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Old Apr 17, 2022 | 10:44 AM
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Well i was invited to GRINDER's 11 house saturday to meet him for the first. So we started talking and he took over the conversion how **** he is working on cars. We were standing in front of my car and we smelled gas. At this time i had to go to the washroom and he said have a sit and watch some tv this won't take long ill look at it and if something needs tweaking ill take care of it. I said ok. So he camein and we started to bullshit about cars but he was acting funny..Anyway it was time to go home. He said he tweaked a fitting that was lose. I thanked him and started the car and there was still gas smell. He said don't worry about it, it will evaporate. I said ok and nice meeting u and off i went for my journey back home. Couple hundred mile. I also keep track of how many mile per gallon i get. So started to fill up and noticed a stronger than usual gas smell but a worte off because of gas station. I did my calculation and i was getting 25 miles to the gallon less. I was confused. But anyway got home parked it in the garage and still smelled gas. I didn't have my glasses on but i opened the hood and didn't see anything out of the normal. Got my glasses on started the car and went to look and this is how he fixed it.



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I met Mike a few weeks ago at a Corvette show down here in Sarasota…super nice guy and we had a great afternoon at the event !!…can’t view the video.
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I met Mike a few weeks ago at a Corvette show down here in Sarasota…super nice guy and we had a great afternoon at the event !!…can’t view the video.
**** i can c it on mine. Let me try a few thing. Thx
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Originally Posted by C5 Diag
I met Mike a few weeks ago at a Corvette show down here in Sarasota…super nice guy and we had a great afternoon at the event !!…can’t view the video.
**** i can c it on mine. Let me try a few thing. Thx



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**** i can c it on mine. Let me try a few thing. Thx

https://youtu.be/AXVIKE1BzB0

Says the video is private !!
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Says the video is private !!
Did u try post #4 ???

I logged out and it worked. wife went on and worked and she logged out and it worked . Try logging out??

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I dunno why speedy ain’t invited to the video w.t.f
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Originally Posted by C5 Diag
I met Mike a few weeks ago at a Corvette show down here in Sarasota…super nice guy and we had a great afternoon at the event !!…can’t view the video.
Yes ,he is a good guy when he's not around.
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Where’s my video invite boy….lol
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Where’s my video invite boy….lol
wtf try logging off. I don't know how to turn off private
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  1. From the left menu, select Content.
  2. Point to the video you'd like to update. To see your live uploads, select the Live tab.
  3. Click the down arrow under "Visibility" and choose Public, Private, or Unlisted.
  4. Save.
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OK jackass, Found it on youtube checked public it should be all good. The video will put this all together.
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Wtf was that !!!! Wow
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Wtf was that !!!! Wow
That was grinders work.
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Honestly I used the red horse black nylon /steel braided stuff …super tuff to either cut or wear out …
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Originally Posted by C5 Diag
I met Mike a few weeks ago at a Corvette show down here in Sarasota…super nice guy and we had a great afternoon at the event !!…can’t view the video.
Thanks Rob, we enjoyed meeting you, too. I really appreciated the time you took to check out my cars issue. Youre also a very nice guy, and took the time to do what you did. I think Helga has cabin fever up there in the 'snowbelt'!!
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Originally Posted by Speedy007
Where’s my video invite boy….lol
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Where you been, Speedy? Been MIA kinda/sorta!! Happy Easter to you and Rob and everyone!!!
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You got lucky...It could have ended like this.

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That should take care of your battery drain issue . . . that and a match
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You got lucky...It could have ended like this.
Oh I'm gonna be using that gif on all kinds of stuff going forward.
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