| ahh the smell of brake pads and burnt rubber |
[Oct. 3rd, 2008|04:43 pm] |
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So i'm creating a filter for discussions of mechanical stuff be it new headlights on my car or the latest and craziest custom job I see somewhere. comment if you'd like to be on it. |
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| It's Birthday Time again! |
[Jun. 6th, 2008|10:09 pm] |
So it's that wonderfull time where all of us gemini's are celebrating our birthdays. This wednesday happens to be mine,. SOOO will be going to Blue Bayou water park on tuesday and would love company! On wednesday I'll be out and about drinking and carousing from early evening until sun up the next day . Thursday there will be a dinner @ Ninja sushi on Oak st. Rsvp for the ninja dinner if you can so I can let them know ahead of time how many people will be arriving. |
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| Gears, Grease, welding and a lack of money or why I need more money |
[Mar. 18th, 2008|08:38 pm] |
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So things at work have been eventful, a guy that has been spreading rumors about me ( unbelieved by anyone) was suspended after he directly ignored an order from a supervisor because I was doing something he wanted to do but hadn't been cleared on then lied about his qualifications. With him not around things are alot more quiet.
I'm waiting to hear back from the guy i'm buying the katana from as the mechanic that's fixing a few things is swamped so hasn't gotten to it yet. Looks like my brother may be buying a '60 cadillac 4 -door that would match my hearse/ ambulance, so I'm really stoked about that. Classes are going alright but i've got a horrible teacher this semester in my auto courses. I'm fairly certain that I know more then him on the engine front and he talks way too much about his personal life instead fo teaching us, bores me to tears realy. Frikka, my VW GTI is up and running. I need a few tools to figure out whats going on w/ a re-ocurring engine code but she is still running strong and the gas mileage is better then my other cars. My poor Pulsar has been sitting in front of Panola house ignored but in need of so work that I don't have the space to do, like a possible engine re-build. Still looking @ garage spaces cuz with as many cars as my family has we soo need the space to store the damned things and work on them. I swear I could be kept busy all day if I had a garage just working on Parker Family and Friends cars'.
The more I delve into automechanic things and the longer I dislike my job, the greater my realization is that I really really need to go back to school for more then some mechanic training. I'm going to start looking into going back to UNO once more for engineering. With any hope I can stick with it this time. |
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| Are two wheels really better then four? |
[Feb. 28th, 2008|09:42 pm] |
Well after much searching and a little saving i've finally found a bike. I will be picking up a ( '97 GSX600F ). The bike is in rough shape cosmeticaly but it runs cleanly, shouldn't be too hard to learn on, and parts for it are relatively common. Advice, suggestions, thoughts, offers to teach me how not to be road pizza. I do plan on taking the state motorcycle course once one is offered and then the advanced course later on. Possibly taking it out to No Problem Raceway in belle rose and take some racing lessons. I want do the same with my car so ya know which ever I can afford first. |
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| A question for the mechanics out there & other comments about my VW GTI |
[Nov. 11th, 2007|10:40 pm] |
So I've discovered that the rims and some of the wheel bolts have become frozen. I discovered how badly frozen they were when I sheared off the head of one of the bolts. I've tried tapping the rims with a 5# mallet & a block of wood and tapping the bolts w/ the same mallet all with no luck. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) project_mayhem, I know you've faced a similar problem on a few occasions, what would you recommend so far as a penetrating oil? Tomorrow I'm gonna try WD-40, let it sit overnight and see how if that works. I'm suspecting the rim and wheel are frozen cuz of road salts since the car is from Philadelphia. Once I've got that going I'm hoping to get the serpentine belt and driver side inner tie rod done before I go to work tomorrow. On wednesday I'll be swapping in a new oil pan to replace the one I split on Dante st. coupled with an oil change followed by a compression test. If I get through all of that I'll move on to checking the a/c system and charging it if necessary. Is it weird that I'm looking forward to spending my next two days off pulling apart my poor little german car? I'll be posting later on tomorrow with pictures of the worn out parts I've replaced. |
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[Jul. 8th, 2007|01:32 pm] |
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fuck you you car vandalizing piece of shit! |
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| another day in boring land |
[Apr. 18th, 2007|02:32 am] |
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so i'm still alive. trying to get life into a better place. to those of you that do actually call me to see how I'm doing. Thanks, I really appreciate it. back to being poor and drinking powdered milk left over from FEMA. |
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| time for a hiatus |
[Mar. 10th, 2007|04:38 pm] |
As much as it pains me to do this I'm going to be absenting myself from the internet for the most part with the exclusion of the few websites I can access from Delta's internet, for financial reasons. I'm cancelling texting on my phone as well so those of you that I txt'ed retarded amounts please remember that after march 24th I cannot be texted with out being charged. Still feel free to call me at either my house number or cell and leaving a message here on live journal will still work but don't count on me seeing it too quickly.
Adios |
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| Linux, is really my savior from Windows dominiation? |
[Jan. 17th, 2007|09:30 pm] |
So I've had a relatively new linux distro made known to me. It's called Ubuntu. I plan on installing this little bit of O/S as soon as I get the chance. First things first burn a livecd to make sure everything works and then figure out things as I go. This will be my first real Linux experience not counting a small amount of dabbling with a livecd from a different distro. |
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