Oregon and Washington BS thread

Hey portland folks, got a question for you. Where can I park overnight (midnight-5am) that is reasonably close (30 minute drive at 6am) to the VA hospital? I noticed that many of the Walmart stores don't allow overnight parking. I don't remember if the one in Tigard does.

 

fred meyers? the tigard WM is open 24/7 iirc so I don't see why it'd be a issue.

 

What are you trying to park?

 

Got everything moved down except for the computer and the last bits. Did a ton of organizing all the stuff in the new place, but it feels like I still haven't done anything, and I remember how roommates change the dynamic soooo much. Gets worse before it gets better! Gotta breathe!
2 last days up in Oly town and then I'm back to being an Oregonian.

 

Changed plans. But I was going to park and sleep in my truck. Very early appointment at the VA, but they didnt arrange for lodging like they were suppose to. So I was just going to sleep in my truck instead of leaving at 3 am after only a couple hours of sleep.

 

We'll take ya.

 

Nice mike!

Are you getting a roommate? Or are you the roommate? Your last bit threw me off lol

 

I'm one of the roommates. Couldn't beat the price, gives me time to save for down payments!

 

I'm on the other side of town, but if you ever need a garage to wrench on something let me know.

 

So I picked up my truck from the shipping company and I notice my steering wheel was kinda tight and making a rubbing noise. So after I got the Vehicle emission and body inspection done, I started to inspect the steering wheel and found plastic stuck between the column and the wheel. Now my airbag light is on, my cruise control don't work and my steering radio controls don't work.

 

Did someone steal your shit?

 

Nah, I finally got to pick it up here in Turkey. Mad because I can hear the wire dragging inside the steering wheel. The piece of plastic I pulled out was the plastic wrap for the steering wheel they put on during the shipment.

 

I can't even go to the local Toyota dealership because they got us on lockdown.

 

Whoop! I thought having a double car garage was going to be enough. I need a shop

 

Anyone in the Portland metro area have a favorite welder/fab shop they go to? Trying to get my rock rails welded on and my buddy won't be able to do it for a few weeks.

 

I haven't used them yet, but someone else here pointed me to these guys:

 

Saying hello from Eugene!

 

That sounds like the Clock Spring aka Spiral Cable is damaged.

Did they have to remove the steering wheel at all?

The only way that unit can become damaged is if you have the steering wheel removed (or steering linkage separated) and the steering column is rotated while separated causing it to no longer be at Top Dead Center in relation to the wheels and steering wheel.

This causes the fragile ribbon circuit inside the Clock Spring to be pulled too tight while turning and damages the connection (hence the Airbag light and loss of button controls).

 

The house has a double car garage that stuffs in an accord, some Hyundai thing, and hopefully two motorcycles. If I need to wrench, I can get them to kick out their cars. They are kinda dumbfounded why I have all these tools, lol. I mean, can't you get everything done at Oil Can Henry's?

 

Fine fine...just thought I'd offer. See if I let you drive me up a rock garden again.