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Pete · **Posted:** Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:13 pm

I enjoyed the show but I only got back as far as Syracuse,water pump rad hose my 250 is cooked$1400.00 tow bills to get home,the engine oil is full of water.it's light grey looks like it came from a bad compressor.Major work this winter.About $6000.00 weekend by the time she's fixed.
Oh well s### happens,hope everyone else had a better trip home than I did

dbaldwinjr · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:22 pm

Pete, Nice meeting you at the show. Sorry to here about your ride home. I know it's too late now, but you'd been more than welcome to leave your truck here in Rochester at my place if you had to. I had my own issues getting home. Another drive tire blew out on the KW on the thru way. Hope your able to get her to the show next year. Dane

Pete · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:11 pm

well I had to get it home any way thanks for the offer,thedriver from Jim's Towing said he lived either beside you or very close to you. Small world.

dbaldwinjr · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:33 pm

WoW. Jim's towed it. small world indeed. Yeah, They are right at the end of my road here in Churchville. Good people up there. Glad you got it back and I think puting that 335 in there will be the way to go. good luck.

776brock · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:40 pm

I'm so sorry that happened.Did the radiator hose blow? Then the water pump,then the engine? Towing is always frighteningly expensive.On the good side,now is the time to upgrade?

Nick

Pete · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:07 pm

The bottom rad hose let go, got hot repaired hose ,discovered water pump was leaking real bad,tried to limp home watching the heat got 50 miles ,then 30 then 20 then 10 ,lots of smoke or steam out of exhaust,will still run,no missbut doesn't sound right .I changed the oil ,there was a fair sized piece of metal that I could feel with my finger in the pan thru the drain hole,I think that the 335 is going to be the way to go cost wise,even if the 250 can be fixed,which I have my doubts

Schultz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:06 pm

335 is the way to go; way cool engine. I overhauled a 230 that is going to scrap soon. Replaced by a 290; and I'm not going back, as good an engine as it was.

Pete · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:20 pm

My 361 is fixed ,2 after market cyl kits and a water pump, $1700.00 parts and labour .Runs great Done by a semi retired mechanic from the old school.Not near as bad as I thought.

dbaldwinjr · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:53 pm

Glad to here! hope to run into you again at the "Big Show" in Aug.

great show bad ride home

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