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Well sorta.. this side of the door broke and fell down. Drilled a hole and used the bit for a roller. Worked enough to get it out. Cable is a bit tight but I'll have 2 brand new ones Tues.

I didn't laugh at all thought that was the most rude comment anyone could make I have personally suffered the same thing myself rececently,Justin and Toast appears to brush it off,maybe they know Curt and that is his style if not he is just being a dick,don't care how clever people think they are or how many posts they have,Curt stand up explain .

Whoa there. He didn't know so there's a pass for him. Just because you're offended doesn't mean I am. I'm the king of dark and wrong jokes.

It made me laugh my ass off and I was trying hard to refrain from really awful jokes that were sure to make anyone cringe.

Look out Whitney or myself an old grumpy bastard is after us,really Curt that's BS EVERYONE on here knows Ron passed on,did you not read the threads and replies on here?

(edit) I didn't feel it was a brush off on anyone's part. I wish I'd had the chance to meet the man, and I recognize how much he meant to the community. I wasn't trying to be clever as much as to finally find a light hearted way to add my sympathy and an attempt to maybe reflect on how someone I never met touched my life in a unique way. I must have misunderstood the feeling when folks were chuckling over the actual photograph of Slits baring his ass in the picture thread celebrating his time here...

I have seen how Slits had a unique attitude and sense of humor, and hope I expressed some of that in my message to Justin when I replied to Curtis' text. If my posting a sketch of *someone* dropping trou, or if anything else I posted here was offensive to either Toast or Justin, I apologize directly to both of you here and now. I guess if it pissed anyone else off, I can include them in my attempt at making amends.

I lost my mom last June, so I think I know the pain, and I also know that humor can be healing to folks that are grieving a loss. Sometimes it helps to laugh at the little things, to kind of reset your emotional balance, to take a step back and realize that it's okay.

I apologized to Curtis when I realized he hadn't heard the news. I didn't meant to put him on the spot. I too think he's a good guy, and didn't mean to be rude to him in my post. I figured that his response to me indicated he realized I wasn't trying to him. If I was wrong, and he really meant it when he flipped me off. I will feel that much worse about my post.

if anything, I was trying to ease the tension, not upset people. I have a great respect for the community. I met a lot of great people that post here, and have learned a lot about my car(s) by the grace of the work and threads I found here.

Wish for all of you the best. All of you.

-- Whit

Until just now i had no idea who his dad was. I apologized to Justin. I think we are good. As far as you are concerned, i couldn't care less.

Justin, I feel this is the time and place to say this. If you need anything for your car don't be afraid to ask for help or parts. Your Dad always gave me anything I needed and now I make you the same offer. I just wish you lived closer. Kent

Kent

Sometimes there is that one person that gets offended by something posted and they express their feelings. That has personally happened to me to the point where somebody had to call me at work so I can make a post to stop the bashing on the thread. You either accept it or lash back. The person who is offended either accept it's or doesn't. Either way you just carry on.

Curt, neither one of us were offended. We both realized right away that you didn't know about Ron's passing. And we took that into consideration. It's part of the SLITS way to address it and then carry on.

There are a lot of newbies on this board and a lot of people who have never met Ron. And we are thankful for that because the 914's are still living on. And that is really what this board is all about. There are times when you're not on the board very often and don't realize that things have happened. It is part of life.

Now...back to the shenanigans.

Toast

Thank you Kent! All you guys are fine, in fact I'll even go as far to say the members of this board are the reason I am taking this so well. There probably isn't much anyone could say that would be offensive to me, please remember I'm SLIT's son and got his sense of humor too.

Now back to shenanigans and an epic adventure of a repair that's so simple, I should have been done last Monday.

It feels like it's binding at the firewall tube, the pedal and engine linkage are both free but the cable won't return sometimes. When it's freed up it feels like I'm sawing the cable, not a smooth movement but dragging somewhere.
Maybe I should just stop and wait for the new ones to get here Tues.