;) Well, After looking at it from her perspective....I can understand. LOL One upper radiator hose leak has translated into a brand new aluminum Fluidyne radiator, a new aluminum t-stat housing, a new black magic electric fan, 2 more guages, .... :giggle: 1 180* t-stat, a new water pump, all new cooling hoses.....Oh yeah... i'm in trouble. i Tried to justify how i went to the parts store to get an ECT sensor, and an upper rad hose....but it didnt work. :rollin: I just fuigered..."Well, since the cooling system needs a drain......Why Not get it all done at once?"
SOOOOO.... It looks like I have my work cut out for me.... both under the hood....and.....LOL well, under the hood, so to speak:tg:
HAHAHA I'm so F*&KED:rollin: :hick: :flame:
d00d. that is why
1. you need the secrect stash of fun money stored away from not eating lunches or just saving change and dollars left over and when you "fix" the hose, she has no clue about the rest of the stuff cause cars bore her,
or
2. DO IT OVER TIME MAN!! MY GOD WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! SHE IS GOING TO KILL YOU AND BURY YOUR BODY IN A GARBAGE DUMP AND WE WILL NEVER SEE YOUR CAR (or you) AGAIN!!! NOOOOOOOoooooo.......
(hee hee)
meh....its easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission in the first place"
Exactly. Once it's done it's done. Hard to argue with that.
BTW,
[SIZE="4"]My 1000th Post!!:cheers:[/SIZE]
Very true. Tell her that the passages in the block are clogged as well and swap in a bored and stroked 351 with Fuel injection!:D
theres a simpler way around this. stay single lol.
Trust me, from a married guys stand point...STAY SINGLE
I was gona try and beat you to 1000 Fred but I was just to far behind!
LOL yeah, it is easier to Ask forgiveness....especially because of two reasons:
1. Right now, its our only working car
2. I'm about to rebuild a transverse V6 for her car.....Namely a Chevey Beretta Z26 (1994 vintage) LOL
Car is actually in good shape...just blew either a head gasket or that lower intake gasket. 3100's are known for that, at least the older ones. Shes planning on doing "all sorts of stuff" to this car, so I told her "thats fine, as long as i get to do "Stuff" to my TC." So, i have a fall back position. LOL There might be a 3400 or 3800 swap in the future, along with either a supercarger or a turbo...5 speed convert, and some suspention goodies. And since I'm going to be showing her how to do all this, it basicly means I'll be doing it....... so with average shop labour at 55 bucks an hour.....I think I'm entitled to a few goodies...LOL I just like to get paid in advance!
Of course, I should just look at my sig when it comes to rebuilding a chevey product......LOL I'll have some pics of this car up today later on
hey if you are interested, I have a 3.8 chevy super that I got off of a wrecked buick.
ooooo... heheheh... I might be
put the 3800 in right away anyway. much better engine.
The 3800 is gonna need some rewiring if not mounts and such. Not entirely too sure what is needed to get it into an L body but in a J body it is a lot of work. You would be better served with dropping in a 3400 from a later GAGT. That engine would basicly be a plug and play option. Hell instead of doing the rod bearings and such just go straight to the 3400 its a direct swap for the 3100 with a few extra HP.
Glad I don't have to worry about this kinda thing ... Tracie puts just as much money in her car as I do mine ... even more lately. :D
Yo get her a new car all will begiven.
Well, after all is said and done, we broke even... with all the repairs and such to the beretta, we are even!
Luckily my wife is very cool about such things. She always wants me to do things like that to my car cause she says I never do anything nice for myself.
I feel for ya with the "while your in there" parts. I endedup wanting some springs, since then ive got lower control arms, traction bars, rear shocks to go with my springs and I still need to order my upper arms and front struts. haha Im about todo it again to since the valve cover gasket is starting to leak along with the spacer/manifold gasket so Im gonna get some nice valve covers, gaskets, pcv, etc lol.