Lets See Your Hot Flatbed Picks

[dsm91TalonTSi]

Lets try to get this format going

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Date: 02/23/2007
Reason: Spun Rod Bearing :/
BI: On my way to the gym one friday morning, while making a stop at the local unimart, I felt a minnor jolt, and a small loss of power (being 40yrds from the unimart, i proceeded, thinking, hrm, that cant be good, ill have to check that out).. after returning to my car, i started her up, and heard a sort of knocking noice, 'uh-oh' i said, 'that wasnt making that noice before, so that cant be good :/..' so i turned her off and called AAA. Once we got to the shop, the mech came out, turned it on then right back off, and told me wot the noice was.. Turns out I had lose oil pressure somehow, and well, we all know what will happen to metal on metal without oil, one or both of them loose ):

 

[DRated]

I wish I had some pics of my car on a flatbed but I try not to take them since I feel sad when its up there. 3 engine rebuilds and 1 engine transplant.... where do I start? .

 

[king_of_HTX]

LoL!... I will upload mine later

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Sure, I think I can add some pics Thankfully, I own a rollback!!! I have alot more, I hafto find them. Every one of my dsm's (14), Have seen the rollback.

Owned car 4 years ago, Sold it and just bought it back last month to do a full build. Car had bad ecu.

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http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j39/eklipzgsxkid/S5000685-1.jpg

My fully built srt4, Car had a bad o2 sensor, Flooded it with gas !

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99' GSX, Off the rollback, I had to put a new timing belt on it/turbo/exhaust:

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another one of my gsx's, Black 95 with 2gb conversion, Tow-truck in route. Slave cylinder went byebye.
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my fully built 2gB conversion, Blown headgasket:

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Built 95', Parted, Sold conversion, And junked as you can see:

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fully built 90 AWD, I broke the clutch fork:

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[bling5tatus]

This is a good idea for a thread... so we can see all the things that actually kill a dsm and make it have to ride home on a truck.... all in one thread.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

we can see all the things that actually kill a dsm and make it have to ride home on a truck....thread.

Usually do to the owner, Or the previous owner that neglected the car

 

[95CarbonEclipse]

Damn... i just sent mine off for a 2 week long vacation at English Racing ala flatbed, I actually thought about snapping a shot of it on there, but had to get back to work (mechanic's aren't free).

 

[InfiniteGSX]

1993eclipseGS, AHAHAHA you've owned alot of DSM's.... And broke everyone of them! haha... you are like me. I have Photos of the 97, the 98, the 90 and the 95, Also my 86 Fiero on a flatbed on my old pc that I can't get to load into windows...

Or the previous owner that neglected the car

HAHAHAHAHAHA, sounds like the 97... two days after I finally get it registered I find out the timming belt has NEVER been changed! I have a nice peice of wood that looks like a timming belt...

 

[dsm91TalonTSi]

Date: 08/27/07
Reason: Needed a real mechanic's tlc?
BI: I had just finished rebuilding my motor (that i payed some guy to put my sbr stage 1 short block in and he didnt have it in time, and put a hole in the #1 piston, so i had to rip it all apart myself and redo it) and sent her off to get ut in time correctly, inspected, and anything that needs replaced, replaced...

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[a_scobel]

August '06
Clutch was out...forced to move to a new apartment. No time to fix.

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[InfiniteGSX]

Scobey, Did you have some sort of towing issues? I notice both pictures show two different tows.... One your on a flatbed and the other your on a dolly...

Obviously not much... My friends WRX was dropped off of the truck! They yanked it all the way up and the area where they had the hook ripped open and down went the car! Only scraped the front and rear bumpers... but he didn't care that much since we ramp the car in mud pits!

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Dsm's should have just came with a rollback as a stock option.

 

[InfiniteGSX]

A dolly? haha... I think all AWD vehicles should! I had soo many problems towing my AWD DSM's... They kept sending me regular trucks that just hook the front or back wheels... and I almost was arested for asulting a tow truck driver that was about to yank on my 90 GSX with the rear wheels still planted.

 

[TurboStutr]

June 2005: ACT clutch spring decided it didn't want to stay attached to the rest of the disc. My dad actually pulled it behind his Blazer to the Mitsu dealership, but after being there for over a month and them not having a mechanic who was competent enough to install another ACT 2100 kit with a Fidanza flywheel I had it towed to a friend's shop who had the job done in less than 2 days of being there.

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[1993eclipseGS]

Wow that 1g looks good!

 

[a_scobel]

Scobey, Did you have some sort of towing issues? I notice both pictures show two different tows.... One your on a flatbed and the other your on a dolly...

Obviously not much... My friends WRX was dropped off of the truck! They yanked it all the way up and the area where they had the hook ripped open and down went the car! Only scraped the front and rear bumpers... but he didn't care that much since we ramp the car in mud pits!

One on the flatbed was taking it to new apartment...the dolly was a couple days later, when I realized I didn't have the time or the tools to fix it. I was a little mad when I saw a normal tow truck pulling up...'I requested a flatbed' 'Yep. We know'

Roadside assistance from Geico is great though Saved me lots of money.

 

[TurboStutr]

Wow that 1g looks good!

Thanks, that's her good side, haha.