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01-04-2019, 06:47 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
Posts: 5,380
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Saturday 01/05 Change of Plans
Since No BOdy thought my idea for a Wickenburgh ride tomorrow, I'm not going to bother going clear up to the Carefree i17 station. Instead, I'll leave the Station at Idaho and the 60, at noon and head on East To Florence Junction, South through Florence to Oracle Junction, then West over to i10 and back to the Valley. Little shorter drive but should be little warmer. Hope to see Cobras, but if not, I'll be looking over the hood of mine.
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Karlos
"In the Land of the Pigs, The Butcher is King"
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01-04-2019, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: scottsdale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FF5 347 stroker
Posts: 867
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I know you will enjoy. That is a nice route.
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01-05-2019, 02:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mesa,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic, 428 FE CCX 3069
Posts: 7,500
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Sounds like a great excuse to have lunch at Lupe's at Oracle Junction.
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Dan in Arizona
CCX3209
"It's a great car and I love it, but it doesn't do 'SLOW' very well."
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01-05-2019, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
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I left the Idaho/60 station at 12:05pm, all by my lonesome. Had a very nice drive. East to Globe, South to Winkleman, North to Superior, and then Mesa Mike brought his trailer to take me home. A few miles South of Superior, I heard a pop/bang and then a nasty-clattering sound that increased with RPMs. Still had excellent oil pressure and no visual issues. Limped into Superior where I called buddy Mike. I parked at the exact same place he'd parked several years ago when I picked him up with my trailer, so he knew just where to look for me. I'll rip into it tomorrow or Monday. Thinking its valve train. Hope so.
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Karlos
"In the Land of the Pigs, The Butcher is King"
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01-06-2019, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Carpentersville,IL & Maricopa,,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: ACE, 351W, 3550 Tremec, Raging(?) Red W/ White Stripe.
Posts: 2,082
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Wow, Karlos, without bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all!
Just like in Scuba diving, where you should ALWAYS have a dive buddy, it's probably not a good idea to take long cruises alone in a Cobra.
Except if your name is Tucson John.
In case some people weren't around a few years ago, Tucson John drove almost all states in the US by himself in something like a month or so. 
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SPEED WAS HIGH - WEATHER WAS NOT - TIRES WERE WET - X MARKS THE SPOT
Burma Shave 
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01-06-2019, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
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Oh Fer Dumb!
No idea how this happened, but the #5 spark plug had blown out of the head and was attached to the plug wire. Obviously, I had not screwed the plug in properly but fortunately, the threads in the head are fine as are the plug threads. The plug would not turn in the wire boot, so it couold not have spun itself out. How this could have lasted about 1000 miles since I'd installed the plugs. Friggggggin Weird! At least it was a cheap fix. The little engine is running fine, again.
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Karlos
"In the Land of the Pigs, The Butcher is King"
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01-06-2019, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Glendale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 468ci 550HP + 150HP NX Matching Shelby GT500 650HP
Posts: 4,208
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Simple fix is great news!
Dumb things happen even to the best of us.
I have my own dumb stories.
AZ Bob
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01-07-2019, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Carpentersville,IL & Maricopa,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ACE, 351W, 3550 Tremec, Raging(?) Red W/ White Stripe.
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Karl, I suspect the little lady may have learned enough off the internet to sabotage the little beast! Me thinks she wants to keep you around once in a while, she's had enough of your galavanting around! 
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SPEED WAS HIGH - WEATHER WAS NOT - TIRES WERE WET - X MARKS THE SPOT
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01-07-2019, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary Classic, 428 FE CCX 3069
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Weird indeed..especially since the plug would not turn in the plugwire boot. Although this condition may have been created by heat from plug arcing against whatever after it wiggled out of it's hole.
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Dan in Arizona
CCX3209
"It's a great car and I love it, but it doesn't do 'SLOW' very well."
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01-07-2019, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Carpentersville,IL & Maricopa,,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ACE, 351W, 3550 Tremec, Raging(?) Red W/ White Stripe.
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“Although this condition may have been created by heat from plug arcing against whatever after it wiggled out of it's hole.”
Dan, you didn’t just say that, did you?
But then again I don’t know why I question your theory, because you’ve probably had a lot of experience with that problem! 
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01-07-2019, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Phoenix,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Ex owner of a polished Kirkham 427 S/C. Now Cobra-less and driving a mid-engine German hot rod.
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Weird. Maybe that plug was telling you it wanted to be changed!
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01-07-2019, 10:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl Bebout
Oh Fer Dumb!
No idea how this happened, but the #5 spark plug had blown out of the head and was attached to the plug wire. Obviously, I had not screwed the plug in properly but fortunately, the threads in the head are fine as are the plug threads. The plug would not turn in the wire boot, so it couold not have spun itself out. How this could have lasted about 1000 miles since I'd installed the plugs. Friggggggin Weird! At least it was a cheap fix. The little engine is running fine, again.
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I had the same happen to me a few years ago, pulled out one plug for a look, at 30 miles later, pop, pop, pop etc.
Oh my god, there's a rod out, oil pressure ok, limp along at 1500, pull up, found plug on the chassis rail. Happy when I found that.
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