[V8] Proud new owner

[cobram at juno.com]

Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> writes:

> the conversion?  Heck, when my Dorf 250 threw a rod, I kept driving 
> it and got it home - what was I gonna hurt?  PS, it wouldn't start 
> again, go figure.

When these things happen, the adrenaline (or whatever you want to call
it) kicks in, you weight the options,and usually stomp the accelerator to
the floor and enjoy the ride.  I did the same thing on a slant 6 many
moons ago, cost me a hood and an engine, the piston blew out the block
and through the hood.....AND the damn thing went 11 miles in this
condition before giving up the ghost in a rather spectacular, Viking way.
 
> When my used 12 hp lawnmower thing threw a rod, there were no 
> options.

Same thing happened to me on my snow thrower,  connecting rod snapped and
that's all she wrote.  Was it a Tecumseh too?

MAC: A friend got a V8Q into his shop which had a brand new Ericksson
rebuild installed by another shop in it.  It was having trouble shifting.
 No dipstick, so I used the one of mine and checked the fluid, it was 7
quarts low.  Put in 7 quarts to get a reading on the stick, car shifted
beautifully, for about 5 minutes.  Started it up and went to back it into
a parking space and BANG, something snapped inside the box.  Worked out
OK for me though, owner didn't want anything to do with the car anymore
and I got a nice parts car for free.  Slapped my plate on it and had AAA
tow it home. 
  
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