Blog Title: Locke's Nest
Don't waste your time with this. Move on.
Pistons > Valves
Posted 10-08-2007 at 09:15 PM by Locke
My buddy, Kramer, owns a Laser that we have been fiddling with for the past couple of years. After his girlfriends vehicle got wrecked, he got himself a truck and let her drive the DSM.
About a week ago, she is driving on the bypass and the motor stops. Her father arrives to pick her up, turns the motor over a few times, and hears a noise. He tells her it is rod knock. Her father and one of his buddies put the vehicle in tow and get it to his house.
Earlier today, Kramer and I drive over there to give the vehicle a quick initial inspection, and transport if needed. The oil is low, and it has coolant. We chirp the key a couple time and hear it.
CLACK CLACK CLACK.
A closer inspection of the cam time reveals a 4 tooth difference at TDC. Yeah, thats right. The timing had jumped, and the pistons where clashing into the valves. Thats no good at all.
We need to get the vehicle to his house, and we are two cities over. No problem. That is why we brought the truck. We forgot the chain. So we proceeded to push the vehicle with his truck, bumper-to-bumper, out of tow, through another town, and into Elkhart to his house. I manned the cockpit of the Laser, he pushed with the pickup.
30-40 minutes later, the DSM rolls into his driveway with a bent licence plate, scratched bumper cover, broken plate light, and a nervous pilot with minor neck pains. Not so bad, really.
That's the DSM life.
We haven't yet aligned time, done a compression check, pulled the head, or otherwise touched the Laser since we parked it earlier today, though we have been passing some thoughts by each other about it.
We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make a wicked DSM. The Laser will be that DSM. Better than it was before.
Better, stronger, faster
About a week ago, she is driving on the bypass and the motor stops. Her father arrives to pick her up, turns the motor over a few times, and hears a noise. He tells her it is rod knock. Her father and one of his buddies put the vehicle in tow and get it to his house.
Earlier today, Kramer and I drive over there to give the vehicle a quick initial inspection, and transport if needed. The oil is low, and it has coolant. We chirp the key a couple time and hear it.
CLACK CLACK CLACK.
A closer inspection of the cam time reveals a 4 tooth difference at TDC. Yeah, thats right. The timing had jumped, and the pistons where clashing into the valves. Thats no good at all.
We need to get the vehicle to his house, and we are two cities over. No problem. That is why we brought the truck. We forgot the chain. So we proceeded to push the vehicle with his truck, bumper-to-bumper, out of tow, through another town, and into Elkhart to his house. I manned the cockpit of the Laser, he pushed with the pickup.
30-40 minutes later, the DSM rolls into his driveway with a bent licence plate, scratched bumper cover, broken plate light, and a nervous pilot with minor neck pains. Not so bad, really.
That's the DSM life.
We haven't yet aligned time, done a compression check, pulled the head, or otherwise touched the Laser since we parked it earlier today, though we have been passing some thoughts by each other about it.
We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make a wicked DSM. The Laser will be that DSM. Better than it was before.
Better, stronger, faster
Total Comments 9
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Just like Kanye West.....Posted 10-10-2007 at 11:43 AM by blkwidow
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Yeah... I don't know who the hell Kanye West is.
Sounds vaguely familiar though.Posted 10-11-2007 at 09:12 PM by Locke
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lol you guys are nuts. Where were the POLICE!!?!!Posted 10-13-2007 at 03:22 PM by iziegsx
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We passed one police officer that had somebody pulled over. Kramer backed off and I coasted by with a decent gap between us. I though he was going to get busted for tailgating. (which is illegal here) Otherwise, we stayed off the main roads whenever possible.
Communication was horrible. He left his phone at home, too, so we had to rely on hand signals to determine our route. Ill snap a pic of the damage to the Laser today when I head out there.Posted 10-14-2007 at 08:39 AM by Locke
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hahaha i love this story!
great friends ftw!!Posted 10-15-2007 at 05:27 PM by boosted spartan
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Great friend.Posted 10-16-2007 at 10:12 PM by Locke
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Two towns! Nice work. Great call on the "push" past the cop. I've had a similar story towing a Great friend's AWD. The tow strap broke and we ended up flagging down a pickup and buying the guy's strap for 20 bucks. Mission accomplished.Posted 10-17-2007 at 07:05 PM by Auto RS T
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I wish we were half as thoughtful that day.Posted 10-17-2007 at 08:21 PM by Locke
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yea
I just bought a awd talon and didnt have the cash to pay to have a flat bed bring it to my house so i picked up a friend thats like 13 or 14 and i had him drive while i pulled and the heavy duty rope that i was using reaped as i had pulled out of town to take a left at a stop like 5 mins from my house.
Posted 01-02-2008 at 01:58 PM by 91awdmnunez
