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   Message 2,089 of 2,177   
   mark lewis to Ron Kinney   
   Oil Change   
   18 Jun 19 15:28:42   
   
   REPLY: 20.fidoautomoti@1:104/115 216e264f   
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    On 2019 Jun 18 08:07:54, you wrote to me:   
      
    >> are you talking about the two nuts on top of the coil where the two   
    >> wires that  provide power and ground are connected?   
    >>   
    >>   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Igncoil.jpg   
    >>   
    >> they should come off quite easily... if the threaded studs break, the   
    >> coil needed replacing anyway...   
      
    RK> Thats exactly it.  Everything always looks good on paper, but this was how   
    RK> it all unfolded.   
      
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   holy geez, man! that is really whack... i've seen similar but was wrapped in   
   another project and was unable to watch it unfolding... that was back in high   
   school...   
      
   then there was the time my mother got a gasket kit because she needed the   
   valve cover gaskets replaced... they had been leaking oil and she had   
   overtightened the valve cover bolts which caused the gaskets to split and   
   break... this was a '70something toyota corolla... one of the gaskets in the   
   kit was the exhaust gasket and she insisted that it be replaced, too...   
      
   two broken exhaust studs, several broken drill bits, and three broken EZOuts   
   later, she drove it to the dealership... cost was two diamond drill bits,   
   several more EZOuts, and several hours of labor... plus, of course, the   
   replacement studs which ended up being all eight of them... she didn't worry   
   about doing any of the other gaskets (timing chain cover, oil pump, water   
   pump, etc) after that...   
      
   i think she was happy to replace the vehicle after a train yard engine caught   
   the rear quarter panel and rolled it over a year or so later... that's another   
   story altogether, though ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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