Busted Hose
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Busted Hose
Well, just sharing a story.
I was driving down to pickup my daughter for our Daddy-Lauren day. I was a bit late, so I had driven the car spiritdly. (Is that a word?)
Apparently, my top radiator hose rubbed against a pulley, and it wore a hole into the hose.
I limped the car to my ex's house. Just because she loves it when I do auto repair at her home.
I found out it will take a day to get the parts in. So, going old school, I used some electrical tape, made three good passes with overlapping, and drove back about 40 miles to get home. Ohh, and just because I knew the value of the Zip Tie, I used one of those too!
Electical tape and Zip ties FTMFW!
E
I was driving down to pickup my daughter for our Daddy-Lauren day. I was a bit late, so I had driven the car spiritdly. (Is that a word?)
Apparently, my top radiator hose rubbed against a pulley, and it wore a hole into the hose.
I limped the car to my ex's house. Just because she loves it when I do auto repair at her home.
I found out it will take a day to get the parts in. So, going old school, I used some electrical tape, made three good passes with overlapping, and drove back about 40 miles to get home. Ohh, and just because I knew the value of the Zip Tie, I used one of those too!
Electical tape and Zip ties FTMFW!
E
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Well, just sharing a story.
I was driving down to pickup my daughter for our Daddy-Lauren day. I was a bit late, so I had driven the car spiritdly. (Is that a word?)
Apparently, my top radiator hose rubbed against a pulley, and it wore a hole into the hose.
I limped the car to my ex's house. Just because she loves it when I do auto repair at her home.
I found out it will take a day to get the parts in. So, going old school, I used some electrical tape, made three good passes with overlapping, and drove back about 40 miles to get home. Ohh, and just because I knew the value of the Zip Tie, I used one of those too!
Electical tape and Zip ties FTMFW!
E
I was driving down to pickup my daughter for our Daddy-Lauren day. I was a bit late, so I had driven the car spiritdly. (Is that a word?)
Apparently, my top radiator hose rubbed against a pulley, and it wore a hole into the hose.
I limped the car to my ex's house. Just because she loves it when I do auto repair at her home.
I found out it will take a day to get the parts in. So, going old school, I used some electrical tape, made three good passes with overlapping, and drove back about 40 miles to get home. Ohh, and just because I knew the value of the Zip Tie, I used one of those too!
Electical tape and Zip ties FTMFW!
E
Great story, E. Glad it worked out and the temporary fix should suffice until the replacement comes in. Interesting that the pulley rubbed against the top radiator hose. When you re-install, zip ties might come in handy to keep it further away from the pulley.
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See! You guys have been hating on a very useful tool!...Hahaha...Zip-ties FTMFW!
Well, I can say that my grille is more secure now than it was before, but the top mounts are still gonna be difficult to fabricate and match up perfect.
Well, I can say that my grille is more secure now than it was before, but the top mounts are still gonna be difficult to fabricate and match up perfect.
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Well, just sharing a story.
I was driving down to pickup my daughter for our Daddy-Lauren day. I was a bit late, so I had driven the car spiritdly. (Is that a word?)
Apparently, my top radiator hose rubbed against a pulley, and it wore a hole into the hose.
I limped the car to my ex's house. Just because she loves it when I do auto repair at her home.
I found out it will take a day to get the parts in. So, going old school, I used some electrical tape, made three good passes with overlapping, and drove back about 40 miles to get home. Ohh, and just because I knew the value of the Zip Tie, I used one of those too!
Electical tape and Zip ties FTMFW!
E
I was driving down to pickup my daughter for our Daddy-Lauren day. I was a bit late, so I had driven the car spiritdly. (Is that a word?)
Apparently, my top radiator hose rubbed against a pulley, and it wore a hole into the hose.
I limped the car to my ex's house. Just because she loves it when I do auto repair at her home.
I found out it will take a day to get the parts in. So, going old school, I used some electrical tape, made three good passes with overlapping, and drove back about 40 miles to get home. Ohh, and just because I knew the value of the Zip Tie, I used one of those too!
Electical tape and Zip ties FTMFW!
E
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Okay, okay, I'll provide some car ****.
I did take pics, but won't post until tomorrow. I'm picking up my parts in the a.m., then going to do the install.
I'll post em up tomorrow promised.
Funny, lately, I have been traveling w/o tools. I had them in the car, because tonight, I'm installing a shop lite in my garage. Just got lucky, I had some tools. BUT, I just won't use a Gerber, ever. I'd do a butter knife before using a Gerber.
Sheet, last time, I blew my tranny cooling line, I was at the ex's house. Left a dump of fluid! She loves me.
However, she thinks the MB is a hunk of Sh*t.
I did take pics, but won't post until tomorrow. I'm picking up my parts in the a.m., then going to do the install.
I'll post em up tomorrow promised.
Funny, lately, I have been traveling w/o tools. I had them in the car, because tonight, I'm installing a shop lite in my garage. Just got lucky, I had some tools. BUT, I just won't use a Gerber, ever. I'd do a butter knife before using a Gerber.
Sheet, last time, I blew my tranny cooling line, I was at the ex's house. Left a dump of fluid! She loves me.
However, she thinks the MB is a hunk of Sh*t.
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Whoa E, sorry to hear about your faulty hose. I'm pleased you caught it before something too expensive transpired.
Take comfort in the fact that Lauren knows her daddy can not only fix anything mechanical, but also chauffeur her about while properly representing the Coupe fanatics!
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I use TY-wraps (better than zip ties) to attach my front plate when I go to LAX. Bacon-on-Duty writes every car w/o the front dongle.
That space around the spare is to carry belts, hoses, fuses, lamps, & emergency fuel. In the past, every gas station had TBA's (tires, batteries, and accessories) but today you get junk food 'cause the dude makes no money selling gas.
Now, how come that pulley ripped into that hose? Hmmmm? Is that a stock pulley?
Glad you made it home safely. That's the best part. POR! (press on regardless)
That space around the spare is to carry belts, hoses, fuses, lamps, & emergency fuel. In the past, every gas station had TBA's (tires, batteries, and accessories) but today you get junk food 'cause the dude makes no money selling gas.
Now, how come that pulley ripped into that hose? Hmmmm? Is that a stock pulley?
Glad you made it home safely. That's the best part. POR! (press on regardless)
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The fix is in. I know, pics, pics. Gotta a golf game to get to, so I needs to get moving. I'll post it up!
If that hose hadn't rubbed, no reason to change it. 143k on the car and that hose was good as new.
E
If that hose hadn't rubbed, no reason to change it. 143k on the car and that hose was good as new.
E
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E, did you ever figure out how and/or why it rubbed? I'm curious.
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Well here are the pics...
This was the repair job done at my ex's house to get me home.
The hose had fallen on a pulley. I don't know why this happened. Perhaps the engine mounts are allow too much flex? The hose was still in its correct holder.
This is the end repair, with a wonderful ziptie holding it up to prevent this.
Ohh, and one more just for johnand
This was the repair job done at my ex's house to get me home.
The hose had fallen on a pulley. I don't know why this happened. Perhaps the engine mounts are allow too much flex? The hose was still in its correct holder.
This is the end repair, with a wonderful ziptie holding it up to prevent this.
Ohh, and one more just for johnand
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He aint the only one... 
My luck with the ladies lately;
at least my car's running good (knock on wood).
Except for that recent knocking/rattling noise I'm getting emanating from the catalytic. I'll posting separately on that.
You pulled what is known as a "Macgyver"
which is generally any repair involving duct tape,
and we'll extend it to other types of tape as well....
Duct tape may not stick as well, but I seen on TV you can do lots things with it...I remember episodes where he would build a weapon, kill all the bad guys, or tie them up, make traps for food, build an airplane with bamboo, fly to safety, and then fix his leaky radiator hose.... all with a pocket knife and duct tape.
My luck with the ladies lately;
at least my car's running good (knock on wood).
Except for that recent knocking/rattling noise I'm getting emanating from the catalytic. I'll posting separately on that.
You pulled what is known as a "Macgyver"
which is generally any repair involving duct tape,
and we'll extend it to other types of tape as well....
Duct tape may not stick as well, but I seen on TV you can do lots things with it...I remember episodes where he would build a weapon, kill all the bad guys, or tie them up, make traps for food, build an airplane with bamboo, fly to safety, and then fix his leaky radiator hose.... all with a pocket knife and duct tape.
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