Event Coverage No taking my car to the Pileup!

So my car just developed a lower-end knock,no driving my car to the Pileup for me this year! This week just keeps getting ****pier and ****pier....

 

A little knock never killed anyone get a new motor when u get home.

 

You don`t know me very well......

 

that ****s. maybe it's not to serious. lets hope.

 

bummer, hope you decide to show in your daily

 

Jim, atleast now you dont have to worry about what oil to put in it. Seriously, why not put a bit heavier oil in the flatty and take side roads to Morris? My grandfather drove his 35 from Chicago to Florida with a cracked block in the 40's. Grandma said they had to make sure a creek or river was close by so they could get water when needed. Never let a little motor trouble stop you from having a good time!! Who knows, maybe someone else will be taking it home! Mike

 

Dump a little "motor honey" in it and drive!!! Stu

 

Yeah, get yer AAA card out and a few quarts of 50wt and you're on the road!

 

Don`t want to chance making it worse. I was going to drive it from my sister`s in Minooka,but like I said...don`t want to start it unless i have to now.

 

AHHHHHHH....now the engine is quiet again...WTF????????

 

Hmmm could be a lot of things. Have you changed the oil in it, how does it look?

 

trailer it..........just kidden

are you sure its not the timing, just went through this on a sbc not a flatty, i had a friggin loud rattling noise when i puched it, figured it out last night with a little advice from R Cole on here....now its gone

 

Make sure the pickup screen isnt pickup **** in the oil pan.

 

just drive it wimp! hell, im not sure how are cars gonna make it, but were goin anyway!

ohh, did i mention its the wifes 08 kia sportage????

 

Ford......FE?Fuel pump knockin'?Pull plug wires one at the time should the knock return,and it will if it's serious,that will help isolate the cylinder.

 

DRIVE IT JIM. Get up early, chug on out and chug on home. If it takes a ****, i'll give ya a ride home, i've got plenty of room. Mike

 

It ended up being a timing issue. The previous owner failed to tell me that the distributor is froze and not able to adjust the timing,and when I hooked the vacuum to the distributor it advanced it too far.

 

See a simple fix. David and I are leaving at about 4 AM to meet the guys for breakfast at R Place. We are going to run 55 to 80 , i dont know if that little flatty will be able to keep up but if you want to go that early , let me know. I'm gonna see if 1lowtrk wants to go early too. Mike

 

I`m cheating a lil bit....

I`m trailering it to my sister`s house in Minooka and driving from there.

 

Trailer it early and meet us for breakfast. Its the first anniversary of the SW CHICAGO HAMB AND EGGERS. (well close enuf !!!) Mike

 

So, is it an FE engine?I think even more so when you said frozen distributor.I had to put an engine hoist to one and let it sit to free up!

 

Who said anything about an FE??? itsa flathead

 

Mitch...where is this place you guys are meeting for breakfast? and what time?

 

Thats the place to the right, just off 80, on the fairground side.... I think.

Someone said 5 am? I'll be there, but damn 5???

Has anyone warned the place we are coming??

 

I did......twice.........could not read your mind from this far away!

 

**** , 5 AM aint early. Dont you know that a good nites sleep is highly overated ??? Just think about the greazzy eggs and bacon that you will eat and then have to **** out in a nasty old porta jon !!! Thats worth getting up early for aint it ??? Mike