Bar's Head Gasket Repair, another follow-up...

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:19:43 -0800, Brian wrote:

> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno.RemoveThis@ae86.gts> wrote in message
> news:zY_tj.21644$s33.19921@trndny06...
>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:29:07 -0800, mack wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno.RemoveThis@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>>> news:PsItj.237$wG2.190@trndny09...
>>>
>>>> That's what I'm thinking. But I only use this car for 80 miles a day,
>>>> 22 miles from home at the furthest point, between the hours of
>>>> 1-5AM...
>>>>
>>>> and my AAA is expired...
>>>>
>>> Well, no guarantees of course, but as I think I told you, when I
>>> 'fixed' a Peugeot with a bad head gasket with Bar's Leaks ( a five
>>> dollar bottle of the stuff) it stayed fixed for the next two years
>>> until I sold it...if it failed after that I have no idea. Good Luck,
>>> Hachi !
>>
>> Yeah, I've been bearing that in mind! You used the other stuff, I used
>> some stuff that's only been on the market for <a year. We'll see what
>> happens.
>>
>> Here's the problem: in April or May, this car is coming off the road,
>> and the Supra goes back on. The car will stay off the road until
>> November, and unless I sell it, goes back on in the cold weather. My
>> garage isn't big enough to swing a cat, so it's roll the dice...fix the
>> gaskets properly, or hope the stuff holds...
>>
>> Of course, the IDEAL plan is to stop peddling Newspapers and get a real
>> job, or hope my job with Unisys/Dell picks up to the point where I don't
>> NEED the papers anymore! Either that, or the band starts getting enough
>> bookings to make up the difference, in which case the Legacy Wagon goes
>> on the road...
>>
>> Decisions, decisions!
>>
>> GET OUT THERE AND BREAK SOME DELLS!!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Hachi, now that you mention it, I would love to break some Dells,
> except
> that I end up the one who gets to fix them in the end. Don't suppose you
> can make up a good story for me of why Dell chose to put XP Media Center
> Edition on this box of theirs that doesn't even have a TV tuner in it!
> I'm supposed to fix it for a relative of a friend that I used to know
> through where I work, of all things, delivering papers, but I can't seem
> to pull an XP MCE cd out of thin air, and of course the customer can't
> find their original either!

Try going to support.dell.com and see if you can d'l the stuff from there.
Probably not. And they don't like to send CDs out, either.

If it's under warranty, call them and they'll send everything!


>
> I'm glad your gasket repair is holding for now. Sounds like the good
> old days all over again. No time to do a proper fix as the boss seems to
> think my car had to show up for work every day of the week. I ended up
> buying a second wagon to take the burden off the first but that never
> panned out. Just ended up with more to fix!


That's about the way it works! Now one of the axles in the front is
clicking...



>
> ~Brian
 >> Stay informed about: Bar's Head Gasket Repair, another follow-up... 

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno RemoveThis @ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:Vq6uj.12066$MY2.5943@trndny07...
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:19:43 -0800, Brian wrote:
>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno RemoveThis @ae86.gts> wrote in message
>> news:zY_tj.21644$s33.19921@trndny06...
>>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:29:07 -0800, mack wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno RemoveThis @AE86.gts> wrote in message
>>>> news:PsItj.237$wG2.190@trndny09...
>>>>
>>>>> That's what I'm thinking. But I only use this car for 80 miles a day,
>>>>> 22 miles from home at the furthest point, between the hours of
>>>>> 1-5AM...
>>>>>
>>>>> and my AAA is expired...
>>>>>
>>>> Well, no guarantees of course, but as I think I told you, when I
>>>> 'fixed' a Peugeot with a bad head gasket with Bar's Leaks ( a five
>>>> dollar bottle of the stuff) it stayed fixed for the next two years
>>>> until I sold it...if it failed after that I have no idea. Good Luck,
>>>> Hachi !
>>>
>>> Yeah, I've been bearing that in mind! You used the other stuff, I used
>>> some stuff that's only been on the market for <a year. We'll see what
>>> happens.
>>>
>>> Here's the problem: in April or May, this car is coming off the road,
>>> and the Supra goes back on. The car will stay off the road until
>>> November, and unless I sell it, goes back on in the cold weather. My
>>> garage isn't big enough to swing a cat, so it's roll the dice...fix the
>>> gaskets properly, or hope the stuff holds...
>>>
>>> Of course, the IDEAL plan is to stop peddling Newspapers and get a real
>>> job, or hope my job with Unisys/Dell picks up to the point where I don't
>>> NEED the papers anymore! Either that, or the band starts getting enough
>>> bookings to make up the difference, in which case the Legacy Wagon goes
>>> on the road...
>>>
>>> Decisions, decisions!
>>>
>>> GET OUT THERE AND BREAK SOME DELLS!!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Hachi, now that you mention it, I would love to break some Dells,
>> except
>> that I end up the one who gets to fix them in the end. Don't suppose you
>> can make up a good story for me of why Dell chose to put XP Media Center
>> Edition on this box of theirs that doesn't even have a TV tuner in it!
>> I'm supposed to fix it for a relative of a friend that I used to know
>> through where I work, of all things, delivering papers, but I can't seem
>> to pull an XP MCE cd out of thin air, and of course the customer can't
>> find their original either!
>
> Try going to support.dell.com and see if you can d'l the stuff from there.
> Probably not. And they don't like to send CDs out, either.
>
> If it's under warranty, call them and they'll send everything!

If the equipment were under warranty still my customers would be dealing
with Dell on their own. As for myself, Dell support usually tells me to go
piss up a rope (in their ever so polite, Indian accent), so I have as much
use for Dell as they do me. They have no interest that I keep their
computers running the same as you are trying to keep your Subarus humming
along. I haven't contracted with Dell for official warranty work since '97
and don't miss the joke they made of on-site repair jobs. In my unfortunate
experience, Dell will only help a customer if they are the original
purchaser or have been the proud recipient of a transfer of ownership, and
although they are always gladly willing to be of zero help, please supply my
first name, last name, telephone number, email address, etc., here is my
case number, and have a nice day.

>
>
>>
>> I'm glad your gasket repair is holding for now. Sounds like the good
>> old days all over again. No time to do a proper fix as the boss seems to
>> think my car had to show up for work every day of the week. I ended up
>> buying a second wagon to take the burden off the first but that never
>> panned out. Just ended up with more to fix!
>
>
> That's about the way it works! Now one of the axles in the front is
> clicking...

Yup, I hear you there. I just had the passenger axle replaced at a shop
because I just didn't have the time to do number 8 myself, so while swapping
break pads the other day, hmm, sure as umm, heck, could have sworn that was
CV grease leaking from under the outer band on the new part.. Sigh,
I'm gonna forget I saw it for now.

~Brian
 >> Stay informed about: Bar's Head Gasket Repair, another follow-up... 

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:38:16 -0800, "Brian" <strchild.DeleteThis@hotmail.com>
wrote:


>>>> Decisions, decisions!
>>>>
>>>> GET OUT THERE AND BREAK SOME DELLS!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hachi, now that you mention it, I would love to break some Dells,
>>> except
>>> that I end up the one who gets to fix them in the end. Don't suppose you
>>> can make up a good story for me of why Dell chose to put XP Media Center
>>> Edition on this box of theirs that doesn't even have a TV tuner in it!
>>> I'm supposed to fix it for a relative of a friend that I used to know
>>> through where I work, of all things, delivering papers, but I can't seem
>>> to pull an XP MCE cd out of thin air, and of course the customer can't
>>> find their original either!
>>
>> Try going to support.dell.com and see if you can d'l the stuff from there.
>> Probably not. And they don't like to send CDs out, either.
>>

Invariably they are the wrong cd, or incomplete.
EVERY encounter with a Dell turns into the "Dell from HELL"

>> If it's under warranty, call them and they'll send everything!
>
> If the equipment were under warranty still my customers would be dealing
>with Dell on their own. As for myself, Dell support usually tells me to go
>piss up a rope (in their ever so polite, Indian accent), so I have as much
>use for Dell as they do me. They have no interest that I keep their
>computers running the same as you are trying to keep your Subarus humming
>along. I haven't contracted with Dell for official warranty work since '97
>and don't miss the joke they made of on-site repair jobs. In my unfortunate
>experience, Dell will only help a customer if they are the original
>purchaser or have been the proud recipient of a transfer of ownership, and
>although they are always gladly willing to be of zero help, please supply my
>first name, last name, telephone number, email address, etc., here is my
>case number, and have a nice day.
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I'm glad your gasket repair is holding for now. Sounds like the good
>>> old days all over again. No time to do a proper fix as the boss seems to
>>> think my car had to show up for work every day of the week. I ended up
>>> buying a second wagon to take the burden off the first but that never
>>> panned out. Just ended up with more to fix!
>>
>>
>> That's about the way it works! Now one of the axles in the front is
>> clicking...
>
>Yup, I hear you there. I just had the passenger axle replaced at a shop
>because I just didn't have the time to do number 8 myself, so while swapping
>break pads the other day, hmm, sure as umm, heck, could have sworn that was
>CV grease leaking from under the outer band on the new part.. Sigh,
>I'm gonna forget I saw it for now.
>
>~Brian
>


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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:09:42 -0500, wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:38:16 -0800, "Brian" <strchild.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>>> Decisions, decisions!
>>>>>
>>>>> GET OUT THERE AND BREAK SOME DELLS!!!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Hachi, now that you mention it, I would love to break some Dells,
>>>> except
>>>> that I end up the one who gets to fix them in the end. Don't suppose
>>>> you can make up a good story for me of why Dell chose to put XP Media
>>>> Center Edition on this box of theirs that doesn't even have a TV tuner
>>>> in it!
>>>> I'm supposed to fix it for a relative of a friend that I used to
>>>> :know
>>>> through where I work, of all things, delivering papers, but I can't
>>>> seem to pull an XP MCE cd out of thin air, and of course the customer
>>>> can't find their original either!
>>>
>>> Try going to support.dell.com and see if you can d'l the stuff from
>>> there. Probably not. And they don't like to send CDs out, either.
>>>
>>>
> Invariably they are the wrong cd, or incomplete. EVERY encounter with a
> Dell turns into the "Dell from HELL"




But, what about their "Award Winning Service?"






>
>>> If it's under warranty, call them and they'll send everything!
>>
>> If the equipment were under warranty still my customers would be
>> dealing
>>with Dell on their own. As for myself, Dell support usually tells me to
>>go piss up a rope (in their ever so polite, Indian accent), so I have as
>>much use for Dell as they do me. They have no interest that I keep their
>>computers running the same as you are trying to keep your Subarus humming
>>along. I haven't contracted with Dell for official warranty work since
>>'97 and don't miss the joke they made of on-site repair jobs. In my
>>unfortunate experience, Dell will only help a customer if they are the
>>original purchaser or have been the proud recipient of a transfer of
>>ownership, and although they are always gladly willing to be of zero
>>help, please supply my first name, last name, telephone number, email
>>address, etc., here is my case number, and have a nice day.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm glad your gasket repair is holding for now. Sounds like the
>>>> good
>>>> old days all over again. No time to do a proper fix as the boss seems
>>>> to think my car had to show up for work every day of the week. I
>>>> ended up buying a second wagon to take the burden off the first but
>>>> that never panned out. Just ended up with more to fix!
>>>
>>>
>>> That's about the way it works! Now one of the axles in the front is
>>> clicking...
>>
>>Yup, I hear you there. I just had the passenger axle replaced at a shop
>>because I just didn't have the time to do number 8 myself, so while
>>swapping break pads the other day, hmm, sure as umm, heck, could have
>>sworn that was CV grease leaking from under the outer band on the new
>>part.. Sigh, I'm gonna forget I saw it for now.
>>
>>~Brian
>>
>>
 >> Stay informed about: Bar's Head Gasket Repair, another follow-up... 

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:05:17 -0500, wrote:

>>
>>That's what I'm thinking. But I only use this car for 80 miles a day, 22
>>miles from home at the furthest point, between the hours of 1-5AM...
>>
>>and my AAA is expired...
>>
> And I've seen those repairs go for MANY years - particularly in a case
> where the only leak was an external one. Leaks into the combustion chamber
> are a lot less likely to be satisfactory long-term.
>
> Then again, I've been known to use boiler sealer on a clunker and have it
> last 5 or more years - on a leak to the combustion chamber - and even oc a
> frost damaged block.


Boiler sealer?!?! WTF?
 >> Stay informed about: Bar's Head Gasket Repair, another follow-up... 

Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:05:17 -0500, wrote:
>
>>> That's what I'm thinking. But I only use this car for 80 miles a day, 22
>>> miles from home at the furthest point, between the hours of 1-5AM...
>>>
>>> and my AAA is expired...
>>>
>> And I've seen those repairs go for MANY years - particularly in a case
>> where the only leak was an external one. Leaks into the combustion chamber
>> are a lot less likely to be satisfactory long-term.
>>
>> Then again, I've been known to use boiler sealer on a clunker and have it
>> last 5 or more years - on a leak to the combustion chamber - and even oc a
>> frost damaged block.
>
>
> Boiler sealer?!?! WTF?
>
>
I saw a hole in the radiator repaired by a handful of plain old
household pepper. Lasted well over 6 months before the car was sold.
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