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| Chip, You shall be the Minister of Denials and Consolation! Regards, Ben Pender Klassic Autos Vintage European Auto service, repair, and parts Madison, AL 256-489-9560 --- On Fri, 1/13/12, Chip <czulli@gmail.com> wrote:
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Perseverance furthers .
-Nate
Trish wrote:
>
> OK everyone it's Friday. All he wanted to do was come home from work, he's
> been gone since Tues. But noooo. Kevin's stupid F250 is being
> cantankerous, again. He's replacing the starter AGAIN! This is the THIRD
> starter! Thankfully he's smart enough to get the lifetime warranty. The
> first one was old I guess. The second one was the wrong one...go figure a
> parts store giving you the wrong item? No! It was just a hair too short
> and couldn't get a good enough bite on the fly wheel. He kept thinking it
> was the fly wheel and was procrastinating the PITA job. I kept saying it
> sounded like the starter and reminded him how it's not uncommon to get
> crappy new parts. For some odd reason he decided to measure it. Gee, it
> was the starter! He put that one in around Thanksgiving.
>
> I told him to look on the bright side...he's at work on concrete and has
> all of his tools there. It would have really sucked if it happened
> tomorrow night as I have to work up in N Dallas, about an hour away and
> won't get off till midnight!
>
> --
> Trish Dougherty
> PurrFect Harmony Farm
> Ennis, TX
> http:/purrfectharmonyfarm.intuitwebsites.com
>
