Thought i would start a storytale for yas all..
Back on the 6th November a young .. good looking bloke .. who from here on we will call ... ummmm... ME
was heading to Hat Head Bike rally in the commy ute. Bike on the back . Vint van on the towball for acommodation ... the perfect getway combination... air cond.. power steer.. comfy seats.... cruise control...Norton on the back.. high and dry..
Comfy Vint Van accomodation with good sized beer fridge inside tagging along behind...
Bloody bewdy mate...
Waddya reckon kiddies.. arent i the lucky one ???
Then .. all of a sudden the F-upfairys got loose under the bonnet
Got to Karuah.. about 3/4 hour north of home.. Engine light came ....on motor started shaking??
and so did ME
Checked all vital fluids in the engine .. all good.
Managed to drive it home at around 60/70 KPH.
Hooked up box trailer with bike on behind 64 Panel van and drove to Hat Head in just under 4 hours.
Had a very enjoyable weekend... Coupla sandfly bites ..but that was far outweighed by the goodtimes had riding and socialising.
3 days later.....
Took commy under its own steam to Mechanic. At first thought was coil pack. further investigation..No compression on No: 4 ... bent valve or similar.
Cost to remove heads / replace timing chain while in there, recond the heads , gasket set and reassemble...$5000.
... this became known as original engine #1...So.. i search the net and got a replacement engine.from Wreckers. referred to hereon as engine #2.
cost $1500 + $1000 for mechanic to fit.. problem solved....
120 kilometres on #2 gets a visit from the F-up Fairys again..and it disintergrates on the way to hospital to see bro.
Tilt tray 12 Ks back to mechanic.
Mechanic pronounces #2 dead.. broken timing chain
Ring wreckers .. claim warranty. No worries. They send another replacement engine to replace the replacement engine ( #2) ... From here on called ..Engine #3.
Mechanic extracts replacement #2 and installs replacement #3... sends bill of $1000 to wrecker.
Mechanic then starts replacement#3 only to find it has bent valves as well. F-Up fairiys having a ball here aye kiddies ??...... just like original motor #1 and 1st replacement #2.
Mechanic phones wrecker... why didnt they check #3 before sending????... "Oh .. we didnt have a key to run the engine"...
Well folks... thats just a god old fashion F-Up on behalf of the wrecker aye.. cant go round blamin the fairys for everything can we???Mechanic vomits on wrecker . Demands another engine from hereon referred to as replacement engine#4 ( to replace #3 replacement that replaced #2.that replaced original #1.. must be low ks and been tested before sending.
Meanwhile #3 now removed .. no sign of #4. Mechanic hasnt been paid for installation of replacement#3 yet.???? Mechanic vomits again.
Ute now sitting in back of workshop... Wrecker has found low k motor at another wreckers but forklift has broken down.... ( F-UP Fairys couldnt wait for #4 to turn up at mechanics and went staight to wreckers ) ????
. ( i didnt know forklifts had VE Holden V6 motors too )So... commy ute wont be coming home for Christmas.. will spend Christmas in workshop with gapeing hole under bonnet.... plenty of dancing room under there for Fairys celebrating a successfull year of engine F-Ups
Meanwhile...
"ME" has forgotten he even owns a late model ute
..... and judging on past history will probably continue to do so for some time yet... However kiddies.. we will end the story thus far on a happy note
"ME" Will shout EH panno lotsa fresh oil and a filter, .. a tune up and a wash n polish for being so well behaved....
Spoken to mechanic about installing spare 186 in 2010 Holden ute... he didnt see the funny side of my suggestion
Then vomiited yet again on me.I left the workshop .......
Stay tuned folks
More to come next year... Ho Ho Ho...
Reddontworrybehappy
