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Alive again
Nice progress Karl, Looking and sounding good. Hopefully I'll have mine going by spring.....Another running NAF!
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Oh, what a relief it is! We were having a knocking noise after pulling off the muffler shop lift but couldn't determine what was going on. Sounded "hollow" and I was afraid it was something getting hammered by a piston. Anyway, found that the oil pan had been crunched, just a bit, and was hitting the first throw on the crank. Pulled the pan, hammered it out, changed the oil, filter, and pan gasket, and whoopee, no more knocking. Think I might have whacked the oil pan when I went off roading, and then just bumped it enough coming off the lift to make contact. Mesa Mike was able to feel the contact on the pan and was exactly correct on the location of the oops. Our lucky day!
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Basically it was an "easy" fix. It didn't take long and when Karl fired it up again........smooth. We were all stressed thinking we might have to go into the engine for a fix. But just crank meeting oil pan. Today we started changing out all the ball joints and the upper control arm bushings. Then back to the alighnment shop. New 3" exhaust system sounds great and is nicely hidden up in the frame. Only the two wicked pipes sticking out in front of the rear wheels. When he's back on the road, don't mess with Karl unless you like looking at the back of his Kobra.
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