| So I go to drop off my rotors at the machine shop, and as I stand there at the counter waiting for someone to appear, my attention is caught by the Memorial to Engines Past on the counter: 
Say, what's that right up front? Looks to be the right dimensions... And, yep, that's the little Nissan hamburger on the shaft. Part number 30p40-1 - sounds like a Z32 part number to me! 
The dude shows up from the bowels of the shop and I ask if that's out of a 300ZX. Seasoned vet that he is, he doesn't bat an eye at a girl asking this question and replies that it is. I turn to the business at hand - getting my rotors resurfaced - and when we're done there, I ask if I can get my camera and take a picture of the carnage - Sure! I return from my car to find him laying the parts out on the counter. As I admire them, he lights up with the realization that he has an interested audience and proceeds to tell me their stories. The Z piston's bend is the result of switched head gaskets - the left on the right and the right on the left - leaving a coolant galley open. The smaller ones are out of a hydrolocked Honda: 
And the large ones are from a Suzuki with no oil - the dude said he was driving on the highway and BANG! But the car still drove "fine" and he was almost home, so he went the rest of the way! 
Amazing. Oh, and that huge piston back up in the first picture? That's from a General Electric train engine. That's my edification for the day. =)
You don't have to live in a bubble just because someone else caught the flu. Make your decision on your ability to trust yourself. - NytWolf 15:49:05 12/17/06
I was previously a aviation mechanic and avionic technician and this car is harder to work on than Aircraft. - Hocuz77 03:04:56 02/28/06 |
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