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(was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel
Your really spoiled if you have a beverly B-2 shear.. (throtless shear)
not that I have one... yet.
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, L F wrote:
> You're only spoiled if the "tin snips" are
> a)aviation-type
> b)rights, one each
> c)lefts, one each
> d)straights, one each
>
> :P
>
> Larry
> :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Erik
> To: C Boyko ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: (was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel
>
>
> I gots a welder!!!!, Air Ratchet, socks, skivies, sweater, sweatshirt,
> Battery reclocation kit, new screwdrivers, (come to think of it I some last
> year also....) Impact sockets, new multi meter (It's the boobs) , tin
> shears. Ans a few other thiniges. I am spoiled.
>
> Erik
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:08 AM
> Subject: RE: (was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel
>
>
> >
> >
> > Okay, obviously it's working now. WTH?? So no need to send me any further
> > "it's working " notes, thanks.
> > Cathy
> >
> > I tired to post this before, so I'll try again...(did these go before?)
> > Since the list is slow, I thought I'd post a note. It's been super mild
> > here, so working in the new garage has been pleasant. So time for the
> > "de-Californication" of the MkI exhaust. As with many things, it's my
> first
> > full exhaust swap (non-cat from the 80 to the 79). BTW, I have a great
> > stock/ with a cat exhaust system available for a MkI, if anyeone wants it
> > brought to Cincy, it's in "restoration" condition , well nearly. Even the
> > lower heat shield is near new.
> >
> > So observations:
> >
> > 1. Aero-Kroil rocks MY world, that stuff is amazing. My kid said exhaust
> > clamps were automatic grinder candidates for him, I got all mine off.
> > (thanks Daun!!!)
> >
> > 2. You folks in California better not complain about "old cars". Just
> > LIFTING the 80 (a Northern salt victim) was a challenge. (you know your
> car
> > is rotten when you let the jack "down", and the car comes down, but the
> jack
> > stays UP. Not good...) Not to mention the rust rain. Cotton in the ears
> > helped. And then a mysterious antifreeze leak, on my head, WTF? Klaus OTOH
> > is a no salt car. What a pleasure. There was even paint on the chassis
> > exhaust hangers. You know, the ones that rust off on normal cars? (thanks
> > Behrle!!)
> >
> > 3. First time with the big grinder! NOT the last, that's a blast to use.
> But
> > using a flashlight with a plastic lens as a safelight when grinding? Not a
> > good plan, the smell of molten plastic clued me in to this fact. (My power
> > is not reliable as yet, hubby keeps conserving energy by pulling the plug,
> > hence the battery backup, sort of sucks to be under the car when the
> lights
> > go out)
> >
> > 4. Fibreglass reinforced wheels for the Dremel, for the tight squeezes are
> > also awesome. Forget the "break and fly in your face" cutoff wheels. Cuts
> > through nuts almost as well as the big grinder. I'm still on the first
> disc.
> >
> > 5. Murphy's law also applies to the "good" car, you know, if one of the
> > three nuts rounds off, it will be the one you can't reach? (see #4,
> > regarding grinding in tight spots...). But back to item #2, unscrewing the
> > mass of rust that was once equivalent to fasteners was not even a
> > consideration on the 80.
> >
> > 6. All the while I kept thinking that Ben and Cheapass Ron could have,
> > between them, rebuilt a nice 2L 16V engine and appropriate custom tranny,
> > and swapped them in, bent and welded up some headers, and driven up here
> to
> > help me in about the same time it took me to do this piddly job. Hey, but
> > I'm having fun, I won't be able to drive the car for months anyways.
> >
> >
> > 7. And the general weepy sentiments to the list, for all the confidence
> > building and patience over the years. You guys are such a lifeline for
> these
> > cars and especially for their inept owners.
> >
> > Other VW stuff? Well, my sister in law got a 99 Golf for Christmas, the
> > second black A3 Golf in their driveway. And the kid's POS winter Jetta
> blew
> > a headgasket, so there were streams of diesel oil and antifreeze
> everywhere.
> > It's all happy again, he had up and it running before Santa came.
> >
> > That's it for now. So what did Santa bring you guys/gals besides gift
> > certificates?
> >
> >
> > Cathy
> >
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