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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Sounds like a Chernobyl meltdown! WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Hah. So the whole fire extinguisher/restaurant incident was the same incident that killed the piston?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:58 AM
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yep....piston melts, big hole lets crankcase get pressurize, blows oil everywhere, high heat melts ac line, freon mixes with oil on turbo blanket and catches fire...
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 01:32 AM
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Soooo, any chance of getting a GoPro mounted under the hood this time............ You know, just in case......... Would be an EPIC vid for PT.net.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 02:14 AM
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Richard, you should mount one in the cylinder too. So we can see the damage being done first hand.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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Supportive bunch of fellas, arent ya?
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 11:19 AM
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Sounds like that was quite a bit-o-fun lol apparently this happened b4 I wandered onto the site.
Got the housing ordered, MAY be Monday (could still show up Friday) b4 it makes it, since it didn't get ordered until this morning...
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:43 PM
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Thats fine, I may end up not needing it actually, but still want it to satisfy my curiosity. And yes, the fire thing was back in January
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:46 PM
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I wasn't aware of the fire extinguisher incident...
everybody is poking fun at you for all the mishaps you've had, but I gotta give you props for not giving up.
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Old Oct 19, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by b4vwannabe
I wasn't aware of the fire extinguisher incident...
everybody is poking fun at you for all the mishaps you've had, but I gotta give you props for not giving up.
True....that many problems would have had me all burned out.
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