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  June 28, 2010 9:28 p.m. CGLockRacer Reader

  So this weekend I fabricated a new cat back exhaust system for my Miata. I used some old 2.25" tubing I had from my old SpecMiata and an old Bosal SpecMiata muffler. Everything went well but on the drive to work today it was a bit to raspy.
  

  Get home tonight and figure, I'll throw a resonator in there to mellow it out a bit. Car up on stands, exhaust off, tack in, test fit, weld. I ran out of wire with about 2" to go. Luckily I still have my Mazda3 (FOR SALE!!!) so I run to Lowes (which is fortunately still open). Back home, re route wire...hmm...no wire coming out. Well, it missed the tube and is jamming up in the sheath. Pull the welder apart, fix that, start welding again.

  OK, exhaust is welded, back in, test for leaks. All done! I clean up the garage, then lower one side of the car. Go to jack up the other side....ummm...why is the jack not lifting? Well, my 10+yr old Craftsman jack dies.
  

  Fortunately, I still have the factory jack in the car and I'm able to stack up some blocks to get it high enough to get the car off the stands.
  

  Sorry for the long post. Just been one of those nights.

  Fortunately, my $50 rebate from Bridgestone came today, my HF flier came with the racing jack on sale, and I have a 20% coupon printed off. I know where I'm going tomorrow :)

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  June 28, 2010 9:42 p.m. mistanfo SuperDork

  Did you get the 20% coupon out of your GRM? They DO track these.

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  June 28, 2010 9:48 p.m. Junkyard_Dog HalfDork

  mistanfo wrote: Did you get the 20% coupon out of your GRM? They DO track these.

  There is a HF store 2 miles from my front door. I really need to pay more attention to the ads

  I love going to the Pull-a-Part because the dollar admission is cheaper than most car shows and you almost always see cooler cars.

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  June 29, 2010 6:14 a.m. CGLockRacer Reader

  In reply to mistanfo:

  Yep :)

  Phil - www.TeamMatherMotorsport.com

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  June 29, 2010 8:47 a.m. klipless Reader

  In reply to CGLockRacer:

  Do you work for MSC?

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  June 29, 2010 11:20 a.m. turboswede SuperDork

  Sucks, man I know how that goes. Went to toss a couple of screws into the raised bed planters, grabbed the cordless screw flinger and the battery's dead.

  Okay, grab the one next to the charger, pop it in, dead. Poop.

  Decide to charge them overnight and attack it in the morning.

  Battery charger isn't lighting up, strange. Check cords, etc...

  Finally pull it apart and all the magic smoke is gone in the resistors.

  Pull out my old R/C Car battery charger, toss it on the car and adapt it to the drill battery..... still no joy.

  Finally, just pull out the extension cord and the electric drill, fix the stupid boards and ordered a new charger for the cordless.

  Sigh, instead of flinging a couple of screws into some boards and working on my cars, I spend all morning dicking with a bunch of broken electronic devices.

  Anyway, I would rebuild the cylinder in the Craftsman and use the HF as a backup. The Craftsman is probably a better built unit and the cylinders should be easily rebuildable. Just need some O-rings and hydraulic jack fluid.

  "I can pretty much guarantee that when you were in both lanes sideways you didn't have your turn signal on." - engineerd

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