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- Jan 1, 2005
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Houston,
Texas
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
Sounds vaguely familiar though.
you guys are nuts. Where were the POLICE!!?!!
