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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3150 on: April 07, 2011, 02:57:30 PM »
Quote from: SHiNY on April 07, 2011, 02:53:04 PM
KENNY? What have you been eating????


Sorry guys. Shouldn't have had those burritos for lunch :)
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3151 on: April 07, 2011, 03:01:16 PM »
Quote from: Kenny on April 07, 2011, 02:57:30 PM
Sorry guys. Shouldn't have had those burritos for lunch :)

Is that where my donkey wandered off to.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3152 on: April 07, 2011, 03:03:55 PM »
He said BURRITOS.... NOT BURROS...  ass.  donkey.  mule.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3153 on: April 07, 2011, 03:14:28 PM »
Keep us updated Mel, what are you at now 110k?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3154 on: April 07, 2011, 03:22:16 PM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 07, 2011, 03:14:28 PM
Keep us updated Mel, what are you at now 110k?

Yes, sorry, didn't mean to take away from your post but I couldn't resist harassing Kenny.

I hope everything goes well at the dealership.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3155 on: April 07, 2011, 03:24:38 PM »
Smelly, sweet smelly like anti-freeze?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3156 on: April 07, 2011, 04:25:48 PM »
Jimmy, hang in there and remember those grins you had when you first got that supercharger last year.

Aspenrose, sorry to hear it.  Hope it is at the less expensive end of things.

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3157 on: April 07, 2011, 04:45:09 PM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 07, 2011, 03:14:28 PM
Keep us updated Mel, what are you at now 110k?

102k, have heard nothing, but I'm assuming it's the head gasket. anything less will be a pleasant surprise.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3158 on: April 07, 2011, 04:53:05 PM »
Quote from: DeepBlueGXP on April 07, 2011, 12:56:05 PM
Be patient some more, once it is back together, the fun will return. 

Jimmy I can vouch for that. When my Kappa was kaput for most of last summer I really got fed up with it, but once it was fixed I started to enjoy having the car again. It's just incredibly frustrating making a payment on something that doesn't work.

Now, if something craps out a second time I may feel differently about all this...
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3159 on: April 07, 2011, 05:57:51 PM »
Aspenrose, keep us updated. i really wish it is something minor!
best of luck!
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3160 on: April 07, 2011, 08:24:11 PM »
I remember all the mustang talk last summer
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3161 on: April 07, 2011, 09:37:40 PM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 07, 2011, 08:24:11 PM
I remember all the mustang talk last summer

And it's still in the back of my mind calling to me...get a nice '94 5.0...heads, cam, exhaust, shocks and springs... :drool:

Helping out on a friend's foxbody a week ago didn't help. Old cars are just so much more friendly towards oldschool mechanical know-how. No cranky computers, no emissions system, just a car. I love my Sky but I'd enjoy is so much more if it wasn't so complex.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3162 on: April 07, 2011, 09:53:25 PM »
JB: you will be back on the road in no time... I can still remember that first ride in the SUPERCOUPE!!! You and Critter are the reason I want one!

Apenrose: sorry to hear about Kenny. I hope he is ok and nothing more than a little issue. Please keep us posted on his status.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3163 on: April 07, 2011, 10:17:55 PM »
Transferred the ALABAMA handicapped hang tag to SLY  :yay:

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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3164 on: April 08, 2011, 08:22:13 AM »
Quote from: Aspenrose on April 07, 2011, 04:45:09 PM
102k, have heard nothing, but I'm assuming it's the head gasket. anything less will be a pleasant surprise.

Did it overheat?  How is your oil?   Does the smoke smell like radiator fluid?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3165 on: April 08, 2011, 09:25:40 AM »
Quote from: DeepBlueGXP on April 08, 2011, 08:22:13 AM
Did it overheat?  How is your oil?   Does the smoke smell like radiator fluid?

Didn't think to check the temp, didn't stop to check the oil. Did not pass go, went directly to Jail..no, wait, that would be the dealer.
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The stink was bad enough, combined with the cumulus cloud hovering behind me, that I said to myself..."Houston we have a problem"...and, although I tried to blame the burning car smell on someone else in the vicinity at the stop light(s), it followed me at every stop from the first whiff to the dealer, and into the service bay.. and there wasn't a 1980  chrysler or honda or toyota within a mile of me..... :( peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3166 on: April 08, 2011, 09:28:28 AM »
Quote from: Her ladyship, Queen of the Ball Aspenrose on April 08, 2011, 09:25:40 AM
Didn't think to check the temp, didn't stop to check the oil. Did not pass go, went directly to Jail..no, wait, that would be the dealer. :idk: :gaah:

Isn't that the same thing?
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3167 on: April 08, 2011, 09:32:47 AM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 08, 2011, 09:28:28 AM
Isn't that the same thing?


Pretty much!! As I did the quick and dealer dirty math, a maybe $80 job to replace a bad O2 sensor last year ended up costing me over $800. That's what scares the cr@p outta me as I wait....but I'm stopping by lock up to see if it's visiting hours at the jail..and see when I may be able to post bail  :D
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3168 on: April 08, 2011, 09:38:46 AM »
If it overheated and blew the headgasket it is probably warped and will need machining.  I'm afraid it won't be cheap.  Have you had to replace the water pump?  If not you might want to bite the bullet and do that at the same time.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3169 on: April 08, 2011, 09:43:15 AM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 08, 2011, 09:38:46 AM
If it overheated and blew the headgasket it is probably warped and will need machining.  I'm afraid it won't be cheap.  Have you had to replace the water pump?  If not you might want to bite the bullet and do that at the same time.
I've never had it overheat, highest temps I've ever seen was a 225, and that was back in 07 or 08. Yea, as long as they're in there, I'm going to have them do the water pump.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3170 on: April 08, 2011, 10:24:13 AM »
Quote from: Critterman on April 08, 2011, 09:38:46 AM
If it overheated and blew the headgasket it is probably warped and will need machining.  I'm afraid it won't be cheap.  Have you had to replace the water pump?  If not you might want to bite the bullet and do that at the same time.

Really broad assumption and statement.

All deserve a close inspection.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3171 on: April 08, 2011, 10:43:05 AM »
Hope you get him back soon Melanie and hope it doesn't cost to much to get it there.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3172 on: April 08, 2011, 10:44:24 AM »
Quote from: Sly Bob on April 08, 2011, 10:43:05 AM
Hope you get him back soon Melanie and hope it doesn't cost to much to get it there.
I'll know shortly, heading into work ASAP, and swinging by to get info....
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3173 on: April 08, 2011, 11:11:05 AM »
Quote from: Aspenrose on April 08, 2011, 10:44:24 AM
I'll know shortly, heading into work ASAP, and swinging by to get info....

Hope you have good news.
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Re: What did you do to your Kappa today!
« Reply #3174 on: April 08, 2011, 11:32:49 AM »
Just got 'the' call, before I could even get there. Head gasket, so off with the head, fixing the broken stud, and off with the front timing cover to replace the gasket, and while they're poking about in there, they will replace the water pump.

Approx $2600 and change, unless they discover unseen damage. Apparently being a convert, and nice enough for top down, saved my @ss on this one. Should have him back by late Wed, or Thursday. and, praise the Gas Gods, they're giving me a loaner, so Bubba T Bus doesn't bankrupt me  :yay:
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