Was this the beginning or the end of the earrings, etc. that you described a
while back?

Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: Yum, yum...(what a motor says when eating a rod)

> First motor I ever rebuilt was in my 1970 Porsche 914.
>
> Being a dork, and only 18, I accidentally left out a crankshaft bearing
> dowel pin. 30k later, I was running 105 mph on US 264 between Wilson and
> Greenville, NC, and about 10 minutes into my little jaunt, all hell
> broke loose in the motor, and the oil light came on.
>
> The bearing floated out of its saddle and the ensuing debris created
> bending and breaking mayhem in the crankcase. A real mess of many
> things.
>
> I feel your pain. It smelled bad. I leaked oil everywhere. JB Weld
> wouldn't fix it. A new motor was the answer. Tomorrow is another day.
> Tonight, let it be Michelob.
>
> Pax--
>
> G. Matthew Bulley
> Mount Olive, NC
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of Brian T.
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:51 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Yum, yum...(what a motor says when eating a rod)
>
> Hi,
>
> I am rather dejected and need some moral support &
> direction.  Number 3 rod turned into a snack for the
> crank and was burped out the top of the case last
> night on my way home.  With this lovely new "see
> through" feature things don't seem to run so well
> (minimizing, I'm in denial).
>
> I have one shop close enough to tow to and they only
> deal in VOA motors... I don't have the
> time/tools/experience to do anything else but this
> option.  Is all lost, am I going to lose all my sanity
> and then some?
>
> Any words of wisdom or consolation in my now WAY
> overpriced Westy would be great.
>
> Running with scissors,
> Brian
>
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