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nitro_mudder wrote:

Have you met gasman?

What are you trying to say nitro,maybe shook hands with him and some of my luck rubbed off on him,lol.I've had a piston come apart in the wrist pin,but it was due to a dumb ass not setting deck height and piston hitting the head and then shimmed the barrel out and put the same piston back in it and it was cracked inside the wrist pin.first time I really opened it up it broke out and dropped the rod down and tore up the entire motor.only thing left on it that was good was rocker arms,1 head and 1 jug and piston.it twisted the rod around through the block and all because the guy was to cheap to replace the one piston that was bad due to his mistake and it cost me a lot of cash that he refused to help make up.I will never let just anybody do motor work for me again.it cost me thousands of dollars and 7 trips 1-1/2 hrs to 2 hrs one way to Grayson KY and four months of lying bullshit to put 5-6 hrs on it to have it let go and told oh well it was yours when it started. Chad :mrgreen:

Your not alone in the bad luck department :mrgreen:

Author:	streetstock174 [ Thu May 17, 2012 1:13 am ]
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I'd have no luck at all. Just rebuilt my motor last year due to spun main bearings because the oil galley got clogged with some foreign aluminum... Well, couple weeks ago we were at Turkey Bay, bout 8:30 or so, and me being the smartass that I am, fired up the buggy and backed it up to the bedroom window of RaceFreaks RV. Threw it in neutral, revved it up a couple of times (MAYBE 4000 rpm..) and all of a sudden it started making a weird noise, so I turnt around and saw shit flying up in the air. Cut it off, and Greenrail walks over and points out a nice half dollar sized hole in the top of my block. Well, upon further inspection, the wristpin is still in the rod.. Ripped the piston in half, but no idea why. So now I have a $4500 paperweight.. Ahh well. One of these days I'll get it right. (If anyone wondering, its a 2332.)

Author:	smitty [ Thu May 17, 2012 2:16 am ]
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That sucks. Hate that for ya

Author:	bigboy77 [ Thu May 17, 2012 4:16 am ]
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What kind of pistons where you running?

Author:	MickeyMouse [ Thu May 17, 2012 9:43 am ]
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Sorry about the engine.. More importantly, what happened with Neil and CeeCee?

Author:	Bubbalowe [ Thu May 17, 2012 12:19 pm ]
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Me being a poor old white boy would cry like a baby over loosing $4500.00.

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Author:	buggiejunky [ Thu May 17, 2012 5:23 pm ]
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the question i will ask is who built the motor and it better have been 200 horse or more for that kinda money

Author:	darrell [ Thu May 17, 2012 6:39 pm ]
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Dont matter who built the motor parts do fail and that sucks

Author:	Aaron Creech [ Thu May 17, 2012 7:32 pm ]
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That sucks to hear. $4500 is nothing to drop on a motor if the parts are any count at all!

Author:	buggiejunky [ Thu May 17, 2012 9:47 pm ]
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ok then what brand of pistons were they ????

Author:	streetstock174 [ Fri May 18, 2012 12:38 am ]
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Not sure exactly what brand pistons they are, will post when I tear it down. $4500 is easy to have in a motor. And yes it has or is very close to 200 hp. Or was rather. Not used to seeing a piston rip into like that.

Author:	MickeyMouse [ Fri May 18, 2012 2:02 am ]
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I meant.. Did you at least wake them up?

Author:	nitro_mudder [ Fri May 18, 2012 10:38 am ]
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Have you met gasman?

Author:	gasman [ Fri May 18, 2012 2:35 pm ]
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nitro_mudder wrote: Have you met gasman? What are you trying to say nitro,maybe shook hands with him and some of my luck rubbed off on him,lol.I've had a piston come apart in the wrist pin,but it was due to a dumb ass not setting deck height and piston hitting the head and then shimmed the barrel out and put the same piston back in it and it was cracked inside the wrist pin.first time I really opened it up it broke out and dropped the rod down and tore up the entire motor.only thing left on it that was good was rocker arms,1 head and 1 jug and piston.it twisted the rod around through the block and all because the guy was to cheap to replace the one piston that was bad due to his mistake and it cost me a lot of cash that he refused to help make up.I will never let just anybody do motor work for me again.it cost me thousands of dollars and 7 trips 1-1/2 hrs to 2 hrs one way to Grayson KY and four months of lying bullshit to put 5-6 hrs on it to have it let go and told oh well it was yours when it started. Chad Your not alone in the bad luck department

Author:	nitro_mudder [ Fri May 18, 2012 7:59 pm ]
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Ummmm, yeah, that was my point

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Author:	streetstock174 [ Sun May 20, 2012 1:52 am ]
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MickeyMouse wrote: I meant.. Did you at least wake them up? I did....

Author:	racefreakj77 [ Sun May 20, 2012 7:22 pm ]
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i was already awake. i was just the enjoying the nice cool ac in the motor home. lol... im trying to tell him to bring it over to my house and i will pull the motor out and put the little motor back in for him so he can get on the trails. damnit boy all its gonna cost you is the time it will take you to bring it over and drop it off. and dont say your to busy cause loading it...get to my house...unload and drive back home will only take you about an hour and we will do the rest.bring me the damn buggy.