Ryan218
08-04-2009, 02:01 AM
i went down to Cincy on Saturday morning to look at a hatchback, drop off some parts, and drop the motor off with Alan. thanks again!
anyways. ill start with how my night before went.
i worked all night on pulling all the parts i needed to take down with me for a few people to buy. ( figured i would be down here anyways, ill save them the drive ) every single bolt was stuck. and they have only been for what like a thousand miles! :mad: then to pull the cluster out. no biggie. but the screws are striped. another pita right there! then to the lowering springs. now i remember why i hated them things so much. ok so after that hellish of a night was over. ( at 5 am ) i went to sleep for 3 hours. big mistake. even more tired then i was before i went to sleep. I'm waiting on my dad to get up to help me load the engine block and rear end into the truck since i didn't feel like killing my back doing it myself. so its 9 am at this point and i figure ill just go get gas real quick and get a drink while I'm waiting. so i stop by giant eagle and get 28 gallons of gas for $15.xx :) then i go to leave. i pull out and make a right. then stop at a light and make a left. as i making the left the front end lets out a nice loud ass pop noise. my first thought was the ball joint just snapped nope it was th end link. at least that's an easy fix. drove to the parts store and got the end link. i get home and my dads up so we take the broken one off get the new one on in a matter of about 10 mins. so that wasn't that bad of a set back. so now i hit the road for the long drive down 71! so much fun it was with getting to SIT on 71 for 45 mins at a stand still i put the truck in park and shut it off, i think i took a nap for a bit there to, didn't seem like i was sitting there that long! then after that back to driving. so i hit the area by kings island. and then the weather starts to turn start spitting. so i pull over into the gas station under the cover since i didnt have the engine bag over the block. figure well first I'm going to the bathroom. 4 of the monster energy drinks and 2 mountain dews and i was ready to explode! so i walk in and of course a line of 3! ( I'm the 4th ) so were all sitting there....10 mins goes by and still nothing. the lady who works there unlocks the door and peaks into see if this guy is dead or something. and he is shaving!!!! :mad: so the lady tells us to use the ladys bathroom and not to make a mess :lol: after that's all said and done i went back out to put the engine bag over the block. as I'm doing that a guy gets out of his truck. stumbles over and proceeds to ask stupid questions. he is obviously drunk. ( hell he was holding a bud light in his hand ) asks me what im doing. why im putting a plastic bag over the block. why there is a rear end in the back of the truck. why there are springs, and axles. at this pointed i just wanted to leave the gas station lol. so he stumbles in and buys 2 cases loads them into his truck and he gets in and they both drive over to do some more drinking i guess. ( mind you. its about 12:00 at this point, hey 5 o clock somewhere right? ) so i get to where I'm dropping the rear end off. easy enough to get to. then on to look at this hatchback. well it took forever to get there it seemed like traffic was shitty. it would pour rain. then sprinkle. then stop and do this all over again. get there and look at the hatch. LOVE IT, going back to pick it up on Thursday :D ( thanks ole man! i owe him one. ) then drive over to aslan's place to drop of the black and all the rotating assembly stuff. so i leave there after talking with him and his son for a bit. ( great group of people! ) i leave there and go to take the stock axles to a guy. no biggey going to go drop them off at his house since he is at the fair i think he said with his family, well ill be damned if i don't think this tom tom took me through the ghettos part of cincy around! all i saw was camaros with a lift on them and huge ass wheels that are worth more then the whole car. a few other pos things as well. ( yes i turned my country music down :cool2: ) so i drop these axles off and as i get out of the truck im meet by a little cat. very friendly. so i sat there for a few mins and petted it lol. the people next door were giving me all sorts of weird looks as i pulled the axles out of the bed of the truck and walked back to his garage. and of course his driveway was long as hell! so then its time to go home. atleast the drive home was cake. oh and one more thing. when i left from looking at the hatch...for anyone wondering. no the beechmont ford entrance is not the entrance ramp to the highway :bangwall: since i turned in there if figured id look to see if i saw terry's cobra. but i didn't. and needed gas so i went and filled up...this time for $36.00 still wasn't bad for going 388 miles total.
and i saw alot of nice foxbodys while i was down there...a black vert too :(
anyways. ill start with how my night before went.
i worked all night on pulling all the parts i needed to take down with me for a few people to buy. ( figured i would be down here anyways, ill save them the drive ) every single bolt was stuck. and they have only been for what like a thousand miles! :mad: then to pull the cluster out. no biggie. but the screws are striped. another pita right there! then to the lowering springs. now i remember why i hated them things so much. ok so after that hellish of a night was over. ( at 5 am ) i went to sleep for 3 hours. big mistake. even more tired then i was before i went to sleep. I'm waiting on my dad to get up to help me load the engine block and rear end into the truck since i didn't feel like killing my back doing it myself. so its 9 am at this point and i figure ill just go get gas real quick and get a drink while I'm waiting. so i stop by giant eagle and get 28 gallons of gas for $15.xx :) then i go to leave. i pull out and make a right. then stop at a light and make a left. as i making the left the front end lets out a nice loud ass pop noise. my first thought was the ball joint just snapped nope it was th end link. at least that's an easy fix. drove to the parts store and got the end link. i get home and my dads up so we take the broken one off get the new one on in a matter of about 10 mins. so that wasn't that bad of a set back. so now i hit the road for the long drive down 71! so much fun it was with getting to SIT on 71 for 45 mins at a stand still i put the truck in park and shut it off, i think i took a nap for a bit there to, didn't seem like i was sitting there that long! then after that back to driving. so i hit the area by kings island. and then the weather starts to turn start spitting. so i pull over into the gas station under the cover since i didnt have the engine bag over the block. figure well first I'm going to the bathroom. 4 of the monster energy drinks and 2 mountain dews and i was ready to explode! so i walk in and of course a line of 3! ( I'm the 4th ) so were all sitting there....10 mins goes by and still nothing. the lady who works there unlocks the door and peaks into see if this guy is dead or something. and he is shaving!!!! :mad: so the lady tells us to use the ladys bathroom and not to make a mess :lol: after that's all said and done i went back out to put the engine bag over the block. as I'm doing that a guy gets out of his truck. stumbles over and proceeds to ask stupid questions. he is obviously drunk. ( hell he was holding a bud light in his hand ) asks me what im doing. why im putting a plastic bag over the block. why there is a rear end in the back of the truck. why there are springs, and axles. at this pointed i just wanted to leave the gas station lol. so he stumbles in and buys 2 cases loads them into his truck and he gets in and they both drive over to do some more drinking i guess. ( mind you. its about 12:00 at this point, hey 5 o clock somewhere right? ) so i get to where I'm dropping the rear end off. easy enough to get to. then on to look at this hatchback. well it took forever to get there it seemed like traffic was shitty. it would pour rain. then sprinkle. then stop and do this all over again. get there and look at the hatch. LOVE IT, going back to pick it up on Thursday :D ( thanks ole man! i owe him one. ) then drive over to aslan's place to drop of the black and all the rotating assembly stuff. so i leave there after talking with him and his son for a bit. ( great group of people! ) i leave there and go to take the stock axles to a guy. no biggey going to go drop them off at his house since he is at the fair i think he said with his family, well ill be damned if i don't think this tom tom took me through the ghettos part of cincy around! all i saw was camaros with a lift on them and huge ass wheels that are worth more then the whole car. a few other pos things as well. ( yes i turned my country music down :cool2: ) so i drop these axles off and as i get out of the truck im meet by a little cat. very friendly. so i sat there for a few mins and petted it lol. the people next door were giving me all sorts of weird looks as i pulled the axles out of the bed of the truck and walked back to his garage. and of course his driveway was long as hell! so then its time to go home. atleast the drive home was cake. oh and one more thing. when i left from looking at the hatch...for anyone wondering. no the beechmont ford entrance is not the entrance ramp to the highway :bangwall: since i turned in there if figured id look to see if i saw terry's cobra. but i didn't. and needed gas so i went and filled up...this time for $36.00 still wasn't bad for going 388 miles total.
and i saw alot of nice foxbodys while i was down there...a black vert too :(