old man
" kicked the bucket" at a very early age. I never had a chance to learn much about all that stuff . My ignorance abounds.
 
manfredo

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StonedGardener said:
Doesn't that " seat " make your ass real sore? Sweet ride stoner dude ! Real pretty!
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It beats the hell out of it's competition for comfort, the inverted 5 gallon bucket. :p

I don't work on cars much any more. I actually enjoy it, but the back doesn't agree. I rarely do oil changes myself, but Walmart had a killer rebate deal on Fram filters and Pennzoil synthetic oil a while back, and I had it up in the air anyways, so she is done!!
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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Jeffislovinlife said:
If it has a combustion motor I can work on it it is like curse how many of you drive down the road diagnosing other vehicles lol
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My specialty was marinized train engines (turbo'd American Locomotive "ALCO" V16 & 18's that were damn near as long as todays train engines and Electromotive Diesels "EMD-s". Nothing like they cover in plastic shrouding in cars these days.
Oh, and I did have the pleasure of working on more than a few very large Gas Turbine engines that were delivering (detuned 40,000 + SH/P)
 
Jeffislovinlife

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
My specialty was marinized train engines (turbo'd American Locomotive "ALCO" V16 & 18's that were damn near as long as todays train engines and Electromotive Diesels "EMD-s". Nothing like they cover in plastic shrouding in cars these days.
Oh, and I did have the pleasure of working on more than a few very large Gas Turbine engines that were delivering (detuned 40,000 + SH/P)
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I was about this close to working on trains when I lived in Vidor Texas would have worked out of Belmont Texas didn't pass the piss test I think that I would have liked it to :hump: :peace::bigjoint:
 
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