the joys of christmas...and not owning a garage

[roclist@accessconsulting.ca (Jason)]

How about replacing a cv joint at -25c in a parking lot...

damn that was COLD!

Hmmmmm I really LOVE my Garage.... now..

Jason 'North of sixty' Adams
Fahrvergnugen forever!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Drew MacPherson" <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
To: "rhys" <sik8v@netscape.net>
Cc: "scirocco-l" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: the joys of christmas...and not owning a garage


>
> Sorry man.  Anything above -10C is a heat wave, you should be working on
> your car in short sleeves.
>
> I once did a rear brake line on my wife's golf at -20C with a 30mph wind
> driving snow squalls.  I had snow in my underwear by the time I was done.
> Almost as bad as when I pulled the motor from my 84 Jetta GLI #1 - working
> upstairs in the barn during a January cold snap when the mercury never
> cleared -20C during the day and was hitting -35C at night.  Gloves?  What
> the hell are they?  The only good thing was you never had to worry about
> losing wrenches, because they stuck to your HAND!
>
> Merry Christmas from the Great White North (on the fifth day of Christmas
> my true love gave to me FIVE golden touques, four puonds of back-bacon,
> three french toasts, two turtlenecks, and a beer!)
>
> Drew
>
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, rhys wrote:
>
> > i love christmas. i love snow.
> > i dont like snow when im lying under my car in a friend's abandoned
> > driveway!
> >
> > so today i decide to fly up to where my car is stored and take the
> > oilpan off. ok, its cold at like 5 degrees (like 38 f?). whatever, i'm a
> > real man. i love my car.
> >
> > i drive so far that i can see my car...and boom the temp drops to -1 (28
> > f???). again, i figure "i can handle it. its just a little cold"
> > i pull into the driveway and unload the truck.
> > so i jack the car up, make sure everything is solid, and get underneath.
> > i take out the first 2 bolts holding the oilpan on. "this wont be so
> > hard" i say to myself. the bolts were actually very loose, not good.
> >
> > i work my way around the pan. leaving a bolt on at each corner so that
> > it doesnt fall on my head when i lose the last bolts (thinking,
> > thinking, always thinking). i cant feel my fingers, or my face. for the
> > last 10 minutes i've been lying in a puddle of leaked anti-freeze and
> > water that -should- be frozen. i have an inch of snow built up on my
> > lower torso. i can handle it. i'm a man.
> > i get to the last 2 bolts, between the tranny and oilpan. i read
> > patrick's technote and brought the skinniest socket i had. it
> > fits....barely. i start to work on the bolt closest to the cockpit. it
> > comes about 3/4 way out, and all of a sudden stops. puzzled, i try
> > tightening it a bit and then losening it again...well i cant hold the
> > ratchet against the bolt hard enough to actually turn it.
> > at that point i hadnt yet given up hope. i'd driven 4KMs and spent 15
> > minutes lying in a puddle of slush to give up now? i think NOT.
> >
> > i head back to the truck and warm up a bit. temp now read -3C.
> >
> > still freezing my ass off, i head back to the car. i'm very determined
> > to get this blasted thing off today!!!  ok, so i get the stubborn bolt
> > out. i do a happy dance. moving on the the last, final bolt i realize
> > that...BLAST...my socket it too wide. i rifle through my toolbox,
> > looking desperately for a skinnier socket!! but no, this is the only one
> > i have. i try again, this time with more swearing. no go  :(
> >
> > so i pack everything up and head back to the truck. change out of my
> > (now green, and soaked through) sweatshirt and head home.
> > once home i get dry, have a coffee, and whine to everyone i know about
> > how that stupid godamned car is out to ruin me.
> >
> > MERRY CHRISTMAS list, from Rhys the failing mechanic, and Rix the evil,
> > broken rocco.
> >
> >
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