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KERRRUUUUNCH!!!!!!!! Boy's UCFUCD

Started by rodomo , Mar 31 2007 10:17 AM

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#1 rodomo

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 10:17 AM

Ph. call 6.30pm (I'm on my way to Epping to drop a car off) Dad, I've had a crash, I'm at Knox City, can you come and help please?

7.30pm, back in Blackburn, load up all the recovery gear into the Rangie and off!

At scene:
Fan hit rad and took out 4 tubes just below the top header plate.
2 of these (magic stuff) leave the cap loose, 1 stop on the way home to top up.

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10.30pm back at Blackburn after dropping the passengers off here and there(they were on there way to Inverloch for the weekend)

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Midnight.

The shrapnel.

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It's O.K. Dad, I'm off work Sat. & Sun. but I need it for Mon. :blink:

Hit a BMW, nothings too good for my kids! :spoton:

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#2 Toranavista

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 10:24 AM

I think bacon and eggs in bed are in order for Father's Day this year

Let me know if it doesn't happen :gun:

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#3 _Leakey_

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Posted 31 March 2007 - 10:50 AM

Wow! you don't muck around Rob!

The lads are all OK, and doesn't seem to be any structural damage.

You going for replacement panels or beat those out?

Nice rubber, and plenty of it! What are the tyres?

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#4 rodomo

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 12:52 AM

Wow! you don't muck around Rob!

The lads are all OK, and doesn't seem to be any structural damage.

You going for replacement panels or beat those out?

Nice rubber, and plenty of it! What are the tyres?

The tyres are Hankook 866 205/60/13, about 6 months old.
No structural damage? Is this structural?

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I cut it out to weaken the rail to start the repairs.

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Straightened it up and it's ready to go back in.

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The skirt was also kinked. Faint yellow circle.

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The skirt was pulled in the direction of the arrow to tap out the kinks.

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The next pic shows how the rad. support was sitting (blue line in comparison to yellow lines) and was pulled in direction of blue arrow off a "sky hook".
Yellow parallel lines show what it looks like now.

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Spent half the day picking up a bonnet, guard and grill. My LJ will be donating a radiator and fan for the mo. and the front bar will be made "adequate".

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#5 _Monkey_

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 01:15 AM

Looks like she's gonna be ready for the boy on monday then.

Ya know there's room on that panel for more empty beer cans :spoton:

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#6 rodomo

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 01:30 AM

Helps me think :blink:

Oils the brayn :spoton:

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#7 _ChiaLX_

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 07:44 AM

I'm nominating you for father of the year

My old man would have lectured me for hours about my driving skills and habits and said "so now, how you gonna get to work monday?.... dont look at my car! "

Good work Rob, :clap:

I reckon if I bring around my hatch you could have it finnished within a couple of weekends :rockon:

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#8 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 08:00 AM

Mmm, seven beer job so far, and your only bout half way.

Thankfully my darlings aren't anywhere near driving age yet!!! At least he's given you two days!!!!!! Funny as.

PM me if you need some bits, I have UC guards, front apron, and front bar (you'll need your rubber strip).

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#9 _DocDamage_

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 08:09 AM

Going great guns. :clap:

Who much would this have cost at a panel shop, & how long would they take?

He's going to owe you a fair bit of lawn mowing & car washing I reckon. :spoton:

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#10 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 08:26 AM

I'd be making sure he is there by my side so he can appreciate the relationship between the time it takes to be careful, and the time consequences of not being careful, although accidents do happen, it's always better to avoid em.

There was one rule in sailing I loved "avoid collisions at all costs, even if you are in the right". Maybe they should introduce that one to the road.

When are you starting on the BMW?

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#11 MRLXSS

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Posted 01 April 2007 - 10:41 AM

Wow Rob, thats awesome! Your son is pretty lucky!

Hows the boy paying you back?

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#12 rodomo

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 12:34 AM

Wow Rob, thats awesome! Your son is pretty lucky!

Hows the boy paying you back?

I have a plan. Pics later.

Car was finished (to a drivable state anyway) at 10pm tonight:

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Skirt repair is "ordinary", black circle, needs relieving, bar came up sorta kinda OK'ish.
Welds on rail were "tidied" but left to maintain strength. Blue circle indicates repairs on top of the rail which came up good. No bog or Hi-Fill used at this stage.

Oh yeah. Guess what? Metric thread guard bolts on this one too!

Edited by rodomo, 02 April 2007 - 12:37 AM.

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#13 TerrA LX

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 12:47 AM

As always, excellent work from you. :spoton:

Funny how in the panel shop the air ratchet does not know the difference between metric and imperial guard bolts.

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#14 _Flamenco_

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 12:58 AM

He owes you bigtime!

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#15 GML-31

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 06:42 AM

the joy of having kids.... looks good mate.

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#16 orangeLJ

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 10:55 AM

Its not only the sons that damage cars!! my old man was dropping my ex girlfriend home one day (in my VK calais) and backed into a power pole!! i turned up at the workshop to swap cars and he had it all pulled apart and was just finishin belting it back out..... :cry:

never forgave him for that. :<_<:

nice work with the UC tho :spoton:

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#17 FastEHHolden

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 11:29 AM

I backed into my UC with the work truck...yelled at the wife...cos it was her fault..I just cant think why..but it was her fault....turned my anger to the hammers and dollies and before you knew it was fixed..you would hardly ever know.

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Posted 02 April 2007 - 12:50 PM

Awesome job! Very impressive :spoton:

I find the beer "enhances my concentration levels" haha

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#19 rodomo

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Posted 05 April 2007 - 09:00 PM

Awesome job! Very impressive

I find the beer "enhances my concentration levels" haha

I find that when I'm buggered, a couple of beers can get another couple of hours out of me.
Tell me it's not a drug :blink:

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#20 rodomo

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Posted 15 May 2007 - 06:27 PM

My son received these through the post last week from his insurance company.

I told him to leave them in the glovebox. At least he will have clean ones to change into after his next "little accident" :blink: