Shooting the Breeze 17-19
05-07-2020, 03:12 AM
#1351
^^^Sounds like Vermont, we are expecting snow too. Think about your post Dave you need to cut your grass and you are expecting snow that is a serious what's wrong here
Did you try pulling on the cable for the hood release with a pair of pliers or vise grips?
Did you try pulling on the cable for the hood release with a pair of pliers or vise grips?
05-07-2020, 03:43 AM
#1352
dave, I refer to those days as days when I'm afraid to go to the bathroom since i don't want to break anything serious.
05-07-2020, 03:52 AM
#1353
I remember having one of those weeks awhile back so I decided on my day off i'm going to stay in bed. My bed was parallel to the wall and I had a picture hanging on the wall. I was woken up that morning by the picture falling off the wall and landing on my head. I decided not to stay in bed.
05-07-2020, 03:17 PM
#1354
Even with the total mechanical skill set of a someone kicked out of art class (really) I managed to get the hood open on the F-150; just seconds before the return spring for the hood release cable let go. I knew what every mechanical engineer knows – don’t shut the damn thing.
By sheer luck I realized something moved (I could not tell what) when I asked the wife to pull the release and it no longer moved when I asked to do it again. I called a couple garages and even the Ford dealership, who said a new latch was $45 but the tiny return spring that I determined broke was not sold separately. Just to reach it meant taking the latch out. Having worked on enough old MGs, I recalled the advice of a good friend - - try to fix it yourself; what’s the worst that can happen – you have to pay someone else to fix your mess. Thanks to a YouTube video (don’t you just love them), I got cover shield off with only breaking 4 of the 8 plastic clips and got the latch off the car, and found a similar but different small spring that I inserted into the back of the latch, tossed it together and it all works. Total cost: $0. Total satisfaction: great; just hope my parts bin spring holds up long term.
By sheer luck I realized something moved (I could not tell what) when I asked the wife to pull the release and it no longer moved when I asked to do it again. I called a couple garages and even the Ford dealership, who said a new latch was $45 but the tiny return spring that I determined broke was not sold separately. Just to reach it meant taking the latch out. Having worked on enough old MGs, I recalled the advice of a good friend - - try to fix it yourself; what’s the worst that can happen – you have to pay someone else to fix your mess. Thanks to a YouTube video (don’t you just love them), I got cover shield off with only breaking 4 of the 8 plastic clips and got the latch off the car, and found a similar but different small spring that I inserted into the back of the latch, tossed it together and it all works. Total cost: $0. Total satisfaction: great; just hope my parts bin spring holds up long term.
05-07-2020, 08:19 PM
#1355
Even with the total mechanical skill set of a someone kicked out of art class (really) I managed to get the hood open on the F-150; just seconds before the return spring for the hood release cable let go. I knew what every mechanical engineer knows – don’t shut the damn thing.
By sheer luck I realized something moved (I could not tell what) when I asked the wife to pull the release and it no longer moved when I asked to do it again. I called a couple garages and even the Ford dealership, who said a new latch was $45 but the tiny return spring that I determined broke was not sold separately. Just to reach it meant taking the latch out. Having worked on enough old MGs, I recalled the advice of a good friend - - try to fix it yourself; what’s the worst that can happen – you have to pay someone else to fix your mess. Thanks to a YouTube video (don’t you just love them), I got cover shield off with only breaking 4 of the 8 plastic clips and got the latch off the car, and found a similar but different small spring that I inserted into the back of the latch, tossed it together and it all works. Total cost: $0. Total satisfaction: great; just hope my parts bin spring holds up long term.
By sheer luck I realized something moved (I could not tell what) when I asked the wife to pull the release and it no longer moved when I asked to do it again. I called a couple garages and even the Ford dealership, who said a new latch was $45 but the tiny return spring that I determined broke was not sold separately. Just to reach it meant taking the latch out. Having worked on enough old MGs, I recalled the advice of a good friend - - try to fix it yourself; what’s the worst that can happen – you have to pay someone else to fix your mess. Thanks to a YouTube video (don’t you just love them), I got cover shield off with only breaking 4 of the 8 plastic clips and got the latch off the car, and found a similar but different small spring that I inserted into the back of the latch, tossed it together and it all works. Total cost: $0. Total satisfaction: great; just hope my parts bin spring holds up long term.
Then there is the whole John Deer saga. Frankly I am a bit in awe of your fix-it skills.
05-07-2020, 09:23 PM
#1356
05-08-2020, 04:55 AM
#1360