Hey all! Happy 4th to my MCF family! Hope everyone has had a GREAT day! We went to the Church picnic/community party, this afternoon, mowed the lawn after a nap, and getting ready to go watch fireworks in a few.

 

Just got done a while ago replacing the rear rotors and pads on Silver. Tuesday I need to take the front rotors in to get machined. I think one of them is warped.

 

wow amy, you really do alot of your own work on your cars! must be great not to have mechanics doing the work, i have a hard time doing anything to my cars, i always have to rely on other people to get my car work done, i'm just not real confident about doing some of the work myself. but then again, i have the MCF members to get info from!! one of these days i hope i will just get off my butt and do things myself, it would be alot cheaper!!!!

 

Well... actually my fiance does the work and I help. I don't think he will let me use his tools LOL!!!!!

 

but i'm a dude, i should be able to do things that are pretty easy, oil change, brake change etc!!

 

chris, you might find this funny... no offence meant to anyone...
i found this ages ago on hotrodders.com, i had to save it & a copy hangs in our shop

Oil Change instructions for Women:
1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since the last
oil change.
2) Drink a cup of coffee.
3) 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained
vehicle.

Money spent:
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $21.00


Oil Change instructions for Men:

1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil,
filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for
$50.00..
2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20....00, drive
home.
3) Open a beer and drink it.
4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7) Place drain pan under engine.
8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9) Give up and use crescent wrench.
10) Unscrew drain plug.
11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process.
Cuss.
12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms.
Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13) Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and
twist off.
16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil
everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in trash can
to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil
change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan
full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back
yard instead of taking it back to Kragen to recycle.
19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket
surface.
23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24) Remember drain plug from step 11.
25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along
with drain plug.
27) Drink beer.
28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt
into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of
ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in lawnmower gas.
29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty
litter on oil spill.
30) Drink beer.
31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag
used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain
plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33) Begin cussing fit.
34) Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992)
in the left boob.
36) Beer.
37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow.
38) Beer.
39) Beer.
40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41) Beer.
42) Lower car from jack stands.
43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during
steps 23 - 43.
45) Beer.
46) Test drive car.
47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48) Car gets impounded.
49) Call loving wife, make bail.
50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.

Money spent:
Parts $50.00
DUI $2500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
Total-- $4165.00

-- But you know the job was done right

 

ROFL thats so awesome

and picked this up today, gotta try it out yet tonight. I hope i get addicted.

 

Hey Brock, my brother has a 65 Imp like that but its a fast-back. Watching that vid brought back memories of the hood. I grew up in all the crap that Coolio said in the vid. Especially about the part of drive-bys. Thats wy we left LA and moved out here to Ok.

Maybe one day i will finally buy the car i want. A 63 Imp LongRoof ( Wagon ).

 

I dont think id make it too long in a bad neighborhood. lol

 

great post ryan, i guess i will will have to wait until next weekend!!!! thanks man. i could always drive 300 miles to your house and get it changed, lol