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520Talon · 03-15-2004

I wish I only had your problem. One motor with one weekend on it, junk. One tranny with fresh rebuild, also one weekend on it, hole throught he side and damage from all the fluid leaking out of said hole, not quite junk, but close. Three flat tires leaving only three good, sucks. Head and exahust mani, possible turbo, loaded up with shinny lead deposits from bad gas also from same weekend, need intensive cleaning invoving scrubbing.

So a broken alternator belt? Takes longer to get to the part store than replace. Check to make sure it didn't break because of a separating harmonic balancer. Symtoms usually involve all of the belts breaking though.

Mani to turbo bolt? Did you make sure the treads are clean? I don't know what to do other than clean them and maybe add some heat.

Moral is don't get pissed, just look at it as an other oppertunity to learn abou the cars you love and think about all the time you will save in the future because you've done it before and is easy now. Before you know it you will be swapping motors with leathermans in hotel parking lots for fun. I think there are a couple of members here who can already do it. I'll let them claim that themselves.

P.S. If you want to be pissed, drive behind a semi that drops its load in front of you causing damage to your car. ~$700-1000. Not your fault at all, then you can be pissed. (details on other thread)

03-15-2004	#2
520Talon Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 350	I wish I only had your problem. One motor with one weekend on it, junk. One tranny with fresh rebuild, also one weekend on it, hole throught he side and damage from all the fluid leaking out of said hole, not quite junk, but close. Three flat tires leaving only three good, sucks. Head and exahust mani, possible turbo, loaded up with shinny lead deposits from bad gas also from same weekend, need intensive cleaning invoving scrubbing. So a broken alternator belt? Takes longer to get to the part store than replace. Check to make sure it didn't break because of a separating harmonic balancer. Symtoms usually involve all of the belts breaking though. Mani to turbo bolt? Did you make sure the treads are clean? I don't know what to do other than clean them and maybe add some heat. Moral is don't get pissed, just look at it as an other oppertunity to learn abou the cars you love and think about all the time you will save in the future because you've done it before and is easy now. Before you know it you will be swapping motors with leathermans in hotel parking lots for fun. I think there are a couple of members here who can already do it. I'll let them claim that themselves. P.S. If you want to be pissed, drive behind a semi that drops its load in front of you causing damage to your car. ~$700-1000. Not your fault at all, then you can be pissed. (details on other thread)