Hey, Romain, you were right!
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Re: Hey, Romain, you were right!
At least you got it nailed under a controlled situation.
I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
he raced it again and it held...
Mike
Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
> Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>
> My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>
> Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
he raced it again and it held...
Mike
Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
> Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>
> My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>
> Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
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Re: Hey, Romain, you were right!
At least you got it nailed under a controlled situation.
I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
he raced it again and it held...
Mike
Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
> Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>
> My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>
> Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
he raced it again and it held...
Mike
Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
> Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>
> My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>
> Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
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Re: Hey, Romain, you were right!
Mike Romain wrote:
> At least you got it nailed under a controlled situation.
>
> I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
> just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
>
> I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
> that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
> he raced it again and it held...
>
> Mike
>
> Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
>>Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>>
>>My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>>
>>Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
CCI, Control Cables, Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, CA was where I Fed-Exed
the cable to, with instructions to make an identical twin, only 10"
longer. They sound pretty professional and chipper on the phone, and I
have only read good things about 'em. I'll receive it tomorrow and
install it. We'll see how it goes...
> At least you got it nailed under a controlled situation.
>
> I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
> just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
>
> I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
> that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
> he raced it again and it held...
>
> Mike
>
> Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
>>Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>>
>>My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>>
>>Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
CCI, Control Cables, Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, CA was where I Fed-Exed
the cable to, with instructions to make an identical twin, only 10"
longer. They sound pretty professional and chipper on the phone, and I
have only read good things about 'em. I'll receive it tomorrow and
install it. We'll see how it goes...
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Re: Hey, Romain, you were right!
Mike Romain wrote:
> At least you got it nailed under a controlled situation.
>
> I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
> just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
>
> I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
> that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
> he raced it again and it held...
>
> Mike
>
> Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
>>Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>>
>>My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>>
>>Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
CCI, Control Cables, Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, CA was where I Fed-Exed
the cable to, with instructions to make an identical twin, only 10"
longer. They sound pretty professional and chipper on the phone, and I
have only read good things about 'em. I'll receive it tomorrow and
install it. We'll see how it goes...
> At least you got it nailed under a controlled situation.
>
> I have been messing around with old beaters since the 60's and have seen
> just about every fix that can be done wrong at one time or another.
>
> I have even seen a rod tossed out the side of an old Honda or Datsun
> that had the hole in the block fixed with 'liquid aluminum' good enough
> he raced it again and it held...
>
> Mike
>
> Cal Wheeler wrote:
>
>>Pulled into my driveway tonight, set the parking brake, and POP!
>>
>>My fabulous solder job went kaflooey, and started the sucker rolling back.
>>
>>Looks like I'm looking for an extended e-brake cable tomorrow!
CCI, Control Cables, Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, CA was where I Fed-Exed
the cable to, with instructions to make an identical twin, only 10"
longer. They sound pretty professional and chipper on the phone, and I
have only read good things about 'em. I'll receive it tomorrow and
install it. We'll see how it goes...
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