Hmmm,...how much can I get said before the wife gets here, and I have to put the phone down......
* didn't make that,....she walked in.
So,...several hours later....let me sum this up in 5 words.
What a fcked up day.
The monster is back in full dick head mode. He squarely stabbed me in the eye several times today. Let's start with eye stab #1..
The oil leak is still there. Frustrated, I decided to attempt removing the cover plate to fix the leak once and for all. That process in of itself is a giant pain in the ass.
I managed to get the plate off and out of the engine compartment, despite a higher than normal cuss word take rate. Once removed, it becomes apparent at trying to scrape all of the " right stuff" that was applied as a gasket will be a monumental task, give the limited space I have to work with.
Before that, I spent several hours sanding and painting the trim in trim black. Unfortunately I neglected to prime those pieces first, and the black paint is eggshell fragile,...it scratches and fractures just trying to put the trim on.....so guess what I didn't do?
I also applied the gold pinstripe tape last night to the remaining 3 wheels last night......by this afternoon, that tape had came back off ......wasted hour #5
Even before that,....i started the car, to see if it was gonna leak oil,...it surges like holy hell now that it's colder,....i wish it would just tune it's damn self.
The cover is now off,...to get that plate off required that I loosen the accessory drive, even ifvi do manage to get that surface scraped, I gotta figure out a better gasket solution,...and getting it back on is gonna just be a nightmare. I'm almost at the point of just pulling the entire side of the engine off, and resealing everything......
Not a good day.
* didn't make that,....she walked in.
So,...several hours later....let me sum this up in 5 words.
What a fcked up day.
The monster is back in full dick head mode. He squarely stabbed me in the eye several times today. Let's start with eye stab #1..
The oil leak is still there. Frustrated, I decided to attempt removing the cover plate to fix the leak once and for all. That process in of itself is a giant pain in the ass.
I managed to get the plate off and out of the engine compartment, despite a higher than normal cuss word take rate. Once removed, it becomes apparent at trying to scrape all of the " right stuff" that was applied as a gasket will be a monumental task, give the limited space I have to work with.
Before that, I spent several hours sanding and painting the trim in trim black. Unfortunately I neglected to prime those pieces first, and the black paint is eggshell fragile,...it scratches and fractures just trying to put the trim on.....so guess what I didn't do?
I also applied the gold pinstripe tape last night to the remaining 3 wheels last night......by this afternoon, that tape had came back off ......wasted hour #5
Even before that,....i started the car, to see if it was gonna leak oil,...it surges like holy hell now that it's colder,....i wish it would just tune it's damn self.
The cover is now off,...to get that plate off required that I loosen the accessory drive, even ifvi do manage to get that surface scraped, I gotta figure out a better gasket solution,...and getting it back on is gonna just be a nightmare. I'm almost at the point of just pulling the entire side of the engine off, and resealing everything......
Not a good day.