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Didya ever put absurd amounts of time and effor into fixing something, instead of just buying a new part like you should have? 
Case #1: A couple months ago the muffler on my yellow car essentially fell off. It was rusted so bad where the tail pipe came in that it broke, tilted, and rubbed on the ground. I hate exhaust work, so I figured I'd take it to some McMuffler place and have them go at it. But then I started thinking "Well heck, I've got all these tools and stuff, might as well use 'em!" So anyway, several hours, some fence post tubing, some sheet metal, a few beers, and 50' of welding wire later, the old muffler was ready to go (again). Also gave me an excuse to buy a reciprocating saw from harbor freight to clean up the end of the tail pipe :lol: Still working fine - sucess!
Case #2: Got to looking at the radiator fan situation on my blue car this afternoon. Turned out that the motor was hard to turn, and made horrible grinding sounds when forced to. Took it out, took it apart, and discovered that the permanent magnets had come loose inside. Several hours, several beers, lots of parts cleaning, and some epoxy glue later it's back together. Runs, but the wires feeding it get hotter than hell in just a few seconds. I'm thinking there must be a short in the armature windings. I suppose I could rewind it... Nah! I see a junk yard trip in my near future
Case #1: A couple months ago the muffler on my yellow car essentially fell off. It was rusted so bad where the tail pipe came in that it broke, tilted, and rubbed on the ground. I hate exhaust work, so I figured I'd take it to some McMuffler place and have them go at it. But then I started thinking "Well heck, I've got all these tools and stuff, might as well use 'em!" So anyway, several hours, some fence post tubing, some sheet metal, a few beers, and 50' of welding wire later, the old muffler was ready to go (again). Also gave me an excuse to buy a reciprocating saw from harbor freight to clean up the end of the tail pipe :lol: Still working fine - sucess!
Case #2: Got to looking at the radiator fan situation on my blue car this afternoon. Turned out that the motor was hard to turn, and made horrible grinding sounds when forced to. Took it out, took it apart, and discovered that the permanent magnets had come loose inside. Several hours, several beers, lots of parts cleaning, and some epoxy glue later it's back together. Runs, but the wires feeding it get hotter than hell in just a few seconds. I'm thinking there must be a short in the armature windings. I suppose I could rewind it... Nah! I see a junk yard trip in my near future
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