What did you do today non-detailing related?

[2black1s]

2 days before I was supposed to drive my Mustang 150 miles to its winter storage location, one of the valve springs decides to break, luckily I was only a block from my house.
Of course these are not stock heads, so getting a valve spring in 2 days is either impossible or $$$, but I lucked out.

Contacted my gear head coworker who gave me a name of a guy he knows.
10 minutes later, guy has a full set in his garage that he gave me for free.

The night before the drive, I swapped the broken spring out. Almost everything went well, I stripped one of the valve cover bolts.
I'll replace the other 15 springs sometime this winter and repair the stripped thread for the valve cover.
Car made the trip without a hiccup.

The one quick pic I took. 3rd from the left was the broken one. Obviously you cannot see the springs.

Lucky the valve didn't drop into the cylinder. Ask me how I know.

Mine happened 2,000 miles from home on a road trip. Did the repairs on the side of the road (I-40 near Flagstaff, AZ in January - It was cold!).

[Odrapnew]

Lucky the valve didn't drop into the cylinder. Ask me how I know.

Mine happened 2,000 miles from home on a road trip. Did the repairs on the side of the road (I-40 near Flagstaff, AZ in January - It was cold!).

For sure. The damper spring likely held it up just enough to keep from kissing the piston. Plus I was barely above idle driving down my street.

My other concern was if any of the others would fail on the drive.
Last time I had a valve spring fail, a 2nd one wasn't far behind, but thankfully no issues on the trip.

[dgage]

Geez Chilly, this is a detailers forum! Lol!

[bill walsh]

you mean this is not a tire forum ?

[dgage]

you mean this is not a tire forum ?

Touché!

[Klasse Act]

After work I went in for my yearly "random" drug test. I say yearly and random because I never did one the first 7 yrs, now 3 in three years. This one has a breathe test too. I'm ranting about this because I don't drink or smoke anything, complete waste of my time but it's their O.T. money they're payin' but not the point, I'm offended

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[PaulMys]

Is it one of those multi fuel types? Ive been thinkin a generator would be a good thing to have

No, this one is gas only. XP13000E. The dual fuel (gas or propane) is the XP13000EH

Can anyone get that deal?

As of today (10/27) yes. Price drop from $1,399 to $949 on the Big "A". Was at my house in less than 48 hours.

[MisterSnoop]

After work I went in for my yearly "random" drug test. I say yearly and random because I never did one the first 7 yrs, now 3 in three years. This one has a breathe test too. I'm ranting about this because I don't drink or smoke anything, complete waste of my time but it's their O.T. money they're payin' but not the point, I'm offended

I get to do that at work. We have nurse practitioners at work so I just have to go to our medical office. We have 30 minutes after they tell us until we have to be there. They usually tell me right after I pee so I have to sit there drinking water for like a half hour.

[Coatingsarecrack]

After work I went in for my yearly "random" drug test. I say yearly and random because I never did one the first 7 yrs, now 3 in three years. This one has a breathe test too. I'm ranting about this because I don't drink or smoke anything, complete waste of my time but it's their O.T. money they're payin' but not the point, I'm offended

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Start doing more drugs but randomly… makes the test more fun….


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[Tasmania]

Watched V8 Supercars on TV from sunny 30°c Gold Coast