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I spent 16 hours in the garage fixing my two vehicles yesterday.

 

First up was my truck.  I had to replace the water pump.  After me and a buddy trying so dang hard to get the fan clutch unthreaded from the water pump, my wife walks out and proceeds to break it loose. :D   Slap the new one on, fill the radiator and take a test trip to the parts store for vehicle #2.

 

I had to replace the Valve cover gaskets on my wifes Mazda MX-6.  Hey that sounds easy. :D To get to the rear valve cover, you have to remove the intake and everything associated with it. By the way, the valve cover gaskets were $95.  Well, without the help of my brother in law and my buddy the Brian, who by the way resembles the little guy on the top of trophies, I would be towing a half disassembled car to the dealership.  Those guys new exactly what they had removed and how to put it back together.  

 

At 3 a.m. we decided to call it quits since we needed to make a parts run and didn't figure anything was open.  

 

Anybody else do any wrenching this weekend?

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Hardly a day goes by that I don't get my hands dirty, seems something breaks everyday and has to be fixed.  Some of the stuff we work on leaves stuff on your hands that won't come off, such as graphite powder, gets deep into your skin and stays.  My hands are so covered with scars already it isn't funny, always got new scratches or burns on my fingers or palm.

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I have a little grease under my nails today.  Made a rack of ribs.  Took all day.  Marinaded in my secret sauce all morning. Then slow baked them at 250 degrees for about 4 hours.  Also made some garlic mashed potatos while wifey made homemade bread.  Finished the ribs on the grill to mark them and feasted like it was my last meal.  Didn't turn a wrench today but I did wield a mean spatula and potato masher.  Didn't bust one knuckle either.  True story -

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Those latex gloves can keep the grease out, but they don't stop cuts!  I have one or more scars on every single on of my fingers.  If that "chicks dig scars" thing is true, they should be lined up around the block for me!

 

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Those latex gloves can keep the grease out, but they don't stop cuts!  I have one or more scars on every single on of my fingers.  If that "chicks dig scars" thing is true, they should be lined up around the block for me!

 

Rob

Tried the latex glove thing a while back, on this stuff around home they last about 4.2 seconds before they get ripped open and making them useless.  

 

And for that chicks dig scars thing, my lack of luck with them must be pretty dang strong to overcome that force of attraction.  I should have about seven hotties crawling over me at any moment if its true.

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And for that chicks dig cars thing, my lack of luck with them must be pretty dang strong to overcome that force of attraction.  I should have about seven hotties crawling over me at any moment if its true.

Scars Jp, not cars.  Chicks dig scars -

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I actually haven't had to do much wrenching on my truck lately. Still get all kinds of grease and cuts on my hands, but just not from my truck.  I really hope I don't have to do much to it for awhile, but who knows.  lol  But I'm not to far away from having a new project to keep my hands greasy.  Not to mention spending what little money I do have on it....

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And for that chicks dig scars thing, my lack of luck with them must be pretty dang strong to overcome that force of attraction.  I should have about seven hotties crawling over me at any moment if its true.

Scars Jp, not cars.  Chicks dig scars -

What?  Where did you see this? :D

 

Ok wise-butt, don't you go editing my posts now

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No wrenching yet. I've been doing some welding on my car and welding up somethings for my dads CJ-7.

 

As far as cuts go. I used to cut myself everyday at work. But, I finally learned how to control my box knife. And now that I say that, I'll be getting rushed to the hospital again tonight.

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I have permanent grease under my fingernails.  I also have my fair share of wound marks from having engines, transmissions dropped on my hands and other assorted marks from generally working in tight places.

 

That Mazda is similar to the 3.4L DOHC V6 that was in the Lumina Z34, Pontiac GP, Olds Cutlass and Buick Regal through 1996.  In order to simply replace plugs, one had to remove the intake plenum to get to the back three.  You couldn't just "rotate" the engine as per GM service manual because the plugs where actually inside the engine down in between the cams.   ???   To top it all off, GM had problems with the plug wires grounding out to the head due to the plug boot being a two piece design.  So chances are if any of these 3.4's had a missing problem they always for some reason ended up in the back three cylinders which also resorted in removing that dang plenum.

 

Oh well, this is the price we pay for the joy of working on cars (and trucks).

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