derek you actually are wrong about what i said this time, i did say i COULD do the rack, and i did say its PRETTY easy to change, but i NEVER said i wanted to do your rack. i didnt offer to do the rack, i said what i said about it being easy hoping you would tackle it yourself, i did offer to do the motor, i dont deny that, but i didnt offer to do the rack, i was trying to hype it up so you would try it yourself. and that whole thing about keeping my word, :q:q:q:q that if i said i would do something and then i decide not to, tough :q:q:q:q!!!!!!!!!!!!! what does someones word mean these days??? come on! i got no hard feeling either, if i choose to back out of something i said i would do oh well, but i didnt say i would do the rack. whatever anyway i'm getting to the point where i am not going to do anything for anyone period, i am not targeting you derek, i am getting burnt out in general.
Jamie you did say you would fix it, and gave me a price to do it. How would I have been given a price by you if you didn't offer to do it? Part of the process of agreeing to do something is giving a price. You did say you would do it. But regardless, as I said, no big deal, I'll deal with it. You know I'm big on keeping people on their word, so don't take it personal, I just get agitated when I depend on someone to stick to what they say.
I know you are getting burnt out, hence why I said earlier I won't bother you anymore about fixing my car. I had a local guy call me about a part I have listed and he asked if I knew anyone that can work on these cars...before I even read your post I told him I do, but I don't think he wants to work on these cars anymore.
No hard feelings, I just didn't want people here thinking I had a problem and I came running to you begging you to fix it. That's not how it went down. I knew you were tired of it so I didn't ask, you offered. Same with the engine, you offered, I didn't ask. I just wanted people here to know that so they don't try to act like I'm this giant burden on you that leeches off your help. If someone extends a hand, of course I will accept their help. It's as simple as that.
You've done a lot of work to my car, and have helped me immensely. I appreciate it and hopefully we can put this :q:q:q:q in the past.
Look on Craigslist under automotive services. Often times mechanics will post ads to do side work for 1/3 to 1/2 what the shops charge, and some will even come to you to do it. Oh, and download that damn CD!!! With my instructions it should only take 20 minutes or so from start to finish.
The rack will take 20 minutes? I'm curious now....I'm going to download the cd after I post this and look at it. If so I'm spending the money I was going to pay Jamie to buy a new jack and fix it this weekend.
Is the hating really necessary
Thanks for the support :Beer
Guys.........
Let Jamie deal with his own issues. I think he is more than capable of telling ripped what he is thinking. IIRC Jamie even told us to stay out of it, and am inclined to agree. Other than the obvious issues, I don't see a reason to drag this pissing match on any longer.
On the other hand Ripped........you DID take a hammer to your valve cover because it wouldn't come off. And a bunch of idiocy insued, so you will have to live that stigma down. And I ain't kidding when I say this.....
It'll take a while.
Mike
Yeah I know. I was just saying to Laser in pm's that my valve cover get's f'd up and put chips all over the engine and chipped the cam towers so being that it was already broke, out of pure aggression I took a hammer to it. I thought it would make people laugh at what not to do so I posted it. That was the first time in 10 years I broke something out of anger. I said it was amazing how I smash one thing that was already broken out of pure anger and people act as though I have zero knowledge about cars.
I tapped the heads on my Mustang myself, I've done brakes, fuel filters, engine mounts and other things on my Mustang and had no major issues whatsoever. I'm still a beginner, but know a lot more than the majority of non-car people. I'm always interested in learning. It's through productive debates that answers are often revealed.
I'm new to this car, and there is a lot of conflicting advise so it's hard to sometimes figure out what the hell is going on with my car.
But you are right Mike, no one forced my hand on that hammer, and no one forced me to post pics. I'll have to live that down.....I definitely agree...
I hear ya
