A Few Years Ago I Was Working At Freightliner Dealership And This Fellow Bought A Truck With A 8v71 Detroit Diesel Engine(known For Oil Leaks). He Decked It Out With All The Crome Goodies And Was So Proud Of It That He Called A Pro To Take A Photo. Had The 16 By 20 Picture Custom Framed And Hung It In His Living Room Behind The Sofa.
When He Returned Home From His First Trip ,he Walked In The Door And His Wife Gave Him A Hug And Kiss. Then He Looked And Saw That His Picture Was Gone And Asked Where It Was. She Said That I Had To Move It To The Garage Because It Leaked A Quart Of Of On The Carpet.

groaner.

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1985 300-D turbo
1959 Harley Panhead chopper
1929 Ford coupe restored
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Nice story...

I Dont Like It When People Refuse To Leave The First Letter Of Every Word Un Capitilized Unless Its a Pro-Noun, Or The Begining Of A Sentance.

Why do you do that>?
~Nate

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1999 Plymouth Neon Expresso. 2.4 swap, 10.5 to 1 comp, big cams. Autocross time attack vehicle!
2012 Escape, 'hunter" (5 sp 4cyl)

It is slightly annoying to read, makes you look twice at every word. Some people learned to type that way for some reason. My mother is one of them.

BTW. Funny story, us diesel nuts are probably the only ones in the world who get it.

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That used to be a story told by Harley riders back when Harley was owned by AMF. The story was that if you took a picture of a Harley and put it in your shirt pocket it would leak oil on your shirt.

The same applied to most British bikes and Jaguars. Of course one didn't have to worry about British vehicles leaking because most of them never ran. I say that but I had a Triumph 6T that after I had put it back together would start leaking oil before I had even filled it up. If I had a thousand of these bikes I could have out produced OPEC.

Old Detroits leaked like crazy. Unless the owner goes nuts and spends a lot of time re sealing things.

Hmm just like MB's...

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Sorry about the typing,will work on it.

And wouldcha ditch the nice grammer, spellin and puncitiation

Just inquiring as to why u do that how you do, no offence ment. It is hard to read though, which might make me slightly more ignorant then said typist. It annoys me, but I still say cressent wrench, allen wrench, crowbar, gas station, alge, and ((shudder)) GAS pedal

Tks
~Nate

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1999 Plymouth Neon Expresso. 2.4 swap, 10.5 to 1 comp, big cams. Autocross time attack vehicle!
2012 Escape, 'hunter" (5 sp 4cyl)

Don't forget gas mileage. I catch myself doing that one all the time.

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1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

I have a '73 Norton Commando leaking (dino) oil in the back of my garage .

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'00 VW TDI Golf, 190K
'67 BMW R50/2
'73 Norton Commando Interstate

Hehe I'll forward this thread to my dad...he works on large diesel engines (specifically a lot of detriot powered stuff on the ramps at various airports)

They look reall nice when they are rebuilt!

No, that was an Indian.

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BTW...


...chrome won't get you home

Aircooled VW words to live by

Oh my, leaks as much as an old Ford!

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