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The CURSE of the Silver Mullet: This morning Amanda, Sebastian and I went to Dave's bright and early to pick up the silver mullet. With a huge grin, I packed my 2.5 year old into the car seat and we drove off with Amanda following.
We get to Big Lake and I see large amounts of smoke coming from the rear-end. I pulled over into a new development and the car fills with smoke -- I am thinking FIRE.
I open the hood and find COOLANT everywhere. The bottom radiator hose falls off when I touched it.
A call to Collins Brother's towing and $140 later the car is FINALLY home. I told Dave the car was coming home this weekend -- either driven or by towing. I got 50/50.
Park it in the driveway and push it into the garage and I find that I also have a leak coming from the transmission.
I get two new clips for the radiator hose and I even sandpapered the paint of the water pump to make it work.
I called Dave and I think he went into a brief moment of Cardiac Arrest. He walked me though a couple things and I got the car running again.
I just ahve to figure out the tranny leak still though.
THE CAR IS FINALLY HOME!
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I hope I was able to help make your car brake better? A show of appreciation for the gas tank I haven’t put in yet. I am pretty good at finding ¾ of a tank. Besides I can’t have one part of the car rust free or the rest might get jealous and you know what that means, more money.
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The last gas tank I changed was on my 86 Monte Carlo (I sold to buy this car). The car was parked motor less in the grass so I slid under the tank and pushed up slid under more and pushed up until I got to the bolts, took them out, let the tank rest on my chest (mostly empty) then proceeded to attempt to slide back out. Alas, I was stuck! Ok Seth don’t panic the voices will help you figure this out. Just then I hear a buzz (Oh you think you know but you don’t!) I look up and there are 3 of the largest cheese fed WI. Bees I have ever seen! OK Seth PANIC! After my croppy flop attempt to shoe them away I must have turned green because I was able to push up on the tank slide out and drag the tank with me. I thought I was going to die or worse! And this is how not to change a gas tank. Hence I have been meaning to change the tank but the flash backs have been stopping me. I should have taken Jamie up on his offer of the car lift. By the way, the wet spot on my pants was from the gas (I know what you were thinking).
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