*** Back to School (September) TRAIN ***

[SMWS6TA]

Either I'm going to have good seafood gumbo or a very upset stomach...

[Y2KArcticSS]

Well... happy Friday the 13th! Hopefully no one has fallen into some badluck today.

I was going to wear a hockey mask to work today (I'm usually one of the first here), buuuut I'm barely able to dress myself in the mornings so I forgot...

I'm actually about %90 out of this cold and work is going smooth so far so its a good day! Anybody else excited for GTA V?!

I am, but I'm waiting to buy any brand new games until after I get a PS4. My 7 year old will inherit the PS3, and I don't think he's quite ready for GTA
Plus I've got a long list of older titles I want to go pick up for cheap before the switch. On Darksiders 2 now, next will be Dead Space 1, 2 & 3.
It's much more economical right now for me to go back and find older used titles that I missed out on before.

[SMWS6TA]

We do gamefly. My son beats them in a weekend so not worth purchasing most for us.

[silverWS6]

Yeah I got Black Ops 2 a couple months ago and I have yet to put the disc in my xbox, I think I got that one on the hype and it was a total impulse buy. GTA games are like no others though, once you beat you can still do all sorts of stuff and this one is going to be insane on the things you can do!

[SMWS6TA]

I've been playing Guild Wars II now for 3 months. It's impossible to complete every thing in the game.

[pajeff02]

Had lots of traffic on the ride down tonight. Got to the bottom of a long downhill grade and smoke rolled out from under the front wheel wells... nice.

[Y2KArcticSS]

I've been playing Guild Wars II now for 3 months. It's impossible to complete every thing in the game.

I've debated getting that and Diablo 3, I've never played any of those series.

[Knight]

I am currently in an alcohol induced state of non-pain.....that is all.

[SMWS6TA]

I've debated getting that and Diablo 3, I've never played any of those series.

D III is in some ways better and has some things I dislike. Better graphics, story line is good too. Online play is interesting and they didn't kill it by making it like WOW. Negatives - you have to have internet access or game doesn't play.

GW II - The world is much bigger, easier to get around however skill hunting is harder and restricted when compared to GW I. In one you could hunt for many different skills and be multi-profession (like an elementist and necromancer or warrior & assassin, etc.) In GW II they added professions like WOW (blacksmith, weapon smith, etc)

Also if your level 40 and go into a low level say 1-15 your combat skills drop to that level. Meaning you may be a 40 in life and armor but your skills are at the lower level. Meaning it takes longer to fight.

[SMWS6TA]

Well my night went to hell in a hand basket.

My wife called, seems the Blazer blew the upper radiator hose. She was stuck on the interstate 40 miles from the house. I get up there and swap out the hose. Now it runs like shit, won't idle and has a sever miss. I get it off the Interstate and into a Walmart parking lot so I can see why it barely runs. She was able to pull over and shut it down right after it happen. So I don't think the block is harmed. I tried checking the plugs and not sure if I did it or maybe the coolant did when it hit them but one of the plugs crack when I tried pulling the plug wire off. I also burnt my damn finger tips too. I'll deal with it in the daytime.



Can plugs crack from the coolant pouring on them?

[GTP231]

I've never seen it happen before. I'm not going to say it can or can't happen though. Its also possible it started when installed or the manifold leak repairs

[pajeff02]

Thermal shock? Spark plug would be hotter than the coolant. Did it dump into any electrical connections?

[Knight]

Mornin. I'm thinking the same as Jeff. The porcelain cooled too quickly and cracked.

[cpop98ws6]

Drove the duramax to Atlantic city last night, 29.1 mpg!!!!

[cpop98ws6]

Scott, pull the distributor cap, could have got moisture in it.

[GTP231]

Drove the duramax to Atlantic city last night, 29.1 mpg!!!!

Impressive

[SMWS6TA]

Scott, pull the distributor cap, could have got moisture in it.

That's what I'm going to do. I just got it back in the driveway. Need to let it cool off. I pulled 2 plugs and both were fowled out. So I picked up a new set to swap out too.

[SMWS6TA]

Thermal shock? Spark plug would be hotter than the coolant. Did it dump into any electrical connections?

Not sure, like crop suggested I'm pulling the cap off after the engine cools off some.


I didn't see any cracks however after I pulled 2 plugs on the drivers side they both were fowled out.

[SMWS6TA]

Yeah I think the distributor cap is toast.






Those weren't like that 4 weeks ago when I had it off last. Off to get parts

[cpop98ws6]

Hey Scott, when you put the new cap on don't use the new screws. They have that thread locker on them and its to thick and 9 times out of 10 they will crack the distributor. Just use the old ones and save yourself the headache.