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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:11 AM
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yea so next saturday not working out for me either I also got scheduled to work.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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Ray posted at 4:20! Daylight savings *****!!!!
i know about that. just going by the time it's showing he posted. didn't realize the forum is an hr behind.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:48 AM
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...all you have to do is clock the shaft on the rear and drill new holes. Its easy to drill and works like a champ.
had to do that when i put a gsl diff in the 808 i had. the bolt holes in the shaft i was using didn't match the holes in the flange on the diff. worked great.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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Boinger help?

This is for a guy here at work. Pontiac Grand Slam I think 2.4 liter inline 4.

We were out for work one day, finished up, went to come back, and when he started his car, it immediately died. He tried to start it again, made some clanking noises, and then apparently the motor temporarily locked up. He got it towed home.

He has been trying to diagnose the problems now. He went to look at the timing chain tensioner (been replaced 3 or 4 times already, 150k miles), and apparently the chain was stretched pretty good. So he is fairly certain the chain jumped a few teeth.

He's the cheapest person in the world, so he won't pull the head for fear he might have to replace the gasket. So they put the new chain in, cranked it, and had a nice boom with smoke/fire out of the bottom end.

That's where it's at now. He claims smoke out of the bottom end, not the exhaust manifold or anything.

Any thoughts about what could be going on at this point? Where he should check next, possibly one of them cash for junk cars places?

This is the problem with valves.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by cletus
Boinger help?

This is for a guy here at work. Pontiac Grand Slam I think 2.4 liter inline 4.

We were out for work one day, finished up, went to come back, and when he started his car, it immediately died. He tried to start it again, made some clanking noises, and then apparently the motor temporarily locked up. He got it towed home.

He has been trying to diagnose the problems now. He went to look at the timing chain tensioner (been replaced 3 or 4 times already, 150k miles), and apparently the chain was stretched pretty good. So he is fairly certain the chain jumped a few teeth.

He's the cheapest person in the world, so he won't pull the head for fear he might have to replace the gasket. So they put the new chain in, cranked it, and had a nice boom with smoke/fire out of the bottom end.

That's where it's at now. He claims smoke out of the bottom end, not the exhaust manifold or anything.

Any thoughts about what could be going on at this point? Where he should check next, possibly one of them cash for junk cars places?

This is the problem with valves.

I lost you at............inline 4.....Then again at........timing chain........And what are these valves of which you speak?


-billy
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by BrettLinton7
How about a nice figure 8? A - B - C - D - E - F - C - A

Is there a convenient place to meet close the point A on the map?

So who is still in for Saturday? Here is last list I had.

Brett
Chris
Ray
Mike
Colin
Tim
Kevin

Anyone else.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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Maybe there's something to this socialism stuff after all. Maybe we can get rid of the parasitic moms and capitalists with simple legislation?

Don't put the octamom in the capitalist category. She is clearly a socialist.

But, I am with you on investing in RX-7s. At least the 1st gens are holding their value. That's better than the retirement savings.

Hey, Ray what would you charge me for Michelle and I to live in goat house when I retire?
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 03:20 PM
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I am so excited about the autocross on the 29, anyone else gonig to that?

Also you missed the part where I said I can't go to the mountains cause of work.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by msimonov
How about a nice figure 8? A - B - C - D - E - F - C - A

Is there a convenient place to meet close the point A on the map?
I like that better And since I'm procrastinating some homework I played in paint some more.



Point 'A' is just the intersection of 400 and 60, and there's a home depot there that's hard to miss. Maybe we could meet there and snap a few pictures. There's also a gas station there on the other side of the street so we can fill up and what not. Then we could grab some food in Dahlonega if some people haven't eaten, and drive by the college I'm going to And there's some small things there in Turner's Corner too for a pit stop too.

I'm excited...
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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Goat house is taken, we are moving in when the goats move out, renting out the house. And actually Mike, I was putting octamom's and capitalists in the same category: Parasites. People who make money on money are the lowest of the low.

And if we were truly a functioning socialist society (like China) we wouldn't have any octamom's, they'd be in jail (along with the capitalists).

But yeah I'm just pissed because the Madoff's and the AIG execs made off with $35,000 (30%) of my cautiously invested retirement funds (TIAA-CREFF's managers, not me). So much for trusting capitalists, I'm taking charge of what's left and investing it in 84/85 GSLs.

Anyway, enough pushing this boulder uphill, back to the weekend jaunt. The weather looks OK, but not great, probably hovering in the '50's but with some sun, at least:

http://www.weather.com/weather/weeke...nav_undeclared

Looks like we have some attrition, Chris, Colin, Crit, others? And would you guys be interested if we did this on another date, if a good alternative could be found, keeping in mind that rescheduling usually causes more problems than it solves?

And Brett, this looks like a great loop!

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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 05:36 PM
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It's ok if you guys want to do it on the same date, rescheduling does tend to cause more problems, and I have the autocross to let out my driving aggression.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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Anyway, enough pushing this boulder uphill, back to the weekend jaunt. The weather looks OK, but not great, probably hovering in the '50's but with some sun, at least
Yahoo says it'll be mostly sunny with a 10% chance of precip. and a high of 61 degrees, and that's using Dahlonega as a location. But they're always full of lies I'll probably run most of it with my heater on to keep the temps down

And I bought some new tires that should be here and could get put on before Saturday, but I think my current rears can take some more before I should change them out. I bought some 225/50/15 Falken Ziex 512's for $$68/ tire. They're a big 4 cm wider than stock! hah
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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Seriously, I want to be a weather person. What other job can you be wrong over 50% of the time and still keep?
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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Biochemistry professor?

AIG exec?

Jim Cramer?

Me rebuilding my first Nikki?
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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If you guys want to change the date thats cool but its not going to kill me to miss this
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by iheartthewankel
If you guys want to change the date thats cool but its not going to kill me to miss this
Oh it will

I've got a college visit the saturday after, so I think if this does get rescheduled it should be put off like 2+ weeks instead of 1.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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Yes, because the world revolves around Linton...
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 08:58 PM
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I cant go now either...Jennifers dad died this morning so we're headed to pittsburgh.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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Sorry Kevin, that's a tough one.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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Sorry to hear about that Kevin. I thought you said you dropped whatever girl you were with a few OGTA's back?

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Yes, because the world revolves around Linton...
Yes, yes it does. I heard what you told Tara... how am I supposed to get any now?
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Kevin, sorry to hear about Jennifer's dad. You are doing the right thing being there for her.

No weekend will work for everyone. We should go ahead an do the ride this Saturday. If there is enough interest an other ride will get scheduled.
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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Anyone of you guys good with refig repair, or know a good appliance repair person? My frig seems to be stuck in defrost mode. I opened my freezer this morning to water leaking out the icemaker. Come to think of it, it had been making funny noise for about a week, but I thought ice got stuck under the icemaker.

And, anybody want a passenger for the mountain ride? That's if I get the frig repaired.

Holly
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Hey all, I have one spot left on the short shifter list due to someone flaking out, so if anyone wants one now is the chance. Just give me a heads up
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Why dont we do it on sunday instead???? I really want to come to this and people dont usually do things on sunday
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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Can't say I do Holly .

Not sure what I'll drive this weekend. Hopefully I'll figure out what's going on with the cooling fan in the 1st gen and bring that.
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