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|    Ron Kinney to mark lewis    |
|    Oil Change    |
|    20 Jun 19 10:39:20    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 22.fidoautomoti@1:104/115 2170ecce       REPLY: 1:3634/12.73 5d093ee1       PID: Synchronet 3.17a-Linux Oct 5 2018 GCC 4.9.2       TID: SBBSecho 3.06-Linux r3.93 Oct 5 2018 GCC 4.9.2        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.              The Dawn of Demise BBS (tdod.org)       --- SBBSecho 3.06-Linux        * Origin: (1:104/115)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 2 19/33 35 36 34/999 90/1 104/57 115 106/201 114/706       SEEN-BY: 116/18 120/331 123/140 124/5014 5016 128/73 187 130/803 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2 226/16 17 227/114 229/275       SEEN-BY: 229/354 426 728 1014 230/150 152 240/5832 249/206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155 275/100 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 282/1031 1056 291/1 111 292/854 305/1 310/2 312/2       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 387/21 393/68       SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 2452/250 3005/1 3634/12 5020/1042 31999/99       PATH: 104/115 15/0 261/38 396/45 280/464 229/426           |
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