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Last week and this week I was hoping to spend some quality time doing some finish sanding and spotting on the midget since I thought I was caught up. Instead, I have got into a deluge of car problems that really make me appreciate the simplicity and common sense of a spridget. In my basement is my wife's festiva torn all apart. I ordered a new cooling system pressure tester and used it and found the source of the water dissappearance. It was the water pump, which is underneath the timing belt, man what a job. I had done the timing belt before a couple times, but to get to some of the water pump bolts I had to actually take a wrench and bend it to get them off. Then I put it all back together and it spun over very easy and was obviously out of time. I know I had the marks right, but took it back apart and discovered that the little metal flange on the crank timing pulley is loose and had moved from its original position, thus making the mark off on that pulley. I am now looking for a photo of a crank pulley so I can see where the mark is in relation to the keyway in the pully so I can get the car back in time. Also next we are going to pull the engine from my dads subaru for the 4th bloody time. Pulled it to repair a damaged crank and had the crank turned, new bearings and all. New oil pump also, new rings and all had been put in only 3k miles ago so that engine is like new. We put the engine back in and bolted the tranny up and everything was locked down. The guy who turned the crank had left a small ridge on the pilot hole and the torque converter would not go in all the way. Pulled the engine and fixed that and put it back in, my dad drove it for a day and the torque converter seal blew out dumping all the fluid in the road. Pulled the engine again and inmstalled a new seal. All was well until Sunday when my dad drove it to church and someone noticed a leak coming from the soobie. It was not dumping but was steady leaking tranny fluid. So we are ready to pull the engine again /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif This evening my wife needed to run an errand and her car was apart in the basement, so I let her drive my truck. When she got back she said it smelled funny and I found that one of the front brake calipers had locked up and that wheel was very hot. Now we are down to the kia sportage as the only working car and it has the sailboat attached to it. The motorcyle runs good but with the shoulder situation I can't ride it and the wife doesn't have the endorsement on her license to ride the bike. When it rains its pours sometimes. Sorry this is so long and not really spridget related, but I needed to tell someone. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a better day.
