Cato ED-6
09-21-2007, 09:15 PM
Ok so today I leave my house around 10am, get stuck in traffic and get gas.
Jump on 75 southbound around 11am, going down near smyrna to hang out with some friends. About to pass the 575 and 75 merger, and my distributor strips the shaft, so the screw falls out and the engine dies. Now this has happened before, easy fix for me I've done it about 4x now.:screwy: I jump 5 lanes of traffic and park on the actual merger. If you haven't been....don't go. I try to fix it, can't, call a friend, get a new dist, put it on, and it fails to fire. I realize I fucked up the timeing. No problem. Get a tow to my dad's place, good friends FTW. Fix the timing, drive it and its fine.;)
Now its about 6PM, on the side of the highway for about 5 hours and at my dads for about 2 hours. I'm not stressing it because I can still go have fun for about 5 hours. I drive about 20 minutes.......Fucking Camshaft breaks....Oh I'm having fun now, right? And right when it happened I'm like...."Its either really small or really big". I get out and smell something burning. Pop the hood and the smell...increases?...I unsrcew the oil cap...and see the damn camshaft in pieces...and I never thought I would flick off a piece of metal...But I did.:2up:
So I'm fucked.
1. I just wasted a $90 pass to a show.
2. I just bought a $150 dist, that now I can't use or return.
3. I have an insurance payment due.
4. To top it off I have no EF for a couple of weeks.
5. Oh I don't have money for ANY engine. Not even a junkyard D15.
6. To add more damage, my mom calls and basicly says she hates my car and that I should get a different one. I'm like, "Thanks mom, like I don't have enough problems. Or money for any car."
So tommorow I'm swapping an engine in a S10 so I have a ride.:D Oh ya its going to be fun. I'm the champ when it comes to S10s, I'll have it done in 8 hours. And have emissions done in 30 minutes. So give me 12 hours and I'll be legally driving a nice S10.
So obviously, any one need a D15 distributor? I need engine money.
Oh and ya, Ben, can't make it tommorow...If you haven't figured out.
And anyone know where I can get an engine for CHEAP...like next to free cheap?
And I thought I'd be chilling and relaxing this weekend.:(
Jump on 75 southbound around 11am, going down near smyrna to hang out with some friends. About to pass the 575 and 75 merger, and my distributor strips the shaft, so the screw falls out and the engine dies. Now this has happened before, easy fix for me I've done it about 4x now.:screwy: I jump 5 lanes of traffic and park on the actual merger. If you haven't been....don't go. I try to fix it, can't, call a friend, get a new dist, put it on, and it fails to fire. I realize I fucked up the timeing. No problem. Get a tow to my dad's place, good friends FTW. Fix the timing, drive it and its fine.;)
Now its about 6PM, on the side of the highway for about 5 hours and at my dads for about 2 hours. I'm not stressing it because I can still go have fun for about 5 hours. I drive about 20 minutes.......Fucking Camshaft breaks....Oh I'm having fun now, right? And right when it happened I'm like...."Its either really small or really big". I get out and smell something burning. Pop the hood and the smell...increases?...I unsrcew the oil cap...and see the damn camshaft in pieces...and I never thought I would flick off a piece of metal...But I did.:2up:
So I'm fucked.
1. I just wasted a $90 pass to a show.
2. I just bought a $150 dist, that now I can't use or return.
3. I have an insurance payment due.
4. To top it off I have no EF for a couple of weeks.
5. Oh I don't have money for ANY engine. Not even a junkyard D15.
6. To add more damage, my mom calls and basicly says she hates my car and that I should get a different one. I'm like, "Thanks mom, like I don't have enough problems. Or money for any car."
So tommorow I'm swapping an engine in a S10 so I have a ride.:D Oh ya its going to be fun. I'm the champ when it comes to S10s, I'll have it done in 8 hours. And have emissions done in 30 minutes. So give me 12 hours and I'll be legally driving a nice S10.
So obviously, any one need a D15 distributor? I need engine money.
Oh and ya, Ben, can't make it tommorow...If you haven't figured out.
And anyone know where I can get an engine for CHEAP...like next to free cheap?
And I thought I'd be chilling and relaxing this weekend.:(