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Old 03-08-2011, 12:27 AM
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My day started by my dad and i going down to the resturaunt for breakfeast we got there and his van is leaking coolant(96 town n country) **** ok go in eat breakfeast take it around the corner to his buddy sammy to fix it(bad waster pump) ok so we borrow my uncles dodge magnum(tiny *** car) to come home n get bubba......I get going on back to town..left before my dad i got about a mile out of town stopped and got two teas and got going again got to about 50 mph steady and heard a BANG then alot of clunking.........F@&# a rod bearing let go......Stop put him in park rev it..no noises hmmmmm.....Broken TC bolts...Nope...Well wtf oh looky here a nice quarter size hole in my rear end with my fluid pouring out......GREAAAATTTT....Drove him 2 miles home going 10 mph with my Dad behind me in the magnum so bubba is now parked in front of the barn in need of a new rear end.....So i get to go to the yard and pull one in the morning....Tis okay nows a good time to do my lift kit and new shocks...Im trying not to be pissed but its not working oh well stuff happens this is one of those days where i just want to put all i own together and do this:>>>
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What the heck did you hit that knocked a hole in your rear end? You know, that just don't sound right.
Old 03-08-2011, 12:37 AM
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I heard a clunk the other day and i think i lost a tooth and it finally broke through the housing i have not torn into it yet to find out but i will tomorrow and ohhhh yees there will be pics
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Old 03-08-2011, 12:43 AM
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Got me curious. Usually that would just send i to the bottom of the case unless you really laid some torque out to pierce the case. Looks like a good might to hit you with some better news. So hows you and Dad gettin along.
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wellllllll when the rear end blew i kinda ''cleared him out'' aka 4k WOT pull oops payin for it now this is why i never go over 3k
Old 03-08-2011, 01:12 AM
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lol here we go.....[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axbUCR1nKRA[/YT]








OH and on a side note...I knew that damn stock gm 8.8 wouldnt hold up to the 383 long....
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..Just to clarify i do not beat on him just clear him out once in a while and this is the first in quite some time..Lets see motor done up at 190 hes at 249500 so almost 70k miles on that rear with a stroker and 250k on a rear end is a bit so yeah im just yeah idk
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Wow, sounds pretty bad. Hope you get that fixed easily. Looking forward to the pictures.
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Yeah i guess i will have to do a How to replace a rear end write up lol


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