Terri Huffnagle
SHO Member
It's from the Conan clip.
Yeah - I watched it last night. I had never seen that! (I'm so out of the loop sometimes...)
2008 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals
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Yeah - I watched it last night. I had never seen that! (I'm so out of the loop sometimes...)
somedude_001
SHO Member
got the engine in. not to long left and she will be running. If it runs I will be there late tonight.
Mr Anonymous
Tire Wall
The greater Carlisle area is officially out of beer. 
Everyone who isn't here can just stay home now! :laugh_ti:
Everyone who isn't here can just stay home now! :laugh_ti:
RAYJAY
WHO ME ?
Ok were home with both cars,
Jeff
and its only....
Friday, June 5, 2009
361 days till
all Ford 2009 ......
Jeff
and its only....
Friday, June 5, 2009
361 days till
all Ford 2009 ......
Kilty423
Sho-fer
I had a great time even though my car wasnt there. Thanks for the hospitality guys i kinda felt out of place without my beloved sho but it all came together and it was a fun weekend. Hope to see you guys again either at another meet or carisle 2009.
medgraphsho
Bill T.
Home @ 4pm. No issues to report. It was nice, but the heat was definitely a challenge.
NO SHO
Not so SLO...
I didn't get a chance to swing by the tent at all but there were some hot SHOs there! Congrats on the good SHOwing this year!
Anybody know if Kenneth likes the LED lights he got? I saw them on his car and they looked HAWT! I would PM him but I don't know his board name... Thanks!
-132FWHP 192FT.LBS in 102 deg weather! LOL
Anybody know if Kenneth likes the LED lights he got? I saw them on his car and they looked HAWT! I would PM him but I don't know his board name... Thanks!
-132FWHP 192FT.LBS in 102 deg weather! LOL
RAYJAY
WHO ME ?
the led tail lights were really nice ,they even fit better than the stock one's
Jeff
Jeff
I really do like my LED tails. They're a nice fit as stated and look good with the car. Thanks for the compliment
SHO GoDz 89
True Sleeper
I heard from a friend who was there that you guys were all next to the Merker group.
Not a big fan of those turbo 2.3's, but they remind me a lot of SHO's in the sense that they are sorta rare and notorious for being quick.
Not a big fan of those turbo 2.3's, but they remind me a lot of SHO's in the sense that they are sorta rare and notorious for being quick.
NCTaurusSHO
Guest
yeah...we are now in wisconsin.... met up with the WISHOC crew...mmmm....custard.....
ashley
ashley
Storm-Chaser
New Member
Jeff,
You suck - I got home very late last night.
I stayed for the '95 GT convertible drawing, only to find the car needed a jump to start. That was after starting the car a dozen+ times to test several EATCs that had, that burned-out button-lights.
Most everyone had left by then (except for the Merkur group which was drinking and doing German beer-salutes). I think at that point only Matt and the father/son that showed-up Sunday were still there.
As I was throwing my dash back together and cleaning-up the mess I had created, they found a set of jumper cables. I finished the dash, loaded the tools, and it started right-up. Someone (Matt ?) followed me to the AutoZone in Carlisle. I had the battery/charging system tested for the umteenth-time since December (it's had problems starting and holding a strong charge since before Christmas).
Anyway, they test the battery/alternator and proudly tell me, "The alternator output is a little low, but everything tests fine . . . ."
So I go inside to have my spare alternator tested, already knowing they won't have a 94-95 MTX alternator. My spare tests bad. They (AZ) not only didn't have it (the Carlisle store is the "hub" store for that area), but it would take up to two days to get depending on whether it came from Washington D.C. or Memphis. That does a lot of f-cking good.
I head to the Flying J at I-81 and Highway U.S. 11, check fluids and hit the Interstate for Mississippi. Stop at an AutoZone in Hagerstown MD to see if they have an alternator - same story, has to be ordered. Stop for gas in Winchester VA, car starts fine, back on the interstate.
I'm cruising along, traffic is running 72-80 mph when I hear a click and see the EATC cycle to the 888 display and then to OFF. Look at the clock - sure enough, the minutes digit is starting to dim. I turn off the radio, roll-down the windows, and crank it to 80 mph, as my time is limited. I start searching Street Atlas USA to see where the next decent-size city is, and as I feared it's Roanaoke, which is over 100 miles away having just passed the 250 mile-marker.
Eventually the ABS light illuminates, followed by the EATC shutting-down. Then I start to see a faint flicker of the Battery light. Uh-oh, running on the battery now . . . .
I find that if I keep the rpm around 2500-2800, the battery light only occassionally flickers on, indicating some output. The clock-lighting continues to dim to the point I cannot see the minutes digit, which was then followed later by an occasional CHECK ENGINE light. Realizing I won't make Roanoke, I see that Lexington is next about 10 miles ahead. Figuring that Since VMI is there (Virginia Military Institute), there should be some decent service there.
Strike One!
I make it to the I-64 ramp, which in turn leads to U.S. 11 that is the main road through town. As soon as I begin slowing to "negotiate" the ramp, the engine dies - should have clutched it and held rpms.
Strike Two!
Then for some unknown reason (maybe the 50 minutes of driving in 95+ heat with no A/C), I try down-shifting to fourth, then third to see if it will start - only to **** about 15mph of the speed I had.
Strike Three!
I make it the ~mile to the U.S. 11 ramp, only to find that I need the 15mph I scrubbed-off to make it up the ramp. After shouting a few choice words, I wait a few minutes for the battery to regenerate so I can get the windows to roll-up, and then start walking up the hill to the Wingate Hotel I can see.
As I get to the top, I see several more hotels and businesses, including a gas station. No cell-coverage so I get on a pay-phone and after repeated prompts for a zip-code, the moronic automated telephone system finally offers a "stand-by for the next available operator" part of the recording. After waiting another 5 minutes, she tells me there's not even an AutoZone within 50 miles. I ask a guy that's there about auto parts stores, and he replies they only have Advance Auto, NAPA, and a few locally-owned stores. Southern "hospitality" being all that it isn't, he promptly finishes filling-up and drives-off.
As I walk from the station, I see the Walmart sign and start walking . . . .
I get inside, get their largest-capacity 34-series battery and head to the checkout. And as if to add insult to inury - unlike all their other series batteries, the 34 does not have any carrying strap. So I wheel the shopping cart to the farthest corner, pick-up the battery and begin walking the near mile in the 90/80% humidity weather. Dozens of cars/trucks drive past, no one asks if I need a lift (I figured the battery on the shoulder would be a pretty good hint). By the time I get to the top of the I-64 ramp, it's dark.
More than a dozen more cars drive by, coming off I-64. All slow down (hmm..., an all white car with it's lights out sitting along the road), two actually stopped (at the car).
I finish walking to the car, change out the battery with no visible light. it starts and off to Roanoke I charge . . . .
The I-81/I-64 interchange is at mile marker 191. Roanoke between 146 and 137. I figured with a "new" battery, I should be able to make it even if the alternator output was zero - and did. I pull-off at exit 141, and stop at the first (open) gas station. Ask for a phone book to look-up parts stores. I ask her which of the four AutoZones was closest, to which she replies "oh, there's a 24 hour avance [sic] store just up the way a bit" Huh? English please!
I ask for "clarification" by stating that I'm not from around [there], to which she replies "oh, it's just up the way a bit on the street out front, you can't miss it". So off I head, running on the battery only.
I drive for what seems like two miles ("just a bit"), cross U.S. 11 and continue what seemed like another mile before coming to a "Y" in the road in an area with no homes, businesses, or anything. I turn around and head back to U.S. 11 . . . . to the McDonalds. I get out, walk to the door to find it locked. As I walk away, I can here the guy yelling "drive-through is still open !"
Your typical black-primer fart-can Honda Civic pulls into the grocery store fuel station acorss the parking lot. I ask for directions to find that I was on the right road, but that it was more than "just a bit". The store ended-up being 4-5 miles off the interstate, and further than the AutoZone I went to the following morning.
I go inside and tell the guy at the counter I need an alternator/battery test. He first tests the battery that AutoZone has been telling me since December is good - and it comes-up with a dead cell. Who would have figured . . . ? Tests the alternator (which two AutoZones tested as "fine" that same day) and it comes-up with no output.
So I get out the alternator that AZ has tested and told me was bad, to have tested. Output tests good (13.5 V), but their machine shows fails the diode test. I go get my spare voltage regulator and swap-it - same results. Not knowing whether the diode it's referring to is in the alternator or part of the voltage regulator, I ask if he'll test the alternator that's still in the car to see if it also fails the diode test - at that point I have nothing to lose as it will take them two days to get an alternator as well. He replies, "Sure, but we close at midnight".
It's 8-minutes-till . . .
So I race out to the car, start flinging tools. Battery out, tensioner loose, belt off. Get the first bolt out and as I am breaking the second, I hear the door "click" as it's being locked.
I finish getting the two remaining bolts out and then look to see if I can get his attention to get the alternator tested - but no one is out-front where they can see me. With nothing to loose, I put the supposed "bad" alternator in and it started right-up. Turned everything on - brights, emergency flashers, radio, dome light, trunk light, laptop charger, cell phone charger, GPS - all without a hitch.
Did I mention about the police driving-by, . . . after Advance had closed, . . . and all the employees had left, . . . and their auto-timers had turned-off the parking lot lights?
I parked and slept in the AutoZone lot. They opened at 7AM and I was in the door with the battery and alternator I had been told were good. Alternator failed. Battery failed, so they recharged it, and it [again] passes as fine. They've not once detected the dead cell that Advance Auto's testing equipment did - go figure.
Well, I did make home from Carlisle - on the alternator that several AutoZones have all said was "bad".
You suck - I got home very late last night.
I stayed for the '95 GT convertible drawing, only to find the car needed a jump to start. That was after starting the car a dozen+ times to test several EATCs that had, that burned-out button-lights.
Most everyone had left by then (except for the Merkur group which was drinking and doing German beer-salutes). I think at that point only Matt and the father/son that showed-up Sunday were still there.
As I was throwing my dash back together and cleaning-up the mess I had created, they found a set of jumper cables. I finished the dash, loaded the tools, and it started right-up. Someone (Matt ?) followed me to the AutoZone in Carlisle. I had the battery/charging system tested for the umteenth-time since December (it's had problems starting and holding a strong charge since before Christmas).
Anyway, they test the battery/alternator and proudly tell me, "The alternator output is a little low, but everything tests fine . . . ."
So I go inside to have my spare alternator tested, already knowing they won't have a 94-95 MTX alternator. My spare tests bad. They (AZ) not only didn't have it (the Carlisle store is the "hub" store for that area), but it would take up to two days to get depending on whether it came from Washington D.C. or Memphis. That does a lot of f-cking good.
I head to the Flying J at I-81 and Highway U.S. 11, check fluids and hit the Interstate for Mississippi. Stop at an AutoZone in Hagerstown MD to see if they have an alternator - same story, has to be ordered. Stop for gas in Winchester VA, car starts fine, back on the interstate.
I'm cruising along, traffic is running 72-80 mph when I hear a click and see the EATC cycle to the 888 display and then to OFF. Look at the clock - sure enough, the minutes digit is starting to dim. I turn off the radio, roll-down the windows, and crank it to 80 mph, as my time is limited. I start searching Street Atlas USA to see where the next decent-size city is, and as I feared it's Roanaoke, which is over 100 miles away having just passed the 250 mile-marker.
Eventually the ABS light illuminates, followed by the EATC shutting-down. Then I start to see a faint flicker of the Battery light. Uh-oh, running on the battery now . . . .
I find that if I keep the rpm around 2500-2800, the battery light only occassionally flickers on, indicating some output. The clock-lighting continues to dim to the point I cannot see the minutes digit, which was then followed later by an occasional CHECK ENGINE light. Realizing I won't make Roanoke, I see that Lexington is next about 10 miles ahead. Figuring that Since VMI is there (Virginia Military Institute), there should be some decent service there.
Strike One!
I make it to the I-64 ramp, which in turn leads to U.S. 11 that is the main road through town. As soon as I begin slowing to "negotiate" the ramp, the engine dies - should have clutched it and held rpms.
Strike Two!
Then for some unknown reason (maybe the 50 minutes of driving in 95+ heat with no A/C), I try down-shifting to fourth, then third to see if it will start - only to **** about 15mph of the speed I had.
Strike Three!
I make it the ~mile to the U.S. 11 ramp, only to find that I need the 15mph I scrubbed-off to make it up the ramp. After shouting a few choice words, I wait a few minutes for the battery to regenerate so I can get the windows to roll-up, and then start walking up the hill to the Wingate Hotel I can see.
As I get to the top, I see several more hotels and businesses, including a gas station. No cell-coverage so I get on a pay-phone and after repeated prompts for a zip-code, the moronic automated telephone system finally offers a "stand-by for the next available operator" part of the recording. After waiting another 5 minutes, she tells me there's not even an AutoZone within 50 miles. I ask a guy that's there about auto parts stores, and he replies they only have Advance Auto, NAPA, and a few locally-owned stores. Southern "hospitality" being all that it isn't, he promptly finishes filling-up and drives-off.
As I walk from the station, I see the Walmart sign and start walking . . . .
I get inside, get their largest-capacity 34-series battery and head to the checkout. And as if to add insult to inury - unlike all their other series batteries, the 34 does not have any carrying strap. So I wheel the shopping cart to the farthest corner, pick-up the battery and begin walking the near mile in the 90/80% humidity weather. Dozens of cars/trucks drive past, no one asks if I need a lift (I figured the battery on the shoulder would be a pretty good hint). By the time I get to the top of the I-64 ramp, it's dark.
More than a dozen more cars drive by, coming off I-64. All slow down (hmm..., an all white car with it's lights out sitting along the road), two actually stopped (at the car).
I finish walking to the car, change out the battery with no visible light. it starts and off to Roanoke I charge . . . .
The I-81/I-64 interchange is at mile marker 191. Roanoke between 146 and 137. I figured with a "new" battery, I should be able to make it even if the alternator output was zero - and did. I pull-off at exit 141, and stop at the first (open) gas station. Ask for a phone book to look-up parts stores. I ask her which of the four AutoZones was closest, to which she replies "oh, there's a 24 hour avance [sic] store just up the way a bit" Huh? English please!
I ask for "clarification" by stating that I'm not from around [there], to which she replies "oh, it's just up the way a bit on the street out front, you can't miss it". So off I head, running on the battery only.
I drive for what seems like two miles ("just a bit"), cross U.S. 11 and continue what seemed like another mile before coming to a "Y" in the road in an area with no homes, businesses, or anything. I turn around and head back to U.S. 11 . . . . to the McDonalds. I get out, walk to the door to find it locked. As I walk away, I can here the guy yelling "drive-through is still open !"
Your typical black-primer fart-can Honda Civic pulls into the grocery store fuel station acorss the parking lot. I ask for directions to find that I was on the right road, but that it was more than "just a bit". The store ended-up being 4-5 miles off the interstate, and further than the AutoZone I went to the following morning.
I go inside and tell the guy at the counter I need an alternator/battery test. He first tests the battery that AutoZone has been telling me since December is good - and it comes-up with a dead cell. Who would have figured . . . ? Tests the alternator (which two AutoZones tested as "fine" that same day) and it comes-up with no output.
So I get out the alternator that AZ has tested and told me was bad, to have tested. Output tests good (13.5 V), but their machine shows fails the diode test. I go get my spare voltage regulator and swap-it - same results. Not knowing whether the diode it's referring to is in the alternator or part of the voltage regulator, I ask if he'll test the alternator that's still in the car to see if it also fails the diode test - at that point I have nothing to lose as it will take them two days to get an alternator as well. He replies, "Sure, but we close at midnight".
It's 8-minutes-till . . .
So I race out to the car, start flinging tools. Battery out, tensioner loose, belt off. Get the first bolt out and as I am breaking the second, I hear the door "click" as it's being locked.
I finish getting the two remaining bolts out and then look to see if I can get his attention to get the alternator tested - but no one is out-front where they can see me. With nothing to loose, I put the supposed "bad" alternator in and it started right-up. Turned everything on - brights, emergency flashers, radio, dome light, trunk light, laptop charger, cell phone charger, GPS - all without a hitch.
Did I mention about the police driving-by, . . . after Advance had closed, . . . and all the employees had left, . . . and their auto-timers had turned-off the parking lot lights?
I parked and slept in the AutoZone lot. They opened at 7AM and I was in the door with the battery and alternator I had been told were good. Alternator failed. Battery failed, so they recharged it, and it [again] passes as fine. They've not once detected the dead cell that Advance Auto's testing equipment did - go figure.
Well, I did make home from Carlisle - on the alternator that several AutoZones have all said was "bad".
NCTaurusSHO
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well, let me tell you about our little adventure as well. we are driving from carlisle to milwaukee, wi. since we have no a/c anyway, all thee windows are down. we get to about an hour from gary indiana and the battery light came on and i switched my SAFCII tuner to check the battery voltage
(THANK GOD!!!!) and guess what, 12.1v. And if anyone travels this route, it is Toll Plaza after toll plaza...AND THEY WERE BUSY! ALL OF THEM! not to mention somewhere right there in Elkhart indiana there was a HUGE HUGE storm. Everyone was pulled off the roads, etc. So Step 1: Turn off the radio
Step 2.: Turn on the headlights/wipers full speed. 3. Floor it Then of course, another toll plaza...busy as can b, all the lanes were closed, we were behing a semi truck (insert choice word between us here). So then the rain lets up eventually. Head lights off. Battery voltage is near 11-10v then about 10 minutes later 9 v. Enter. Another freaking toll plaza! wait, and wait and wait...and now we're are cruising at 9 v. Some how we manage to make it though another two toll plazas after unhooking the amp in the back of the car and anything that can drain the battery. it is fluctuating b/w 9-10v. still. we FINALLY at about 6:30 cruise off the interstate in Wisconsin to kenosha at Culvers to eat. we knew we'd have to popo the clutch, which we did lol. and then we were going to drive to Auto Zone, whatever we could find. By this time 9-8V. Driving and driving and driving in this town looking for a place to stop EVERYTHING IS CLOSED (Farm and Fleet, all kinds of parts places, WTF!) SO we cruise down one road where the are suppossedly some parts stores and then....the car dies. all the windowdown...on some BFE road. And yes a nice gentleman stopped in a Subaru WRX..but he clearly has food in the seat next to him. SAid sorry he couldn't help us. drove off. thanks guy. However, there is a gas station way down the road and I sent paul with money to run over there and see what he can find. I sit and sit and sit Thumb out...hood open... a girl. no one stopped. I finally about 30 minutes later see Paul coming back up the hill on the road. no battery, nothing. but then i turn around and hey, there is a guy in a bronco sitting in front of me, offers me a ride to the Auto Zone. sweet. Paul stayes with the car, once again windows are all down and it is starting to rain a little bit again. I go with this guy...he talks to me about his supercharged/turbocharged ponitac GTP he owns..blah blah blah "get me to the freaking ato zone PLEASE!!!!" Get to the auto zone!now it is 7:30. I go and find the battery i need and of course the guy at the register is like what make and model. I tell him, he tells me i am wrong and that battery won't fit. Come on man... I know what sizemybattery is give me the damn battery. HE won't't sell me the one that i think is right... he send me with a three times too big one.. whatever, I am outta there. Guy gives me a ride back and leave. SH*T the battery doesn't fit...how could that have happend i think to myself...... (insert more unfortunate words here)well we put the battery in anyway, hood half open, back to auto zone . WE grabbed the battery out of the car...put the caps on, and exchanged it because it was right at 8:00 and they were closing. got the right battery, left. got to milwaukee, PM'ed Adam and Michelle from WISHOC and they had a usd but possibly good alternator that they had from a parts car. we took paul's brother car to them got it, came back to west allis, wi and changed it in the drive way. thanks to adam and michelle and a weird guy in a bronco we made it. didn't think we would, but we did. so thanks, and all is good now.
ashley
(THANK GOD!!!!) and guess what, 12.1v. And if anyone travels this route, it is Toll Plaza after toll plaza...AND THEY WERE BUSY! ALL OF THEM! not to mention somewhere right there in Elkhart indiana there was a HUGE HUGE storm. Everyone was pulled off the roads, etc. So Step 1: Turn off the radio
Step 2.: Turn on the headlights/wipers full speed. 3. Floor it Then of course, another toll plaza...busy as can b, all the lanes were closed, we were behing a semi truck (insert choice word between us here). So then the rain lets up eventually. Head lights off. Battery voltage is near 11-10v then about 10 minutes later 9 v. Enter. Another freaking toll plaza! wait, and wait and wait...and now we're are cruising at 9 v. Some how we manage to make it though another two toll plazas after unhooking the amp in the back of the car and anything that can drain the battery. it is fluctuating b/w 9-10v. still. we FINALLY at about 6:30 cruise off the interstate in Wisconsin to kenosha at Culvers to eat. we knew we'd have to popo the clutch, which we did lol. and then we were going to drive to Auto Zone, whatever we could find. By this time 9-8V. Driving and driving and driving in this town looking for a place to stop EVERYTHING IS CLOSED (Farm and Fleet, all kinds of parts places, WTF!) SO we cruise down one road where the are suppossedly some parts stores and then....the car dies. all the windowdown...on some BFE road. And yes a nice gentleman stopped in a Subaru WRX..but he clearly has food in the seat next to him. SAid sorry he couldn't help us. drove off. thanks guy. However, there is a gas station way down the road and I sent paul with money to run over there and see what he can find. I sit and sit and sit Thumb out...hood open... a girl. no one stopped. I finally about 30 minutes later see Paul coming back up the hill on the road. no battery, nothing. but then i turn around and hey, there is a guy in a bronco sitting in front of me, offers me a ride to the Auto Zone. sweet. Paul stayes with the car, once again windows are all down and it is starting to rain a little bit again. I go with this guy...he talks to me about his supercharged/turbocharged ponitac GTP he owns..blah blah blah "get me to the freaking ato zone PLEASE!!!!" Get to the auto zone!now it is 7:30. I go and find the battery i need and of course the guy at the register is like what make and model. I tell him, he tells me i am wrong and that battery won't fit. Come on man... I know what sizemybattery is give me the damn battery. HE won't't sell me the one that i think is right... he send me with a three times too big one.. whatever, I am outta there. Guy gives me a ride back and leave. SH*T the battery doesn't fit...how could that have happend i think to myself...... (insert more unfortunate words here)well we put the battery in anyway, hood half open, back to auto zone . WE grabbed the battery out of the car...put the caps on, and exchanged it because it was right at 8:00 and they were closing. got the right battery, left. got to milwaukee, PM'ed Adam and Michelle from WISHOC and they had a usd but possibly good alternator that they had from a parts car. we took paul's brother car to them got it, came back to west allis, wi and changed it in the drive way. thanks to adam and michelle and a weird guy in a bronco we made it. didn't think we would, but we did. so thanks, and all is good now.
ashley
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And neither of you had Bad Luck F'N Bab with you Our trip back was ....... uneventful. I think Mel and I made it home to Brookfield about 4:30, which put Kirk and them in Spencer about 5:30/6:00. We did get some heavy rain for maybe 20 minutes though.
Our trip back was ....... uneventful. I think Mel and I made it home to Brookfield about 4:30, which put Kirk and them in Spencer about 5:30/6:00. We did get some heavy rain for maybe 20 minutes though.
Mr Anonymous
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Keith, you should really start thinking about bringing a spare CAR with you to Carlisle from now on! 
Uneventful? You apparently haven't heard about our little stop on the way home... :shakeheadAnd neither of you had Bad Luck F'N Bab with you
RAYJAY
WHO ME ?
Mr Anonymous
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I'll let Bab tell the story if he so desires...
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Keith, you should really start thinking about bringing a spare CAR with you to Carlisle from now on!
Uneventful? You apparently haven't heard about our little stop on the way home... :shakehead
No, no I have not. Did he blow up his car again?
I'll rephrase, MY ride home was uneventful, as was Mels
Bob Gervais
Wut?
Keith, you should really start thinking about bringing a spare CAR with you to Carlisle from now on!
From the looks of the interior, I figured he had a complete "assemble yourself" SHO kit in there.
Well, this year's roadside stop was really nothing compared to last year. I've had a front wheel bearing that's been howling for a couple weeks but didn't have time to do it before we left. Knowing that I drove on one like this for almost a year in my 91, I wasn't worried about it at all. On the way home, about 30 miles from Spencer, the steering wheel started to shake more and more. Knowing my tires had a perfect balance on them, I suspected either I threw a weight, or possibly the bearing bit the dust. Both checked out fine, so I decided to check lugnuts just to be sure. When I bled the brakes for the last time when building the car, I also did all my last pre-flight checks, so I know the lugs were tight at that point, but there were a few loose on the RF wheel. I had the tires balanced at Walmart a couple months ago, and they anti-seized the crap out of the studs (not like lug nuts are something you WANT to stay on, right??). Ended up breaking a stud tightening up the lugs because of the antiseize. No biggie, made it back to Spencer just fine, stopped at the shop and replaced the stud, cleaned off all the other studs to get the AS off, and re-torqued them with the torque wrench. Been fine ever since, but it was a harrowing reminder of what could have happened.
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Psh, considering it was that simple and involved Bab, I'd say your ride home was uneventful. I don't know, maybe he is right, he is now just Bab, the Bad Luck seems to be dwindling.
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