Kieron
25-04-2005, 02:56 PM
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:15:35 GMT, "Fred Ferd" <fred@ferd.com> wrote:
>
>"Vinnie" <destef1@bigpond.com> wrote in message
>news:2sS%d.7529$C7.6083@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Yep!
>> Mates clubsport felt like it was running on 6 cylinders when it got hot,
>> Mechanic wanted $3500 to fix it,
>> Ended up costing $3.50 for a new push rod!
>>
>
>Ah, ok, so I will buy new push rods for my car, and I'll drop by his place
>and he can put them in for me for free.
>
>
>The mechanic would have said $3500 to cover a full rebuild - ah well if
>he opened it up and it didnt need it, maybe he would have pocketed the full
>$3500. but anyway, he would have found that the compression was down and
>the engine was vibrating, so he felt that it had stuffed bearings and worn
>out rings and mishappen valves..
>
>What he doenst know is what minimum compression the engine needs to produce
>power, and what the actual source of vibration is. He doenst have X-Ray
>eyes.
>
>of course if he knew it was a single defective pushrod, he might have
>reccommend replacing all the pushrods, like you should...
Somebody obviously traced it to a pushrod without x ray vision though
:)
>
>"Vinnie" <destef1@bigpond.com> wrote in message
>news:2sS%d.7529$C7.6083@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Yep!
>> Mates clubsport felt like it was running on 6 cylinders when it got hot,
>> Mechanic wanted $3500 to fix it,
>> Ended up costing $3.50 for a new push rod!
>>
>
>Ah, ok, so I will buy new push rods for my car, and I'll drop by his place
>and he can put them in for me for free.
>
>
>The mechanic would have said $3500 to cover a full rebuild - ah well if
>he opened it up and it didnt need it, maybe he would have pocketed the full
>$3500. but anyway, he would have found that the compression was down and
>the engine was vibrating, so he felt that it had stuffed bearings and worn
>out rings and mishappen valves..
>
>What he doenst know is what minimum compression the engine needs to produce
>power, and what the actual source of vibration is. He doenst have X-Ray
>eyes.
>
>of course if he knew it was a single defective pushrod, he might have
>reccommend replacing all the pushrods, like you should...
Somebody obviously traced it to a pushrod without x ray vision though
:)