Re: Interest Gauge, Step On In
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:49 pm
I'll definitely need your help this time around.
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Still bugging you? I need to be reminded if you have a long list of new parts under there, like tie rods and drag links and ball joints, the summ of which will make your car damn close to undriveable until they loosen up.Bartoli wrote:I could use my steering looked at....
See, that is exactly my point. No one wants to suffer a day of my whining and complaining and shivering and dramatic escapes from the garage to catch 15 seconds of sun between the scuttling clouds. If I go across in the broiling heat of summer under a beating sun, then we all get to enjoy loose muscles and good humor just before you pass out complaining of black dots in your field of vision. Ask Myopolis . . . poor guy.Hippie wrote:Depending on the area and the season, good for the bus. Not so good for the mechanics. Freezing drizzle or cold rain and wind anyone?Amskeptic wrote:...Then I would have to twist everybody's arms to remind them that maintenance and repairs is good any time of the season Actually.
Colin
Steering box isn't new. Pretty much everything else is (front beam, shocks, ball joints, drag link, both tie rods, swing lever bushings, steering damper). Even the Hankook RA08 tires were put on new after the front end rebuild.Amskeptic wrote:Still bugging you? I need to be reminded if you have a long list of new parts under there, like tie rods and drag links and ball joints, the summ of which will make your car damn close to undriveable until they loosen up.Bartoli wrote:I could use my steering looked at....
Colin
It is criminal, the decision-making of some of these parts suppliers.Bartoli wrote:
Been about 10,000 miles since all the parts. Still tight.
You want an appointment right when you wake up your bus, or is later, like Los Alamos, NM good?midatlanticys wrote:CK - pls pencil us in for an October (November?) day, starting in Austin then Westwards towards NM - Thanks!!
If & whenever our paths cross will be fine. Lets see how the '11 schedule comes together, but yes, Los Alamos would also be good, possibly great!!Amskeptic wrote:You want an appointment right when you wake up your bus, or is later, like Los Alamos, NM good?
Colin
There is a good bunch of people up in Los Alamos, bright, humorous, bus-loyal, they all design the latest deadly weapons with total planetary annihilation as their goal, and they all have pianos in their houses as well as curious children surrounded by spectacular scenery.midatlanticys wrote:If & whenever our paths cross will be fine. Lets see how the '11 schedule comes together, but yes, Los Alamos would also be good, possibly great!!Amskeptic wrote:You want an appointment right when you wake up your bus, or is later, like Los Alamos, NM good?
Colin
You are on my list. Late May-ish? More leaves on the trees this time!aopisa wrote:I can't blame you for avoiding the East after this wretched winter. If you happen to get some appointments going in the New England area, I think it's time for a refresher and continuation of the Bus 101 course. Let me know if things start to gel for a NE swing.
Yes, warmer and greener! Our buses might just fade into the surroundings like chameleons!Amskeptic wrote:You are on my list. Late May-ish? More leaves on the trees this time!aopisa wrote:I can't blame you for avoiding the East after this wretched winter. If you happen to get some appointments going in the New England area, I think it's time for a refresher and continuation of the Bus 101 course. Let me know if things start to gel for a NE swing.
Colin
Does it seem like almost a year ago?aopisa wrote:
Yes, warmer and greener! Our buses might just fade into the surroundings like chameleons!