oobnuker Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I'm back. Not sure if anyone remembers me, or if this is the right place to post this. Anyway, after throwing the timing belt on my Loyale for a second time (naked belts, lots of oil leakage, blah blah = thrown belts), and constant hatred from my wife over my ugly rump roast car ('90 Loyale Wagon), we bought a '99 Dodge Neon R/T coupe. It was a nice car, mint, got a great deal on it. Long story short, I wrecked the car last Friday and am lucky to be alive. I owe some people out there some bumper stickers, and I owe someone on the West Coast an Oil Separator. I have no excuses for having not sent the stuff out in like 9 months - just life got weird on me, and blah blah blah. So I am here to make good on those deals. My Loyale sat for 5 months with no love. Housed quite a few bee hives, sheltered local cats from the rain, but it didn't get any uglier. I was bored one day - my wife was out, I had my two youngest boys with me and decided we were going to get that bad boy running. Ran out and got a new timing belt and went to work. I cracked off the remaining brittle timing covers, cleaned up the engine as best as I could and started putting it all back together. I drilled a hole in the bellhousing (thanks Moosens for the tip a long long time ago) to stop the crank from turning. Got her all lined up, got the belts on, and pulled my van up for a quick jump start. The beast fired right up. After sitting for months she turned over and coughed up all that neglect and abuse and spit it out the tailpipe ("underpipe", the exhaust was broken off at the end of the Y-pipe). The boys were happy and I was happier. I took it out onto the road and gave it a few quick jabs with the brakes to grind the rust off and make sure the old bastard stopped. Piled the boys in and took it for a drive. We flew down the backroads at 60 and did a few 4-wheels-off jumps, grinning ear to ear. Took her down the dirt/rock access roads for the powerlines. When we got home, I parked it on top of an 8' high woodchip pile - dug in to the axle nuts... Needless to say, my wife was like "WTF!?!?!" This was all a couple of weeks ago - fast forward to last friday, and it's a good damned thing I got it all back together. I spent about 3 hours yesterday getting it all straightened out. Set the timing, changed the oil, cleaned it up some more. I put a super-ghetto exhaust on: y-pipe stub -> 2" pipe -> 2" Thrush Glass Pack -> side exit by the B-Pillar sounds sweet. So this has dragged on long enough. Not here for attention or anything really, just wanted to sort things out with the guys that I ...ahem...am a little late in shipping stuff to. Mods feel free to move this to where ever it should go, but I hope that the relevant parties find this so I can get their infos again and get the stuff sent out. Edit: Forgot to apologize. A big apology to anyone who has waited this long for me to ship stuff out. My Neon let me down (didn't stand up well against the jersey barrier, my Loyale has left me on the side of the road a couple of times, but the guys on this board have always been helpful - and I thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Hill Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I had the oil separator, Thanks for coming back. All is forgiven.. Contact me and I'll re-send my address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Welcome back.. you're in good company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 yo!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viceversa Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 That's one reason to drive disposable cars, I have 92 loyale wagon. Wreck it - no big deal. But a 99 model? Glad to see that no flying body parts were involved. After all, _that's_ the important thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oobnuker Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 I had the oil separator, Thanks for coming back. All is forgiven.. Contact me and I'll re-send my address. Sent you an email through the board - let me know if it gets there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oobnuker Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 To everyone, thanks. As an added bonus, and to jog everyone's memory, here are some pics of my car: http://bankruptsoul.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 edit-sorry but my keyboard goes whacky on me sometimes. Art,calll me sometime.Was wondering about all those parts you had.I emailed you through eBay but never heard from you. Phone number is the same.Email if you need it again.Glad to see you rockin and rollin.I knew those powerlines would make for some fun sometime.So,can I come up and play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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