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The DREAD thread...

worzella

By worzella,
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Vicleonardo1 Veteran

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Dread...

Going back to my mechanic and still find my car in a state of disassembly, my ordered parts lying around and not much progress. 

 

Calling my mechanic and wondering when he doesn't answer the phone that he is either: 

Back in the hospital fighting another ailment, 

Taking a trip to Tahiti with my cash deposit.

Or is dead...

 

Telling my wife AGAIN that her cute little car is not back together yet and I get another express lane trip to the doghouse. 

 

Getting old after a year....

Loose: Not tightly bound. Subject to motion.
Lose: What happens when you are spell check dependent.

 

1975 Malaga. It is rusty and  springs an occasional leak.  Just like me. 

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After viewing this...   https://www.bmw2002faq.com/forums/topic/195757-exhaust-manifold-studs-removal/   ....I think we need a whole new thread... the DREAD thread... I cannot coun

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...leading to DREAD:

 

trying to put back together something that someone else took apart.

 

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"I learn best through painful, expensive experience, so I feel like I've gotten my money's worth." MattL

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The heater core on my e-28 is leaking. Assembly instruction for a e-28 reads step 1 put floor pan on jig, step 2 install heater core, step 3 anything you can put on top of, under, or through heater core scores extra points that count towards the company Beer hall

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Dread...more than anything else I dread working on the heater box...there is really no easy way to get in to access it when you are a big guy like me...I now pull the seat...

Don’t let the fear of what could happen

make nothing happen…

 

  

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5 hours ago, barney t said:

Dread...more than anything else I dread working on the heater box...there is really no easy way to get in to access it when you are a big guy like me...I now pull the seat...

+1 on pull the seat. Greatly simplifies under dash work.

Jerry

no bimmer, for now

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Being stuck in stop and go traffic on an on-ramp to the San Francisco Bay Bridge when my car won't idle or start. Push it to the side of the road with about 1 ft of clearance from traffic to pull the idle jet to make sure its not clogged, then drop it into the cigarettes, rubber strips, grime, etc. in the median. Frantically search for it, sifting through the grime, only to see it faintly glinting on the subframe. Realizing that wasn't even the problem and then realizing it was a bad spark plug cable and having your friend rush you one on his R80/GS. 

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Sorry Carl- sort of dread seeing more pics of your wonderful tii with those steelies that are in desperate need of some paint.  I have tried to get Le to do something but you are a stickler for originality.   

 

You know I am just ribbing you ......again.

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Glen Karr Community Regular

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25 minutes ago, OriginalOwner said:

jgerock,

 

my biggest dread is losing any of the historical patina on the steelies ..... and I think Le even agrees with me !!

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

I don't agree Carl.  I think bright, shiny steelies look awesome.

 

Glen

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