Rumblestrip
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So it was one of THOSE days. So I go to start working on the car to change out the transmission. The bolts for those were in so tight it took some farm-rigging and using my feet to brake them loose. Get to the bolts for the trans. Could not budge them. Call a buddy of mine, he can't do it. He says, "time to get into the 21st Century and get an air compressor.
(Trans was out a year ago when I had the clutch replaced)
So off to Sears we go and I get the Craftsman Professional model. I get this because it's it's the oil cooled model which is fairly quite. Get it home, seems to be good, then, when the compressor kicks in for the second time, it sounds like a car trying to start with a really weak battery. This lasts maybe 3 seconds and then it trips the breaker in the garage!
Wait five minutes and it still does the same thing. OK, so we take it back to Sears and exchange it for another. We get this back to the house, and before we get to involved, we figured, lets just see if it works. As soon as we flip the switch there is a horrible banging noise, and the plastic guard over the compressor pulley cracks. Pull the plastic off and we see that one of the blades on the pulley, made of cast iron by the way, has broken off!
So we load that back in the truck, take it back to Sears. They don't have any more, and they will call me Tuesday when the next order comes in. SO! Long day, got almost nothing accomplished!
(Trans was out a year ago when I had the clutch replaced)
So off to Sears we go and I get the Craftsman Professional model. I get this because it's it's the oil cooled model which is fairly quite. Get it home, seems to be good, then, when the compressor kicks in for the second time, it sounds like a car trying to start with a really weak battery. This lasts maybe 3 seconds and then it trips the breaker in the garage!
Wait five minutes and it still does the same thing. OK, so we take it back to Sears and exchange it for another. We get this back to the house, and before we get to involved, we figured, lets just see if it works. As soon as we flip the switch there is a horrible banging noise, and the plastic guard over the compressor pulley cracks. Pull the plastic off and we see that one of the blades on the pulley, made of cast iron by the way, has broken off!
So we load that back in the truck, take it back to Sears. They don't have any more, and they will call me Tuesday when the next order comes in. SO! Long day, got almost nothing accomplished!
