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Old 02-11-2008, 10:51 PM
Skippy Skippy is offline
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
He probably forgot to put oil in it.
Not unlikely. I have witnessed the aftermath of just such an incident. Unfortunately it was on a manual transmission, which appeared to function normally for about 50 miles or so. By the time it started acting up, the Navy was out something like $15,000, not to mention the lost time of having to scrounge up another 8LL Roadranger in Iraq
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