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Old 06-17-2011, 08:04 PM
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someone mentioned that to me but the car is 35 miles away so i cant just go out and check it, ill have to ask them to go out and see for me, they know absolutely NOTHING about cars lol
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Old 06-17-2011, 09:52 PM
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Sounds like maybe the timing belt jumped especially if it quit while driving. The belt will usually break or jump when you let off the throttle and then accelerate. Ask your friend if this was the case.
Does the engine spin over faster than normal while cranking?
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Old 06-17-2011, 09:57 PM
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a light fell off my roll bar..the tab i welded on was a temp dinky one and it didnt last..the weld didnt break the tab its self did oh well ill weld a new one on tomorrow..All the more reason to pull the roll bar out and paint it blue
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Old 06-17-2011, 10:25 PM
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Hmmm, IS blue paint stronger? I know red is faster!.... It'* simple physics.
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Old 06-17-2011, 10:29 PM
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LOL must be! idk im workin on tryn to shop a pic up right now of it blue and see how i like it LOl
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Old 06-17-2011, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by flyballdog
Sounds like maybe the timing belt jumped especially if it quit while driving. The belt will usually break or jump when you let off the throttle and then accelerate. Ask your friend if this was the case.
Does the engine spin over faster than normal while cranking?

she says it just quit on her on the highway, she doesnt know a lick about cars considering she bought this piece.. she put her trust in her grandfather which was obviously a bad choice.

From what I understand she was on the highway and it quit accelerating, and wouldnt start, they changed the battery and now it turns over but wont start, somethings not catching because its like it gets ready to start and you get all excited thinking its going to then in a split second it shuts off. I can compare it to like say you're driving an automatic and you know when its going to shift you can feel it.. but then it doesnt. lol
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Originally Posted by GXP Venom
Hmmm, IS blue paint stronger? I know red is faster!.... It'* simple physics.

i know blue and green paint must be twice as expensive when your buying a tractor or tractor parts
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Old 06-18-2011, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by GXP Venom
Hmmm, IS blue paint stronger? I know red is faster!.... It'* simple physics.
Blue paint will help his engine run cooler.
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Old 06-18-2011, 09:09 AM
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If the car wants to start, but doesn't, then it'* fuel. Either the fuel filter is all plugged up, she'* out of gas, or the fuel pump is dead/dying.
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Got done cleaning up from a gen v swap!
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