chit chat thread

[jc43089]

V8 people! check your oil pump bolts, I dropped the pan on the m60 I am working on and one bolt was in the pan and the other 10 were only finger tight, crazy.  It is a 93 with 123k on the odometer.  I removed the pump and cleaned the holes and used blue loctite so they don't loosen again.  It is an easy job but messy.  The bolts that loosen are actually the bolts that hold the two halves of the housing together.

[Jeff]

Sounds like a long project to check the bolt

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[jc43089]

The v8's have a 2 piece oil pan, the lower part is easy to remove, it took about 2 hours. Lots easier than replacing/rebuilding an engine from lost oil pressure.

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[patsbimmer1]

I visited Hunter Engineering today and got to see some awesome new equipment as well as a few million dollars worth of the chairmans car collection.  This consisted of 3 300sl's including a gullwing, jaguar e type convertible, an Isetta, Bentley speed 6 prepped for racing with a few mille miglias under it's belt, pre 1940's Rolls, lincolns, Cadillacs, Dusenbergs and Fords.  My head was on a swivel the whole time and the best part is these are all driven frequently!

[B C]

Hunter does alignment racks, right?

[patsbimmer1]

Alignment racks, tire changers, balancers as well as other technology like a pad that measure tread depth when you drive in, racks that measure weight transfer when you stop on them, etc.

[Ryan...]

So, the Ducati is gone... Now I'm picking up my brother's old Jeep Cherokee to be my winter car/DD, and I'm trading the Escape (hopefully) for an R6 track bike or a clean 99 R1. #winning

[wasnt m3]

Like I was saying earlier...you were bullshitting about not having enough space for 2 cars and 2 bikes you goof.

[Ryan...]

Well, a track bike would have to go stay at my mom's place, which is conveniently only 20 minutes north of Road America. Logistically it would make sense to use that as my Race Weekend Base of Operations

[HipMF]

Work is so boring... Can't believe there's still 4 hours to go ;_;

[HipMF]

double-dry-hand-facepalm

[B C]

Hahaha! Great posts mike

[Ryan...]

"mike" is an odd way to pronounce HipMF..... You been drinkin again Snap?

[Bassboy3313]

Ryan... said:

So, the Ducati is gone... Now I'm picking up my brother's old Jeep Cherokee to be my winter car/DD, and I'm trading the Escape (hopefully) for an R6 track bike or a clean 99 R1. #winning

Ducati would have made a way better track bike, just sayin'

[Earl]

So #losing? 

In other news, I just booked a hotel room in Sister Bay for Memorial Weekend. Can't wait until that rolls around=)

[andyhundley]

Did anyone see the new update on realoem.com yet? Its a lot easier to use.

[GunMetalGrey]

I don't really see the difference, other than hyperlinks on part numbers that don't do much for me. 
I still prefer penskeparts for speed

[YoungCR]

More or less the same and still not mobile friendly

[wasnt m3]

If you're looking for speedy delivery of parts, don't bother buying anything for an air cooled 911...every time I need something it's at least a week and a half. Annoying.

[B C]

Guys, just letting you know that my car wont be done for the e30 picnic so you wont need to bring your cameras or cancel your karate classes that saturday