JGizmo
Well-Known Member
Is it safe to run/drive with the block broken beneath the starter?
Sounds good hahahaHmm, outta my range... I'd run it, after bolting up a starter and trying to jam/ jiggle/ wiggle it around... hey, that may make a neat song....
It bolted to the bell housingNot a slant guy but what did that ear bolt to?
I don't own the engine yet, but I've got an old blown up engine with the part still attachedDo you still have the broken part?
Have Ya driven in Tampa Bay area lately? It AINT safe to drive anywhere, in anything, short of a Sherman...To be honest, none of these 50 year old cars are safe to drive. Come to think of it, they weren’t very safe when new.
It's this bit of the block:Well it looks like a steel bracket that also goes to the bell? if so, I`d run it and just keep an eye on it.
To be honest, none of these 50 year old cars are safe to drive. Come to think of it, they weren’t very safe when new.
That's Definitely a crap way to run a Business, Much LESS an auto shop for, I'm thinking, a Higher End Stealership! Mist have been a warranty... what other kinda trash did they send out. That said, it's a Mopar, Dude! They are Ram Tough!A guy I used to work with was a BMW mechanic. He told me he broke off an ear from a transmission, the service manager told him to just bolt the trans up and send it on. Not hard to believe but really disgraceful.
I personally would not use it unless it was free or I had no other choice.
My jaw hit the floor when he told me the story. Service managers opinion... There were 5 other bolts holding it together. And yes at a BMW dealership.That's Definitely a crap way to run a Business, Much LESS an auto shop for, I'm thinking, a Higher End Stealership
Scumbags.... all day longMy jaw hit the floor when he told me the story. Service managers opinion... There were 5 other bolts holding it together. And yes at a BMW dealership.
Back in the mid-'70s I was a service writer for a Porsche dealer in Texas. I'm a 19 year old kid driving Turbo Carreras, 914-6s, and 911S was a common as a ham sandwich. Driving those cars on the afternoon - empty Texas interstate highways was a dream come true!That's Definitely a crap way to run a Business, Much LESS an auto shop for, I'm thinking, a Higher End Stealership! Mist have been a warranty... what other kinda trash did they send out. That said, it's a Mopar, Dude! They are Ram Tough!
Man, what a cool deal! I would have wanted Ya as my Personal Mechanic! Lol. Now, about the time I put a hot small block in a old Plymouth, that was supposed to be " primed" and ready for paint. Stabbed Her, doing 35, car jumped to 50 or so, Then, hood popped up, folded the hinges, and hood skin and Frame! busted the front glass, and generally sucked ***. . That's what happens when Ya trust hourly guys, working for the man. No offense to hourly guys that have Pride and Stand up to the Boss.Back in the mid-'70s I was a service writer for a Porsche dealer in Texas. I'm a 19 year old kid driving Turbo Carreras, 914-6s, and 911S was a common as a ham sandwich. Driving those cars on the afternoon - empty Texas interstate highways was a dream come true!
I was driving a customer's 911 Targa top that had come out of the alignment shop. I was accelerating through 90 looking for 110 on my favorite second story cloverleaf when the hood opened up! Hood hinges tore through the body to the windshield. Hood bent over the top of the windshield and broke out the Targa top. Glass in my lap, wind blowing everywhere and I can't see squat out what used to be the windshield.
Limped the car back to the dealership and the owner is dressing me down, telling me where I'm going to be after he is done with me. The owner of the 911 shows up and tells the owner of the dealership he doesn't want anyone in service driving his cars but me! The guy thinks I save his life cause he drives like a mad man and thinks he would of had the big one if he was behind the wheel.
Come to find out, before the front end alignment, the body shop had rebuilt the front end. They billed for a new front hood safety latch and actually hammered out and reused the old one.
Man, those were fun times!