Some Days...........
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 8:23 pm
......I think life is out to get me.
After the fire, I finally decided that enough was enough, and I packed up my carburetor and sent it off to Mike to do his magic. Finally, it is supposed to be here in a day or two. This morning, I go down to the shop to dink around. It's hot, so I decide to open the door for some ventilation. The door feels like its welded to the floor. I look up and, sure enough, the torsion spring has shit the bed. Now, bear in mind that the same thing happened in our garage last month. I was unable to get in for two weeks until the new springs arrived. The garage door installers have the whole thing sewn up. They won't sell you a spring, but they're happy to sent a "technician" over to install it for me. I installed all 3 overhead doors at The Fongderosa, and I certainly don't need some minimum wage guy, with a sketchy immigration status, to charge me 300 bucks to do something that I have done myself with, I might add, great success. So, it's back to Amazon to order some new ones and play the waiting game. I guess, in the meantime, I can remove the springs from the good door (the shop has two, 18 foot doors)and switch them to the busted side so I can get the bike out. I rarely open the other door, anyway. What a PITA. I'm also elbows deep in a project on my truck, building a new grille surround and front bumper with KC lamps, all part of the upcoming paint job that has been put off for too long
After the fire, I finally decided that enough was enough, and I packed up my carburetor and sent it off to Mike to do his magic. Finally, it is supposed to be here in a day or two. This morning, I go down to the shop to dink around. It's hot, so I decide to open the door for some ventilation. The door feels like its welded to the floor. I look up and, sure enough, the torsion spring has shit the bed. Now, bear in mind that the same thing happened in our garage last month. I was unable to get in for two weeks until the new springs arrived. The garage door installers have the whole thing sewn up. They won't sell you a spring, but they're happy to sent a "technician" over to install it for me. I installed all 3 overhead doors at The Fongderosa, and I certainly don't need some minimum wage guy, with a sketchy immigration status, to charge me 300 bucks to do something that I have done myself with, I might add, great success. So, it's back to Amazon to order some new ones and play the waiting game. I guess, in the meantime, I can remove the springs from the good door (the shop has two, 18 foot doors)and switch them to the busted side so I can get the bike out. I rarely open the other door, anyway. What a PITA. I'm also elbows deep in a project on my truck, building a new grille surround and front bumper with KC lamps, all part of the upcoming paint job that has been put off for too long