Headed for Iola, Wisc and engine didn't feel right, pulled over and after inspection noticed harmonic balancer is not spinning true, yet the outer ring of the balance is not loose. From my car experience harmonic balancers should spin true. Does anyone know something that I don't? I'm thinking we need to turn around and head home...
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Discretion is the better part of valor. I would limp it on home.
But I'm old enough not to need the excitement.
But I'm old enough not to need the excitement.
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I would head back, things don't usually get better without attention. Was looking through Eastern Surplus inventory online earlier today, if you need a balancer they have good used ones in stock for $125.. just FYI.
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Take care and have fun camping. My civi truck broke down leaving the Haspin Rally this summer and the cat and I camped out in the WalMart parking lot.
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If you've ever camped out in a Wal-Mart parking lot.......you may be a redneck.
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I used to sleep in walmart parking lots when I was doing hotshot work.
If you've ever camped out in a Wal-Mart parking lot.......you may be a redneck.
Some walmart parking lots are better than truck stops.
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There are always semis parked at out local Walmart.
ke5eua
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Lowes is a good spot too. Spent a cold winter night at a lowes once.
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The rubber has probably come apart. Gerrykan is right, a bad balancer can cause a crank to break and other bad things !
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Keep us updated on your progress home...Good Luck!
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good luck hope it all works out ok , glad to see you can adapt , overcome and still have fun!
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And you're a redneck gearhead if you've ever replaced a clutch in a parking lot....
If you've ever camped out in a Wal-Mart parking lot.......you may be a redneck.
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I did a thermostat in my F250 in -2 degrees at an Autozone parking lot. Guy thought I was crazy, had to do something truck would only get to 90 degrees running hard, 60 at idle.And you're a redneck gearhead if you've ever replaced a clutch in a parking lot....
That was the day I learned snow is not a good way to clean your hands, lol
Were all a little redneck in this hobby IMHO
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You are a redneck if you've had to help a friend start a clapped-out, fully loaded U-Haul truck by jumping the starter terminals with a big screwdriver.
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I painted a whole Jeep Cherokee with od green rattle cans in a truckstop parking lot in Commerce city Colorado... Seemed like a good place to do it.
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I only hope it was your jeep, lol
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And a deuce dogbone in a GL lot?