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Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 03, 2008 6:36 am)

Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 03, 2008 6:36 am)

I'm just surprised that anyone loans out tools.
 
It almost makes you think that the auto parts are out to get the dealers service dept.
 
With the tool it was really easy. Without the tool someone would be running to the dealer to have the brake job done which would have included replacing the boot. A lot more bucks when you try to force something.
 
rover is right about the loaning of tools. My Son went to Advance for his pads (he bought Bendix not the store brand) but he was still entitled to free use of the tool kit.
 
jmonroe

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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Feb 29, 2008 3:40 pm)

A couple of months ago we were traveling to Wilmington NC to visit my sister's family and attend a family event. I am driving and we pull into a rest stop to change drivers. As we pulled in, we hear a muffled pop, the compression obviously drops, followed by a loud noise from under the hood. Pull over and stop. Very rough idle and that loud noise. The service engine soon light comes on. (well DUH!) This is on a stretch of I40 in the middle of nowhere.
 
Leave it running and pop the hood. Problem quickly apparent. The EGR valve has broken and is dangling behind the engine. This particular valve is an assembly held together by three bolts. All three bolts are broken. The engine runs without it, just not very well. All I have with me is an emergency kit that has a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, and a lug wrench. I open the kit for a look anyway. Hey, there is a roll of black electrical tape. I surveyed the situation. Yes, I think this just might work.
 
Waited about thirty minutes for things to cool off. I wrapped that sucker with that entire roll of tape back in place on the exhaust manifold. Ran a little rough, the gas mileage was horrible, but it got us the last eighty miles to Wilmington. Had to wait until Monday to get a new valve. Ten minute replacement. Had the vacuum lines checked when we got home. All ok.
 
Tape. Don't leave home without it.

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Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 03, 2008 6:36 am)

Yep they do. But don't let your kids use them. They never put them back where they belong. I installed a cd player yesterday and what should have been a 30 minute job turned into 4 hours because of lack of tools. I was not a happy camper after I got done.
 

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Replying to: mattandi (Mar 03, 2008 7:35 am)

The EGR valve has broken and is dangling behind the engine. This particular valve is an assembly held together by three bolts. All three bolts are broken.
 
Years ago, on my way to work, I had the 3/8 inch vacuum line break, about 2 inches from the base of the 4 barrel carb on a GM 350 V8, that was connected to the PCV valve on the other end. The car ran extremely rough and sounded like a Kirby vacuum cleaner. If I didn’t put it in neutral and push the accelerator at stop signs and lights, it would stall. After work I opened the trunk to get some tape but somehow there wasn’t any in my trunk tool box. Rather than go back into the building and get some tape, I ripped a piece of a rag that I had and stuffed it into the piece of hose still attached to the carb. The car didn’t even rough idle a little bit. A fellow worker that was watching said, “where did you learn that trick”? I said, “to be honest with you I just thought of it but I’ll bet I’m not the only one that ever did this. I’m just too lazy to go back into the building to get some tape out of the secretary’s desk”.
 
Tape. Don't leave home without it.
 
Duck tape is great for repairing a split radiator hose. I kept a duck tape repaired hose in the trunk of my car as a spare. Good thing I did. A couple years later I had a hose that almost exploded. No amount of tape was going to fix that hose, so I used the spare duck tape repaired hose for that roadside job. Water, oh yeah, I always carry around a couple Prestone jugs filled with the stuff. You just never know when the car is going to get thirsty.
 
jmonroe

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Replying to: jmonroe (Mar 03, 2008 8:54 am)

"Duck tape is great for repairing a split radiator hose"
Also good for repairing ducks...
 
P.S. it's duct tape.

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Replying to: jmonroe (Mar 02, 2008 7:03 pm)

I just thought of this, jipster has a Mazda. I wonder if he’s listening?
 
Yeah, I am now. Just woke up from a little extra "handsome sleep". Seems to be working fairly well.
 
Uhh, not sure what the "Mazda reference is all about. I do have a Mazda MPV, but my son is only 6 years old. Are you suggesting I let him do my brake work?

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