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Old 07-19-2012, 9:54am   #1
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Went to Calgary Stampede last Friday in the Vette and on Monday when we were ready to leave, I noticed the car seemed to take longer to start than usual. Anyways, after loading the luggage and getting ready to get into the car, I could smell a strong odor of gasoline. When I looked down, I could see this liquid coming from under the car. At first I thought it was just water as it had been raining off and on, but when I bent down to to see what it was, all I could see was gas pouring down from the bottom of the engine and soaking the cats. Holy shit I said, then reached up shut off the ignition yelled at the wife to get the Hell out of the car. After closer inspection, I could see fuel pissing out of the top of an injector. Well I'm 200 miles from home, no tools and no garage, this is gonna cost me. Fortunately there is a shop there that specializes in C4s that got me in fairly quickly. Well it seems that I must of nicked an o-ring 3 years ago when I installed them, that finally let go. All I can say, if it had happened say 10 minutes later while driving, well can you say FIRE!!. Well my Vette is home, my wallet is lighter and I need to dry out Hope you all had a better weekend than me
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Old 07-19-2012, 10:28am   #2
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I just KNEW you were having more fun than the rest of us


(Glad you caught it before it got dangerous )
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I just KNEW you were having more fun than the rest of us


(Glad you caught it before it got dangerous )
Thanks, thank God my BIL lives there as hotel rooms were almost impossible to come by.
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Sweet, we are glad you are safe, identify the issue before anything bad happened and this didn't happened:
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Glad it worked out well for you Sweets, could of been a Cat-astrophe......A lighter wallet is much better then the police having to identify the charred remains....WW
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Glad it all worked out Kittah. That could have been ugly......
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Glad it all worked out Kittah. That could have been ugly......
Thanks guys, I may have used up at least one of my nine lives now. I'm guessing the "Big Guy Upstairs" doesn't want me............yet
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Thanks guys, I may have used up at least one of my nine lives now. I'm guessing the "Big Guy Upstairs" doesn't want me............yet
Funny, Friz did say something like that.
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Funny, Friz did say something like that.
I just saw that, now I've asked the big guy for 9 more because of Friz. He told me "I understand and granted"
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Wow, I can see how part of you wants to say 'what bad luck' but in reality I would say your luck was pretty good that day.

I'm the guy that uses his good luck on things like dropping a dime on the floor and having it land on it's side. What are the odds right, why couldn't I be buying a lottery ticket in that exact moment.
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I just saw that, now I've asked the big guy for 9 more because of Friz. He told me "I understand and granted"
Get them from TMT he offers lifetime warranty.
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You are truly powerful when you can grant a lifetime of lifetimes to someone.
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John actually witnessed The Genesis. You may compare TMT to Matrix's Architect.

few minutes with gimp, paintnet and adobe and I can fix this one very easy.
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My how your mind works.....WW
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Thanks guys, I may have used up at least one of my nine lives now. I'm guessing the "Big Guy Upstairs" doesn't want me............yet
You're a member of the VB posse. It ain't the guy UPSTAIRS that's after any of us
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I'm just glad you didn't light a match to get a better look
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I can't imagine why
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All I can say, if it had happened say 10 minutes later while driving, well can you say FIRE!!.
A pic of it would have made an awesome Avatar
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I'm amazed at what rolls out of Pete's photochop mill....
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Yeah wouldn't have. Oh BTW, where were you Jon when I needed you
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