yeah right , huh..........".but i didnt do anything..." .......... you know how it goes....
i`ll do somethingone day............... mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:39 PM Subject: Re: it could only happen to me. So, how much of the damage bill is old mate coughing up for you? Thats a real bummer man. Sunday, November 10, 2002, 12:54:56 PM, you wrote: K> " sure, but my K> brother has the datsun 1600 (my turboed stroker) at his shed K> just outa town, go there and HE, will take u for a drive in K> it." K> as they leave my house to go to the shed, my brother K> leaves the shed with some one else in their car to get the pressure K> cleaner from my house so they just miss each K> other......... K> a few minutes later my brother rocks up to K> the shed , " what the .....?" he see`s the headlights on the K> datsun........ K> "er, i went to take it for a drive but its K> idling rough......"hmmmmmm. K> can you take my friend here for spin in K> it? K> sure said my brother, .so he starts it up, idling rough still, K> gets out on the road , and goes to tromp it, pinging like crazy, backs off K> immediatley.....hmmmmmmm K> whats wrong? K> my brother returns back to K> the shed, then i rock up there 5 minutes later... K> its running K> rough....start it up 5 seconds later it stalls....... K> i then lifted K> up the bonnet and said " what the heck?.....!!!!!" K> there is oil K> absolutely EVERYWHERE.... after a few expleteives more, i took it home K> , cleaned it down , and took it for a half decent run, got home same thing K> oil every where, cleaned it down again, started it up , held the throttle K> open high revs, and there it was, oil and heaps of rich BLUE SMOKE pouring K> out the rocker breather. K> i`ve never had a hose or what ever on the K> breather, it was always perfectly dry there . K> so take the head off, K> take the pistons out , sure thing the ring lands where K> broken on every piston and a few cracked rings. K> so that K> knob took it for a drive without my brother, i know that he has K> NEVER owned or driven a hi-powered car., so K> didnt even know how to drive it, he would have thought, `hey K> this car had a turbo on it so i`ll hold it flat`........... K> so K> at the moment i am extremely peeed off, another $300 or so K> to fix it up... K> where will it end???? K> mark K> k K> ] -- Best regards, Bob mailto:rcs07@;uow.edu.au --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@;datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
