tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post7308907596162685417..comments2023-11-18T02:15:58.298-07:00Comments on It's a Horse Life: Wing NutAllenspark Lodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06390004633731055728noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-67291331694228773662011-02-06T12:17:42.835-07:002011-02-06T12:17:42.835-07:00haha! LMAO. This explains me in any mechanical sit...haha! LMAO. This explains me in any mechanical situation.Momma Fargohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625178164224513103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-19453483961809460412011-02-03T16:32:44.728-07:002011-02-03T16:32:44.728-07:00You sound like my dad--he cusses new cars all the ...You sound like my dad--he cusses new cars all the time--literally. He is usually a very patient man who never curses, but cars can bring out the devil in him! I don't think they want us to fix our own cars anymore.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303523299217618526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-48981339163597792202011-02-02T21:30:50.321-07:002011-02-02T21:30:50.321-07:00I feel your pain Bill, seems like the only wing nu...I feel your pain Bill, seems like the only wing nuts left are the idiots behind the wheels nowadays... <br /><br />And being in Maintenance most of my life I completely agree with the Engineer, Mechanic love hate relationship....Mr. Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293378178230073999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-66533320798893613242011-02-02T06:26:25.678-07:002011-02-02T06:26:25.678-07:00Amen. We're truck shopping right now. Know wha...Amen. We're truck shopping right now. Know what? Finding an older model truck that we can do the routine stuff on? Next.To.Impossible. <br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />Stay warm!!!Mrs. Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269132012512166439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-47511937073381837032011-02-02T00:18:06.072-07:002011-02-02T00:18:06.072-07:00:smug: My former little toy truck didn't have...:smug: My former little toy truck didn't have a wing nut to get to the air filter. It had a <i>snap.</i> It was wonderfully easy!<br /><br />(Of course, to make up for it, to get to the #5 and 6 spark plugs you had to pull the front tire and the brake pads. I paid to have the plugs changed.)Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-363627053052608702011-02-01T23:04:53.999-07:002011-02-01T23:04:53.999-07:00I'm visiting from Rachel's blog. I love yo...I'm visiting from Rachel's blog. I love your story. I like how you used the phrase, "From long experience I've learned..." I also like how your wife didn't ask questions but just waited for you to finish. My husband hates when I ask questions when he's doing car repairs.Angie Vikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392363949019834052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-11996652730385025282011-02-01T21:00:28.262-07:002011-02-01T21:00:28.262-07:00ALWAYS know where your tool is. I cannot emphasi...ALWAYS know where your tool is. I cannot emphasize this enough. If it is in an errant area.. recover it. Fast. There has always been a disconnect between engineers and mechanics, but now even the mechanics are plug-n-play. And troubleshooting means "what does the computer say?" markTjandMark/AKA PearlandHawkeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477324406425990084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-81580702377376653132011-02-01T20:58:59.393-07:002011-02-01T20:58:59.393-07:00Eeek! That's why I leave the vehicle maintena...Eeek! That's why I leave the vehicle maintenance to the menfolk, and the menfolk leave the horsie maintenance to me :)<br /><br />Though I can say I've never seen so many choice words escape my husband's lips as the day he reassembled the dash and realized the airbag hadn't been connected.<br /><br />Yeah honey, tell 'em THAT one...<br /><br /><br />Good going Bill - glad you were victorious!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12112453369738198010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-4764430566764750432011-02-01T19:27:48.667-07:002011-02-01T19:27:48.667-07:00I agree with GunDiva! Losing a tool is never good...I agree with GunDiva! Losing a tool is never good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-79149877228018354942011-02-01T18:27:20.386-07:002011-02-01T18:27:20.386-07:00Vehicles have to pass emissions in Colorado?
Oh ...Vehicles have to pass emissions in Colorado?<br /><br /><br />Oh and I can totally relate. I usually change my own air and fuel filters on the diesels...been doing it myself for...well...a long time. The new dually?<br /><br />Has to have the inner wheel well r.e.m.o.v.e.d!!! to change the fuel filter.<br /><br />W.T.H.????BrownEyed Cowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-41394460382643267402011-02-01T14:41:28.607-07:002011-02-01T14:41:28.607-07:00Yikes!Yikes!GunDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1219177937045620.post-1782838639175581722011-02-01T13:21:09.649-07:002011-02-01T13:21:09.649-07:00Bill, every vehicle I have personally purchased ha...Bill, every vehicle I have personally purchased has been bought with an eye towards ease of routine maintenance. I passed up on a couple of vehicles because the car had to be partially disassembled just to get to something basic like the battery. <br /><br />This decision was born from experience after my mother bought one of the early Hyundai Excels in 1986 and then asked me to change the oil. <br /><br />Those crazy Koreans stuck the oil filter up in the most difficult place they could find above the front sway bar, under the alternator, next to the AC compressor and radiator and shrouded by the front undercarriage splash guard. There was literally an oil filter shaped hole just a quarter inch larger on a side through which you were supposed to access the filter. No chance of getting a wrench in there, and woe be it the shade tree mechanic that gets one over torqued by a well meaning dealership grease monkey. I had to punch a hole in it with a screw driver to get it unscrewed and then poke at it several times before it oriented properly enough to fall through the hole.Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.com