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Last Monday was my birfday and for a present my muffler fell off and it seemed I'd be unemployed until January. But it turned out ok because more work appeared, my nephews sang happy birthday on my answering machine, and I was taken out for all-you-can-eat sushi. Wednesday night I was treated again to all--you-can-eat ribs. My ancestors would have been proud.
My days were spent in the mud and my nights hunting for car parts. I was supposed to take Nader the Jeep to the my mechanic, but when I didn't get around to it by Saturday, Uncle Boss and I decided to do it ourselves.
We loosened the timing belt, took out the power-steering, disconnected the fuel injectors, and took out the air intake and the injector manifold before we could take out the exhaust manifold, clean out the gasket and started re-assembling from exhaust gasket to tail-pipe.
And guess what.
There were noooooo left over parts.
Better yet.
The damn thing actually runs
Originally I had bugeted for a $1000 repair just to get the exhaust manifold fixed, never mind the rest. In the end the entire exhaust system was replaced in six hours (lunch and beer breaks not included) for only $550 in parts and a case of beer.
Mark 1 Plato 0.
Then we caught the tail end of the Leafs game and then the end of 'It's a Wonderfull Life" which I thought I had seen before but turns out I haven't
Nader was sooooo loud before and I almost kinda miss it. But now he's quite. Like a ninja.
Now I am Older and undergone a Right of Manly Man Man passage by car repair. ur-ur! I also think the words 'ninja' and 'Plato' should appear in more posts.
My days were spent in the mud and my nights hunting for car parts. I was supposed to take Nader the Jeep to the my mechanic, but when I didn't get around to it by Saturday, Uncle Boss and I decided to do it ourselves.
We loosened the timing belt, took out the power-steering, disconnected the fuel injectors, and took out the air intake and the injector manifold before we could take out the exhaust manifold, clean out the gasket and started re-assembling from exhaust gasket to tail-pipe.
And guess what.
There were noooooo left over parts.
Better yet.
The damn thing actually runs
Originally I had bugeted for a $1000 repair just to get the exhaust manifold fixed, never mind the rest. In the end the entire exhaust system was replaced in six hours (lunch and beer breaks not included) for only $550 in parts and a case of beer.
Mark 1 Plato 0.
Then we caught the tail end of the Leafs game and then the end of 'It's a Wonderfull Life" which I thought I had seen before but turns out I haven't
Nader was sooooo loud before and I almost kinda miss it. But now he's quite. Like a ninja.
Now I am Older and undergone a Right of Manly Man Man passage by car repair. ur-ur! I also think the words 'ninja' and 'Plato' should appear in more posts.