I have a new cabby..........

Post by **Briano1234** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:55 am

Yep, got the green one out ofthe body shop today.... yeeeee haw. Now I have to clean all the bondo dust and stuff off the engine...

CalAltaDubber · Post by **CalAltaDubber** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:01 pm

Are you installing a "Daughter Alarm"?

Same as a theft alarm, but alerts you only when your daughter is about to drive the car.

Post by **Calimus** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:37 pm

CalAltaDubber wrote:Are you installing a "Daughter Alarm"?

Same as a theft alarm, but alerts you only when your daughter is about to drive the car.

All too true. However, I have a feeling that Brian will just be using the "foot in the ass" alarm system.

Post by **Briano1234** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:12 pm

No, She dosen't have the Dr. Letter, She hasn't gone to Defensive Driving, and She hasn't paid for the damages to the car yet.....

It is also called I am F'in tired of bs excuses..........

Post by **Briano1234** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:01 pm

Well, they dropped off the parts cabby in the front yard, and with no key, no swazall blades it was a pain in the arse and 45 minutes of towing the car around with the Pathfinder to finally get it turned around and into the carport. I finally had to jack the coresupport to get the front tires off the ground and my son and I used the 3 ton jack to jockey the car into place.

Some of the highlights were the son getting the car off the concrete and rolling backwards in to a tree, then the wife breaking my come-along after pulling the car sideways.... But the car is finally in a parked area. I will have to get sawzall blades to cut the lock out of the steering wheel Let me tell you trying to break the lock with a 5 pound mini-sledge and a Klien screwdriver like they do in the movies..... BULL SHIT.

I didn't try my sliding hammer and that may be a thought..... for later.

They are all parked and getting ready to be worked on.....
It seams the Body shop broke the seat adjuster on the Greenie, but that is minor, then I have to re-run the hoses in the hood and straighten out the egg crate and clean the snot outta it.

Post by **Calimus** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:18 pm

why do I still see a white TRF sticker on the greenie

Looking good Brian. An yea, the locks are a lot tougher then you would think. I've broken steering locks back in the day with brute force on the steering wheel, I tried that once with a VW, not happening.

CalAltaDubber · Post by **CalAltaDubber** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:06 am

Brian the "fleet" looks good. Are you sure you really want to part out the white?

Post by **Briano1234** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:24 am

Calimus wrote:why do I still see a white TRF sticker on the greenie

Looking good Brian. An yea, the locks are a lot tougher then you would think. I've broken steering locks back in the day with brute force on the steering wheel, I tried that once with a VW, not happening.

Because the day I was to stick the new one on it the daughter wrecked it, Then I didn't want to do it because if it was totaled... now that I got hte car back I started peeling the trf logo off of it, and I'll be damned that I can't remember where I placed the sticker to keep it safe... maybe it is in the boot bag. I will have to check later as daughter number 3 is moving out today hurrrah... but still can't drive till I get all my conditions met. I am not driving halfway across Gwinnette to cart her ass to and from work, so the onus is on her.

Post by **Calimus** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:43 am

It's all good man. I was just giving ya a hard time is all.

And I hear ya on tha daughter front. It sucks sometimes, but at some point ya gotta stand your ground and let them be adults and be responcible for themselves.

Post by **Briano1234** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:28 pm

There was only one place that had the lower ball joint in town. So instead of ripping apart the white cabby for the lower a-frame (horribly mangled) the tie-rod popped right out, and the ball joint popped out beautiously, and I don't have to replace the tie-rod end the hub and bearing appears to be fine. So Lower a-frame ball joint, and bushing kit is all I need.... besides the rim and tire. Then alignment.. Total damages looks to be in the neighborhood of 300 bucks.

Post by **Briano1234** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:50 pm

Well I got it repaired today, and test drove it, it is still in alignment.... after I get the new rim and wheel for it I will have it re-aligned... probably at the end of next week. The wheel bearing is good, and there is but a little out of balance tire indication.. Since she cleaved off enough of the rim....

Post by **Calimus** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:56 pm

glad to hear things are almost back to right. Hope to see it pull into my driveway sometime in the near future.

webrik · Post by **webrik** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:05 pm

hello Briano

Which is the model and the year of this unpleasant car?

heuuuuuuuuuu scuse me nice car ......