Kyle,
Don't feel bad - Had to cut my lock off my hitch pin the other day as
well. Mine was the cheap kind that came with a "weather-proof" pad lock
though. Not too weather-proof in the salt I don't guess. Mine was easy
though...bolt cutters made easy work of it.:)
--Aaron--
95 DSRC 4x4 V6
www.geocities.com/adakota4x4_95/
>From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Nothing Is Easy!
>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:44:43 -0600
>
>I get off an hour early from work so I can come home and help my dad get
>his
>boat ready for me to take it into a local marine shop He is going to have
>some work done on both engines. After about 1 hour of working on the boat
>and removing all the gadgets, electrical items, and hooking up the trolling
>motor, we are done. I run downstairs and grab the reciever/ball to put on
>my
>truck for in the morning. I have to unlock the hitch pin to take my tow
>ring
>off, problem is.........the pin will not unlock! Grrrrrrr!!! After soaking
>it penetrant/graphite, hammering it, and heating it up with a propane torch
>I get so frustrated I say they heck with this. I fire up my air compressor
>and hook up an angle grinder with a cut off wheel(took 3 wheels actually)
>and saw through the hitch pin. This was a frigin mess and a pain in the
>butt. I think I paid $40 for thie stupid locking pin also, just cause it
>was
>a stainless steel design. Oh well, no more MSD Ignitions for me and
>definately no more locking hitch pins!!! It all comes down to simplicity
>and
>being functional for myself lately, and will bef or now on!!! If they want
>it that bad they can take the tow ring/reciever. Geeesh! Oh well, one more
>day of work...........
>Kyle
>93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:00:22 EDT