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08-21-2008, 11:02 PM

Allumina

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I'm so screwed...

lol man, I had my whole car pulled apart getting everything clean etc, I just got it back alllllll together, and i've got two screws left over. DAMNIT!

Sigh what to do what to do..i've been staring at it for an hour, can't figure out where they come from for the life of me

08-21-2008, 11:05 PM

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lmao, the second I posted that I glanced over and figured it out, CRISIS AVERTED CPTN.!

08-21-2008, 11:46 PM

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leftover parts just means you're an efficient mechanic and don't need all the extra crap to keep a car together... at least that's what I tell myself...

08-21-2008, 11:55 PM

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check the muffler bearing. the 2 screws hold the bracket on

08-21-2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by K_B

leftover parts just means you're an efficient mechanic and don't need all the extra crap to keep a car together... at least that's what I tell myself...

NO NO that means you are a bad mechanic LOL. Sounds like the new kids out of tech school say. Try telling that to a owner when you just had his engine apart

08-22-2008, 12:04 AM

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put it away go to bed wake up in the morning take a shower and BAMMMM it will come to you as you know the best thinking ideas come from the shower .

08-22-2008, 12:14 AM

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Don't forget to check the headlight and blinker fluid.

08-22-2008, 01:18 AM

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Yea! I've built a few VW engines when I was younger and every time I had extra bolts and nuts. But the engines never failed.

08-22-2008, 04:05 AM

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maybe they were radiator mounting bolts!

08-22-2008, 05:28 AM

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Something my Old Man used to always do to his other GM auto service tech buddies was sneak extra gears & springs & stuff onto their workbenches just as they were wrapping up something like a transmission rebuild

08-22-2008, 06:11 AM

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9 out of 10 times the missing parts will require a near complete disassembly of the car to get them back in. I think it's an addition to Murphy's Law.

08-22-2008, 06:53 AM

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Just run the thing, if the screws are needed, you will quickly find out where they belong. If evertyhing runs fine, well hell you just found yet another easy and efficent way to shave a tiny amount of weight off the the car lol.