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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: thumper3ld on April 04, 2006, 08:12:56 PM

Title: When it rains, It poors.
Post by: thumper3ld on April 04, 2006, 08:12:56 PM: Today sucked!! It rained last night, found out my car was broken into this morning, and my water pump goes on me on my way to work. Yup, when it rains it poors. :(
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Post by: Febi Guibo on April 04, 2006, 08:25:44 PM: DUDE NOOOOOO! oh man THAT SUCKS!
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Post by: Eurospec on April 04, 2006, 09:08:16 PM: That's harsh, hang in there. I know I'd be a disaster if that all happened on the same day.
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Post by: dude8383 on April 04, 2006, 09:08:48 PM: Quote from: thumper3ld
Today sucked!! It rained last night, found out my car was broken into this morning, and my water pump goes on me on my way to work. Yup, when it rains it poors. :(

anything valueable taken?

sorry to hear that..
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Post by: asubimmer on April 04, 2006, 09:11:09 PM: gosh, sorry to hear that man
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Post by: Febi Guibo on April 04, 2006, 09:54:48 PM: what sucks is that his car got broken into sitting in his own driveway (in a nice neighborhood)...

that seriously bums me out... I was over there on saturday too!

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Let me also say, for the record, it wasn't me... I would have taken the short shift kit too!
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Post by: Zoso on April 04, 2006, 10:37:16 PM: Theiving bastards! Sorry to hear the bad news.
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Post by: Choking Hazard on April 04, 2006, 11:08:48 PM: aaargh!
that sh1ts man!
If you needed a reason to do those things to the car, this is it. I don't care if it had absolutely nothing to do with the break in or water damage, it MUST be fixed now.
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Post by: 1991318is on April 04, 2006, 11:45:34 PM: that's a bummer, good luck w/ the car, hope all the stuff ends up alright.
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Post by: kowalski on April 05, 2006, 01:34:11 AM: yeah man, sorry to hear that!
hopfuly you don't end up like me with overcooling issues after...:(
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Post by: thumper3ld on April 05, 2006, 01:43:24 PM: Thanks for the support guys, everything is alright. Got the waterpump and window fixed yesterday and im looking for a new radio today. Today is a much better day, I called out sick for absolutely no reason but to lay in bed a bit longer.

Quote from: dude8383
anything valueable taken?

sorry to hear that..

Nah, stupid ass thieves couldnt get the radio out and didnt realize what I had in the trunk. All they got was my faceplate. That they took my maglite, but then we found it under my seat.

Quote from: Febi Guibo
what sucks is that his car got broken into sitting in his own driveway (in a nice neighborhood)...

that seriously bums me out... I was over there on saturday too!

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Let me also say, for the record, it wasn't me... I would have taken the short shift kit too!

lol you dick, :D ooh, and my neighbor isnt that nice, it just looks it. Remember, this is the tough streets of Hollis. We be dodging bullets ova hear.

Quote from: kowalski
yeah man, sorry to hear that!
hopfuly you don't end up like me with overcooling issues after...:(

lol, nah, i had over cooling issues before. I think i need to change out the thermostat.
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Post by: m42 fan on April 05, 2006, 03:40:23 PM: How much dificulty did you have getting the old water pump out. I've been reading all the threads here and on bf.c regarding this and it's starting to scare me a little.

Glad the thieves didn't get away with too much, that would have sucked big time
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Post by: dude8383 on April 05, 2006, 04:08:47 PM: yeh werddd glad that nothing of too much value was taken.
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Post by: tim_s on April 05, 2006, 05:17:28 PM: Quote from: m42 fan
How much dificulty did you have getting the old water pump out. I've been reading all the threads here and on bf.c regarding this and it's starting to scare me a little.

Glad the thieves didn't get away with too much, that would have sucked big time

fwiw i've done two of these, and both were ok. if you're patient and careful and eventually it should come out.

i'm sorry to hear about you're bad luck, thumper, here's hoping things look up from here on in.
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Post by: christophbmw on April 05, 2006, 05:30:01 PM: Damn that sucks......stupid people.

Hey a freind of mine got his truck broken into and the thieve couldnt get the head unit out so they took a screwdriver and drove it right thru the faceplate.....kinda like a "if i cant have it niether can you" thing.
Title: When it rains, It poors.
Post by: thumper3ld on April 06, 2006, 04:32:51 PM: To add to my great week, I noticed that I would get a clicking noise when breaking hard. Pop the hood and look what I find:

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/thumper3ld/Crack/enginemount1.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/thumper3ld/Crack/enginemount2.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/thumper3ld/Crack/enginemount3.jpg)

Can someone break it to me how bad this is?????:(

Here's links to bigger pics if needed:
http://www.MyOnlineImages.com/Members/thumper3ld/images/enginemount1.jpg
http://www.MyOnlineImages.com/Members/thumper3ld/images/enginemount2.jpg
http://www.MyOnlineImages.com/Members/thumper3ld/images/enginemount3.jpg
Title: When it rains, It poors.
Post by: Eurospec on April 06, 2006, 06:07:04 PM: That doesn't look good. Were the mounts on your to-do list by any chance?
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Post by: thumper3ld on April 07, 2006, 05:07:19 AM: Quote from: Eurospec
That doesn't look good. Were the mounts on your to-do list by any chance?

yes they were
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Post by: Gunni on April 07, 2006, 06:31:05 AM: Take it to a shop and have them remove the motor bushing on that side, support the engine while they remove it, then reweld that piece back to the subframe, it should be stronger then new when done
Title: When it rains, It poors.
Post by: thumper3ld on April 07, 2006, 04:09:31 PM: Thanks gunni, I think I am gonna try that. I think its the engine carrier so Im going to see if one is available and which option is cheaper, welding or replacing.