F it, I'm done! Who wants to buy an xB?
08-19-2009, 02:44 AM
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08-19-2009, 03:26 AM
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08-19-2009, 01:05 PM
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PB Blaster is very flammable, take it from someone who set his then girlfriend's car on fire.
We'd been trying to remove the roll pin (quickly dubbed the Small Metal Cylinder of Immovability, or SMCoI)that held the steering column to the steering rack with no luck. We'd thoroughly soaked the SMCoI with PB and hammered on it with various punches for hours. My g/f got tired and went up to pass out in my bed while I kept working. Got the idea of breaking out the torch, lit it up and was bringing it to bear on the SMCoI thinking "Ha! This'll get the bastard out." When *FOOMP* the entire back of the engine compartment is burning merrily with me leaning over it wondering about the state of my eyebrows and goatee. This was followed shortly by a rather active combination of swearing and frantic fire extinguisher application.
Fortunately there was no damage except for fire extinguisher crud all over the place. I decided this was enough for one night and went up to pass out myself. Crawled into bed and she half asleep asked "How is the car going?" I answered "The SMCoI is still stuck, set the car on fire, but it is out now." Having been dating me long enough to knoew what to expect she nodded and went back to sleep.
(ended up having it towed to a shop who violated the SMCoI with an air hammer and got it to move)
We'd been trying to remove the roll pin (quickly dubbed the Small Metal Cylinder of Immovability, or SMCoI)that held the steering column to the steering rack with no luck. We'd thoroughly soaked the SMCoI with PB and hammered on it with various punches for hours. My g/f got tired and went up to pass out in my bed while I kept working. Got the idea of breaking out the torch, lit it up and was bringing it to bear on the SMCoI thinking "Ha! This'll get the bastard out." When *FOOMP* the entire back of the engine compartment is burning merrily with me leaning over it wondering about the state of my eyebrows and goatee. This was followed shortly by a rather active combination of swearing and frantic fire extinguisher application.
Fortunately there was no damage except for fire extinguisher crud all over the place. I decided this was enough for one night and went up to pass out myself. Crawled into bed and she half asleep asked "How is the car going?" I answered "The SMCoI is still stuck, set the car on fire, but it is out now." Having been dating me long enough to knoew what to expect she nodded and went back to sleep.
(ended up having it towed to a shop who violated the SMCoI with an air hammer and got it to move)
08-19-2009, 02:52 PM
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