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Lounge / Ever work on something and Poo hits the fan?
So I needed pretty much a new front end under my 96 bird, got it all from rock auto, everything was good with the exception of the end links. I put the nut on the top stud (the one that goes through the spindle) and was running it down with a ratchet wrench and just put a tiny bit of torque on it, keep in mind this is a 6 inch long wrench, and I pulled the threads out of the stud. I decided I would run the other nut down behind the first one and try to back them off together, well the stud has a hollow portion for an allen wrench to go in and to keep it from spinning while tightening it. This twisted off.... So plan B, I took a chisel and cut the nut off which was some super soft metal and took a good hour with a hammer to get all apart. So i got it back off and I didn't want to spend the 50 dollars local to replace this part. Myself, the endlink, a grinder and a die set got real friendly. Its all back together with plenty of stud left and torqued down right but I'm left with a WTH feeling after all this. The upper, lower control arms went in no problem, and the strut rod bushings went together no problem. Even the other side's end link went together no issue. Not sure what I did to offend the drivers side though.
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Lounge / Jokes just for kicks
A fire started on some grassland near a farm in Indiana. The fire
  department from the nearby town was called to put the fire out. The fire
  proved to be more than the small town fire department could handle, so
  someone suggested that a rural volunteer fire department be called.  Though
  there was doubt that they would be of any assistance, the call was made.
 
  The volunteer fire department arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They
  drove straight towards the fire and stopped in the middle of the flames.
  The volunteer firemen jumped off the truck and frantically started spraying
  water in all directions. Soon they had snuffed out the center of the fire,
  breaking the blaze into two easily controllable parts.
 
  The farmer was so impressed with the volunteer fire department's work and
  so grateful that his farm had been spared, that he presented the volunteer
  fire department with a check for $1000.
 
  A local news reporter asked the volunteer fire captain what the department
  planned to do with the funds.
 
  "That should be obvious," he responded, "the first thing we're gonna do is
  get the brakes fixed on that stupid fire truck."
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Lounge / Can i be honest with you all?
I only post a question when I have mismatched info or looking for a quick answer. I generally don't reply to much if I'm unsure of something, or I'll reply if its a off topic thread. As for rudeness in the forum I'm guilty of it on one occasion and been following the if you can't say anything nice shut your mouth rule lol. I notice most of the SEARCH OR WE WILL BREAK YOUR LEGS comes from the beat a dead horse questions, usually in regard to front control arms / brakes / shocks & struts. As for replies to my threads, I take the good ignore the bad. If someone wants to bust on me to feel better they can go ahead, I'll read the other 4 posts containing what I want and walk away learning something new. That being said there are alot of threads that start
Question
Answer 1
Answer 2 differing from answer 1
Thread jack where we have a presidential debate over the merits of 1 and 2 and then the OP leaves in search of higher ground to get out of the BS, not everyone new knows to bring hip waders to the Q&A
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Lounge / Jokes just for kicks
A young punker gets on the cross-town bus.  He's got spiked, multicolored hair that's green, purple, and orange.  His clothes are a tattered mix of leather rags.  His legs are bare and he's without shoes.  His entire face and body are riddled with pierced jewelry and his earrings are big, bright feathers.

He sits down in the only vacant seat, directly across from an old man who just glares at him for the next ten miles.  Finally, the punk gets self conscious and barks at the old man: "What are you looking at you old fart? Didn't you ever do anything wild when you were young?"

Without missing a beat, the old man replies: "Yeah.  Back when I was young and in the Navy, I got really drunk one night in Singapore, and had shag  with a parrot.  I thought maybe you were my son."





I have this huge word doc an old boss of mine left me, must have 4000 jokes in it like this.
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Lounge / Jokes just for kicks
An Irishman who had a little too much to drink is driving home from the city one night  and, of course, his car is weaving violently all over the road.  A cop pulls him over. "So," says the cop to the driver, "where have you been?" 

"Why, I've been to the pub of course," slurs the drunk. 

"Well," says the cop, "it looks like you've had quite a few to drink his evening". 

"I did all right," the drunk says with a smile. 

"Did you know," says the cop, standing straight and folding his arms across his chest, "that a few intersections back, your wife fell out of your car?" 

"Oh, thank heavens," sighs the drunk. "For a minute there, I thought I'd gone  deaf."
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Lounge / Jokes just for kicks
Three cowboys - one from Louisiana, one from Arkansas, and the other from Texas are sitting around a campfire, out on the lonesome prairie, each with the bravado for which they are famous. A night of tall tales begins.

The guy from Louisiana says, "I must be the meanest, toughest cowboy there is. Why, just the other day a bull got loose in the corral and gored six men before I wrestled it to the ground by the horns, with my bare hands."

The guy from Arkansas couldn't stand to be bested. "Why, I was walking down the trail yesterday and a 15 foot long rattler slid out from under a rock and made a move for me. I grabbed that snake with my bare hands and bit its head off and sucked the poison down in one gulp. And I'm still here today!"

The Texan remained silent, slowly stirring the coals with his manhood.
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Lounge / Jokes just for kicks
An extremely obese woman shows up at her doctor's office and claims that
she has tried every possible way to lose weight, to no avail. She further
advises that her husband won't make love to her any more and her friends
make fun of her. That everywhere she goes they tease her and that she can't
take it any more. So the doctor proposes a a radical diet, rectal feeding.

Reassuring the woman that she won't starve to death, the doctor explains
that she can actually take in enough nutrients through the rectal walls to
sustain life. But that she's sure to lose weight in the process.

Three weeks later the patient comes in for a follow-up appointment, and
she's down from 360lbs. to a trim 110lbs. At first the doctor asks his
nurse who is that beautiful lady in the waiting area?. The nurse reminds
the doctor of the lady with the special diet. The doctor show the patient
into the exam room and notices that she is bouncing up and down and side to
side quite energetically. So the doctor asks how was she doing the patient
replies "I'm feeling great, doc, never felt better"

"In that case, why are you bouncing up and down and side to side?"

The patient replies, "Oh!, nothing doc, I'm just chewing gum".
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Engine Tech / Dipstick differences
is that more than a quart difference? Looks like alot on the stick. Makes me want to go check my cars now lol.
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Lounge / $1000 mustang roller fail!!
Ok so the side vents on the fenders, those are ok, the ones on top while not my style are still ok. 2 at once not so much. Hood scoop is a cowl next day regretting the hook up with Subaru.

But if he liked it thats ok then lol.
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Body/Appearance/Interior / Subframe connectors
Quote from: 2tbirds;411927
Soul,
 That pic is hot too.  Is that your car ? 
 How does one get thick tubing bent like that Rack & Pinion Cross Member ?
Or is this a pre-formed piece ?


Sorry been missing this to reply, GOD NO that is not my car, I wish it was. I don't have a tenth of that guys talent. Check the thread, he also makes his own intake for a 5.4
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Lounge / Whats everyone do in their spare time other than wrench?
Well the TRUE spare time is toilet and facebook time. Those two go together like PB and J.

Not so much spare time I spend on weekends helping out the old man, he is getting in pretty rough shape and has about 30 to many cars. We have a small junk yard there but he can't get out to do anything with them hardly anymore. Doing my best to inherit the rust.