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post #1 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:33pm
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Turns out the clutch on my air compressor is locked, which means the wheel doesn't turn when the belt spins, which means I'll slowly grind any belt I put on to dust. I want to just trade the damn thing in and be done with it, but I'm so freakin' upside-down on it no one will touch me, and I don't want to spend (and don't really have) the $500 to get it fixed. It may be possible to bypass the compressor with a smaller belt, but if not, well, I have a glorified picture car on my hands.

Sigh. Time to start looking at bus schedules.
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post #2 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:38pm
That's rough Poxy, I wish I could help you out but I've always had the "fuck it, I buy a new one!" attitude.

Ever thought of leasing a "Mustang Mach 1"? Judging by how many I see driving around nowadays, it's seems that any fucker can afford one.
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post #3 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:38pm
Would it be possible to just disconnect the power steering from the steering linkage and go for manual steering?
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post #4 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:41pm
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There's just one serpentine belt that runs everything -- power steering, alternator, the works. The belt went a few days ago and the battery light came on along with my power steering not working.
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post #5 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:41pm
Cars built to have power steering don't react the same way as those built without it. I've had cars that the power steering went out in. It's not fun.
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post #6 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:44pm
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Richard 'Poxy' Dickson:
There's just one serpentine belt that runs everything -- power steering, alternator, the works. The belt went a few days ago and the battery light came on along with my power steering not working.
I see, that is more of a problem then I thought.

Take the bus.
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post #7 of 14
9/26/03 at 1:54pm
There is a way, but it requires some surgery on the compressor clutch itself. You need to make it freewheeling, thereby rendering it an idler.
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post #8 of 14
9/26/03 at 2:05pm
If Poxy buys you a plane ticket, will you come fix his car?

Seriously, sorry to hear this, Poxy...I thank God every day for my car's health. It has no AC right now, but I got through the whole summer without it so that can wait until spring. The heat SEEMS fine...but if that is fucked i'll definitely need to get that fixed as soon as the cold sets in.

Other than that, it's (thank God) in decent shape.
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post #9 of 14
9/26/03 at 2:06pm
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Yeah, I'll deal with no AC if it means the damn thing runs.

And yeah, I'd have to fly someone in to fix it, because I can switch out headlights and crap like that, but what Kronos is talking about might as well be brain surgery.
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post #10 of 14
9/26/03 at 2:30pm
I feel your pain Pox. My shitmobile just went out on me again. If I would have had a bat or say maybe a metal pipe on me when it died, I would have bashed the fuck out of it. As it was, without a pipe at the ready, I simply smashed my fist repeatedly into the stearing wheel and screemed obscenities at the top of my lungs. I'm sure I must have looked like a madman to anyone driving by.
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post #11 of 14
9/26/03 at 3:33pm
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Aghora Eats Kittens:
I feel your pain Pox. My shitmobile just went out on me again. If I would have had a bat or say maybe a metal pipe on me when it died, I would have bashed the fuck out of it. As it was, without a pipe at the ready, I simply smashed my fist repeatedly into the stearing wheel and screemed obscenities at the top of my lungs. I'm sure I must have looked like a madman to anyone driving by.
Are we related?? I do the same thing! However, I do occassionally kick the damn thing as well...

Sorry to hear about your car, Poxy. I would offer my services, but they would be pretty useless to you for a variety of reasons (main one being that I've never done a repair like that). But my father's a mechanic, so maybe I can ship him down to ya. I'm sure he wouldn't mind a trip to Flordia....
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post #12 of 14
9/26/03 at 3:40pm
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Well....

My roommate just waived my rent for the next three months (gotta buy him many drinks), and I only have to work two days between now and next Friday. If I can live on bus transport for those two days, between the two paychecks I should have enough to get something done.
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post #13 of 14
9/26/03 at 4:46pm
Many drinks to the roommate and a fridge full of groceries as well. Perhaps you can by him a handjob from a hooker. I say handjob because you obviously don't have the cash for a full on BJ.
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post #14 of 14
9/26/03 at 10:40pm
My car was parked in front of my house on wednesday night when some dumb bitch bent down to light a cig while driving around the corner.

WHAM!!!

I can't move the car until the insurance adjuster comes to look at it.

I moved here less than a week ago.
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