Excellent.

[JamesDean]

Not so excellent:

Two week ago I was changing my flex lines on my brakes in the 201, I brought my awesome power bleeder up to my buddy's office to bleed everything. Hooked it all up, pumped, wasn't holding pressure. Crap. Lost the o-ring on the pump handle. Old school method..pump pump pump pump the brake pedal.

A bit later, cleaning up. OH found the o-ring in the tool box. DAMNIT.

A bit later later, went to return the unused brake fluid to the ATE bottle. Crap. I put the lid on too tight. The whole thing is just spinning in the metal opening. Oh well. plastic bag the power bleeder deal with it at home.

At home, its late, the bleeder-in-bag just gets placed in the garage somewhere (kind of a mess as I've got a 126 SD on stands). I forget to deal with it.

Today rolls around, new ATE master cylinder arrives for the 201. YAY. Maybe my pedal will feel amazing once more. I go looking for my bleeder-in-a-bag.. can't find it. I know it got brought home.


Then it occurs to me. Hmm white kitchen garbage bag. Mixed among seemingly random boxes and bags. Hmm. Garbage night. Hmm. OH SNAP.
Bleeder-in-a-bag is now bleeder-in-a-bag-in-the-garbage-truck.

My dad accidentally chucked it. Incidentally his first name is Charles, aka Chuck.



Now I need to drop another $60 on a new one. Luckily its only an hour away at Summit Racing. Sadly they do not carry my ATE Typ 200 / Super Blue brake fluid

OH WELL.

[Nate]

Not your day to buy a lottery ticket!

But hey, at least it's all small stuff. Makes life fun, right?
~Nate

[JamesDean]

LOL Not in the least.

Another story from today:

Had to run down my uncles house ( <1mile) to fix some tv/computer problems he was having. Yesterday I installed a RF modulator on to his TV-out connection of his computer so he could broadcast whatever videos/video site he wanted to to the TV's in his house.

So before doing that I had to put a new sticker on my license plate. So I went out, put the registration/sticker on my trunk. Grabbed my philips head screw driver and took my plate off. I've got a plastic cover over the plate and some sound deadening on the back of the plate so it all stuck together. I had to go grab a flat head to separate them.

Came back to the car. Oh look, wind blew away the paper. Ah crap. Its like 8pm, all dark, so I grab the LED stick-light from the garage and begin the hunt. 10 min later..located. Arg. Oh I managed to lose one of the two screws on my license plate though. One'll do. LOL

Yay for today.

[Nate]

Originally Posted by JamesDean

Oh I managed to lose one of the two screws on my license plate though. One'll do. LOL

Carefully monitor your tire pressure over the next week

~Nate

[JamesDean]

I'll give it another look around when theres sunlight. My drive way is a sheet of like 4-6" thick ice. I got pissed off at it today and beat it with a floor jack bar. Minimal effect.

[Nate]

Mine was 3" of packed snow and ice. Slightly melted yesterday and today, and I didnt shovel anything. Came home tonight after being with friends for a few days, and have a very lumpy driveway...
Yep, should shovel it tomorrow...


~Nate

[JamesDean]

Mines patches of driveway and ice. You can clearly see where cars have been parked. I.e where theres clear driveway. LOL

My uncles driveway is much worse. No clear spots. All one solid sheet of ice. It is literally easier to slide across by shuffling than trying to walk

[G-Benz]

Originally Posted by JamesDean

...My driveway is a sheet of like 4-6" thick ice. I got pissed off at it today and beat it with a floor jack bar. Minimal effect...

With your luck thus far, when the snow and ice melts you probably will see a noticeable divot of concrete missing from your driveway where you pounded earlier...