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> Final Straw, I think this is a sign!
dinomium
post Jul 7 2009, 04:26 PM
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So, I get the carbs synced, tuned and everything is purring along nicely. So I drive it about two blocks to the AmPm and then for a quick test run around the neighborhood...
About two blocks from home it starts sputtering coughing and losing power so I sort shift and limp up the hill. Now the car feels like it is coming apart and I am just trying to make it the last 200 yards home then WHAM! I get passed by my driver side rear wheel and coast to stop on the rotor 50 feet from my drive way!!!
ACK!!
Lower rear part of the fender smooshed, I think the tyre is cut as well... A couple bangs with the BFH and I get the wheel back on and limp it into the shop.

This car hates me and now I hate it back!
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post Jul 7 2009, 04:32 PM
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Not like I have not had this happen too me , but who did the lugs? I have always been glad it makes some noise before it lets go.
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post Jul 7 2009, 04:38 PM
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yup that would be this guy (thumbs pointed at me) I *thought* I had torqued them down, the other wheels were tight. I will be checking my attic for evil monkeys later tonight...
The bigger issue is I think the motor let go as well, big billowy clouds of blue smoke.
If that is the case, then I am done.
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post Jul 7 2009, 04:39 PM
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Ah Dino, if it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have any. I have a very pretty part of a fender that I cut off of my car that you could weld right in and take care of those unsightly wrinkles....
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post Jul 7 2009, 04:41 PM
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Ah Dino, if it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have any. I have a very pretty part of a fender that I cut off of my car that you could weld right in and take care of those unsightly wrinkles....

Thanks man, but at this point the only welding on cars I want to do is on my road racer...
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post Jul 7 2009, 04:51 PM
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I hear you. That really sucks.
Let me know if I can help. Sorta tight on time, but, you have a wonderful car that is just throwing you cruve balls.
There might be an extra motor laying around in somebody's garage that you could put in...I am sure a price goes with it, but, it would be a rocket.
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post Jul 7 2009, 04:59 PM
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this car has spent so much time in the shop I could swear it was an Alfa! IF I do find the wherewithal to continue, it will be a six and flares since I am sure that driver side swing arm is toast...
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post Jul 7 2009, 06:21 PM
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Talk about a bad day. I hope you bought beer while at the AM/PM.
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post Jul 7 2009, 06:31 PM
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I think that the only Happy 914 Owners are those with cars on jackstands dreaming of someday driving their cars.

Good Luck, Don't Give Up

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post Jul 7 2009, 06:47 PM
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I think that the only Happy 914 Owners are those with cars on jackstands dreaming of someday driving their cars.

Good Luck, Don't Give Up

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that is SO true! The only thing saving this POS from Craigslist is the fact it is paid for! The parts on it are not, but the car itself is...
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post Jul 7 2009, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE(dinomium @ Jul 7 2009, 05:59 PM) *

this car has spent so much time in the shop I could swear it was an Alfa!



(IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I had one. I don't know what was broke worse, the car or me after paying for parts. I still remember selling it for a $3500 loss. Man, I was so happy to get rid of that thing.
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post Jul 7 2009, 07:13 PM
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you and dave have the curse of living on the wrong side of the narrows bridge! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)







sorry your getting b-effed by murphy...... that guy is a ass hat!
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post Jul 7 2009, 08:41 PM
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Ah, yes. I vividly remember getting out every two or three blocks to tighten the lug bolts with my fingers, as I had left all of my tools at home... I have never forgotten to tighten the lug bolts since that day!!

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post Jul 7 2009, 10:52 PM
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Come on... Am I the only one that laughed when they read that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

Sorry man. Keep pluggin away it it.
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post Jul 8 2009, 12:41 AM
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This is what it will look like after welding in the patch.

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Exact same thing happeded to me. The kid at the Porsche shop forgot to torque them. Fortunately for me the owner saw the wheel fall off a few blocks from the shop as he was going to the bank. Kid no longer works there.
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post Jul 8 2009, 12:58 AM
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QUOTE(Gint @ Jul 7 2009, 09:52 PM) *

Come on... Am I the only one that laughed when they read that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

Sorry man. Keep pluggin away it it.

yes, the wheel part is funny, the motor letting go not so much... if I have to source yet another engine, brakes, training arm and paint? All to have a car that is rusting from the inside out only to know something else is going to break, crack or ???
Add that to having be job hunting right now and missing races... I don't see an upside to continuing to throw cubic dollars at a 96hp rat hole
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post Jul 8 2009, 01:06 AM
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You may have a point. We should keep you and 914s separated for the good of both parties (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Jul 8 2009, 01:20 AM
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i hear ugmo is still available......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)
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post Jul 8 2009, 01:30 AM
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i hear ugmo is still available......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif)

Green car is worse off than Ugmo right now, Uggy has a front swaybar and somebody who loves him...
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post Jul 8 2009, 07:03 AM
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I sure hate to hear that Dino. Let me know if I can help. Smokey is sitting in the woodshed right now and you could certainly throw that in it for a while. I feel your pain, I've felt the same way a few times. I decided to keep at it but, I can't say that's the right thing for everybody. Maybe just let it sit for a while till you make up your mind. We guys work cheap, just beer and food.

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