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08-30-19, 08:59 AM
#2876
cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Think I will pop the trim piece by the door, prop something up under the carpet, and put the fan blowing into the resulting "tent" for a while. Thx for the tip
08-30-19, 09:00 AM
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Company-sanctioned early quit at 2 p.m.!
08-30-19, 09:09 AM
#2878
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08-30-19, 09:26 AM
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08-30-19, 09:27 AM
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It would help if you had a relative working here. Nepotism at this place is rampant. Off the top of my head I can think of five kids of former employees. All but one were hired before their parents retired. Another employee's niece recently got a job here. Another employee has his stepdaughter and his sister working here. I sometimes joke that if I had had kids they would have been guaranteed jobs.
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08-30-19, 09:36 AM
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Hmmm...I was looking for an in situ fix.
Its my daughters car. Exhaust pipe broke at flange where it attaches to muffler. I want to get a pair of split flanges and make the connection but I suspect split flange bolts wont clear existing flange. So looking for a way to shave down or drill through existing flange without removing it.
Its my daughters car. Exhaust pipe broke at flange where it attaches to muffler. I want to get a pair of split flanges and make the connection but I suspect split flange bolts wont clear existing flange. So looking for a way to shave down or drill through existing flange without removing it.
08-30-19, 10:15 AM
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Hmmm...I was looking for an in situ fix.
It’s my daughter’s car. Exhaust pipe broke at flange where it attaches to muffler. I want to get a pair of split flanges and make the connection but I suspect split flange bolts won’t clear existing flange. So looking for a way to shave down or drill through existing flange without removing it.
It’s my daughter’s car. Exhaust pipe broke at flange where it attaches to muffler. I want to get a pair of split flanges and make the connection but I suspect split flange bolts won’t clear existing flange. So looking for a way to shave down or drill through existing flange without removing it.
08-30-19, 10:23 AM
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What's a hair dryer? 
I ran an extension cord out to the van and put the ol box fan to use. Dry as a bone, but still have the fan on and the driver's door open. Already 90° and sun is shining on the carpet.
Mom has an unusually extensive collection of floor cleaning contraptions, hopefully one is a carpet shampooer that I can get in there.
I ran an extension cord out to the van and put the ol box fan to use. Dry as a bone, but still have the fan on and the driver's door open. Already 90° and sun is shining on the carpet.
Mom has an unusually extensive collection of floor cleaning contraptions, hopefully one is a carpet shampooer that I can get in there.
08-30-19, 10:30 AM
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08-30-19, 10:32 AM
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My mechanic would be happy to fix it. For $500. I can get two split flanges for $10. I don't mind doing it myself. I just have to be careful not to hurt myself like Trainsnorter with a chainsaw.
08-30-19, 10:49 AM
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Good luck!
08-30-19, 11:09 AM
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I will certainly protect eyes. Would wonder if a carbide-tip drill bit would work. I already have an electric drill. I don't have an angle grinder. I didn't buy/try the split flanges yet so am hoping they are wide enough to render the problem moot....but that old rusty flange looks mighty wide.
I will second the emotion of taking it to a muffler shop and replacing everything from the head back.
08-30-19, 11:58 AM
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08-30-19, 11:59 AM
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08-30-19, 12:00 PM
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I can hear sound system testing for Made in America from by office.
Enjoy the rest of your days and the long weekend. Day trip to Brooklyn tomorrow to drop off the car. Train home. Sunday I will be driving SAG for our club's ride to Brooklyn, saying the night (van owner will drive it back to Philly) and driving home early Monday morning.
Enjoy the rest of your days and the long weekend. Day trip to Brooklyn tomorrow to drop off the car. Train home. Sunday I will be driving SAG for our club's ride to Brooklyn, saying the night (van owner will drive it back to Philly) and driving home early Monday morning.
08-30-19, 12:46 PM
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08-30-19, 12:49 PM
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08-30-19, 12:50 PM
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08-30-19, 12:51 PM
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08-30-19, 01:45 PM
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Many years ago, I dropped the last key to my U-lock down the elevator shaft or something and I told the federal cops at work that I'd be coming in at such and such a time to grind it off. They said fine, no problem, and brought a fire truck into the garage to stand by while I did it. Great cops. A locksmith call would have been $100 and I got a nice Makita grinder out of the deal.
