Thread: Roger's LARS Mis-Adventure 2014

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To stop any further diversion/hijack of Don's "Roadtrip to LARS" thread I'll start one for more details of what I find with my engine as I get into it. To summarize the SOE leading to the end of my 2014 adventure, at 198 miles from home, traveling at 80mph down I35 toward Duncan, OK my oil pressure dropped to zero and the loud rumble of the exhaust became a raucous clatter. Dumped the clutch, hit the "OFF" button and coasted to the side of the road at MM 9, nine miles from Oklahoma and about two hours from Don's BBQ event.
A few phone calls, an hour wait for the flatbed truck (AAA told them MM 2, south of their shop at MM 4 ) and we had it loaded for the 3.5 hour trip home.

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The car's in the barn shop, sitting beside the '32 Roadster, waiting for a detailed plan off attack. At this moment I'm thinking that the problem has to be with the oil pump shaft, either sheared or dropped, but I may follow Jerry's advice and pull the intake and so that the distributor can come out to look at it from the top first. All that costs is a set of intake gaskets and some time... I'm not sure at this point if I can drop my pan without pulling the tie rod, but that's a minor hassle. Will know more soon.

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