Aww crap, you have my sympathy for what that's worth. I hope you lost the minimum number of parts at least! On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 22:53, <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > well, i made it TO the big show in boise. started smoking pretty bad once i > got there. jim shadwick and i decided i must have broken a ring. checked > the > plugs and they were all dry and looked normal. was smoking at idle, and > also > under throttle. so was just babying it around what little i could keep it > to. > i was almost halfway home, and the ticking started getting real loud, and > then > all of a sudden it sounded like a rod was trying to come apart. on the > freeway > doing about 60 or so, and shut her down QUICK. was able to coast it up to a > wide spot and get behind a gaurd rail. pretty safe spot. was able to call > my > grandfather and get him to pick my wife and i up, and run us the 60 miles > to > my house. i had to unload my drag car off the trailer, hook it up, and went > and rescued casper. i NEVER trailer my car. i HATED having to trailer it > home. i have always been able to "gloat" about how that car has never left > me > anywhere, but now, i dont have that no more. bummer. now, its time to drop > that front suspension cross member, pull the oil pan, and see whats going > on. > > > MAN, the problems just wont end. i guess all the years of driving and never > having a problem, and trying to take care of it and do all the regular > preventative maintenance only postponed all the old car issues. just about > time for it to start having some major issues. > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > -- All of your arguments are invalid. Enjoy your unstable system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20090706/adf2a236/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com