[s-cars] spun a bearing and stuff

[James Shackelford]

Here's the e-bay link.  No affiliation never used them.

http://tinyurl.com/bcmjd

James

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom Green
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 8:13 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; thomas.pollock at amd.com
Subject: Re:[s-cars] spun a bearing and stuff

Condolences, Tom

You were looking for an engine.  <www.autosportsunlimited.com>  was  
advertising
one on ebay a few weeks ago.  I didn't see any bidding on it.   I  
don't really know much
about this place other than what is on their web site.  I hope things  
get better quickly.

Tom


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> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:47:24 -0500
> From: "Pollock, Thomas" <thomas.pollock at amd.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] spun a bearing and stuff....
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> my fellow s-dudes...
>
> hey a few of you know by now (cause your in the parts bizz... 8-)  
> that I spun a bearing in my beloved 94 S4 last week. The diagnosis  
> is not good. More damage than I had hoped. No warning. Motor was  
> completely rebuilt 23k miles ago. Oil changed religiously. Always  
> warm up before stating off. Was running great, developed what I  
> would call a card in the spokes kind of noise and within 15 miles  
> or so was rap'ing like crazy. Shut it down but the damage was  
> done.... 8-(    Looks like a shortblock will take care of it  
> although how much crud went through the top of the motor is still  
> in question...   Ya, I'm sick about it.
>
> But, there's a bright side to every story. (ok, maybe not but I  
> need something to keep me from crying in my beer) Since my Urq just  
> went into storage and the latest Audi won't pass state inspection  
> and I need SOMETHING to drive I decided to take back my trusty 94  
> 100csq from my eldest son (who's VW just went back on the road).   
> Seems he did more damage to this car in the six months he's been  
> driving it that the entire time I've owned it. One particular  
> trouble spot is some front end damage which had taken out one of  
> the headlight washers.
> I never realized just how much distance you can get out of that  
> little pump with the nozzle removed (damaged). First time I hit the  
> washer, it pissed all over the rear of a Jetta I was behind at a  
> light. I quickly motioned I didn't realize it would do that and the  
> guy had enough of a sense of humor to catch me with a blast of his  
> miss aligned washer from over his roof line. Let the fun begin !  
> With the wife in the car we were in tears trying to get close  
> enough for a counter attack....   At every stop I would show off my  
> new found mod for anyone glancing my way. The looks were priceless.  
> Cleaner is cheap enough these days that I have no plans to fix  
> either !
>
> Man, I gotta see a shrink....
>
> thanks for listening,
>
> tom.
>
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