Bleg!

[Hijacker]

Today has been such a waste of a day.

I was gonna do an oil change today, and I've been waiting for it to warm up so I can change out the front main oil seal as well.

For some reason, the power steering pump belt was a pain to get off, so I took a break from it to start on my front struts. I got my new Tein S-Tech's in the mail today, and I was gonna swap the springs after I finished the front seal. Was doing the last bolt on the first strut tower and it stripped. First 'Bleg'.

I went back to the PS pump and finally worked the belt off and the alternator belt was easy to get off. Popped the crank pully nut out and then I couldn't get pully to come off. And I don't have a puller, so I had to scrap doing the main seal for now. Second 'Bleg'.

Today just basically became a lesson in futility and I spent 7 hours doing a stupid oil change.

[DarkStar]

sorry man...sounds like my day, I woke up...then went back to sleep cuz I had nothing else better to do. What a waste.

[ride4lame]

i went to psych class. Talked to some friends.Watched some news...ate a few times....rode a little bit of bmx...now i am here...yeah, i wasted my day too

[D1SR240]

37 hours of work this week, plus full time school on top of that, my only day off from work was today, and after school i spent the whole day doing homework. waste day? i wish

[whiterps13]

isnt it funny how you can never stay focused? you start one thing, go to something else, go to something else, and forgot where you even started. severe a.d.d.

[Hijacker]

i didn't finish that last post. i got distracted

[Mr1der]

most inept oil change eVar!!

[Hijacker]

the bolt is off! w00t! it's good to know mechanics who have nifty little sockets that can get stripped bolts off. Now I can finish my suspension work!

[Mr1der]

awesome!

hurry up and get it done in time for said big meet!

I need some sockets that can get stripped bolts off...

[Hijacker]

They were snap-on sockets. I was having a difficult time getting the splines to seat on the bolt because I was being gentle with the $22 socket (we had to pound it to get it to seat). Jay took a freaking ball pean and started whacking it with all he had to get it on. I felt like such a dork afterwards.

btw, springs are on! see seperate thread for more details