Really bad day working on the car.

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LaserSVT

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Last nights amp install should have been my first clue cause that was 2 hours of thinking the amp was defective because of no bass. Problem was fixed so today the goal was to change oil and the fuel filter. I also was going to figure out what that new rattle was in the rear and try a little fender rolling.

So first I had the car jacked up and found that the IRS bushings are a bit compressed and the pumpkin can move a half mil. Cool, now I can get some derlin bushings and looks easy to swap...easier then my Cobra anyway. :lol:
So I lift it and kick the jack stand out and could swear it was out from under the car but when I lowered it I hear the gas cap hiss..... not good. :( Sure enough the stand was under the tank and dented it up on the passenger side a good 2-3" deep and 8x9 ish wide :( :cry:

I couldnt do any other work cause I got the call to go try and bail my father out (he was arrested last night for vehicular manslaughter from an accedent earlier this year, dont want to get into it now). I fill it up to see if the dent has caused any issues. I knew the car would need ten gallons to fill up and it took 10. I thought a dent so big would have dropped capacity by a gallon or so. Then when I started it up the gauge didnt read full and the display said 15 gallons left. So on x-mas (should be close to empty) I will drop the tank and see if I can push that dent back out and see if I FUBARd the sending unit.

So on the way back I notice the rear tires are rubbing on every single bump and the rattle has gotten obnoxious. Get home and can easily see that both sway bar mounts have snapped. I guess one broke and after 400 miles it broke the other one. :( Cant find them here so I will call Jamie and Brandon, I need them really really bad but other circumstances just ate all my money but I cant drive the car like this and yet have no choice. I need the sway bar to add enough firmness to the rear so it dont bottom out on dips. Even doing 45 in a 60 it will rub the tires. This really sux. :(

Then I figured I would unwind and listen to the new amp for a bit and still couldnt put my finger on the reason it seemed to be missing something. Last night I was happy how it sounded but there was something a bit off. Turns out my drivers side tweeter is blown. Thats gonna have to wait for a bit though.

I may have to put a hold on my mods for a bit too. My fathers bail is $410,000 and I dont have 40k for a bail bond. Gonna have to hire a lawyer and get a bail reduction hearing. Still gonna need a lawyer for his trial anyway and thats gonna be 30K+. Gonna put the truck up for sale and prolly put a mortage on my house.

This weekend really really sucks.
 
Damn, man....hope that the fuel tank can be fixed and nothing serious is wrong...Hoping that everything will work ok for your dad...praying for you and the M8
 
Father was over medicated from his doctor. Made him a different and unreasonable person. He no longer takes ANY pain meds and is the sane logical good father he always was. It was a true accident and he wants to pay for his crime. He does only have a few years of life left as he is terminally ill. I would like him to be out on bond because any sentance will be a death sentance and while I do feel he needs to be punished too I dont think dieing in jail should be it.

I could be biased because I am his son and all. He put me through a TON of chit this last year but he wasnt like that for my other 34 years and I knew there was an issue. Turned out that issue was an incompetent doctor. Every doctor visit my father asked for reductions simply because he always had plenty left. The doctor wasnt interested in treating my fathers illness, he just wanted to medicate. Its amazing how much better he is without the meds.
Hes still gonna die soon. He was 254lbs just 16 months ago, now he weighs 142 and seems to have shrunk a couple inches. Tough watching someone who has taught you so much and been there for you thick or thin slowly die and just wither away into a small wisp of a man. :(
 
That sux dude. I hate working on cars sometimes. It makes me wonder why i do it so often.
 
Laser, you already know that both our dads situations are nearly alike besides the wreck and jail issue. Mine also doesn't have long to live and it's the only reason I'm in the same house with him. It's only me, him and my 7 year old son. It's good that your dad stopped the meds or at least slowed down on them. I know mine will never quit taking his. He takes too many or really I should say that up until 2 weeks ago, he took too many.

Dec 5th, a few Saturday's back, my 1/2 sister, his very own daughter died from an over dose at the age of 28. Ok, living with him since she has died has been hell in a way because it's killing him. He doesn't come out of his room very much and it just seems like his illness (cancer) is finally taking a toll on him. I don't expect him to even make it another year, if that long. I'm 41 and I seriously do not like living with my dad but he could never make it alone. He does have good days where he can get out and drive, which is usually when he takes himself to the doctor. He can always make it to the pharmacy too.

Now we have a problem. I just got a job offer that I really can't refuse but I will have to move to Baton Rouge, LA. I haven't told him yet because the job isn't ready right this moment. It's going to be after the first of the year and possibly a week or so into February before I would actually start. If I move and take my son, (his grandson) with me, he'll die. I'm not going to have another offer like this in my lifetime to go and make this type of money and I have to think of myself and the future for me and my son. If he would move with me, that would make things easier but I know he's not going anywhere. It's kinda like your situation where you had to up and leave everything you had just because of the things your father was doing and in some way, it's bad to say but he ruined your life. I can set here and honestly say that my dad has ruined my life for the past 4 years and I'm about fed up, especially since I have this offer laying on the table.

I have already lost enough because of a drug addict (my sons mother) and now it's time to move on. He's stopped his late night OD's and the days of stumbling through the house since my sister died. I think this has taught him that it can kill. He's 61 and had to bury his own at the age of 28 because she was doing the same thing he was doing. It's all hard to explain. I'm just glad that I'm not like any of them and I never will be.

Your financial situation is probably good enough that it can keep you there with your father until the time comes. You have to think, what would have happened if you would have stayed in Hawaii? What would he be like right now if you weren't around? You can only do so much to help a person and when you say that going to jail would be a death sentence, I know exactly what you mean. If my dad were to ever be sent to prison, he's dead. No doubt about that at all. He's doing something right now that could land him in prison for life and I just want out and away from everyone I know here. He's has already caused me enough trouble and I can't let him ruin the offer that I have right now just because he has a year or two left or he could possibly be arrested any day with me and my son in the house.

Sometimes, you have to put yourself first or you'll end up coming in last. Unlike my father, I'm thinking about my son and I always have, obviously or I wouldn't even have him now. His mother tells me a month ago that she wants him for Christmas and hasn't even been here to see him at all since last month? Fukk that! Just like last year, I will not let her have him at all. Nothing says I have too and I'm not. If and when I move, she's not going to know anything about it. I'm just going. I know what you're saying Laser and I know our situations are a little different but in reality, they're pretty close to the same because it's all just a bunch of little problems with one big problem in the mix, causing life to be hell on you and none of it is even your fault. I know this! Well, the jack stand through the tank was your fault :p but that's something you can fix and life moves on. If a Gen 1 plastic tank will fit your car and work, I'll send it to you if you'll just pay the shipping. I think you'll end up needing to get the other type though or the gas hand is never going to read right, unless you can get all of the dent out.

Don't let all of the things going on right now get you down. They will end some day soon, just as mine will. We might not like the ending but it's coming whether we like it or not, I'm just ending mine sooner because I have to look out for my son. I really do hope that things work out for your dad and you're able to get him bailed out, if you haven't already got him out. I also didn't intend or mean to hijack this thread but only wanted you to know that you're not alone with the whole "dad" issue. Right now, you're problem is much deeper than mine but back in 2006, mine was much deeper than yours. Luckily, I was able to get myself out of it and I learned a big lesson. I learned to never listen to his stupidity again because it is the drugs talking. Just don't let it get you down Laser. The end is close and you seem to have already accepted that and that's good. I have accepted my dads end long ago and so much now, I'm going to have to end it earlier for him I suppose. he can get a live in nurse to check on him from time to time, idk. He's lucky that the job I do doesn't require me there all the time and I have a lot of free time as "Frogman" says "nicely" lol.

Keep your head up!!
 
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