Sorry to hear about your troubles. This rod throwing seems to be so inevitable, and I'm getting so paranoid about it, that I've recently ordered an oil pressure guage + tube kit that will hopefully give me advanced warning me of impending doom. I absolutely don't want a disaster this summer while 2,000 miles from home. Laurence Smith Hamilton, ON 90 Westy (fanumbos)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Brian T. > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:51 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Yum, yum...(what a motor says when eating a rod) > > > Hi, > > I am rather dejected and need some moral support & > direction. Number 3 rod turned into a snack for the > crank and was burped out the top of the case last > night on my way home. With this lovely new "see > through" feature things don't seem to run so well > (minimizing, I'm in denial). > > I have one shop close enough to tow to and they only > deal in VOA motors... I don't have the > time/tools/experience to do anything else but this > option. Is all lost, am I going to lose all my sanity > and then some? > > Any words of wisdom or consolation in my now WAY > overpriced Westy would be great. > > Running with scissors, > Brian > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > |
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