The Month Late Secret Senna Reveal!

"'Wägen, EPA LOL" (wagen)
03/26/2015 at 09:10 • Filed to: None

First, a big hat tip to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Thanks man - great collection of Secret Senna-ings! And we're almost closer to Christmas in July than real Christmas! But no, the delay was worth it - seriously. I'd also like to take a moment to apologize for the terrible quality of my potato pics taken in low light. It was late and I'm too lazy to reshoot all this.

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So let's get to the unboxing of this... box.

Nothing poking out upon immediately opening, but we do have lots of paper showing. I'm setting the mood - shut up.

First item up: a glitter bomb! And no note asking that it not be sent right back to XJ! I'm going to have to think long and hard about who to send this to. It needs to be someone far enough away that they can't exact vengeance on my home anytime soon.

Next we have: Gloves! Two kinds of gloves! I promise these will go to good use.

And here we have a giant roll of orange what appear to be duct tape - turret for scale. (The turret has a broken leg that needs fixing. I was going to use model glue, but the tape may suffice.)

Muffler clamp (which you never have when you need one - so right into the garage this one goes) and what is probably the best box cutter I've ever used. Seriously. It stores extra blades in the handle and doesn't need a screwdriver to swap them out! It was hastily assembled to open the next portion of this gift.

[Update]

The muffler clamp is not a muffler clamp, but instead an s-hook 'biner/bottle opener!

Yo dawg, I hear you need a knife to open your knife.

But seriously - nice little knock-off leatherman with all the essentials to it. Blade seems sharp and it's got the saw on as well. Me gusta!

Coming up next is my personal favorite, the pièce de résistance if you will:

A piston and rod with wall hanger. That's right - come check out my big end. It'll absolutely be going on the wall in my office. Probably right about here:

/sigh Blurriest. Image. Ever.

Lastly, we have a set of fire/rescue MB cars. Now I have to start lurking LaLD more. Top to bottom: chief's car, antique engine, weird looking ladder, tanker, airport rescue.

Also included: a lot of paper towel packing material (which are shockingly thick - like I want to roll these up and put them in my garage levels of thick! Where did these come from? The cat will love them.)

And as I'm posting this last photo, I am remembering I left these on my office floor for the cat to play with but did not remember until just now that my dog has a nasty habit of shredding the ever loving be-jesus out of anything paper she can get her teeth on. Crap.

Anyways - Alex, you should absolutely let XJ stay in Secret Senna; this was worth the wait to me. Thanks again, Dano! And thanks Alex for putting it together! I feel guilty after getting a haul this good that I only sent the guy a book.

[Update]

The cat looks guilty as hell.

DISCUSSION (7)

McMike > 'Wägen, EPA LOL
03/26/2015 at 09:19

Lucky.. I'm still waiting. :(

XJDano > 'Wägen, EPA LOL
03/26/2015 at 09:40

All that cost roughly $25, and you need to open the exhaust clamp box, I used the clamp on my car so, surprise there is one more item. (Another item I have that I use daily)

The gloves & tape I got from work. No cost there. I use the same knife at work daily, picked up the knock off leather man at scrapyard where I should have bought 2 because I used yours multiple times before boxing. It was a gimmick item like as soon as they hand you your money, give some back & get this handy tool.

The paper towel is actually from a dispenser, also free because I got that off a job too.

I was trying to clean all the carbon off the piston for a few days, out of the ring slots, finally decided it was clean enough.

Enjoy!

'Wägen, EPA LOL > XJDano
03/26/2015 at 10:57

So before the flood of questions or you try to make me measure it, what's the piston out of?

I'll have to stop by the house on lunch to see whats in the exhaust clamp box. xD

'Wägen, EPA LOL > McMike
03/26/2015 at 10:58

Ask Alex for the guy's address and you can borrow the glitter bomb. ;)

XJDano > 'Wägen, EPA LOL
03/26/2015 at 11:34

I bought a 1mzfe for $150 to make a table out of after tearing down a 4.0 keep motor and the iron block was super heavy, so I thought an aluminum block may be lighter.

Well at least that's a hint.

The motor is all torn down now and need to tear down a 1.6 Miata motor & another 4.0 so I can take them all to get cleaned at the same time.

I also left out one of the snap rings on the piston so you could separate the piston & rod if you wanted.

The tape is 3" wide that we get cases of to hang our containments with. Won't work well when cold, so store it in the house.

'Wägen, EPA LOL > XJDano
03/26/2015 at 12:10

Awesome - thanks again, man.

'Wägen, EPA LOL > XJDano
03/26/2015 at 15:28

S-hook 'biner/bottle opener. Nice!