Lenny1969
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Anyone who follows anything i do or get involved with knows nothing, absolutely NOTHING goes to plan, ever. I dont penny pinch and cut corners, its just the way god made me. So here is this weeks saga.
Whilst me and the yella fella were sorting out my steering damper and having a nose at underside of car on Saturday, the handbrake cable snapped whilst on the ramps. Ok, not a major problem, but heres the run down.
ring ring....hello.......hello mate its Shaun (yella fella), have you got a handbrake cable for a 96 300 tdi disco, chassis number blah blah blah. Hang on, .......yes ive got those in. Great, we'll be down to pick it up. No you wont, were shut, im now at home, call in Monday for it, click durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Ok, fair enough, but mines in garage Wednesday to have something done so they can stick one on then. Sorted.
Oh no. Goes to work today not a problem, and come lunchtime nips out in car to chippy round corner.
Chips, peas and gravy please.
Okray, says chinese man. Gets my food and walks out to car, only to see the centre console section smoking like a condemned mans last wish. ****, opens doors, which has just at this moment decided it doesnt want to open my drivers door on central locking anymore (another job), runs round the passenger side and opens door. Chips peas and gravy lashed and i rip out the eleccy window switches, whilst coughing, pull up the handbrake gaiter to see the remians of the sound deadening glowing red right round where the handbrake cable comes through the floor, burning to a crisp my wire that indicates handbrake on light. After blowing and faffing about i put it out, cars full of smoke, stinks and is now in bits, with a bemused chinese guy thinking "why has soft crunt just flown flood over froor".......bollocks.
Even a BROKEN handbrake cable has got it in for me. Anyway, i think one of the strands from the floor was touching a live on the eleccy window switches and ....well the rest is obvious.
Them Shoguns are looking might tempting..............lol.
Whilst me and the yella fella were sorting out my steering damper and having a nose at underside of car on Saturday, the handbrake cable snapped whilst on the ramps. Ok, not a major problem, but heres the run down.
ring ring....hello.......hello mate its Shaun (yella fella), have you got a handbrake cable for a 96 300 tdi disco, chassis number blah blah blah. Hang on, .......yes ive got those in. Great, we'll be down to pick it up. No you wont, were shut, im now at home, call in Monday for it, click durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Ok, fair enough, but mines in garage Wednesday to have something done so they can stick one on then. Sorted.
Oh no. Goes to work today not a problem, and come lunchtime nips out in car to chippy round corner.
Chips, peas and gravy please.
Okray, says chinese man. Gets my food and walks out to car, only to see the centre console section smoking like a condemned mans last wish. ****, opens doors, which has just at this moment decided it doesnt want to open my drivers door on central locking anymore (another job), runs round the passenger side and opens door. Chips peas and gravy lashed and i rip out the eleccy window switches, whilst coughing, pull up the handbrake gaiter to see the remians of the sound deadening glowing red right round where the handbrake cable comes through the floor, burning to a crisp my wire that indicates handbrake on light. After blowing and faffing about i put it out, cars full of smoke, stinks and is now in bits, with a bemused chinese guy thinking "why has soft crunt just flown flood over froor".......bollocks.
Even a BROKEN handbrake cable has got it in for me. Anyway, i think one of the strands from the floor was touching a live on the eleccy window switches and ....well the rest is obvious.
Them Shoguns are looking might tempting..............lol.
