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The wrist pin has no grooving or overheating discoloration. The only discoloration is the brownish color that everything has on it from age. The wrist pin feels super smooth, like it was recently polished.
This is the wrist pin and the mangled bearing:
I think the failure started at the big end of the rod at the crank. Then the rod was flailing around punching out pieces of block until finally the wrist pin broke loose at the piston. Just a guess.
If I had been driving instead of my daughter, I may have noticed some clues before failure happened, like the oil pressure light might have been on momentarily just before the big bang.
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Steve
I agree about the thought of the "Big End" lighting this explosion.. Wrist pin just gets oil splash, so it would look ok. The rod bearing deprived of oil even only momentarily could wipe out the bearing & no stopping after that. Maybe an oil pump glitch ?
Originally Posted by Lonwane
Changed out the horn assembly on Toughie today.
One of the horns on the last set died.
Now she's loud. 450db and 350db horn set installed.
Cool, I have 3 Caddy horns under my fender, they are loud & produce a sweet chord.
Today just a quick run to the hardware store to pick up a drill saw, a small rotor blade that fits into the chuck of a drill to reach down into the shower drain pipe to cut it to proper length to install the 2” pipe drain coupler
I then installed the shower pan, connected the water feed lines and tested the PEX lines, no leaks! I installed the insulation and vapour barrier along the lower 18”s of the outer wall, and my friend, offered to come over tomorrow at 9:00 am to hang the drywall, seems he likes to trade my time while I changed his coolant and rad hoses and his shock absorbers, his front and rear brakes, spark plugs and wiper blades. Sounds like a fair trade.
I found a company selling them on eBay named Antique Ceilings. They are 20" x 20".for $4.00 a square with free shipping. I only need 18 tiles. They are styrofoam. The company has impeccable feedback for 15 years. So it can't be too bad.
These arrived today...I am pretty pleased how they look.
I may install them myself. and his son can be a little rough with home improvement stuff. Since these are basically Styrofoam I think I can do this easily.
These arrived today...I am pretty pleased how they look.
I may install them myself. and his son can be a little rough with home improvement stuff. Since these are basically Styrofoam I think I can do this easily.
Very nice tiles. I always love the Tin Ceiling look.
Put the New Tires on today, They are MASTER CRAFT/COOPER Touring tires !
They Handled very well even though the garage put in 40PSI :O. Let it sit for 4 hours and adjusted the PSI to 30 per spec, I did set to 32 PSI.And WOW a even better ride lol So will see how close to the 60k warranty I'll get :)
And WHY is iit no matter what shop you go to they all over fill the tires :O
Hope you all have a good day
Put the New Tires on today, They are MASTER CRAFT/COOPER Touring tires !
They Handled very well even though the garage put in 40PSI :O. Let it sit for 4 hours and adjusted the PSI to 30 per spec, And WOW a even better ride lol So will see how close to the 60k warranty I'll get :) And WHY is iit no matter what shop you go to they all over fill the tires :O
Hope you all have a good day
Stay Safe
Hmm. May not have been overfilled. Did you check the pressure ratings on the new tires ? Seen a lot of newer tires that run a higher psi than some older tires.
Style and design call for higher pressures on some.
Last set of tires I got were Coopers for my Dodge. Psi max rating is 51. The old Michelin LTX's I had (same size) were 35 psi max.
I run the Coopers at 40 psi for a better ride.
These arrived today...I am pretty pleased how they look.
I may install them myself. and his son can be a little rough with home improvement stuff. Since these are basically Styrofoam I think I can do this easily.
About 6 or 7 years ago I installed these in our kitchen:
They are plastic panels about 2' x 4'.
The key to putting them up is to use the right adhesive. I used Loctite Power Grab adhesive (latex) that came in a caulk tube from Home Depot. Some adhesives will soften or attack plastics. You also want one that has enough initial tack to keep it up as soon as you push it into the bead.
and his son can be a little rough with home improvement stuff. Since these are basically Styrofoam I think I can do this easily.
