Someone parked their car outside my work yesterday and couldn't get it going. Today they came back and I helped them get it started (jumped it). Battery is bad, best I can tell without any tools or equipment with me.

The most noticeable thing was a BAD rattle I noticed right away, coming from the supercharged 3800 Series II motor in there. At first I thought it might be coming from the supercharger, but closer inspection makes me think it may be the harmonic balancer. Car stalls frequently according to the owner.

The women made a not so joking comment about leaving the keys in the car in the hopes that it will get stolen.

- question 1 - The rattle is really loud and seems to go away on hard acceleration in nuetral. Can anyone tell me if that sounds like the harmonic balancer or not?

- question 2 - should I see if that woman wants to sell it to me for a token amount as a fix and sell project? Opinions?

Oh, and I wasn't sure if this topic went in here or in the Lounge, so if it needs to be moved, please do so.

i would think that it would not be that hard to Fix your self Mike....Maybe a FL Meet project...free and or cheap cars that are boosted are the way to go....

hell just take it and swap it to your car

Sounds like the balancer to me...

That'* the first thing that came to mind after reading about the problems some of you guys had with the balancer.

And Pat, I'm actually entertaining the idea...until Liz finds out and kicks my ask, lol.

I just made the contact to let her know that there might be some interest in it, if she'* really just wanting to let it go for cheap. Now I wait and see...

Agree with the others on all of it. Balancer maybe took out the crank sensor. And, yeah, pick that bad boy up cheap if you can; tell the wife you got it for her.

LOL! Funny you should say that....that was my plan, if it'* possible...