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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 25 2022,5:37 am Post # 10826 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
My first boat and trailer went all to $hit from salt water, never again.  :beat  :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 26 2022,3:41 pm Post # 10827 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I don't know how these guys do it sometimes.  I'm talking the ones with the big cats running in the salt.  They got to have detailers and mechanics on speed dial and an endless bank account.. Doug there can unbolt the wacker and bolt another one on and keep going. Still not cheap. Not to sure what salt will do to the gel coat but Will destroy the hardware though.

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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 27 2022,5:36 am Post # 10828 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Still no matter how much detailing you do, that salt gets into places where you can't at and eventually rots away, I used to wash the $hit out of my trailer as soon as I got out of the water and flushed the engine, trailer still fell apart and rotted parts in the engine. :pissed
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 27 2022,4:32 pm Post # 10829 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Oh I know.  It's amazing where that crap will get into.
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 28 2022,5:48 am Post # 10830 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yep, sure is, never put my boats in salt water ever since. :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 28 2022,4:39 pm Post # 10831 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Have lots to do this weekend. Looks like I will be starting with oil change for GF's mom's car and see what ells I can get done to it. I have tune up parts, Belt and hoses that need to be replaced along with a cooling system flush. Need to get a t-stat and replace that since I'm there. Both trucks are about due for oil changes and all three need baths.  :rolleyes
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 29 2022,5:41 am Post # 10832 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, with this good weather I'm just about caught up with all the small crap around the house, so by next week I should be able to get back to my projects, I hope. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 29 2022,5:33 pm Post # 10833 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Sad thing is, None of my projects are small. All are outside  :rolleyes
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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 30 2022,5:30 am Post # 10834 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Hate them big projects, seems like they never get finished. :rolleyes  :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 03 2022,5:48 pm Post # 10835 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Got the garage cleaned up saturday and chipped away on picking up some of the broken block from the wall I took down. Didn't get anything done Sunday.
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 04 2022,7:31 am Post # 10836 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, at least yo made some progress. :good  :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 05 2022,5:03 pm Post # 10837 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Got to start somewhere I guess.  I have to get to the GF's moms car this weekend. She wants to go to Payson next week.

15th I'll be in Tucson. Looks like the side wall on the slick on the driver side went to crap. Supposed to have another set by this weekend to be ready next week.  :good
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 06 2022,5:28 am Post # 10838 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
It's gonna be cold down there if the weather keep going the way it is, probably good air for racing though. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 07 2022,3:19 pm Post # 10839 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Days shouldn't be to bad. The night is most likely going to be quite chilly.  The race is During the day Saturday. Not sure if we will come home That evening or Sunday. Depends on how all goes.
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 08 2022,5:40 am Post # 10840 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yeah, it's drying up now so the air should be pretty good day or night. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 08 2022,3:55 pm Post # 10841 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Worked on the Malibu this morning.  GF's car. Got the plugs, wires, module and the belt changed. Got all the hoses off and flushed the system. Waiting on a couple hoses that will be here tomorrow along with a reservoir. Reservoir was in bad shape.  Have a t-stat to go in as well. I'm there I might as well do that too. All in all no to bad of shape for 105k. Plugs were definitely ready to be changed. Hoses were getting hard and the belt was starting to crack and dry out. NONE of this has ever been changed on this car. Everything was original GM factory parts.
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 09 2022,5:37 am Post # 10842 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Probably should re pack wheel bearings and give the rear end a fresh batch of oil too if it's all original, good for another 100K :good
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 11 2022,5:03 pm Post # 10843 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:laugh  Not a bad idea, but it's front wheel drive. It's an '05 Malibu Maxx LS with the V6. I didn't finish it until Monday evening.  They got me the wrong Heater hose.  By the time I got it and realized it, the warehouse was closed for the day Sunday. Got the correct one and all is good now. Couldn't put the new reservoir in until I had the heater hose in, then the last of the hoses could go on. Had to replace the purge valve as I some how broke it during this extravaganza. 2 minute replacement. Only hose I need to change I can't get until next week is the one from the reservoir to the radiator. I put the old one back in for now so they can at least make their appointments the next few days and over the weekend while I'm gone they have a car.
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 12 2022,5:29 am Post # 10844 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
They don't have wheel bearings??? :stupid  :stupid Gotta be something there that needs service. :stupid
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 12 2022,3:29 pm Post # 10845 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I'm sure there are wheel bearings, but no rear diff. Not sure how this is setup. Never really worked on a front wheel drive car that deep.
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 13 2022,5:36 am Post # 10846 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yeah, front wheel drive will only have an axle back there, they gotta have wheel bearings though, they must be serviceable I would think just like the front? :stupid  Never worked on that stuff, don't really want to either. :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 14 2022,3:19 pm Post # 10847 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:laugh   Neither do I. I have done way more than I want to on this car.  Only good thing is the car is in great shape for an 05'. We will see how much longer she will be able to drive it.
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 15 2022,5:51 am Post # 10848 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, she could buy my Nova, that'll last the rest of her life. :good   :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 18 2022,7:24 pm Post # 10849 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:laugh Yea but I don't need another project  :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Oct. 19 2022,5:41 am Post # 10850 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
But this one ain't no project. :laugh
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