Bucky92 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Just put in the new rear struts on Pheebie the Imp...was simple enough...cept for the lower bolts being frozen on ( I hate having to get the man to loosen stuff like that for me)..and I know I need some ratcheting box wrenchs...but all in all..not too bad...the new struts are actually used ones..about an inch longer then what was on it..so now the rear sits high but not too bad..hoping when I feel like swaping the fronts out it levels it out ..since the fronts are from the same doner car. Took her out for a spirited trip around the block ( I live in the boonies so ita all hilly backwoods driving..and she didnt bounce or make funny noises...handles the turns almost as good as my XT6 ( ok nowhere close to that good).Have to fix a rattling heat sheild yet and found the leak in the gas tank...may be able to JB Weld that. I can't wait to get her all road worthy! I really like this car..was hoping for a wagon but maybe in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyale 2.7 Turbo Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 ...found the leak in the gas tank...may be able to JB Weld that. ... Be Very Careful when Welding a Gas Tank! Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elborak Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 No doubt that's why the plan is to use JB Weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsmiths Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 No doubt that's why the plan is to use JB Weld. Let us not be too harsh. L2.7T is from Hondouras, he may not be familiar with JB Weld, and is just offering safe counsel as he sees it. Never a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 cept for the lower bolts being frozen on ( I hate having to get the man to loosen stuff like that for me But thats why i keep getting reminded that men are allowed to breath on this planet. Jars, nuts and bugs. :-p nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elborak Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Let us not be too harsh.I certainly didn't intend to come across as harsh. If you took it that way, Loyale, my apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahag1978 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Tim filled the gas tank with water (only after I pitched a hissy-fit) then brazed it. He insists it would have been fine without the water. He brazed one on the car before, so I'm sure he would have been fine, being the "King of Junkers" in his youth. Fix it, or walk 15 or so miles to wherever he needed to get BTW, did I mention that with some of the stunts he's pulled off that he has to have nine lives AND an angel on his shoulder? Me? Belt and suspenders all the way baby! I also stood by, armed with a fire extinguisher, like it would help in an explosion! Der! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eryque Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 How'd he get all the water out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 How'd he get all the water out? Poked a hole in the tank .... silly nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegAC Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I don't know about you pesky yanks and your JB welding, but this is how we southern subie owners weld things: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86BRATMAN Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I don't know about you pesky yanks and your JB welding, but this is how we southern subie owners weld things: Shirley you can't be serious.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 A story about fixing things with duct tape..... sort of Envision a schoolbus RV with an auto tranny. The tranny dies, so it was rebuilt ($5,000). A year later, it dies again, and is rebuilt again -- this time correctly. Another 6 months later, it dies again and is abandoned for over a year. Finally, we have it fixed again.... what do they find this time.... it's just out of fluid, and there's a piece of duct tape over a crack in the case..... the $5,000 piece of duct tape (it costs that much just to drop the tranny, take it apart, and put it back together and back in). Lets just say that if we ever find out who put that duct tape on there, they may find themself duct taped naked to the grill of the bus on the next trip.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoEyeSquareGuy Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Shirley you can't be serious.... I am... and don't call me Shirley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegAC Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Using my southern techniques, my bumper has been "welded" on for almost 3 months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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