Re: [AMC-list] MOTOR WENT BYE BYE!!!! NNNNOOOO!!!

[Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

me too....
Smoke leading to tick leading to knock does not forebode well for a 196...

good thing he shut it down, I've seen more than a few of those with a hole in the side of the block :(
I always suspected a piston failure of some sort.
But never could decipher exactly what had failed on the two I did in.
Wasn't much left, but some chunks....

Mark Price
Morgantown, WV 26508
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
"I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens!"

----- Original Message -----
From: "tom jennings" <tomj@xxxxxxx>
To: das24rules@xxxxxxxxx, "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2009 12:07:11 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] MOTOR WENT BYE BYE!!!! NNNNOOOO!!!

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.
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