Cursin Like A Sailor all last night.....

[POSXJGuy]

I was installing a 136 amp alt. in my 93 xj and boy was it a pain in the ass.

I got frickin smart and finally removed the two brackets for the alternator. It was like God shined down upon me from high heavens with his light and brought that thought and idea to fruition. Almost like the same feeling as one would have had they discovered fire or beer.

I was cursin when the brackets didnt fit the alternator profile.

I was cursing some more when it seemed to fit fine and after getting it back on the car the metal seemed to have shifted in shape and lose its fit.

anyhow, i had to carpool to work today. my car's still in the garage and I need to get it done tonight.

funny how frustrating things can be though, im sure glad sears is not too far. the apex of my fristrations usually leads me to whack something and use my big ratchet as a hammer.

i also devised some good hand cleaner last night about 1030 pm. i mixed a handful of fine sand and some water with dish soap in it. it works like magic to clean hands and if you use palmolive you could be a potential candidate for a hand model job. all this because i ran out of orange pumice crap.

POS

[RichP]

I've reached a point in my life where I don't curse too much anymore when I runito this type of thing, in fact I start laughing. I was cleaning a workbench on sunday and picked up my milwalkee palm sander, lazy me I ignored the electric wire that snaked under a bunch of stuff and just yanked it, $SHIT all over the floor, including a #10 can of nuts and washers, just from impatience, found laughingg has a calming effect and stuff seems to go on better...

[POSXJGuy]

I've reached a point in my life where I don't curse too much anymore when I runito this type of thing, in fact I start laughing. I was cleaning a workbench on sunday and picked up my milwalkee palm sander, lazy me I ignored the electric wire that snaked under a bunch of stuff and just yanked it, $SHIT all over the floor, including a #10 can of nuts and washers, just from impatience, found laughingg has a calming effect and stuff seems to go on better...

that is real good advice. i think laughter is probably the best thing since frustration and anger only makes whatever you are working on more sloppy. besides, in my case its not the parts or tools fault, its pure user error.:eeks1::eeks1:

[Captain Ron]

Sailors don't curse anymore.

They just throw things. :D

--ron

[bjoehandley]

Sounds like me when I solder Dean's Plugs for the batteries on some of my RC stuff. I'm even thinking about making a sign for when I do;
WARNING:
Soldering In Progress
Listen For Foul Language

[POSXJGuy]

the best cursing came last night when i put the alternator in and it was getting squeezed from both sides from something. i could not see it but it was just getting hung up, like on something invicible. i thought that i had mat my maker.

my wife came in and asked "is that really necessary?"

i said "yes it is" like i was in the middle of a fight between good and evil powers.

then i squashed my thumb on something and the second wave of cursing came on.


life is good. i should go to church now.

[GSequoia]

Sounds like warn motor mounts ;)

I had to change out my alternator on the road once - with worn mounts (engine doesn't sit quite where it should...)

I found that the OEM bottle jack was a life saver. Put the top of it against the AC Compressor and the bottom agaist the fender wall and jack that baby up. If your mounts are as warn as mine were you can gain about 2" of extra clearance in there.

Also when you do it take the alternator out from the BOTTOM.

[DaffyXJ]

i also devised some good hand cleaner last night about 1030 pm. i mixed a handful of fine sand and some water with dish soap in it. it works like magic to clean hands and if you use palmolive you could be a potential candidate for a hand model job. all this because i ran out of orange pumice crap.

POS

Try Sugar and Dish Soap. Works Great.

[shortxjdoug]

Sounds like me when I solder Dean's Plugs for the batteries on some of my RC stuff. I'm even thinking about making a sign for when I do;
WARNING:
Soldering In Progress
Listen For Foul Language


gawd i HATE those things i used to use them cause hobby lobby used to send them with their battery kits............... i switched to gas, and then ran out of time so all my stuff roosts in the attic now

[bjoehandley]

Hehe, Dad and I installed new speakers in my truck last thursday and we used 14 gauge wire and Deans plugs to connect them to the harness in the door, I heard S0n0f@ B!tc#, G0d D@mnit, and a few other as he was trying to solder things up, I let him do that work cause half the time I can't solder to save my life.....

[riverfever]

I'm like Rich. I try not to curse very much...ever. I don't have a problem with cursing I think I'm just afraid that one day I'll stub a toe at work and yell out, "Aw muthereffer!!!!!" Then I'll realize that I have a classroom full of students. I usually laugh when something doesn't quite go my way.

[5-90]

I'm like Rich. I try not to curse very much...ever. I don't have a problem with cursing I think I'm just afraid that one day I'll stub a toe at work and yell out, "Aw muthereffer!!!!!" Then I'll realize that I have a classroom full of students. I usually laugh when something doesn't quite go my way.

I have a lot of kids hanging around here, picking up what knowledge they can.

Effect? My two boys were most surprised when I whacked my thumb with a 3# hammer (surprised I didn't break it) and my whole reaction was an "Oh, damn." under my breath - then a two-minute break while I uncrossed my eyes.

"Doesn't that hurt?"
"Tremendously."
"Aren't you going to say anything?"
"Just did."

You just never know when you're going to drop a hammer on your foot and some kid is behind you...

5-90

[riverfever]

Good for you 5-90.

I can remember my dad working on cars with the garage door open or working in the driveway. He would scream some unreal stuff...loudly. Usually in between throwing tools. We never saw eye to eye on many things. Probably more the reason I try not to curse when working in the garage or on home repair stuff. Yelling at a bolt or some wires in a house always seemed kind of gay to me. At least ot the point where you're actually screaming and not getting any enjoyment whatsoever out of the hobby. That's really what auto repair or home repair is. IMHO.

[RichP]

I used to swear like that, when I lived at home, working on my dodge vans 440, got to a point that when I pulled my tools out to work on it the neighbors on both sides and across the street would pull their kids inside.....I got the hint....

[5-90]

Good for you 5-90.

I can remember my dad working on cars with the garage door open or working in the driveway. He would scream some unreal stuff...loudly. Usually in between throwing tools. We never saw eye to eye on many things. Probably more the reason I try not to curse when working in the garage or on home repair stuff. Yelling at a bolt or some wires in a house always seemed kind of gay to me. At least ot the point where you're actually screaming and not getting any enjoyment whatsoever out of the hobby. That's really what auto repair or home repair is. IMHO.

Yeah - anymore, when I get to swearing at a job (sometimes in several languages...) it's not at the job itself, but at the REASON I'm doing the job - viz. some damn fool did something I told them not to, and now I've got to fix it.

Now that my kids have moved out, I find that I'm doing that considerably less. Hasn't eliminated it tho - my mother-in-law lives with us (moved in before the kids moved out. Damn...) and manages to screw something up by way of "low brain voltage" every now and again...

"You can make something foolproof, but you can't make it damnfoolproof..."

or -

"You can never make anything completely foolproof. Never underestimate the ingenuity of a compleat fool..."

5-90

[bjoehandley]

When that happens, I've nearly bit my tonque off trying not to say exactly what I'm thinking at that point.