The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XV

madwi · 10-15-2014, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, those things can be prolonged if you oil them each year.

It is on the calender to do from now on

madwi · 10-15-2014, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

i hear that the garage springs bind when they age and rust..then it snaps.

And it makes an unholy racket when they let go!

JARblue · 10-15-2014, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi

I am still bitter about it

Your garage door spring broke? Did you get it replaced? Can I ask how much it cost you? I'm trying to decide whether to DIY. I'm considering paying someone to weigh the door to make sure appropriate torque springs are installed. Of course, I'm too damn busy to get serious about it right now.

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cigarclifford

my goodness EastWest..as I am a drop out from Stanford..I pegged you as
a Harvard man..........

kenchan · 10-15-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi

And it makes an unholy racket when they let go!

yah, that is a huge noise when they snap

madwi · 10-15-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Your garage door spring broke? Did you get it replaced? Can I ask how much it cost you? I'm trying to decide whether to DIY. I'm considering paying someone to weigh the door to make sure appropriate torque springs are installed. Of course, I'm too damn busy to get serious about it right now.

I will have to dig out the receipt. It let go a couple months back, it had made it 13 years.

It was something that I did not want to DIY nor research lol. With my luck I would fix it and it would fall on either me or the Z crushing us

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cigarclifford

Wow.. I think we lost EastWest with the Harvard statement.........

sorry brother, my lady came over, we had dinner, some TLC and just good times...

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cigarclifford

Can someone please phone EastWest...............

JARblue · 10-15-2014, 10:33 PM

No worries... I still have several people to call.

kenchan · 10-15-2014, 10:34 PM

then you realize how frikken heavy those garage doors really are (without spring)...

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

I have his number.

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:34 PM

whats up itches!!!!!

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:34 PM

i see a lot of

'n without me....

JARblue · 10-15-2014, 10:35 PM

Time for bed. Got some disc golf scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. It's been a few years since I last went I think, so I'm looking forward to it

eastwest2300 · 10-15-2014, 10:35 PM

rage!!!!

10-15-2014, 10:33 PM	#5139 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	No worries... I still have several people to call. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

10-15-2014, 10:34 PM	#5142 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,971 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	whats up itches!!!!! __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

10-15-2014, 10:34 PM	#5143 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,971 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	i see a lot of 'n without me.... __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

10-15-2014, 10:35 PM	#5144 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Time for bed. Got some disc golf scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. It's been a few years since I last went I think, so I'm looking forward to it __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

10-15-2014, 10:35 PM	#5145 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,971 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	rage!!!! __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

10-15-2014, 10:34 PM	#5140 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	then you realize how frikken heavy those garage doors really are (without spring)...

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