Nothing fits!

[Ron in SoCal]

...Arrrg, had one of those day$. Just sayin'...

[Rick D]

What to much dinner and the smoking jacket dosen't fit now ;)

Sorry Ron here's to a better day tomorrow :cheers: :woot:

Oh and what didn't fit??

[GregWeld]

...Arrrg, had one of those day$. Just sayin'...



That's why cars get built BEFORE they're painted....

:rolleyes:

[camcojb]

I've lost count of how many "bolt on" parts I've had to modify to make them actually fit. :rolleyes:

[fleetus macmullitz]

Lat-g shrink: "And how does that make you feel?"

[Spiffav8]

Awwww...Need a hug?

[Vegas69]

I could've told you that if you'd just called. :lol:

[skatinjay27]

cant get into those skinny jeans ron?:D

[dug]

hahahahaha :lol: he won't ever post here again. lol

[Spiffav8]

hahahahaha :lol: he won't ever post here again. lol

If he doesn't we'll just keep teasing him via Face Book or resort to text messages if we have to. :yes:

[coolwelder62]

I think Ron is talking about the new spandex short's he got for his Birthday.:lol:

[Ron in SoCal]

What to much dinner and the smoking jacket dosen't fit now ;)

Sorry Ron here's to a better day tomorrow :cheers: :woot:

Oh and what didn't fit??

cant get into those skinny jeans ron?:D

Ha, been wearing the 'fatty' jeans for months. I'm cool w it (for now)...:lol:

[Rick D]

Ah see I went the other way dropped 25 since Jan 1 :woot:

But my diet you don't want to try trust me :yes:

[Ron in SoCal]

That's why cars get built BEFORE they're painted....

:rolleyes:

I've lost count of how many "bolt on" parts I've had to modify to make them actually fit. :rolleyes:

Ring ring...hello Fidanza? My buddy G Weld (you know him, right?) showed me this picture of your killer flywheel. I want to make sure I order the right part for my LS7. OK...got it. Thx!

Ring ring...hello Mcleod? Yeah, I've got your RST clutch. Will it work w a Fidanza aluminum flywheel? What's that? I need to cross hatch .005? Ok, thx!

Rong ring...hey QMP I need to drop off my flywheel to get crosshatched .005. You can do it right away? Cool see you in 20 mins. Thx Bro!

(doesn't fcukin work w the RST)

Lat-g shrink: "And how does that make you feel?"

Awwww...Need a hug?

I'm all better now...:lateral:

I could've told you that if you'd just called. :lol:

Da*n straight! Nascar will be calling one of us anyday now...:cheers:

[Ron in SoCal]

If he doesn't we'll just keep teasing him via Face Book or resort to text messages if we have to. :yes:

W friends on Lat-G who needs facebook? :lol:

[Ron in SoCal]

I think Ron is talking about the new spandex short's he got for his Birthday.:lol:

Skip or Vengance will be posting something funny any moment now! :D

[fleetus macmullitz]

Ha, been wearing the 'fatty' jeans for months. I'm cool w it (for now)...:lol:

Ya still got it though....

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/Funnies/248152.gif

Chubbs...

:lol:

[Rick D]

Ya still got it though....

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k156/wnyjazz/Funnies/248152.gif

Chubbs...

:lol:

I live in a van down by the river!!! :woot:

Now there's one that died to early :(

[GregWeld]

Don't ya just love hot rodding??


I gave all the measurements on Rudy's Ford 9" ladder bar/coil over rear end to Art Morrison (they're all buddies and local)... approved the drawings - waited 3 weeks... picked it up - welded in the new crossmember and landed the ladder bars (tacked) got everything all set up -- final check before welding it all tight was to drop the pumpkin in. WTF! Drawings are noted -- PINION CENTERLINE... they built it HOUSING CENTERED....

Back to AME - no biggie -- I'm right they're wrong -- wait 3 weeks - finally call and say WHAT'S UP.... OH CRAP.... so sorry... THEY forgot... and will jump right on it... Okay - stuff happens - no biggie.

Pick up the housing... oops -- axles are now wrong because they were ordered for the housing that was wrong the first time. Okay -- they order ONE new axle -- I can cut the other one...

Using a pumpkin with 3:70's that I had laying around (brand new - for my 37 Ford)... I try to slip the axles in -- they won't go in on one side... so take this to my "guy"... something is wrong with the set up on the pumpkin.. Okay - I'm leaving for europe so ya got 2 weeks to fix it and I'll pick it up when I get home. Press the bearings - and the wedding band on while you're at it... and don't forget the seals...

Get home - go to pick it up... He hasn't touched it.... Crap - okay he says - I'll have it by Friday. Fine - what else you going to do? Go on Friday to pick it up and notice that now the axles will slip into the pumpkin -- I grab the yoke to give it a spin and there's ZERO backlash - and she will barely turn...CRAP... Well -- he didn't notice that... but will work on it tonight and I'll have it in the morning.. Okay

Now I have all that - final weld it all up -- grab a slip yoke (1350) slam it in the tranny - pull a measurement WITH the slip yoke pulled out 1".... take the measurement to my "guy"... to build driveline - we discuss the fact that I pulled tape with yoke OUT 1" - it's noted on the work order... 2 days later I pick up the driveline == it's ONE INCH TOO LONG... WTF... pull tape - go back to guy... he's yelling AT ME! I said "HEY!" we had that whole discussion - much mumbling - finds his paperwork - sure enough it's noted right there - his handwriting. Okay - he'll fix it... next day sure enough she's done...

Go to slip it in.... and the pumpkin yoke is "close" but no way....

Call my guy -- no biggie -- pull the pinion out and bring it up... okay.... take it up and much head scratching -- turns out the yoke is a "big cap" 1330... not a 1350 as we both "thought". Mind you - he's built the pumpkin and did the set up... so has had this in his hands etc... but a big cap 1330 looks just like a 1350...

Okay - no biggie - just get a 1350 yoke and I'll pick it up tomorrow... tomorrow the phone rings.... "in 30 years I've never had this happen!? What happen? I ask. I stripped the pinion putting the nut back on... And oh by the way -- those 3:70 gears are noisy I hate them. You should run a 3:89... so do you want to change it while we're at it?? (WTF -- I wasn't "at it" to begin with).... YEAH OKAY... Order 'em up... and I'll get the pumpking out.

That means drop the rear end off the coil overs -- pull the giant 18X29 Hoosiers off... pull the new wilwoods off -- use the rotor like a slide hammer to pull the axles - OF COURSE -- I've used gasket sealant to seal the pumpkin to the housing -- so much work to now break that seal... pull the plug and drain the brand new gear grease (I hate that smell)... pull the pumpkin and take it up to my guy... whom I'm now ready to strangle...

But it's just hot rodding.... in the meantime I made the brake lines and did some other stuff...

[intocarss]

This
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/real3/Martini.jpg

Then That

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/real3/211435-sledgehammer.jpg

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Track Junky]

^^^^^^^^That, and then walk away for a couple of days :yes:

[Vegas69]

Can somebody get me the cliff notes on Weld's post?

[GregWeld]

Can somebody get me the cliff notes on Weld's post?



Too technical for you? :rofl:

[Musclerodz]

Can somebody get me the cliff notes on Weld's post?

Murphy was trying to be nice and help Greg without informing him of his actions.:D

[Vegas69]

Too technical for you? :rofl:

I got half way through an had to take a nap.

[ironworks]

Don't ya just love hot rodding??


I gave all the measurements on Rudy's Ford 9" ladder bar/coil over rear end to Art Morrison (they're all buddies and local)... approved the drawings - waited 3 weeks... picked it up - welded in the new crossmember and landed the ladder bars (tacked) got everything all set up -- final check before welding it all tight was to drop the pumpkin in. WTF! Drawings are noted -- PINION CENTERLINE... they built it HOUSING CENTERED....

Back to AME - no biggie -- I'm right they're wrong -- wait 3 weeks - finally call and say WHAT'S UP.... OH CRAP.... so sorry... THEY forgot... and will jump right on it... Okay - stuff happens - no biggie.

Pick up the housing... oops -- axles are now wrong because they were ordered for the housing that was wrong the first time. Okay -- they order ONE new axle -- I can cut the other one...

Using a pumpkin with 3:70's that I had laying around (brand new - for my 37 Ford)... I try to slip the axles in -- they won't go in on one side... so take this to my "guy"... something is wrong with the set up on the pumpkin.. Okay - I'm leaving for europe so ya got 2 weeks to fix it and I'll pick it up when I get home. Press the bearings - and the wedding band on while you're at it... and don't forget the seals...

Get home - go to pick it up... He hasn't touched it.... Crap - okay he says - I'll have it by Friday. Fine - what else you going to do? Go on Friday to pick it up and notice that now the axles will slip into the pumpkin -- I grab the yoke to give it a spin and there's ZERO backlash - and she will barely turn...CRAP... Well -- he didn't notice that... but will work on it tonight and I'll have it in the morning.. Okay

Now I have all that - final weld it all up -- grab a slip yoke (1350) slam it in the tranny - pull a measurement WITH the slip yoke pulled out 1".... take the measurement to my "guy"... to build driveline - we discuss the fact that I pulled tape with yoke OUT 1" - it's noted on the work order... 2 days later I pick up the driveline == it's ONE INCH TOO LONG... WTF... pull tape - go back to guy... he's yelling AT ME! I said "HEY!" we had that whole discussion - much mumbling - finds his paperwork - sure enough it's noted right there - his handwriting. Okay - he'll fix it... next day sure enough she's done...

Go to slip it in.... and the pumpkin yoke is "close" but no way....

Call my guy -- no biggie -- pull the pinion out and bring it up... okay.... take it up and much head scratching -- turns out the yoke is a "big cap" 1330... not a 1350 as we both "thought". Mind you - he's built the pumpkin and did the set up... so has had this in his hands etc... but a big cap 1330 looks just like a 1350...

Okay - no biggie - just get a 1350 yoke and I'll pick it up tomorrow... tomorrow the phone rings.... "in 30 years I've never had this happen!? What happen? I ask. I stripped the pinion putting the nut back on... And oh by the way -- those 3:70 gears are noisy I hate them. You should run a 3:89... so do you want to change it while we're at it?? (WTF -- I wasn't "at it" to begin with).... YEAH OKAY... Order 'em up... and I'll get the pumpking out.

That means drop the rear end off the coil overs -- pull the giant 18X29 Hoosiers off... pull the new wilwoods off -- use the rotor like a slide hammer to pull the axles - OF COURSE -- I've used gasket sealant to seal the pumpkin to the housing -- so much work to now break that seal... pull the plug and drain the brand new gear grease (I hate that smell)... pull the pumpkin and take it up to my guy... whom I'm now ready to strangle...

But it's just hot rodding.... in the meantime I made the brake lines and did some other stuff...

Sounds like my Monday, except my customer wants to know exactly what it's gonna cost.

[Lenie]

Ron, just moved my car from one shop for electrical to another. You don't want to know why:mad: Stick w/it, always tomorrow.:yes:

[Ron in SoCal]

Ron, just moved my car from one shop for electrical to another. You don't want to know why:mad: Stick w/it, always tomorrow.:yes:

Thx Lenie! I hope that situation gets resolved. Me, I now own three flywheels and enough hubs for two and a half cars...:)

[FETorino]

Thx Lenie! I hope that situation gets resolved. Me, I now own three flywheels and enough hubs for two and a half cars...:)

Sounds like a good excuse to start a second build:lol:

[67zo6Camaro]

Thx Lenie! I hope that situation gets resolved. Me, I now own three flywheels and enough hubs for two and a half cars...:)

No big deal Ron, Just put them back in the boxes and return them. :_paranoid

You did keep the boxes...? right?

:cheers:

[67zo6Camaro]

Oh, and one other thing... Just for the record all the stuff I built fit just fine :rofl:

[Bad Bowtie]

Don't ya just love hot rodding??


I gave all the measurements on Rudy's Ford 9" ladder bar/coil over rear end to Art Morrison (they're all buddies and local)... approved the drawings - waited 3 weeks... picked it up - welded in the new crossmember and landed the ladder bars (tacked) got everything all set up -- final check before welding it all tight was to drop the pumpkin in. WTF! Drawings are noted -- PINION CENTERLINE... they built it HOUSING CENTERED....

Back to AME - no biggie -- I'm right they're wrong -- wait 3 weeks - finally call and say WHAT'S UP.... OH CRAP.... so sorry... THEY forgot... and will jump right on it... Okay - stuff happens - no biggie.

Pick up the housing... oops -- axles are now wrong because they were ordered for the housing that was wrong the first time. Okay -- they order ONE new axle -- I can cut the other one...

Using a pumpkin with 3:70's that I had laying around (brand new - for my 37 Ford)... I try to slip the axles in -- they won't go in on one side... so take this to my "guy"... something is wrong with the set up on the pumpkin.. Okay - I'm leaving for europe so ya got 2 weeks to fix it and I'll pick it up when I get home. Press the bearings - and the wedding band on while you're at it... and don't forget the seals...

Get home - go to pick it up... He hasn't touched it.... Crap - okay he says - I'll have it by Friday. Fine - what else you going to do? Go on Friday to pick it up and notice that now the axles will slip into the pumpkin -- I grab the yoke to give it a spin and there's ZERO backlash - and she will barely turn...CRAP... Well -- he didn't notice that... but will work on it tonight and I'll have it in the morning.. Okay

Now I have all that - final weld it all up -- grab a slip yoke (1350) slam it in the tranny - pull a measurement WITH the slip yoke pulled out 1".... take the measurement to my "guy"... to build driveline - we discuss the fact that I pulled tape with yoke OUT 1" - it's noted on the work order... 2 days later I pick up the driveline == it's ONE INCH TOO LONG... WTF... pull tape - go back to guy... he's yelling AT ME! I said "HEY!" we had that whole discussion - much mumbling - finds his paperwork - sure enough it's noted right there - his handwriting. Okay - he'll fix it... next day sure enough she's done...

Go to slip it in.... and the pumpkin yoke is "close" but no way....

Call my guy -- no biggie -- pull the pinion out and bring it up... okay.... take it up and much head scratching -- turns out the yoke is a "big cap" 1330... not a 1350 as we both "thought". Mind you - he's built the pumpkin and did the set up... so has had this in his hands etc... but a big cap 1330 looks just like a 1350...

Okay - no biggie - just get a 1350 yoke and I'll pick it up tomorrow... tomorrow the phone rings.... "in 30 years I've never had this happen!? What happen? I ask. I stripped the pinion putting the nut back on... And oh by the way -- those 3:70 gears are noisy I hate them. You should run a 3:89... so do you want to change it while we're at it?? (WTF -- I wasn't "at it" to begin with).... YEAH OKAY... Order 'em up... and I'll get the pumpking out.

That means drop the rear end off the coil overs -- pull the giant 18X29 Hoosiers off... pull the new wilwoods off -- use the rotor like a slide hammer to pull the axles - OF COURSE -- I've used gasket sealant to seal the pumpkin to the housing -- so much work to now break that seal... pull the plug and drain the brand new gear grease (I hate that smell)... pull the pumpkin and take it up to my guy... whom I'm now ready to strangle...

But it's just hot rodding.... in the meantime I made the brake lines and did some other stuff...

Damn Greg... Sorry for your luck but you just made me feel a little better i thought that kind of crazyness only happens to me. As i've been told sometimes you gotta just step away for a little while. Here's to continuing success though :captain:
BB

[GregWeld]

That was the point of the whole rambling post --- is that this is just the way things go sometimes when building these cars....

The part that you absolutely have to have -- gets lost in shipping -- or is on back order for 3 months... or arrives damaged...

I just laugh about things like this now -- because this is -- in the end - just a hobby... none of it is real important in the scheme of things.

I tried to build a car with a buddy once - but his reactions to things not fitting or a company that didn't have a part in stock - was to go nuts.... and I just couldn't work with him. I kept telling him -- if it was a part that HE was working on that didn't fit -- "well... just hot rod it". That's the way I look at it - if it isn't perfect - you just do whatever it takes to make it that way... that IS why we build this stuff... it IS why we have all these special tools and machines... if IS what separates us from the other guys.

[bret]

yep. If it was easy, everybody would do it...and then there would be no point!

[makoshark]

And I thought it was just me. Seems everything I have touched lately either did not fit or required more parts to buy to go together properly. I have accomplished about 1 day's worth of work on my car in about a months time due to Murphy's Law, here lately

[bentfab]

Finally there's a thread about my buisness card :woot:

I always try to tell the customer or friend it's like winning the lottery if a bolt on part bolts on.

Just read the bottom of the card. Ben on there since day one:wow:

[Ron in SoCal]

^ Nice welding torch Mark! :D

No big deal Ron, Just put them back in the boxes and return them. :_paranoid

You did keep the boxes...? right?

:cheers:

Now that's funny Brett! :lol:

[bentfab]

^ Nice welding torch Mark! :D

First time someone told me I had a nice Torch!:unibrow:

[Musclerodz]

I thought not fitting was the definition of hotrodding.

[slenning]

This
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/real3/Martini.jpg

Then That

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/real3/211435-sledgehammer.jpg

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Damn, I've been doing it backa$$ward for years
I'll try it your way :cheers:

[GregWeld]

Ron needs this helmet!







http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad33/gregweld/Shop%20Pix/1c814111.jpg

[Lenie]

Thx Lenie! I hope that situation gets resolved. Me, I now own three flywheels and enough hubs for two and a half cars...:)

Ron, we should all collectively build a car together w/our left over parts:unibrow: Let's see, what could we call it.......the lateral G?:cheers: :lateral:

[HEEP]

Thx Lenie! I hope that situation gets resolved. Me, I now own three flywheels and enough hubs for two and a half cars...:)

Ron, What kind of hubs do you have. I'm in the market.
HEEP

[Ron in SoCal]

Heep they're SKF racing. The same ones Pfadt sells :)

[Ron in SoCal]

Ron needs this helmet!


Just to make some of my friends geniuses, does it come painted like a watermelon?

[GregWeld]

Just to make some of my friends geniuses, does it come painted like a watermelon?



JCG can whip that right out for you! Did you want one out of billet?

[Ron in SoCal]

JCG can whip that right out for you! Did you want one out of billet?

Stirring the pot again there old boy. Too bad there's not a 'bite my tongue' icon...:D

[GrabberGT]

Finally there's a thread about my buisness card :woot:

I always try to tell the customer or friend it's like winning the lottery if a bolt on part bolts on.

Just read the bottom of the card. Ben on there since day one:wow:

Hellooooooo Nurse!

Im glad to hear you seasoned pros are experiencing the same issues I have. It really makes me feel better.

Im really worried about my new drop spindles I have on order. My large brakes would not fit so I sent them in for the hot-rodding treatment. (they're brakes and spindles... Im not equiped to take those kind chances) Hopefully they'll come back to me as a simple "bolt them on, bleed and go" kind of item. Lets just say, I've knocked on every piece of wood I come across.

[pw2006]

I've had a couple of those days recently. After 5.5 years and a couple shops my 63 vette was finally delivered May 26th. I put about 30 miles on the car Memorial day weekend and noticed the speedo wasn't calibrated, no worries, just added it to my punch list.

I had an appointment with my local stereo shop for final wiring and tuning of the sound system a couple days later... and that's when the gremlins showed up in force. After spending a few hours in the office, I scramble home to take the vette in. I go to start the car and there was nothing but clicking. I'm a little hot under the collar, call the stereo shop and tell them I will be 10 minutes late. Put the car on the charger and wait. I finally get the car started and head over to the shop. I round a corner on the drive over and I hear a clunk from under the car. Make a mental note to add that to my growing punch list.

I'm 15 minutes late (I hate being late to anything), but the guys were really cool about it and they have me drive the car directly into their nice clean shop. They took a look at the car and decided they would need more than an hour to clean up all the wiring and tune the system. No problem, I didn't tell them how elaborate the setup was. We rescheduled for the following Monday. By this time, there's a small crowd checking out my car. I start the car and begin backing out of the shop, when all the sudden there is a pop from under the hood. Holy crap! I immediately shut down the car, but not before my car puked out the remaining drops of power steering fluid on their shop floor (not to mention my freshly detailed engine compartment). Spent an hour helping the guys clean up their floor and reinstalling the hose to the rack. Added high pressure fittings to my punch list. Embarrassed, I get the car out of their shop and head home with my tail between my legs.

On the drive home I noticed it was a little tough getting it into third, but it was easier if I pumped the pedal. That's odd. Got a little forearm workout on the way home without the power steering. I thought I heard my car laughing, but I'm pretty sure it was the kid in the honda next to me revving his engine. Cars can't laugh right?

As I am trying to back the car into the driveway for cleanup, I can't get the car in reverse. I try pumping the clutch, nope. Turn the car off, put it in reverse and back into the driveway. Hydraulic leak, added to punch list. Pull the emergency brake, step out of the car and close the door. I heard another pop and saw something hit the window and land on the dash. The button on the emergency brake flew off. Seriously, WTF? Took me an hour to clean up the engine bay and by the time I was done, I was kinda laughing. Who am I to expect perfection after only 5.5 years of restoration. I called my mechanic and told him to come pick up the car.

After 5 weeks, they fixed most of the items on my punch list and delivered the car to me this morning. The fun continues... 1) I still need to get the speedometer fixed. They shipped it off to a local gauge repair shop, over 2 weeks later the guys tells us that he can't fix it. My patience ran out and I told my mechanic to reinstall the speedo and I'll deal with it later. 2) After delivering the car, they tell me that they broke the arm off my original clock when setting it this morning. I'll get that fixed with the speedo this winter. 3) The hood needs to be adjusted a little better, no biggie. 4) My wiper arms are on my floorboard, they forgot to install before delivering the car. 5) They finished polishing the car this morning and did a quick wash on the trailer. That process is messy, looks like I'll be cleaning water spots and wax dust tonight. 6) I noticed a wet spot on the trailer about where my previous hydraulic leak was. I'm hoping it was the car dripping water from the morning bath. I will check my garage floor in a couple hours.

Looking forward to cleaning the car up tonight so I can attend Campbell Auto Restoration's open house tomorrow. So glad they are only 10 minutes from my house. I'll be talking to Steve tomorrow about my new punch list.
Happy friday! :cheers:

[Ron in SoCal]

^ hey Rob....just got into Norcal. I'm going to try and make the open house tomorrow sometime after 11 or so. Hope to meet you there!

[GregWeld]

Ron in SoCal in NoCal.... This dude gets around!


:rofl:

[pw2006]

^ hey Rob....just got into Norcal. I'm going to try and make the open house tomorrow sometime after 11 or so. Hope to meet you there!

Cool! I'll try to be there around 11:30. I'll be the short guy with the blue vette. :D

[frankv11]

how much fun is this hobby?
some times I walk in my garage feeling like a genius and come out hours later feeling like the world's biggest dummy