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What a day.. .sheesh!
So...
I have been trying to sell my boat and a prospect scheduled a look over today.
I spent the morning gathering things, and making sure it ran well.
I needed to add some 2 stroke oil to the gasoline, so I ran to West Marine and got some for $32.00 a gallon!!!
On my way home about 100 yard from my driveway I have a sidewall blowout of my van driver rear wheel. blam! blub blub blub... into the driveway and the tire is absolutely ruined. Lucky I bought the road hazards from Sears...
Premixed gas and oil and added it to the tank, went to start it and no joy. Water had settled in the bottom of the tank!!!!! So, I start the process of draining it, and the prospect shows up. He's understanding and looks the boat over but after not getting it to start he takes off and tells me to "call him when I get it started... " Lost him! nuts!!! I proceed to drain 3 gallons of H2O from the 56 gallon tank, but I get to fuel and it still will not start. And now the battery has been drained so I have to remove it to charge it safely away from the fuel.
So I change the Van spare in the 88 degree sun and heat in the driveway. Fortunately I have a great jack and air hammer, off comes the tire. On goes the spare, nut one, two , three four, and then 5 is somehow either cross threaded of locked up tight. I hand started the threads and then tried to tighten it and now I cannot take it off or put it on. Odd one. So with four bolts on the wheel I drive it over to Sears...
Sears rep, " Sir your road hazard was for four years, and it expired two days ago.... WHA!?!?!?!? Sure enough I bought them April 27, 2013, and they are a 70,000 mile tire with less than 4000 miles on them. I had to get the manager involved, so I received a $60 credit toward the new tire.... but they don't have one of these in stock, it has to come from another store, Monday..
And so I have to go back, again and spend $86 to replace a stinkin defective tire I bought road hazard for!!!
So home again, done in by the heat and sun, I rested an hour.
I decided to try the boat again. I removed the cowl, and removed the carb bowl screws and drained them and sure enough water had been pushed through the fuel line into the carbs, all six of them. After pumping fresh fuel out and then putting the drain plugs bag in... joy... It starts and runs like a champ.
Frustrated.... with a little whip cream on top.
[video]http://vid1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/Daniel_Scipione/F53AC66E-5115-42C6-87E6-069496CB4FF0_zpsa746wase.mp4[/video]
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I have been trying to sell my boat and a prospect scheduled a look over today.
I spent the morning gathering things, and making sure it ran well.
I needed to add some 2 stroke oil to the gasoline, so I ran to West Marine and got some for $32.00 a gallon!!!
On my way home about 100 yard from my driveway I have a sidewall blowout of my van driver rear wheel. blam! blub blub blub... into the driveway and the tire is absolutely ruined. Lucky I bought the road hazards from Sears...
Premixed gas and oil and added it to the tank, went to start it and no joy. Water had settled in the bottom of the tank!!!!! So, I start the process of draining it, and the prospect shows up. He's understanding and looks the boat over but after not getting it to start he takes off and tells me to "call him when I get it started... " Lost him! nuts!!! I proceed to drain 3 gallons of H2O from the 56 gallon tank, but I get to fuel and it still will not start. And now the battery has been drained so I have to remove it to charge it safely away from the fuel.
So I change the Van spare in the 88 degree sun and heat in the driveway. Fortunately I have a great jack and air hammer, off comes the tire. On goes the spare, nut one, two , three four, and then 5 is somehow either cross threaded of locked up tight. I hand started the threads and then tried to tighten it and now I cannot take it off or put it on. Odd one. So with four bolts on the wheel I drive it over to Sears...
Sears rep, " Sir your road hazard was for four years, and it expired two days ago.... WHA!?!?!?!? Sure enough I bought them April 27, 2013, and they are a 70,000 mile tire with less than 4000 miles on them. I had to get the manager involved, so I received a $60 credit toward the new tire.... but they don't have one of these in stock, it has to come from another store, Monday..
And so I have to go back, again and spend $86 to replace a stinkin defective tire I bought road hazard for!!!
So home again, done in by the heat and sun, I rested an hour.
I decided to try the boat again. I removed the cowl, and removed the carb bowl screws and drained them and sure enough water had been pushed through the fuel line into the carbs, all six of them. After pumping fresh fuel out and then putting the drain plugs bag in... joy... It starts and runs like a champ.
Frustrated.... with a little whip cream on top.
[video]http://vid1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/Daniel_Scipione/F53AC66E-5115-42C6-87E6-069496CB4FF0_zpsa746wase.mp4[/video]
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"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
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JAY
'Some days you are the bug and some days you are the windshield'
in his sig line?
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
George Carlin
Four tires $45.00 and it is declining coverage as well... I won't do that again!
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Yeah, as far as I know the coverage was always pro rated for wear. Basically, it keeps folks from running the tires down to nothing, then 'accidentally' running over something to get a free set of new tires, but I don't recall ever hearing about a time limit. It may have been there, but I missed it somehow... I dunno.
George Carlin
― Douglas Adams
WORD. Sears went to Hell in the late 70s, both my wife and I were raised in "Sears Households". We stopped shopping there many years ago.
One thing i learned working at a auto repair shop is when you buy tires check the manufacture date and dont accept any that were made more than 6 months before you get them, I have ordered 4 new tires from the distributor that had 4 different dates on them, some have been sitting at the wearhouse for 3 or 4 years.
JAY
This morning the lawn tractor deck belt came off the pulleys. After 10 minutes of futzin' I put it back togather, and it promptly broke apart 5 minutes later. At least I got the front yard done for today's open house.
I don't know if I should be unhappy it broke, or happy I can fix it and I have a spare...
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
:vomit: :vomit: :vomit: :vomit:
The realtor held an open house today, so I vacated the premesis and he locked up everything and left before I had returned home. I came into the house at 3 pm, checked all the door were locked and took a 1 hour nap. :zzzz:
At 4:30 pm the dog needed to go out, so, I unlocked the door and took him out. The door went click and I felt the handle would not turn... nuts! The realtor had also locked the handle lock, which I never do, and upon closing the door, I had locked myself out!!! I know the house it pretty much burglar proof, because I did the reinforcements. And, oh joy, no cell phone in my pocket either!!!
So I tried two neighbors before I found one home and called my realtor to come with the spare keys. After about 20 minutes, yep, it starts to rain. Another 25 minutes, and the Realtor is here, and I make my apologies and graitudes and get in the house.
I am glad this weekend is over. :bang:
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester: