[tcb] Re: The eskimo bus has been hit
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 13:34:46 -0500
Oh my God!
Trey, you wouldn't just have head problems if you would have run the
engine, but probably piston, head, valves, etc.
Good thing you stopped when you did!
Will Wood wrote:
> Uhm, you helicoil the head with the engine pulled and the head removed.
>
> Otherwise you'll have aluminum schards in the cylinder.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trey Jung
> Sent: May 22, 2008 1:15 PM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: The eskimo bus has been hit
>
> Sorry to hear that... I was almost home from the monument show
> when I heard a loud bam in my engine compartment, turned the
> motor off and went to investigate. #2 spark plug popped out.. well
> I borrowed a tool to tap the hole for an insert and (after an
> hour) I think I messed up the head now.... Plug goes in but it's
> loose (insert must not have seated I guess)
>
> So, I am here thinking about the weekend and pondering what to do?
> I guess I need to pull the engine and have someone look at it..
>
> Note to TCB'ers.. Don't let me work on my own engine :) .... I can
> change the oil, grease the frontend and tune the engine but it
> stops there..
>
> Need to host some kind of pulling the engine party and see what
> the heck I did to the head.
>
> Trey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Eskimeaux <mailto:cajun-eskimo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* Texas Coalition of busses <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:11 PM
> *Subject:* [tcb] The eskimo bus has been hit
>
> Just drove 7 miles to Mark and Em house to borrow some tow
> lights for the bus to tow it to the Spring for a weekend of
> fun. Half way back sitting at a stop sign, waiting my turn to
> go and a drunk driver smashes into the front drivers side of
> the bus! I get out look at the damage he doesn't move then I
> see him trying to back up but someone is behind him blocking
> him, I step in front of his truck asking him repeatedly asking
> him to off his truck and he looks at me with drunken
> confusion, three minutes I stand in front of his truck asking
> him to turn it off then he puts it in drive and begins to roll
> towards me. I jump out of the way and some cars behind me at
> the stop sign swerve in front of him to stop him and he goes
> into the ditch hit a 45 MPH speed sign and keeps flying down
> the road. Two witnesses stayed one a pi and the other a
> undercover officer, the undercover agent try to chase him but
> he gets away. Turns out the guy has already had 2 DUI's (well
> informed tow truck driver that knows the officer) and the
> police know him. Couldn't drive the bus as the fender, wheel
> well bent into the front drivers side tire. Tow truck home 80
> bucks, still amped up on adrenalin and already wondering where
> to take the bus to have it fixed. I didn't want to try and
> pull him out of the truck (ford f 150 red) as he was clearly
> wasted and much bigger then my lean athletic frame small humor
> is a moment of sadness, and once I saw in his eyes he was
> going to drive over me I jumped. This is so not good! OK
> that's my sad story. We have talked about insurance on here so
> I will let everyone know how Hagerty full coverage with a
> Agreed value of 20 k works out.
>
> Guy's where should I take my deluxe 1966 type II too?
>
> He was turning right onto the road I was on swung way wide and
> his drivers front end hit my drivers front end.
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> Didn't have a camera to take pictures at the seen but soon I
> will have lots of pictures of the damage
>
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> /Bummed out Cajun Eskimo AKA Christopher Dirksen /
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