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Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 17 2007, 03:51 PM

So, our saga begins with me taking the demon 4runner in to get its yearly inspection....this ended with a $350 exhaust system and 2 new ball joints (-$400 about).

Next, the damn Mercedes. I, retardedly, removed the fuel pump from it thinking that there was something wrong with it. After doing so, I find that the pump is fine and the actuating cable has slipped so it was not fully doing it do....feeling really stupid, I put the pump back in. I made sure the splines on the pump and the shaft were not disturbed so that I could easily have it adjusted and be done with it. That was the plan on Wed when my friend called a shop he trusts and had my car towed over to it. Well, I either did something wrong when I put the pump on or it was not correctly adjusted all along because the original quoted job of 2hrs (at $78 per) went to 6 (with authorization for 4) because they needed to statically time it (I have no reason to believe they are lying). It took so long because they were sucking air from the tank due to a leak that developed from an old patch and was leaking fuel all over the floor. Now they need to drain my 1/2 tank....they dont have anything to take it....the guy is gonna see. He said they need to drop the tank and have me get it fixed, I said that I have no more $$ and that the tank stays in and I will have it towed home and do it myself. The guy said they would finish timing it with an external tank so it would be good to go when I get the tank fixed.....and he wont charge me over 6hrs (-$480)

Total spent on vehicles this month = about $880 that I didnt have to spend
Come Sept, I am gonna need some tranny biz to stop the hemorrhage

Rant off, back to studying .......

Posted by: jaminM3 Aug 17 2007, 04:00 PM

How much is the tranny service? I have mine just sitting on my garage floor and it should probably be gone through..

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 17 2007, 04:03 PM

Prices just went up, $1,000,000

All your questions can be answered if you follow the tranny rebuild link in my sig line <ohmmmm>

Posted by: Eric_Shea Aug 17 2007, 05:19 PM

I'll send mine in too... maybe we can get a SLC group rate on the shipping

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 17 2007, 05:21 PM

Actually, that is a good idea. If you ship both on a pallet from Forward Air you may save....or it will be the same. Since you are shipping a stack only, it will likely be less to ship FedEx. Pack it well!

Posted by: JPB Aug 17 2007, 07:42 PM

I'm an anticartight just a pro 914tight. Cars are a product of you know whooooOOOOoooo.

Posted by: degreeoff Aug 17 2007, 07:55 PM

Well not to rain on the parade BUT there are two ways to look at this scenario, # 1 is SH!# I just blew $880 for nutin or sh!^ I just saved $5120 this year by owning my cars VS payments conservative PAYMENTS(@ $250 a month x 2 x 12 = $6000)

NO worries I am sure a second tranny will be coming your way with a LSD + MSX+intermediate plate in a year or so.....


sucks about the pump though I hate when that shit happens

Josh

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 17 2007, 08:21 PM

We have car payment, too....

Like I said, too many cars. I was trying to get a bus, and was hoping to trade this for one, but now I need to sell it so I can get some money back. I dont like old Mercedes, they are a PITA to work on for the littlest things. This is why I had a shop doing the work. Give me anold VW any day. Simple, dependable, yadda yadda.

Posted by: 73Phoenix20 Aug 17 2007, 08:32 PM

And is that $25K looking better and better??? ;>))

You know, "Rainy Day Fund", and all of that???

I think it was my dear old Dad that used to say, "A poor man has one dog; A damn poor man has two!!!"

I thank that could be said of German car owners as well! But who am I to talk?

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 17 2007, 09:00 PM

Ha! The main thing that sucks is that now I cant get the bus until I sell the car. And then I need to sell the other car (4Runner) and the BMW K75 to refill the wedding fund She knows and signed off on everything (and still voted not to sell the car).

I am trying to pull a 3 for one deal

Posted by: Eric_Shea Aug 18 2007, 12:36 AM

4Runner
K75
Woman

??

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 18 2007, 12:46 AM

4Runner, K75, MBZ for $$ and a bus

The woman is not negotiable

"Hey, how much for the little girl. Sell her to me."

Posted by: jwhcars Aug 18 2007, 06:17 AM

Go to the court house and get married......look at all the money you will save
Now if the future father inlaw offers $$$$ to elope even more $$$ for cars or maybe a house
The only problem is women got this thing about have a proper wedding.
My father inlaw offered $$$ to elope and I thought my mother inlaw and wife where going to give him some bodily harm.

Or you could sell some barn find parts.

Posted by: zymurgist Aug 18 2007, 11:11 AM

We're on a mission from God.

Posted by: rhodyguy Aug 18 2007, 11:41 AM

you and nicole need a vaca. put together a "transmission seminar" or 2. nominal fee for attending

Posted by: plymouth37 Aug 18 2007, 05:49 PM

As soon as I can get around to pulling my tranny out I would be happy to send it to you along with some cash.

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 18 2007, 06:37 PM

Just let me know when you want to do it. I can start working on trannies beginning of Sept.

Posted by: Dr Evil Aug 18 2007, 06:38 PM

Its NOEL, but she gets that all the time

Root and Jim Kelly have been pitching the idea of a seminar, but I dont really think anyone would pay to lean the dark arts of tranny rebuilding from me. I do have a new stock pile of tranny cores I could add to the deal

Posted by: SGB Aug 18 2007, 07:35 PM

Nicole, Noel, doesn't matter, we all know she's Evil's Angel.
Got any more of those Evilworks shirts lying around? I'll snap up a couple if you do-