Yeret
The Village Drunk
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2014
- Posts
- 943
- Reaction score
- 178
- Ram Year
- 1999
- Engine
- 5.9 Magnum
The driver-side rear corner of the Honda busted to bits courtesy of good ole iron oxide last Monday. It'll never see the road again. I'm just thankful it happened on my gravel lane and not when I was doing 70 MPH on the highway.
The Ram's back in action as my DD. Of course, that same Monday, the battery was kapoot (my fault, it's what one gets for playing the radio for 2 hours on "accessory" mode and then forgetting to run the engine afterwards). Swapped in a spare, went to town, gave the ole girl a spray down at the car wash and noticed that the rear fuel tank strap had busted, courtesy of good ole iron oxide. And of course, I didn't notice this until AFTER I had filled the tank, so it was a somewhat nervy drive back home while praying that the front strap would hold the 24 gallons of premo gas.
Fortunately, it did. Replaced the rear strap with literally 20 minutes left to get ready for work, a process that was slightly slowed courtesy of good ole iron oxide on the mounting stud and the fairly heady hangover I had which ensured that my short-term memory would be operating at minimum, thereby ensuring that I would be wasting plenty of time making numerous trips between where my truck was parked and the barn where all the tools were until I finally had everything that I needed (or thought that I would need).
I hate iron oxide.
The Ram's back in action as my DD. Of course, that same Monday, the battery was kapoot (my fault, it's what one gets for playing the radio for 2 hours on "accessory" mode and then forgetting to run the engine afterwards). Swapped in a spare, went to town, gave the ole girl a spray down at the car wash and noticed that the rear fuel tank strap had busted, courtesy of good ole iron oxide. And of course, I didn't notice this until AFTER I had filled the tank, so it was a somewhat nervy drive back home while praying that the front strap would hold the 24 gallons of premo gas.
Fortunately, it did. Replaced the rear strap with literally 20 minutes left to get ready for work, a process that was slightly slowed courtesy of good ole iron oxide on the mounting stud and the fairly heady hangover I had which ensured that my short-term memory would be operating at minimum, thereby ensuring that I would be wasting plenty of time making numerous trips between where my truck was parked and the barn where all the tools were until I finally had everything that I needed (or thought that I would need).
I hate iron oxide.
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