Art & Inspiration Ever have one of those days in the garage?

Jeebus, I had it easy last weekend.
I drained the oil and lookedfor the new filter. Nope,"I have alot of filters for this"
2 years ago I was relaxing the rear suspension on an OT and the spring plate was in two places at once. I didnt know my arm was broken. I just knew it too bigga owie to stitch and wanted to git-r-done. Then it came rushing and I knew the day was over. Still got the engine and tranny and all the tools into the garage before calling the wife at work. 7 months before I finished the car.

 

I make an effort to try and put everything away after I'm done with a specific job.
Sometimes, I think I put things away too good. I have found on certain occasions
when I'm ready to do something else, I can't find those materials I put away last time.
So while scratching my head and wasting an hour looking for it,. finally I just go and buy it.
Then after I get back home and start working, it never fails, I find that missing item
laying in the only spot I didn't check.

 

I was going thru zip wheels like butter so instead of putting them in a drawer I put them on a peg so I can see how many I have left and the last package I put a tag on to remind me to order more . I hang that on the peg over the last 5

 

Good idea,I honestly believe I have some somewhere but outta sight, outta mind,,I just bought 10 and going to follow your led by hanging them in plain sight. HRP

 

Ya want a bad day, get ready-------- Bought a project 32 , all it needed was paint and interior. Drove it on and off the trailer and around a few miles.
1 month later the paint and interior are finished,
I've also already sold the car to a friend. He's givin me a healthy down payment.
Got to take it out and put a few miles on it B4 I deliver it 2 him.
Fire it up and let it warm up, do a walk around and notice a lot of water coming outta the left xhaust. Shut er down, check the oil and as suspected gotta milk shake.
Cracked head or block.
Bite the bullet and order a new crate motor.
Guess what I did this past week end?

 

Ouch! HRP

 

Yep hurt the pocket book, but will keep a good friend HRP

 

Sounds just like my day

 

If it were easy everyone would do it right!

 

I always remember projects dont have to be done at the end of the day i save the bad days for the daily driver take your time and enjoy it

 

When shit happens in the garage I just sit down with a cold one. My wife walks in and she knows not to ask. There is always a cold one in my garage fridge. After I cool down things look better.

 

Well spent the day in the garage, all went well...Really...Now you all jealous? BUT I was working on my wife's new pantry doors! The guy that was commissioned to do it fell off his new build garage roof..I keep telling him he did it it on purpose..

 

HRP, I think some of this bad mojo you've been receiving through shitty comments is having a negative effect on you.

 

Bawahahaha,,HRP

 

my six sigma rating would be about a 1.5...........

 

Did Jeg's or whoever you bought it from make it good, or is that even in the cards when we buy an engine? I have a personal reason for asking, don't you know.

 

Man I feel alot better!! I thought I was the only Fucknuckle here Pete

 

You are not alone, sometimes, many times, I've asked myself, WHY can something so easy turn into a gaint F story. I have learned to walk away and let the problem sit and when I get back to it, the mountain usually has transformed into a mole hill.

 

Planned to put a new inner tube in my tractor tire so that I could mow today and spend the rest of the week working on my hotrod. Got everything together, laid out the tire on the wheel and pulled out the inner tube that I bought Saturday at Tractor Supply. Got a 16-6.50 tube instead of a 6.50-8 X 16 tube. Duh. Now, I know rubber stretches, but not enough to cover my screwup.

 

The fun of having a one car garage is unloading everything off the top of the trunk you didn't put up last time, so you can roll the car outside to clean up the garage. But that's okay! I got the floor cut & laid in, The top wood cut, & the door panels roughed to size. Oh! and it was a 106* today, a box fan in the driveway ain't much but its better than nothing!

 

If profanity was pennies, my shit would be shiney, fast and clean with help hired to do it.

 

Expecting one tomorrow, cleaned up the shop today. Probably wont be able to find anything till it's a sorry mess again.

 

SNAFU..............I should have this tattooed on my forehead.

 

I just ate it, bought the new bullet from Jegs, stuffed it in, and it barked right off. Ran the cam in (after settin timing) and it's good to go now. Idles smuuuth, great throttle response and 60 lbs of oil pressure @ idle, on Lucas breakin oil.

 

What happened to you with the engine really sucks. What you're doing/did to keep peace with a good friend is a great thing. People with integrity are (sadly) rare.

 

Thanx fiddysixF, $1500 and a days work is nuttin compared to a friendship.

 

Have you been looking over my shoulder?

 

One needs parts and I can't find my summit book,
One needs final tuned but has a dead battery.
My battery charger out on loan and my back up is on the Frits.
One needs a cam sensor but can't find the keys to bump the starter.
Found them keys finally and that battery is dead.

If it's not one thing is 10 or 12 of them

 

If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. HRP

 

If someone doesn't value a friendship enough to do that, I wouldn't want them for a friend, good on you for doing the right thing, even though it cost that much to do it.