A case of WANTSOM syndrome

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A case of WANTSOM syndrome

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Brake boosters. I hate brake booster. I turned into a WANTSOM trying to get that bastard out today. Swear words were flying left, right and centre. Seemed to help though..

I took the day off work, obviously, to do this one job. There was no way I was going to waste a weekend to get that d1ck of a metal canister out of there.

Anyway, I think I invented a few new swear words in the process. If anyone has some stubborn car parts that could use some verbal abuse then give me a yell.
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Lets look through the round window to watch cookie at work kiddies................

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hahahahahaha

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It was just a question of time Cookie before you got the shits with something - you've had it much too easy lately sunshine. Too smooth, too comfortable, too unreal. Welcome to the real Starion world.

BTW - the garage door is always open for you to drop round and rip mine out :P

BTW - thinking of buying oxy torch to get my booster out. I set fire to it last Sunday, I'll blow the fucker up this weekend.

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Post by TD05 »

try and get anything out of a starion, f!@% i knew I had easy for a while but seems that my honeymoon is over, ever tried to get the filter can out , there's black shit around in there like there's no tomorrow, i dropped one of the air filter lid clips under the can....... took me all night to find it........
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Post by merlin »

well.....
i fitted the new 17/16 inch master cylinder on sunday arvo.
and i thought about removing the booster, then chichened out.
now,
arnt i glad i diddnt try to remove it?
yep!
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You'd think that it would be easier with the whole engine out. But no, not on a Starion. :D
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booster

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Oxy I tell you, its gotta work

I can picture the Starion production line in 1982. First thing coming down the line is a brake booster and steering box. Then everything starts to be added to them. All by little men with 12mm ringies. Apart from one guy who smuggled in his 17mm from his home toolbox.

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booster?

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I don't see why you guys have troubles getting it out, ive done a few and havent found it that hard to remove.

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Post by hcca »

I can't say I found it a problem to remove, but I did a hell of a lot of swearing trying to get the damn thing back in again, especially when I tore off brand new paint :x

I'm doing a lot more swearing at the moment trying to get the exhaust back onto the downpipe. Only way I can see that it's going to happen is to drop the entire exhaust first..
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Fire sale at wantsoms this weekend! :D
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and the winner is ....

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Hey Dave,

Come on down, have we got a job for youuuu!!!!

Laughs and pictures 'Mr Smarty Pants Professional Mechanic' sitting there (12mm spanner in hand) going " I can do something you cant do, so pay me, pay me: hahahahaha

Cheers Dave,
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Post by Cookiemonster »

Tools? I was supposed to use tools to remove it?

I just bashed it with a hammer until it fell apart.
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Post by Camotec »

*Shakes his head*


Uno the funniest thing in the L.A.M.E. Hangar at work is that we have like 3 sets of snap on spanners and sockets in Imperial yet we have a little rusted sidchrome box with shitty super cheap spanners in it just for those starion like aircraft, mind you there is only 1 or 2 planes we have worked on that use metric.
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hmmm

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hhmmmm

Are you offering to pay me greg? Photos taken of me (mr smarty pants) wil cost you extra thou.

Cookie, a hammer is generally know as a tool, or as i call it, percussion instrument.

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its called a "knockomiter", get it right :D
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