Against all Odds

[DETSHO]

I have no where to go but to drive my SHO until it dies, it has 168K on it, it's a 93' and I have no SHO mechanic friends I have a loud engine knocking could be an ejected shim, could be a bad rod bearing I have no idea and I am giving up because i have no more money and no one can fix the engine due to unavailable parts and I can not afford a $4,000 to $5,000 Engine. If anyone has suggestions, don't be shy.

 

[luigisho]

Isn't HunterVF from around there? BTW you could get a used engine in good shape for 10x less than those numbers.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

There are plenty of SHO people in MI. You only asked for help finding someone less than three hours ago. Not everyone checks the forums every hour during the day. Give it a day or so for people to respond...

 

[stevetatro]

Did you check with the members of the local SHO Clubs? There's the TSSS Club that has members in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Then there's the SVT/SHO Society based in western Michigan. I haven't seen pleas for help from you show up in either forum?

Both of these clubs have webpages, club presidents, etc. who could probably be of assistance to you, if you'd only ask. If you do a little investigative work you could probably find out more.

Have you checked with the SHOtimes email list?

There are plenty of people who are probably willing to help out, but only if you ask properly. When you say "if I don't get some help I'm just going to drive my SHO 'til it dies" that probably won't cut it. You could approach the problem maturely, and say "I need some help diagnosing a knocking in my engine. I know this will probably require me to either do some top end or bottom end engine work, and I'm willing to learn. Obviously I'll compensate anyone willing to help me, I just need someone to lend me a hand".

Try it, it works.

If I was confident I could diagnose your problem I'd be up there this weekend to help you out. If you were 100% sure it was the rod bearings, I'd bring the spare set I have and get to work tomorrow morning.

Good luck.

<small>[ April 04, 2003, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: stevetatro ]</small>

 

[stevetatro]

I just had another idea for you. You say your "mechanic" suggested putting heavy oil and some additive in your engine, right?

Well, forget the additive. Can you change oil by yourself? Strike that. WILL you change the oil by yourself? If so, drain it all, get a new filter, and put in some nice, thick dino juice (no synthetics for you). I know Ron P. had a bearing spin at a convention, and was able to alleviate the knocking, keep his oil pressure up, and make it all the way home, on 20W-50 (I believe that's the oil he used).

If you can at least do that much it would help us. If that takes care of the knocking noise, you have rod bearing problems. Which, lucky for you, is a relatively cheap fix.

The question is: do you really want to keep your car for two more years (like you stated in a previous post) or are you going to just run it into the ground? Please let us know.

 

[91 SHOplus]

DETSHO:
I have no where to go but to drive my SHO until it dies, it has 168K on it, it's a 93' and I have no SHO mechanic friends I have a loud engine knocking could be an ejected shim, could be a bad rod bearing I have no idea and I am giving up because i have no more money and no one can fix the engine due to unavailable parts and I can not afford a $4,000 to $5,000 Engine. If anyone has suggestions, don't be shy.

You can get complete engines on ebay for $400-500, not $4000-$5000. You have one too many zeros.

Seriously, follow the advice given. I was at the same place you were, ready to give up on my POS, untill I started snooping around here and SHOtimes. Now my car has a new lease on life, and it has cost a fraction of what "my mechanic" said it would.

 

[F-22 Raptor SHO]

Regarding Huntervf being in michigan, we are 2 1/2 hours away from Detroit, and with a loud knocking like that, I would say dont drive it that far. Is it coming from the top or bottom?

Both of us may be in the area on saturday, wont hurt just to swing by and listen to it if its convenient for us. We arent experts and I differ all my advise to qualified mechanics. No way to determine it by a quick looksee, but it cant hurt. Email me offline with directions and we will see.

 

[bckicked]

i live real close bring it by and i will listen to it. im no expert but have many years dealing with ford cars. i will not have time to fix it but i am pretty shure i can diagnose prob.

taylor mi 20 mins away

 

[Huntervf]

Myself & a few other SHO owners will be in Dearborn this Saturday on business...I've done a lot of 60k jobs on SHO's and I'm pretty familiar with them though I'm not what you'd call a mechanic I'd be happy to listen to the car & offer up some advice.

 

[SHOman247]

Whoa tons of MI sho memeber...only a few on TCCA...humm going to need to get to know you guys better...lol....