Friday, July 18, 2025

A Hot Mess

 


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  1. Blew the engine! This is so much fun to watch than just punching a hole in the block with a rod.

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    1. It split the block in two, horizontally.

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  2. "Now THERE'S your problem."

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  3. That fix is gonna be very expensive. Shoulda had Car Shield.

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    1. Thank you, bogsidebunny, for the biggest best laugh of the month! Good one!

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    2. Ned - The lower half of the engine is still in the frame. That was only the top half of the block that got launched.
      Those six smoking tubes you see are the upside-down cylinder liners.

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  4. That might slow him down a tad…

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  5. Must have been the engine's 9th life.

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  6. Lucky it jettisoned forward.

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    1. This must be a common occurrence. I leaned these trucks cable the engines so if this kind of thing happens it will fall forward, not back into the cab.

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    2. Thanks Elmo. Funny how luck usually follows careful preparation.

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  7. Just desserts for blowing so much crap into the air!?!

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  8. Cost a few bucks to fix.

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  9. Lord have mercy, I would have wet my pants

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  10. That will buff out. (I actually clicked to read the links thinking I would count how many until someone posted the "that will buff out" comment - SHOCKED that I was the first!!! You guys need to up your game. These are rookie comments)

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    1. There it is and it doesn't matter if you qualify it.

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  11. "Huh. That was a helluva thing."
    (Galaxy Quest movie reference...)

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