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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
I made an appointment on Monday to have an alignment done on my truck today. Ever since my "incident" in April it's been slightly pulling to the right.....hardly enough to even notice. They got it in the shop today and put it up on the rack. I'll admit, I haven't been checking over the old girl lately as often as I should but was kind of embarrassed when I found out my rack is shot, the power steering cooler was leaking and the inner tie rod ends were loose.
The inner tie rod ends were loose so I told the tech. to replace them before the alignment. After he replaced them there was still about 1.5"-2" of movement coming from the rack...so not being able to replace the rack right now I had them hold off on the alignment. The funny part is, driving it you wouldn't know the rack was bad. It's solid and tight going down the road. Actually I didn't even notice the tie rod ends were loose either.
Before too long this 2004 will be like a 2014
The inner tie rod ends were loose so I told the tech. to replace them before the alignment. After he replaced them there was still about 1.5"-2" of movement coming from the rack...so not being able to replace the rack right now I had them hold off on the alignment. The funny part is, driving it you wouldn't know the rack was bad. It's solid and tight going down the road. Actually I didn't even notice the tie rod ends were loose either.
Before too long this 2004 will be like a 2014
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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
yesterday afternoon I was doing internal pipe examinations at a couple of facilities....after you get done with one or two of them a person starts to look rather soaked and dirty....on the way home I had to stop at a sobriety check point....the officer asked if I had anything to drink....knowing how I looked, I asked him in return "what do you think?"....he looked me over and waved me on.....
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Uhhh sure, have RP change my SN to Patwoman 
Uhhh sure, have RP change my SN to Patwoman
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From: In the fast lane from LA to Tokyo...
Told the electrician and the general on the job I'm on now that if the volume on the music speakers ain't turned down that....a) I'm getting the side cutters out or b) I'm going home paid....I'm going to chose b).....then he and my boss can talk about it
this ear ringing is amplified by that crap even with ear plugs in...
BTW its at around 140 db in there....
this ear ringing is amplified by that crap even with ear plugs in...
BTW its at around 140 db in there....