Kyle,
Bummer!! I hope that you just killed the distributor or something that is
peripheral.
Best of luck,
Sid
>From: "Kyle Hagemann" <kwhcpa@addler.net>
>Reply-To: "Kyle Hagemann" <kwhcpa@addler.net>
>To: "311" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Bad news
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 08:52:03 -0700
>
>I must have anti-roadster karma or something.
>
>Were I a less restrained individual I'd spout off an endless
>stream of expletives. Wouldn't help matters, but I might feel
>better....
>
>Last May (99) I broke my trans. In December, I broke it for
>real, and had to park the car. Last Sunday, I got it back on
>the road. Realized I put the shifter-select springs in the
>wrong sides. Who cares, the sun's out, keep driving! After
>two days of fun in the sun, I swapped the springs back, and
>went for a road test. Much better. Feeling bold, I ran the
>car up to 6,000RPM, and hit the perpetual wall that lives there.
>
>Gave it a little more gas, a little less, trying to get it past
>6K.......then it happened. Something came apart, big time.
>
>Barely fired on one cylinder, shaking like mad, backfiring and
>making a ping-type noise. Sigh.
>
>I'm guessing I lunched a valve (or four or five;-) or maybe the
>Evil L dropped down and jumped the chain. The head will come
>off this weekend. Sigh, again.
>
>Something to be said for getting 2 days of driving my
>2000 in 2000. Something sad.
>
> ____ Kyle Hagemann, Born-Again Grease Monkey From Beyond
> _.;(____\____ 72 240Z, L28/E88/SU, 5sp, all poly - Z Beast
> | _ | | _'@`, 71 PL521, LZ22, SUs, 2" exh, 4spd - The Hulk
> `-(#)------(#)-< 69 2000, Lousy rackin' frackin' U20 - Broken
>------------------- 84 Maxima, Tokicos/ST springs, 238K - Mr Max
>http://www.sonic.net/~kyle http://www.sonic.net/~kyle/cars.html
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