Southern California Club Xterra

Southern California Club Xterra => Off Topic => Topic started by: Bobby B. on January 06, 2011, 05:14:44 PM

Title: Note to self...
Post by: Bobby B. on January 06, 2011, 05:14:44 PM: After working on your X, do not store your Maglight for a few weeks inside your torsion bar adjuster and skidplate. It makes for a clanky ride and doesn't help the flashlight any.

That is all.

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Title: Re: Note to self...
Post by: Soylent Yellow on January 06, 2011, 07:06:34 PM: Too funny. How long has it been there?
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Post by: Bobby B. on January 06, 2011, 07:43:09 PM: 3-4 weeks, give or take.
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Post by: FrankB on January 06, 2011, 08:15:09 PM: Good to know. That's one of the great things about this club . . . lots of good information gets passed around.
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Post by: Paul on January 06, 2011, 08:58:10 PM: Quote from: Bobby B. on January 06, 2011, 07:43:09 PM
3-4 weeks, give or take.

:D

When I was a kid I had my car in for repairs. Driving the thing home from the shop I kept hearing "ting ting ting" so after the last one I stop and looked to see what was falling off my car ... Snap-On wrenches! I carefully went back along my track and picked up like five out of the set of eight!
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Post by: Alex on January 06, 2011, 10:10:47 PM: Nah, you meant it to be under-carriage lighting, right? ;D
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Post by: zachbiz on January 06, 2011, 10:43:25 PM: ghetto underglow?

i left one of my head lamps sitting on my skid plate a month ago and it must have fallen off somewhere. :(
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Post by: Ghost65 on January 08, 2011, 02:20:57 PM: Batteries still good/
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Post by: Bobby B. on January 08, 2011, 04:29:06 PM: No. But the new batteries slipped past the dent and it works fine now.
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Post by: Oz on January 08, 2011, 10:47:26 PM: Funny! I used to work for Maglite. There's some amazing letters from consumers who shared similar things such as yours. Here's a couple of my favorites:

Dive Dive Dive

To whom it may concern, Thank you for the quality product you make. I am in the US NAVY and serve aboard submarines, which can be very dark environment as you can imagine. One of the most important underway items on my list to bring is my 2 AA Mini Maglite
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Post by: fleury123 on January 12, 2011, 02:24:43 AM: nah he meant to do it and you know bobby is always inventing. He was working on a easy to do bolt on trail light
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Post by: Ghost65 on January 12, 2011, 05:04:54 PM: Great stories Oz.
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Post by: HellerX on January 17, 2011, 06:19:24 PM: We had a 21' Chapparal bowrider when I was a kid, and the mechanic replaced the exhaust manifold right after we purchased it. About a year later, we opened up the engine compartment and found a mag light shoved under a few hoses. I clicked it on, and it worked! It withstood a trip to Catalina, a ski trip to Havasu and several day trips to Newport, all sitting inside the engine compartment of a 350 MerCruiser. Not bad!