And POOF, She Was Gone
Oh yea, that is the bug being towed by the Vibe. Was not a good day Saturday for the bug. We were about a mile from the top of the pass when "pop". That was all there was. Pulled out the tow bar and hooked it to the Vibe, which pulled it like it was not there, and off we went. Got to Den's place about 830 am. The rest of the pictures speak for themselves.
Take a look at the piston. It was not getting enough oil for some reason and "smack" that was it. I knew the little car never had any power but I would not have thought this was going to happen. The little engine had a bad ping anytime I gave it much throttle, while trying to climb the smallest grade since we left Florence with it. I trried to be as easy as I could and keep the ping down, but that was pretty much impposible most of the time. All of the other 3 pistons look like new but the bottom of this one showed that it was heating up before the valve and piston collided.
Oh well, That's just one of those things. We had planned a rel close inspection to make sure we got everything that was wrong with it fixed up good. Never expected to be pulling an engine. Never got a chance to look at the brake and steering problems, ha. Oh well, we will be in Oregon for a while so it will be fixed up before we leave. After seeing what had happened we were afraid to rebuild this case so off to the engine shop we went. The last picture shows what we came home with. At 6 pm we realized that we were missing two parts so we quit. Maybe one day in the next couple weeks we can continue on and get the new engine running and off we will go.
As I prepare this we are driving over to Irrigon, Or. to visit Teri's dad and step mother. Her step mother is very ill and we would appreciate your prayers. It is not looking good for her right now.
So, see, when I ask you to come on back and see what kind of excitement we have, I mean it. We get into some scrapes sometimes.
Been busy for several hours and have not had time to check my email since Friday. Will try to do that tonight. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of your weekend. We will catch up with you later. I need to pay attention to Teri's driving right now as we are approaching The Dalles
Dan
posted by Dan & Teri Gregg @ 2:03 PM
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