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Originally posted by cstreit
I can't believe someone would really be that dense. (THe guy in the VW thread). It's GOTTA be a troll.
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I'm that dense...lol...my p-tech once said to me (jokingly), "I don't know if I've made more money fixing your car or fixing your mistakes."
I think the answer is implied in the question...
Case in point: What I don't admit in my web page is the long list of expensive tools and parts I destroyed during my very first project (i.e. tranny rebuild). This included (but is not limited to) a hand full of bent screwdrivers, Snap On cold forged steel punches and chisels, a 911 high performance clutch disk, a speed sensor disc (shattered when I tried to remove it using a hydraulic press), tranny main bearing (also shattered), clutch fork (destroyed when I used a pry bar to yank it out without first removing the retaining pin), at least three hydraulic bottle jacks (while trying to remove the tranny from the motor without first disconnecting the nuts - don't ask how)...
Oh yeah, and the tranny drain plug. I managed to strip it and get it permanently stuck in the tranny when I tried to remove it by turning the wrench the wrong way (hence my "Lefty Righty Loosey Tighty" subtitle). I swear I must have "torquelexia" or something. So I drilled a hole in it to drain the tranny. Then I realized I had just put metal filings into my tranny (sound familiar?). Then I posted a question on Pelican asking if I should learn to weld so I could get a nut on it. Fortunately, the pelican crew talked me down off the ledge and said NO FREAKING WAY. So I ended up pounding a chisel into the plug and forcing it out of the hole. Miraculously, the threads were unharmed and the replacement plug did not leak.
I'm much better now...really
POST SCRIPT: Oh yeah, and then there was the time I was very tired and groggy and accidentally put windshield washer fluid into the coolant overflow tank on my 944. For days I could not figure out why my windshield washers still failed to spray and I must also confess the blown head gasket cost me a bundle of $$$.
So yeah, I am as much or more of a doofuss as the vdub guy. Maybe he is real and maybe not. Eek!! I hope you guys don't think I'm a troll!