Okay, for those that don't know, I drive a 1970 Jeep Gladiator pickup to and from the train station. She ain't pretty, but she's **** near unstoppable, and as far as I can tell everything on here is original (including the shock that fell of last fall) except the muffler.
So I'm driving home last night. I'm in no rush, doing about 35. All of a sudden the god aweful racket starts. First thing that goes through my mind is exhaust manifold as I suddenly sould like a cessna trying to take off (fortunately I didn't lose power so I knew it wasn't the engine falling apart).
So I make my noisy way home. grab LOML and a flashlike and go out to survey the damage. crawl under and can't find any obvious leaks (could it be the gasket is blown all the way???). I so go to look topside (thank god it's an old truck and I can see the bottom from the top, try that on a honda). Look down and....... nothing...... the sound doesn't even seem to be coming from down there. So I look upwards a bit and low and behold....... there is a sparkpllug completely out of the block. Screwed that puppy back in (after checking the threads and the burn pattern on it) and tried again. She's growling like a tiger again.
1970 Jeep Gladiator .................................................. .......$600
New tires .................................................. .....................$450
Having your blow manifold turn out to be a loose spark plug.... priceless
So I'm driving home last night. I'm in no rush, doing about 35. All of a sudden the god aweful racket starts. First thing that goes through my mind is exhaust manifold as I suddenly sould like a cessna trying to take off (fortunately I didn't lose power so I knew it wasn't the engine falling apart).
So I make my noisy way home. grab LOML and a flashlike and go out to survey the damage. crawl under and can't find any obvious leaks (could it be the gasket is blown all the way???). I so go to look topside (thank god it's an old truck and I can see the bottom from the top, try that on a honda). Look down and....... nothing...... the sound doesn't even seem to be coming from down there. So I look upwards a bit and low and behold....... there is a sparkpllug completely out of the block. Screwed that puppy back in (after checking the threads and the burn pattern on it) and tried again. She's growling like a tiger again.
1970 Jeep Gladiator .................................................. .......$600
New tires .................................................. .....................$450
Having your blow manifold turn out to be a loose spark plug.... priceless
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