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Title: The Brillunce of Turtle
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Published: Apr 16, 2014
Author: Turtle
Post Date: 2014-04-16 16:45:07 by Turtle
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Comments: 14

I have a 1999 Chevy Lumina my father gave to me in his will (which replaced my POS Ford van, which went to the junkyard because I didn't want to replace the rack-and-pinion, which was gushing power-steering fluid).
The water pump and the thermostat went out at the same time, and the belt needed to be replaced. So I took the old belt off, changed the water pump, replaced the thermostat, put the new belt on, and put in fresh antifreeze. Now it again runs like a champ.
Turtle is amazing and and can do anything!
Oh, yeah, the fuel pressure regulator went out a few months ago, and I changed that, too. It was leaking a little bit of gas.
Cynicom is jealous of me.
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#1. To: Cynicom (#0)
My pug can still whip your cat.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2014-04-16 16:46:02 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#2. To: Turtle (#0)
My first car was a 1974 Comet with a straight six. I had to pull out the radiator to change the water pump because the bolts holding on the fan were about a half inch too long, and there was no way to get the water pump off without removing the fan. Did all this outside when it was about ten degrees.
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Dakmar posted on 2014-04-16 16:56:32 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#3. To: Dakmar (#2)
I used to have one of those boxy middle '80s Caprices, which are easy cars to work on....except for the water pump. I had to loosen the power-steering pump to get to...that one last bolt.
As for the '99 Ford Vic I had....it took me two days to change the water pump.
Sometimes I think engineers do this stuff on purpose just to mess with backyard mechanics.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2014-04-16 17:14:30 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#4. To: Turtle (#0)
Cynicom is jealous of me.

Har har T har har, snicker , smirk.
Sheriff was here today with warning cause my monster cat was making terroristic threats to nearby dogs.
He was fraid to get out of his car.
My cat was on porch spitting at him.
I sold a jeep today as olde as you, in better shape. hehehehehehe

Cynicom posted on 2014-04-16 17:40:40 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#5. To: Turtle (#3)
Sometimes I think engineers do this stuff on purpose just to mess with backyard mechanics.

Should I need to change, or even jump the battery in my current ride, I first need to disconnect and remove the wiper fluid reservoir.
It's the bankers fault !
Buzzard posted on 2014-04-16 18:03:53 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#6. To: Turtle, abraxas (#3)
Of course, we all remember you cruising around in your creepy Ford Windstar Van. You'll never live that down.

:)
“With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group."
-Alex Kurtagic
X-15 posted on 2014-04-16 18:04:43 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#7. To: Turtle (#3)
Sometimes I think engineers do this stuff on purpose just to mess with backyard mechanics.

On purpose. Federal regulators' purpose.
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Democrats prefer white genocide to seeing anyone get ahead.
As the party of principle, Libertarians support white genocide because they oppose zoning.
Prefrontal Vortex posted on 2014-04-16 18:22:35 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#8. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#7)
We have an '01 Deville and a '10 Sierra.
I pop the hood and think, "there must be an engine in there somewhere."
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Lod posted on 2014-04-16 18:35:58 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#9. To: Buzzard (#5)
Should I need to change, or even jump the battery in my current ride, I first need to disconnect and remove the wiper fluid reservoir.

The Lumina has the same problem. I once opened the hood and asked a friend of mine to find the battery.
"I don't see it...oh, here it is, under the washer fluid container.".
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2014-04-16 18:55:12 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#10. To: Lod (#8)
4-banger under the hood of the Nissan Frontier, everything is right out in the open :)
“With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group."
-Alex Kurtagic
X-15 posted on 2014-04-16 19:09:54 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#11. To: Turtle, christine (#0)
The Brillunce of Turtle

Apparently we need a category for fiction/comedy.
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James Deffenbach posted on 2014-04-16 19:20:28 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#12. To: Dakmar (#2)
and there was no way to get the water pump off without removing the fan. Did all this outside when it was about ten degrees.

Oh lord I done so much crazy shit like that it makes my head hurt to think about it.
My bud way back when got a blue '64 New Yorker for a song because it had no reverse. We changed out the transmission in the snow and took it to Detroit to see a concert.
Some idiot running a red light T-boned us on Grand River. That was the end of that.
Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
randge posted on 2014-04-16 19:24:23 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#13. To: James Deffenbach, Turtle (#11)
Apparently we need a category for fiction/comedy.

ZING!!!
“With the exception of Whites, the rule among the peoples of the world, whether residing in their homelands or settled in Western democracies, is ethnocentrism and moral particularism: they stick together and good means what is good for their ethnic group."
-Alex Kurtagic
X-15 posted on 2014-04-16 19:28:08 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
#14. To: James Deffenbach (#11)
Apparently we need a category for fiction/comedy.

As my four-year-old niece says to everyone who annoys her:
"You 'tink!"
"Have Brain, Will Travel
Turtle posted on 2014-04-16 20:11:33 ET Reply Trace Private Reply
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