well, it just seems that everything I touch on my car I manage to break or if it's already broken I make it worst!!
Over last winter I had to remove my DeWitts radiator and ship it back to Tom because the drain petcock was brokenn and when I tried to remove it to replace it I found it had been severly crossthreaded by some previous owner or mechanic. He repaired it, installed a new petcock and shipped it back. All was great and fine and since the petcock was already closed I never touched it, just simply reinstalled the radiator and when ready refilled the system.
Everything was just fine until the other day when I had to replace my lower radiator hose. I opened the petcock to drain the system and all that came out was a bare trickle. It took quite a while for it to drain that way but it finally did. I wondered what the deal on that was but figured I'd look at it later.
I just went to refill the system with coolant after swapping out the hose the other day and thought I closed the petcock but as soon as I started pouring it coolant I heard it draining out on the garage floor. WTF!! I checked the petcock and realized that the "wing" on the valve is simply freespinning on it's shaft. It won't close!! ad
&#$^%^@^#$
now I have to wait until after the holiday weekend, order up a new petcock unit, wait for it to come in and worst of all try to remove this one and install the new one without completely screwing up my expensive to replace DeWitts radiator with my cursed touch.
Normally I'd figure this was just an inconvient delay but anymore with my typical luck all I have are visions of what else could possibly go wrong!
Those threads in the bung are already repaired damaged threads so I'm afraid of making them worst with the removal and reinstall of another petcock.
you know, it would be nice if SOMETHING, just one thing, just once, would actually go right for me on this car!
sorry guys, I just needed to vent!!
Over last winter I had to remove my DeWitts radiator and ship it back to Tom because the drain petcock was brokenn and when I tried to remove it to replace it I found it had been severly crossthreaded by some previous owner or mechanic. He repaired it, installed a new petcock and shipped it back. All was great and fine and since the petcock was already closed I never touched it, just simply reinstalled the radiator and when ready refilled the system.
Everything was just fine until the other day when I had to replace my lower radiator hose. I opened the petcock to drain the system and all that came out was a bare trickle. It took quite a while for it to drain that way but it finally did. I wondered what the deal on that was but figured I'd look at it later.
I just went to refill the system with coolant after swapping out the hose the other day and thought I closed the petcock but as soon as I started pouring it coolant I heard it draining out on the garage floor. WTF!! I checked the petcock and realized that the "wing" on the valve is simply freespinning on it's shaft. It won't close!! ad
&#$^%^@^#$
now I have to wait until after the holiday weekend, order up a new petcock unit, wait for it to come in and worst of all try to remove this one and install the new one without completely screwing up my expensive to replace DeWitts radiator with my cursed touch.
Normally I'd figure this was just an inconvient delay but anymore with my typical luck all I have are visions of what else could possibly go wrong!
Those threads in the bung are already repaired damaged threads so I'm afraid of making them worst with the removal and reinstall of another petcock.
you know, it would be nice if SOMETHING, just one thing, just once, would actually go right for me on this car!
sorry guys, I just needed to vent!!