Any Mechanics Here? Help, We Need Advice

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  1. Marie Mallery

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    He was a willing participant. He reads here when he takes his brakes from work. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy, I'm glad he joined and hope he enjoys the social aspect of the forum, I know I do.:)
     
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    DAMMIT!!!

    I actually thought twice before posting for that very reason, and I had you in mind, too.

    I usually only stir the pot when I don't plan on coming back...(tell me I need a woman in my life! I'll show you.)
     
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    Good to have you around Jake !!
    Other than we-uns and you-uns, Ken and his wife are it so far as couples go and @Michelle Anderson (Ken’s wife) is burning her candle at both ends so we rarely hear from her.

    Way back when, I had an Olds 98 and bought it cheap too but if I remember it right, replacing the quadrajet carb along with all the freeze plugs and a water pump more than made up for what I didn’t spend buying it.
     
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  4. Faye Fox

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    Yes, a forum such as this one with many differing members is like a soup with many ingredients. Unstirred it becomes bland, disconnected, and undesirable and gets dumped. If I was married, my husband would prepare the soup then sit down, and I would keep it stirred. :D:D:D
     
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    Just see what kind of a wing man I’m going to be when you do hook up.
     
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    Life is like a loaf of scrapple
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    -Amos Gump
     
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    Nothing is more entertaining than other people's relationships.
     
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    Chicken ... palkkkk palk palk palk palkkk!
     
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    Don't we have a "How's The Weather" thread around here I can retreat to?
     
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    :D I can believe that. But it would be fun except when it wasn't.:p You seem to do alright Faye.
     
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    Faye likes to be in charge.

    She makes a mean Alpha Butt soup ;)
     
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  12. Marie Mallery

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    Looks like it works for her.
     
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    If any knows how to store the pot it is you
     
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    Nope, not me.
     
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    Thanks Bobby, Glad to be here, and seems like all of you are nice people. That 98 Olds I got was pretty much fixed by the time he gave up, and I got it, so I didn't have to spend much on it plus did all work on it myself , which saves a lot. I made quite a bit of profit on it after keeping it a while. Carberators are still expensive , just payed over $600.00 on one for truck.
     
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