Re: Automotive fun
Nicely shot! J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2018, at 9:24 PM, Alan C wrote: > > This link will tell you all you need to know: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(Europe) > > We had the same versions in SA. The 2L RS 2-door models did very well on the > track & in motor rallies. > > I had a Mk11 4-door 1600 for some years. > > Alan C > >> On 12-Aug-18 12:17 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> There was a rear wheel drive Escort! Built and sold overseas in the >> seventies IIRC. >> In its highest state of tune - with a twin cam four cylinder it was quite a >> ride. Some were raced competively in the U S in several series. >> >> It sort of filled the gap left by the Cortine. >> >> >> -Original Message- >>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>> Subject: Re: Automotive fun >>> >>> I thought that it was the Ford Prefect in Britain, and the Galaxy. >>> >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:45 PM, John Sessoms >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I hadn't thought about Ford using the "Escort" name in Europe/Asia for >>>> many more years before they used it in the U.S. >>>> >>>> I suspect yours was an earlier model with a more robust engine than my >>>> 1995 U.S. model. >>>> >>>>> On 8/10/2018 19:53, John Coyle wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: >>>>> it wasn't a lucky car >>>>> though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British >>>>> Racing Green! Suckers must >>>>> have thought it was a fast car! >>>>> >>>>> John in Brisbane >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms >>>>> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM >>>>> To: pdml@pdml.net >>>>> Subject: Re: Automotive fun >>>>> >>>>> The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to >>>>> pin the gauge, you were >>>>> looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer >>>>> advised me it would be cheaper >>>>> to replace the engine than to try to repair it. >>>>> >>>>> Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the >>>>> new engine to block coolant >>>>> flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. >>>>> >>>>> YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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This link will tell you all you need to know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(Europe) We had the same versions in SA. The 2L RS 2-door models did very well on the track & in motor rallies. I had a Mk11 4-door 1600 for some years. Alan C On 12-Aug-18 12:17 AM, Ken Waller wrote: There was a rear wheel drive Escort! Built and sold overseas in the seventies IIRC. In its highest state of tune - with a twin cam four cylinder it was quite a ride. Some were raced competively in the U S in several series. It sort of filled the gap left by the Cortine. -Original Message- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" Subject: Re: Automotive fun I thought that it was the Ford Prefect in Britain, and the Galaxy. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:45 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I hadn't thought about Ford using the "Escort" name in Europe/Asia for many more years before they used it in the U.S. I suspect yours was an earlier model with a more robust engine than my 1995 U.S. model. On 8/10/2018 19:53, John Coyle wrote: I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: it wasn't a lucky car though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British Racing Green! Suckers must have thought it was a fast car! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Automotive fun The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Automotive fun
There was a rear wheel drive Escort! Built and sold overseas in the seventies IIRC. In its highest state of tune - with a twin cam four cylinder it was quite a ride. Some were raced competively in the U S in several series. It sort of filled the gap left by the Cortine. -Original Message- >From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >Subject: Re: Automotive fun > >I thought that it was the Ford Prefect in Britain, and the Galaxy. > > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:45 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> I hadn't thought about Ford using the "Escort" name in Europe/Asia for >> many more years before they used it in the U.S. >> >> I suspect yours was an earlier model with a more robust engine than my >> 1995 U.S. model. >> >> On 8/10/2018 19:53, John Coyle wrote: >> >>> I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: >>> it wasn't a lucky car >>> though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British >>> Racing Green! Suckers must >>> have thought it was a fast car! >>> >>> John in Brisbane >>> >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms >>> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM >>> To: pdml@pdml.net >>> Subject: Re: Automotive fun >>> >>> The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to >>> pin the gauge, you were >>> looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer >>> advised me it would be cheaper >>> to replace the engine than to try to repair it. >>> >>> Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the >>> new engine to block coolant >>> flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. >>> >>> YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I thought that it was the Ford Prefect in Britain, and the Galaxy. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 3:45 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > I hadn't thought about Ford using the "Escort" name in Europe/Asia for > many more years before they used it in the U.S. > > I suspect yours was an earlier model with a more robust engine than my > 1995 U.S. model. > > On 8/10/2018 19:53, John Coyle wrote: > >> I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: >> it wasn't a lucky car >> though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British >> Racing Green! Suckers must >> have thought it was a fast car! >> >> John in Brisbane >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms >> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM >> To: pdml@pdml.net >> Subject: Re: Automotive fun >> >> The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to >> pin the gauge, you were >> looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer >> advised me it would be cheaper >> to replace the engine than to try to repair it. >> >> Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the >> new engine to block coolant >> flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. >> >> YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. >> >> >> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I hadn't thought about Ford using the "Escort" name in Europe/Asia for many more years before they used it in the U.S. I suspect yours was an earlier model with a more robust engine than my 1995 U.S. model. On 8/10/2018 19:53, John Coyle wrote: I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: it wasn't a lucky car though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British Racing Green! Suckers must have thought it was a fast car! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Automotive fun The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Yeah, my Escort would have been the second generation North American Model with the "1.8 L (1839 cc) Mazda BP I4" engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(North_America) Looked almost exactly like this one, although mine was a 1995. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1994_Ford_Escort_LX_wagon.jpg On 8/10/2018 13:51, Larry Colen wrote: John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. I don't think that the '69 Escort was ever imported to the US. It was a replacement for the Ford Anglia and had a cast iron "Kent" motor, same as the Cortina, pushrod Pinto, and same base as Formula Ford and a bunch of Lotuses of the time. I think that you're thinking of the later front wheel drive Escort rather than the rear wheel drive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(Europe) -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: it wasn't a lucky car though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British Racing Green! Suckers must have thought it was a fast car! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Automotive fun The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote: > That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! > On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 > Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed > to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday > visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, > steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the > engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping > the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took > the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! > Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. > > Hope you get yours fixed, too, > > > John in Brisbane > > John > > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of Larry Colen > Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss List > Subject: Automotive fun > > I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, > the mystery water loss on my Subaru. I finally gave up and ordered > the $300 worth of parts to do the headgasket replacement that I tried to save > money on when I put the motor in the car. > > Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the > cooling jacket which explained both the water loss and the lack of > other typical blown headgasket symptoms. I was all set to put the new > headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really ought to > take the heads into the machine shop to be checked out. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098 > > Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van > won't start. > Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the > throttle body, the van starts up, runs fine and I head into Santa > Cruz. I get about another two miles further on, and the van breaks down for > real. > > This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the > van. I paid the registration online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog > a vehicle that won't start. > > The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, > in the gas tank. The full 35 gallon fuel tank that has to be removed > to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my mechanic to do the job, but > that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get to work > without a running vehicle. > > The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing > else goes wrong, it should be running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I > won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday > that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now pretty > damned good at assembling Subaru cylinder heads. > > I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis > in our lives. I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let > me finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me. > > In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks > that Debbi, the friend who is taking care of her and pretty much > giving her a place to live so she doesn't have to be in a home, is trying to > kill her. > > > > -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 10:51:27AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: > > The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to > > pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block > > warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine > > than to try to repair it. > > I don't think that the '69 Escort was ever imported to the US. It was a > replacement for the Ford Anglia and had a cast iron "Kent" motor, same as > the Cortina, pushrod Pinto, and same base as Formula Ford and a bunch of > Lotuses of the time. My parents had one of these (the 'estate', i.e. hatchback). A good basic car - I drove it quite often. My mother did comment on my driving style once, when I was picking her up after she'd spent a weekend as a house guest at a colleague's cotswold cottage (in Windrush - Cotty will know how nice an area that is). I got the loan of the car for the weekend if I was prepared to pick her up. She compained that she'd been jostled around in the car somewhat as I negotiated a roundabout (we were on the major road, and had right of way, so didn't have to slow down and yield to other traffic), but forgave me when I explained that one of the tyres (US - tires) had blown just as I entered the roundabout, so I was basically driving a three-wheeled car. In 1972 (when I officially left home to take up my first job after graduating I was offered the choice of my mother's old Morris Minor estate (for free) or the Escort (at significantly below fair trade-in value). I opted for the Moggie, and my younger brother purchased the Escort. A few years later he totalled it when he fell asleep behind the wheel and clipped a kerb (US - curb), flipping the car onto it's roof. Fortunately both he and his girlfriend were relatively unscathed. Also, fortunately for him, I was visiting my parents at the time, and I was the one who answered the phone. That meant I was the one to tell his girlfriend's somewhat over-protective father that his precious daughter was currently being treated in the emergency room at the local hospital :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. I don't think that the '69 Escort was ever imported to the US. It was a replacement for the Ford Anglia and had a cast iron "Kent" motor, same as the Cortina, pushrod Pinto, and same base as Formula Ford and a bunch of Lotuses of the time. I think that you're thinking of the later front wheel drive Escort rather than the rear wheel drive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(Europe) Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. I don't think plastic radiators had come into usage by then. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote: That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. Hope you get yours fixed, too, John in Brisbane John -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote: That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. Hope you get yours fixed, too, John in Brisbane John -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Automotive fun I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, the mystery water loss on my Subaru. I finally gave up and ordered the $300 worth of parts to do the headgasket replacement that I tried to save money on when I put the motor in the car. Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the cooling jacket which explained both the water loss and the lack of other typical blown headgasket symptoms. I was all set to put the new headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really ought to take the heads into the machine shop to be checked out. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098 Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van won't start. Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the throttle body, the van starts up, runs fine and I head into Santa Cruz. I get about another two miles further on, and the van breaks down for real. This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the van. I paid the registration online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog a vehicle that won't start. The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, in the gas tank. The full 35 gallon fuel tank that has to be removed to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my mechanic to do the job, but that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get to work without a running vehicle. The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing else goes wrong, it should be running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now pretty damned good at assembling Subaru cylinder heads. I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis in our lives. I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let me finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me. In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks that Debbi, the friend who is taking care of her and pretty much giving her a place to live so she doesn't have to be in a home, is trying to kill her. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Not advanced enough? > On 10 August 2018 at 01:06 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Ah, but it didn’t inject any spark into his life. > > > On Aug 9, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > > >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby > >> You dirty bugger. > > > > It was exhausting but he had manifold reasons to do it. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > > - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" > > Subject: Re: Automotive fun > > > > > >> On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby > >> You dirty bugger. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. Hope you get yours fixed, too, John in Brisbane John -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Automotive fun I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, the mystery water loss on my Subaru. I finally gave up and ordered the $300 worth of parts to do the headgasket replacement that I tried to save money on when I put the motor in the car. Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the cooling jacket which explained both the water loss and the lack of other typical blown headgasket symptoms. I was all set to put the new headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really ought to take the heads into the machine shop to be checked out. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098 Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van won't start. Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the throttle body, the van starts up, runs fine and I head into Santa Cruz. I get about another two miles further on, and the van breaks down for real. This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the van. I paid the registration online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog a vehicle that won't start. The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, in the gas tank. The full 35 gallon fuel tank that has to be removed to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my mechanic to do the job, but that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get to work without a running vehicle. The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing else goes wrong, it should be running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now pretty damned good at assembling Subaru cylinder heads. I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis in our lives. I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let me finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me. In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks that Debbi, the friend who is taking care of her and pretty much giving her a place to live so she doesn't have to be in a home, is trying to kill her. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Possibly his intake was too rich. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" Subject: Re: Automotive fun Ah, but it didn’t inject any spark into his life. On Aug 9, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby You dirty bugger. It was exhausting but he had manifold reasons to do it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" Subject: Re: Automotive fun On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby You dirty bugger. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Ah, but it didn’t inject any spark into his life. > On Aug 9, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby >> You dirty bugger. > > It was exhausting but he had manifold reasons to do it. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message ----- From: "Steve Cottrell" > Subject: Re: Automotive fun > > >> On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby >> You dirty bugger. >> -- >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and >> || (O) |Live Broadcast News >> -- >> _ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Automotive fun
Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby You dirty bugger. It was exhausting but he had manifold reasons to do it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" Subject: Re: Automotive fun On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby You dirty bugger. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis in >our lives. I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let me >finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me. Amen. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Automotive fun
On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby You dirty bugger. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Automotive fun
> On 09 August 2018 at 10:00 Larry Colen wrote: > > > I > won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday > that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now > pretty damned good at assembling Subaru cylinder heads. You are not alone. I've spent nearly three weeks helping somone who did major work on his car's head and then couldn't get it to do more than fire a few times and then die. We went logically through everything that it could be and came up blank. It was only by chance that I mentioned something that caused retrieval of the memory of the rags he had stuffed into the inlet ports when the manifold was off - and forgotten to remove before replacement of the manifold. Luckily, nothing had been irretrievably ingested. That would be my luck. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
