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Spizzer
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Jun 15, 2014

My DW says I'm anal/OCD.....am I?

Been getting the rig ready for a big trip. I've taken care of all maintenance and fixed everything that wasn't right. Lubed the chassis, wire brushed rust and painted it, fixed a cracked water fitting, replaced a drawer catch, serviced the air dryer, etc. However, since buying our Journey last fall, one thing has bugged me: The PO had been hit with some hail and the rear radiator looked like somebody had been throwing marbles at it. Lots of bent fins!

I know it is purely aesthetics, but it bugs me whenever I look at it! So yesterday I took the rear grill off, got a chair and started the painstaking process of straightening them out. About three hours work later, it looks great. DW looks at it and says, "whatever you want to spend your time doing....but I just don't see it." My neighbor even came over to see what I was doing and rolled his eyes and said basically the same thing.

Just wondering if anybody else has done this? In the end, it is a great feeling to know everything is in top shape....at least for the time being!

Hoping everybody has a great summer, and safe travels!

Jeff

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  • old guy wrote:
    they make a comb to help make it very easy to do that. get it at a auto parts store. would have taken you 5 minutes.


    Hey old guy,

    A comb wouldn't have worked on this. They were mashed over into hemispheres so bad you couldn't tell what was what. I had to pick at them with a sharp knife tip to start to separate the separate fins. A comb will be good to do the fine tuning on them now, though! Thanks for the advice.

    Jeff
  • they make a comb to help make it very easy to do that. get it at a auto parts store. would have taken you 5 minutes.