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   Ron Kinney to mark lewis   
   Oil Change   
   20 Jun 19 10:39:20   
   
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     Re: Oil Change   
     By: mark lewis to Ron Kinney on Tue Jun 18 2019 03:28 pm   
      
    > 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 ;)   
      
   Its definitely frustrating! I don't mind spending the time fixing up a nice   
   classic muscle car.  Dunno if I'd have the patience on an old Toyota Corolla   
   though, lol.   
      
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