*facepalm*
Jul. 7th, 2008 03:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiffieI love my car. I do.
But, sometimes, I really, truly wonder if she loves me.
Voodoo's firewall has been cracked quite badly since the accident. Every so often, I'd have to shove it back into place, as it'd fallen down over the engine and was blocking airflow. In the last few months, it'd gotten worse. It wouldn't stay in place anymore, no matter how I positioned it. I'd resorted to unraveling some of the wire mesh and tying it to one of the engine clips to hold it up.
Last week took the cake.
Somehow, the firewall had fallen and wedged itself in front of one of the air outlets in the hood. Beyond just blocking airflow to the engine, it diverted all of that wonderful hot air into the cabin. In the afternoon. In the middle of summer.
Yeah.
So, sad little kiff that I am, I went crying to mommy.
My mom is far more versed in the automobile world than I. Rather, I should ammend, more versed in the world of cheapass-but-workable-fixes than I. Volkswagen engine compartments always have a lot of clips and stray (and sharp) bits of metal that go un-utilized. So what do you do to a firewall that simply won't stay up? How about spear it to the wall of the engine bay with jagged metal?
Well, I can't say it's pretty, but by damn, it works. :3
In other news, Jeeves has proven his ability to run on a hilariously wrong injury by doing nearly two weeks of daily driving on totally fucked-up carbeurators. The carbs have since been totally rebuilt. Cheap, too. :D
But, sometimes, I really, truly wonder if she loves me.
Voodoo's firewall has been cracked quite badly since the accident. Every so often, I'd have to shove it back into place, as it'd fallen down over the engine and was blocking airflow. In the last few months, it'd gotten worse. It wouldn't stay in place anymore, no matter how I positioned it. I'd resorted to unraveling some of the wire mesh and tying it to one of the engine clips to hold it up.
Last week took the cake.
Somehow, the firewall had fallen and wedged itself in front of one of the air outlets in the hood. Beyond just blocking airflow to the engine, it diverted all of that wonderful hot air into the cabin. In the afternoon. In the middle of summer.
Yeah.
So, sad little kiff that I am, I went crying to mommy.
My mom is far more versed in the automobile world than I. Rather, I should ammend, more versed in the world of cheapass-but-workable-fixes than I. Volkswagen engine compartments always have a lot of clips and stray (and sharp) bits of metal that go un-utilized. So what do you do to a firewall that simply won't stay up? How about spear it to the wall of the engine bay with jagged metal?
Well, I can't say it's pretty, but by damn, it works. :3
In other news, Jeeves has proven his ability to run on a hilariously wrong injury by doing nearly two weeks of daily driving on totally fucked-up carbeurators. The carbs have since been totally rebuilt. Cheap, too. :D
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Date: 2008-07-08 04:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-08 04:37 am (UTC)*wonders if it would work for the drive belt, as well*
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Date: 2008-07-08 02:44 pm (UTC)Man.
I used to drive that thing to work, and it involved going up this huge hill with the railroad at the bottom, and I never did reach the top without having to stand on the gas and chant "IthinkIcanIthinkIcan"!
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Date: 2008-07-08 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-09 01:00 am (UTC)I even bought really heavy-soled dress-shoes for that job specifically to help me put weight on the gas pedal. :o