-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Morrison <gofastmg@juno.com>
To: wmgilroy@lucent.com <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Stupid owner tricks
>Find that nut!
> A few years back, when I worked in the service department of a local
>Pontiac dealer, a mechanic did exactly that. He finally decided that the
>carb nut had fallen on the floor and gotten kicked into oblivion. Grabbed
>a new nut and re-installed the carb.
> You guessed it. The nut had fallen into the intake, somehow got past a
>intake valve with lillte damage to the valve,and wedged itself between
>the piston and head. Besides breaking the piston, it also cracked the
>head and gouged a monster chunk out of the cylinder wall.
> What started out as a simple carb repair, ended up with us (the
>dealership) installing a new engine into the customers car. Needless to
>say, the owner (not a happy camper) kindly requested the mechanic not let
>the door hit his A** on the way out.
>I had that happen to a '57 Buick 30 years ago for some obscure reason I
thought a chrome air cleaner would look neat so I heard a clunk when I was
putting it on but I had all the bolts so I thought it was just my
imagination,well when I fired it up it started making a banging sound so
because I was young and the car was a piece of crap I drove around like that
for a while until I could pull the head and found the screw had split in
half and was imbedded in the top of the piston!I pried it off bolted the
head back on and drove it for another year!!
Pat
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