| RE:The never ending projects |
Subject: RE:The never ending projects by TommyT-Bone on 2007/12/19 2:22:37 The saga continues..... So I'm cleaning up the 90. I recharge the A/C ,and clean it up real nice. Since I'm cleaning , I go over to the 91 to vac it out and decide to start it up. I happened to have the hood up because I was vacuuming the catch area in front of the windshield of all the leaves and pebbles that get trapped in there. I turn the key and I see a wisp of smoke as the starter attempts to engage. Either the alarm guy or the shop that replaced the starter must have left a wire bare or as luck might have it, it may be something else. So now I have something to do on Thursday. I'm calling the tow truck and bringing it back to the shop that did the starter. The wife picks me up and we go to pick up the 83 Porsche that was supposed to be ready today. We get there at 5:00 PM and it's sitting on the slightly elevated lift running with a timing light sitting on the back bumper. The mechanic is adding more oil and it hasn't even been test driven yet. He says it's going to be another hour or so. We figure we'll go grab a bite to eat while we wait. Ring......ring....... at the dinner table. The lines that hook up to the thermostat stripped the thermostat threads and the line is not holding pressure. You need a new thermostat. Ka ching. We'll get it first thing in the morning and it should be done by tomorrow night. Meanwhile, the dinner takes about thirty-five minutes to get to the table. My fries are warm , not hot, and the wife has burnt stuff from the grill on her bacon cheese burger. She asks if thet could just give her a new bun top and cheese. Twenty minutes later they send back a new burger with the manager. This time they bring her a well done burger when she ordered it medium. She didn't even ask for a new burger, just a new top bun with cheese. The manager goes to the kitchen to prepare it himself. 15 minutes later she eats. They were kind enough to void the bill but I'd rather pay for it and just get what we asked for. The restaurant wasn't even very busy and they fubbed this one up pretty good. The nights not over yet and there is still plenty of time for some more $#!+ to hit the fan. Overall it's been just another glorious day.........  |
