Re: I done bad

[David Nevin <dnevin@domain.elided>]

John,

I hope not, but it sounds like you may have broke off a tooth or two on your ring gear.
The bang noise in that case should be very repetitive. Drive forward at a constant
speed, and if it bangs at a steady rate, that'd be my diagnosis. If you get it going
fast enough, it would sound like someone is shooting a 50 cal. machine gun from your
bed (I wouldn't advise doing that, however).

Good luck. I hope others have ideas that aren't quite so doom filled (not that
replacing a ring gear is all that bad. . .)

Dave Nevin
dnevin@domain.elided
66 Scout 800 (it looks good on one side! ;^)   )


> Subject: I done bad
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I was hauling some wood I cut out of the forest in my 6s Scout 80.
> There's this really steep part I needed to negotiate. With the back
> of the Scout filled with wood, I threw it into 4L, got up a good
> head of steam, and started up the steep part. I had done this same
> maneuver before with no problems, but this time, I seemed to be making
> less progress (I guess cuz the road was wet from a recent rain)
> so I leaned a little more heavily on the throttle.
> Big mistake. The Scout started to buck, and while I was letting off
> the gas, putting in the clutch, and hitting the brake, I heard a BANG
> and then a BANG (metal on metal kind of BANG), in quick succession,
> and the engine stalled. I backed down the hill, horrified.
>
> Right now, the Scout is trapped between a big pile of logs, cut and
> otherwise, and the steep part. I can go forwards and reverse, but
> every so often, there is this clunk clunk sound. Very ominous. I'm
> not exactly sure where the noise is coming from, but it doesn't sound
> good.
>
> Did I screw something up bad?
>
> john
> lusth@domain.elided