OT: A little bedtime story from me

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Yeah, I could do that, but I'd miss all the fun times bonding with her.
(and truthfully, I DO like to see what's happening under there once in a
while)
Cathy

On 9:11 am 02/26/07 Brendan Doyle <lord_verminaard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is the TDI beetle?  Why not get one of those nifty Pela oil
> extractors: http://www.jerrybleach.com/pelaapps650.html Then, all you
> do is pull out the dipstick, insert tube, pump it out, pull the
> handily-placed filter out of the housing, re-assemble, fill, done!  No
> lifting, no skidplate removal.  And, you have a handy, clean container
> for used oil, no messy drain pans.  I've used one before, they rock-
> and it seems like the TDI was built to use them with the filter being
> on top.  And, it's a great way to not get oil all over everything- I
> bet I could even do it in a suit and tie and not get messy.  :P
>
> Brendan
> 84 Scirocco 8v
> 01 Jeep TJ 4.0
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:01:34 PM
> Subject: OT: A little bedtime story from me
>
> Yeah, I'm WAY overdue for one. Tonight's story is called "I <heart>
> working on my New Beetle".
>
> Yeah, so I've been putting off doing a simple oil change all weekend,
> and this is usually a sign that things will go wrong. To put our
> story into perspective, I've done 240 000kms worth of oil changes on
> this car over the eight years I've had it, and I'm pretty familiar
> with the process by now, never had a problem. So I have this cool
> 1/4" aluminum skid plate on it, to replace the pathetic plastic belly
> pan, and I've been driving over all manner of slush, ice and raccoons
> with no concern, I'm loving that thing. It's held to the car by five
> 17mm bolts, the two in front are anchored to the frame by aluminum
> billet cylinders so they clear the AC lines and such, and the rear
> three are anchored directly into the frame by these neat factory
> fasteners called rivnuts. They also anchor the tops of the aluminum
> cylinders. Rivnuts are like rivets, they crush into place and leave a
> threaded hole. SO on to our story. I lift the heavy pig into the air,
> being sure to properly support her since she tried to kill me once,
> and proceed to remove the bolts. The first one does not come out,
> rivnut just spins. Insert your first child unfriendly expression here
> <...> Second, third and fourth, no problem,  they come off like
> normal. By now the offending rivnut has dropped right down so it's
> free of the frame, it was the one of the five that really was
> questionable when I installed them, it never seated quite right.
> Number five bolt spins out a few mm, then just spins. It's into the
> frame for life here, with the plate attached to it. Insert a really big
> and long string of the most foul expletives you can come up with here
> <....>. Yeah, this is all for AN OIL CHANGE.......But our heroine
> continues on, undaunted. Will the Fucking oil plug come out? Not a
> hope in hell, of course, because the plate is in the way, I have like
> a two degree angle to swing the wrench, that probably has something
> to do with it. Add to the pleasure damp cold, and lots of salt and
> slush under the car. Even the cat knew enough to stay away from this
> job. So it's finally out there draining, and I'll bolt up what I can
> and hobble it into work where I should be able to talk my way onto a
> hoist to install some new rivnuts. But holy pain in the ass factor.
> So I'll patch it back together, hit the tub and I have a nice
> selection of Quebec beer to help me unwind for the evening. At least
> what little I did towards Scirocco goodness went a bit better. But
> two out of three in the back, what the hell? Oh, I suppose I also
> <heart> salt, it's probably the main offender. Later, oil to replace,
> sludge to roll in. cathy
>
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