My Weekend

enjenjo · October 12, 2014, 07:02:39 PM

It was not good. I have a car on Craigs list, six people called for directions to look at it. Not one showed up. Saturday was going to be a siding day, finish the siding on the shop. Shelby's guy showed up to help after he got off work at noon. The right rear tire on his car had a bubble in it. It took me two hours to find a tire, and some one to mount and balance it. There were only three studs left on that wheel, one was broken off, and of the three one was stripped. It took three stores to find 4 studs. The screws holding the rotor on were stripped, I ended up burning the heads off to get the rotor loose. The new studs were too short to work with the aftermarket aluminum wheel, so I had to machine the lug holes deeper to make it work. It was 6pm before we were done with it.

So today I installed the one piece of siding we got cut, and I cut the top wrong, so it doesn't fit, I don't have a spare piece to remake it, and it's a special order :evil:

river1 · October 12, 2014, 07:06:33 PM

Tomorrow's a new day

later jim

kb426 · October 12, 2014, 07:14:09 PM

Frank, do you drink beer when things like this happen?

Charlie Chops 1940 · October 12, 2014, 07:36:41 PM

I had one of those awhile back....I needed 20 1/2-20 tapered seat acorn style lug nuts for some new wheels on my Mustang. The OE lugs were too big in diameter at the top of the taper. I went to 3 of the big name parts stores late on a Saturday afternoon and could not find any that were suitable, not even stock steel lug in any quantity above 2 or 2, if any.

The only tire store open was the local Belle Tire who had gobs of them and they were cheaper than any of the DIY parts stores.

I'm still carrying around a 3/8exhaust stud lookign for a few with the real short non-threaded part. Inventory seems to be a thing of the past. On line places are having brick and mortar's lunch.

phat46 · October 12, 2014, 10:28:08 PM

Frank, no good deed goes unpunished. I had a run in with those screws too. I was doing my elderly neighbor a favor and replacing his front brakes...had to drill the head off one of those screws.

Rrumbler · October 12, 2014, 10:50:43 PM

Some days are diamonds, Frank, and some days are (NOT). To paraphrase what Jim said: Manana.

enjenjo · October 12, 2014, 11:17:34 PM

Quote from: "kb426"Frank, do you drink beer when things like this happen?

No, I just pout.

wayne petty · October 13, 2014, 02:07:46 AM

Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"I had one of those awhile back....I needed 20 1/2-20 tapered seat acorn style lug nuts for some new wheels on my Mustang. The OE lugs were too big in diameter at the top of the taper. I went to 3 of the big name parts stores late on a Saturday afternoon and could not find any that were suitable, not even stock steel lug in any quantity above 2 or 2, if any.

The only tire store open was the local Belle Tire who had gobs of them and they were cheaper than any of the DIY parts stores.

I'm still carrying around a 3/8exhaust stud lookign for a few with the real short non-threaded part. Inventory seems to be a thing of the past. On line places are having brick and mortar's lunch.

Dorman - Help Exhaust Stud Kit 3/8-16 x 2-1/2 In. and 3/8-16 x 3-1/4 In.
Part No. 03147

three usually have very short shank sections..three longer shank sections..
almost every parts store has them. they are hanging out in the Help section and usually not in the computer.

rumrumm · October 13, 2014, 10:40:37 AM

I've had days like that. Beer helps!

416Ford · October 13, 2014, 05:02:07 PM

Quote from: "rumrumm"I've had days like that. Beer helps!

I would have expected you to say RUM rumrumm. That what helps me.

Hope your Monday went better then your weekend. (Not to often that you can say that).

348tripower · October 13, 2014, 05:21:56 PM

Seems like things are never as easy as they look. I spent Friday thru Today installing a new shower unit. The princess is getting a new knee on November 6th so I am changing one of the full baths to a full size shower unit. Should be easier for her. Not so easy on me. Got my youngest boy doing the drywall repair right now. Paint tomorrow maybe.

kb426 · October 13, 2014, 05:56:55 PM

Don, I've done that before. Depending on the age of your house, that was kind of easy or a real PITA. Hope it was the first choice.

phat rat · October 13, 2014, 07:22:42 PM

Don, a shower like that is a godsend for the bad times. The other thing is most of us aren't getting any younger either. We redid our main bathroom 10 years ago and changed from a tub to a walk-in shower. That was sure nice when I had my broken pelvis and then again for my bypass surgery

57larry · October 22, 2014, 06:14:13 PM

did anyone ever show up to buy the car?

enjenjo · October 22, 2014, 09:15:06 PM

Quote from: "57larry"did anyone ever show up to buy the car?

I sold it saturday.