What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2021]
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Yup, they do not know how to learn. Back a decade or so ago, I was on a Poker Run and saw one in the ditch just waiting on the opportunity to try and cross the road. Lucky for me I was not the chosen victim for that attempt. The route brought us back the same way a short while later and there it was, on the shoulder of the road, minus most of its pelt; worst case of road rash I had ever seen. Concluded it must have tried to cross in front of a sem-trailer and the trucker didn't even bother just smacked it a good one and carried on. Which I did too. Too hot a day to stop and the meat would likely have been contaminated already by gravel and asphalt and gut critters.
Aside from that, just eyeballing up the car and, unless the front cradle took some hidden damage, you just might be able to repair that ride. It would be a shame to retire it after it just proved "It Will Kill."
Nick
Aside from that, just eyeballing up the car and, unless the front cradle took some hidden damage, you just might be able to repair that ride. It would be a shame to retire it after it just proved "It Will Kill."
Nick
I'm 99% sure it's repairable. Hood, both front fenders, bumper cover, drivers door, drivers rear view mirror, drivers fog light, and a windshield. Sounds worse than it is. It's '17 so they'll probably demand used parts. Really it's all bolt on parts. Scuff, and paint, plus a windshield which is cheap. I'm guessing around $6000 total. Thank God for insurance! Helps that she's our insurance agent. 😁
In the finest tradition of the many corollaries of Murphy's Law, the last washer chose to jump off its capscrew and disappear into the underbrush. So far it has not responded to either the sweeping broom or the magnetic broom; meaning it has found a place to hide that I have not as yet located or it has joined the ranks of all the bits and pieces that have turned sideways and slid into the one crack that is the gateway to an alternate reality.
Twilight Zone moment aside, not happy with striking once, Murphy compounded the problem by having me discover that the mia washer was the last chrome 5/16ths bolt size flat washer in the inventory; couldn't even find a good used one.
While they are not made of unobtanium, getting into the indie shop to buy some is currently verbotten locally. All non-essential travel has been banned and the cops have been give a free ride to stop and ticket those who they think are abusing the definition of essential. Estimated time in purgatory? One month minimum. Not our problem to the same degree per se but the south of the province is one panic attack away from the system having a meltdown so the whole province has to suffer.
The indie does have a website but fasteners aren't cute so they don't usually appear as items for sale so I would likely had to have phoned them and get the parts dude to order what I needed and waited for the next shipment or so to show up in however long it would have taken so why not do that myself and eliminate the middle man? And yeah, I know, small business needs some financial love right now to stay in business but this is me, not on the rotation list for work right now, and trying to do something with no budget or discretionary income.
So I found a Canadian distributor/supplier on line that sells to the retail trade. Did have to buy package lot and they weren't cheap but still a deal compared to absolute retail cost on a per each basis at the counter. Plus the wait time otherwise would have as much as around two weeks. This way, middle of the week. Gotta do whatcha gotta do.
Did take some pictures but unless you are into spaghetti factories of wire and connections, may choose not to bruise your tender sensibilities by inflicting the sight of multiple wires wriggling hither and yon inside the headlight cases on your eyeballs.
Nick
Twilight Zone moment aside, not happy with striking once, Murphy compounded the problem by having me discover that the mia washer was the last chrome 5/16ths bolt size flat washer in the inventory; couldn't even find a good used one.
While they are not made of unobtanium, getting into the indie shop to buy some is currently verbotten locally. All non-essential travel has been banned and the cops have been give a free ride to stop and ticket those who they think are abusing the definition of essential. Estimated time in purgatory? One month minimum. Not our problem to the same degree per se but the south of the province is one panic attack away from the system having a meltdown so the whole province has to suffer.
The indie does have a website but fasteners aren't cute so they don't usually appear as items for sale so I would likely had to have phoned them and get the parts dude to order what I needed and waited for the next shipment or so to show up in however long it would have taken so why not do that myself and eliminate the middle man? And yeah, I know, small business needs some financial love right now to stay in business but this is me, not on the rotation list for work right now, and trying to do something with no budget or discretionary income.
So I found a Canadian distributor/supplier on line that sells to the retail trade. Did have to buy package lot and they weren't cheap but still a deal compared to absolute retail cost on a per each basis at the counter. Plus the wait time otherwise would have as much as around two weeks. This way, middle of the week. Gotta do whatcha gotta do.
Did take some pictures but unless you are into spaghetti factories of wire and connections, may choose not to bruise your tender sensibilities by inflicting the sight of multiple wires wriggling hither and yon inside the headlight cases on your eyeballs.
Nick
Tossed on new front pads on her Fusion and had o'really turn the rotors since these are decent and oem Ford ones. $15 each to turn is way better than the $50+ for a knockoff rotor or $70 for something decent.
120k miles and the rotors have never been off on the fusion. The caliper bracket bolts are still loctited in. I'm pretty sure they are the 2nd pair of pads but I don't remember doing it and we got the car at 59k so they must have been OE ford pads put on right before we bought it. Honestly she complained it was pulsing in the pedal a little and I looked at the pads and determined it was time.
Cheaper to keep it running and her happy than replace the car
120k miles and the rotors have never been off on the fusion. The caliper bracket bolts are still loctited in. I'm pretty sure they are the 2nd pair of pads but I don't remember doing it and we got the car at 59k so they must have been OE ford pads put on right before we bought it. Honestly she complained it was pulsing in the pedal a little and I looked at the pads and determined it was time.
Cheaper to keep it running and her happy than replace the car
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Got my shock situation for my '99 CC SWB corrected. Popped the rivets out of the pass side rear upper shock mounted & moved it 4" closer to the rear end so the distance equaled the drivers side placement (both are now @ 15"). This required some new holes, sectioning, & slightly reshaping the upper portion of the bracket.
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Drove 542 miles round trip to a 300 person "village" in nebraska through a blizzard in a dumbass uhaul 15' van and a trailer (they wouldn't let me pull the car with their pickups, and frankly were a bit rude when I asked), got blown off the highway to join the other cars, demolished a ford focus, got a new uhaul, and picked up a 1971 Thunderbird. Floors and interior are mint. Rear 1/4s, not so much. Trunk is ok. tank has a hole in it and steering shaft is exploded so the wheel does nothing.
Left Friday morning, got back 11pm saturday.
how was yalls weekend?
Left Friday morning, got back 11pm saturday.
how was yalls weekend?
Why? There was a nice one for sale in Fort Dodge a while back. Didn't know you wanted another one.
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