Meet?!?!

[tnkgurl]

We have some new members joining, so I thought we should discuss having a meet. Since I now have a place suitable for meets, I can offer my place. Any thoughts?

[Topik]

New members eh? I would be up for it but I need plenty of notice.

[tnkgurl]

:rofl:

If it's at my house, so do I. :rofl:

[AndyMan]

i belive we should all be present for when the beast awakens this July... when the cougar gets SC'd and becomes a possible threat to Topik.... :cover:

[DanG]

My place will be where Andy's beast comes to life- Of course, the old crew is welcome to come to my joint. I'd need some notice to set up to get anywhere else, especially with Little Man...

Who are these new members?

[Topik]

i belive we should all be present for when the beast awakens this July... when the cougar gets SC'd and becomes a possible threat to Topik.... :cover:

I guess I better get started and finished on my new setup then :)

[gamiller]

We should have a meet in June as well as July. I need an excuse to work on the car. ;)

Dan,
Bengal55 acquired a 2002 Satin Silver 35th Anniversary ATX.
VACougarFan bought a 99 Sage Green ATX.

[skater]

I could possibly join you folks. Depends on the weekend - I have several camping trips planned in June and July.

[tnkgurl]

What weekend in July will the beast awaken?

[outlawd]

Ohhh Ohhh i wanna come i wanna come... of course im broke now so i have nothign to do but i'd like to meet all the people i get such great advice from

[Topik]

cougarfest weekend and 26th weekend are no can do in july for me. Lets do june. How bout june 26th since its my birthday :)

[tnkgurl]

That's a no can do for me. I'll be out of town that weekend.

Still waiting on Dan to hear when Andyman's beast will be fired up.

[Topik]

Yea dan hurry up mofo

[DanG]

Yea dan hurry up mofo

WTF you want me to do about it??? Andy's the man with the car, and I don't have a firm date since he was Pearl Harbored with his annual training for 'da Army (Marines? Ugh- Afraid to screw that one up.)

That means he's out until June 28th. The beast will drive up to my place after that, we'll rip out the powertrain, put in an LSD, then put everything back together with the S/C which has supposedly already shipped from BlackCoog.

[tnkgurl]

So we're looking at Cougarfest weekend or the weekend after?

July 5-6 or July 12-13?

Mmmm...Pearl Harbor!

[AndyMan]

oops sorry for the late response...

I will be unaviaible from June 6th- 28th... The weekend after that is July 4th weekend so my plan is to come up to Dans that Friday on the 11th of July... pull the motor and transmission that weekend.... And the transmission shop is to work on the LSD install that week... so the following weekend should be when the SC is installed and ready to go.

[skater]

CF is July 12-13 this year. July 19-20 would be the weekend afterwards.

/Maryland troll

[tnkgurl]

K, so meet July 19-20??

[Topik]

Dan looks like we should do my setup then first then Andys? WHat do you think? :)

[tnkgurl]

Oooo oooo, can we find something to do on my car too?? :rofl:

[Topik]

HAHA which car kel :)

[Topik]

as I would expect having a kid

[tnkgurl]

You choose! The biggest problem though, is that there is currently a distinct lack of cash flow! :cool:

[tnkgurl]

It's not so much le bebe that has hurt the cash flow, it's the new house. :shrug: Ah well. Soon I'll sell the Coug and the cash flow issues won't be issues any more. :banana:

[gamiller]

And the transmission shop is to work on the LSD install that week... so the following weekend should be when the SC is installed and ready to go.

Andy, why waste the time when Josh has a $250 tranny in need of a diff? You could have Dan's buddies at Briscoe Transmission install the LSD into it and not have to wait for it. You could then keep or sell your stock tranny for a profit.

[DanG]

Hmmm... Food for thought there, Gary... We'd have to break the case open to make sure there's no additional damage... But if it's just the diff that's gone, $250 is money well spent to save the week's downtime... Andy?

[AndyMan]

hmmm.. that seems like something i am going to have to look into. I already bought the LSD. Hopefully it will be in this week. But the only bad thing about that is that i will be in quantico for the rest of the month with no car and i won't be able to really send or ship anything until i am back home in NC.

[Topik]

Looks like I cannot get my car done before fest due to scheduling issues. Going to be busy until end of july :(

[tnkgurl]

K, hate to be the stickler, but let's plan a MEET! Take your *yawn* car talk elsewhere. This here forum is for socializationnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.....oh....wait...

Seriously...MEET???

[gamiller]

if anybody wants to grill in Fair Lakes, LMK. i'll be helping Xantheon (i.e. Joel) dismantle a Fiero and repair a Passat. There will be other car people and dogs present.

[DanG]

The "Dan G Garage" is/was/probably will always be a good place to meet, too...

[tnkgurl]

First date, then place! :banghead:

Fine...I didn't want to have to do this....

[DanG]

Kelly breakin' out the poll whoop-ass...

[gamiller]

Joel and I got the timing belt changed out. Had to fab up some tools to use on the Passat/A4, since they don't have timing marks on anything! :crazy:

Tomorrow the bumper gets reinstalled and the brakes and axles will be replaced. It will be good practice for when I do mine.

[tnkgurl]

Gary, do you really look like your picture? That's ummmmm...scary.

[gamiller]

Yes, except for the jaundice. I should warn you: MILFs love me. ;)

Last night we finished up the Passat. Extracting one bolt took six hours! :eek: Once that was done, we torqued the axles and installed new brake pads on the front. To fill the ATX with fluid, I rigged up a siphon from a makeshift fluid reservoir to the valve on the underside of the tranny. The service manual called for a "special tool" featuring a J-shaped nozzle. Those Germans! :crazy:

[gamiller]

Gary, do you really look like your picture? That's ummmmm...scary.

just realized my avatar was not the same as my profile pic. :flushed: