My boss killed his jeep.

[Chris142]

He pulls his 89 wrangler behind his motorhome when they go camping. It appears that he left the jeep in 1st gear and drove off pulling the jeep.

He got up to 60 mph and looked back to see the jeep billowing smoke and oil.

It threw a rod out the oil pan. It also bulged the valve cover and blew the PVC valve,vent and oil fill cap off.

My assumption is that the HV oil pump I put in it a few years ago was pumping so much oil to the top that it didn't have time to drain past the pushrods and back into the pan considering that it was turning 12000 rpm.

Now we are looking for a grand cherokee to donate it's fuel injected 4.0 and related parts so that we can get rid of the carbureted 258 stuff.

 

[SZR48207]

He obviously needs to make a checklist that he reviews each time before he takes off in his RV.

 

[Ifixyawata]

Free rustproofing of the underside I'd say! Sounds like a serious mess, though.

 

[supton]

Well, he won't (?) do that again.

 

[SeaJay]

Most likely chased the mosquitos away.

 

[CT8]

60 mph in first gear is close to a bazillion rpms.

 

[Lyman]

I bet that left a trail.

 

[JLTD]

Pics...pics or it didn't happen...

Sorry to hear.

 

[maxdustington]

Originally Posted by JLTD
Pics...pics or it didn't happen...

Sorry to hear.
PICS PLEASE!!! lol.

 

[bullwinkle]

Shame you're not here in rust world, XJs like mine seem to falling apart every day! I have to admit, that's the first engine I ever heard of that blew up WHEN IT WASN'T EVEN RUNNING! That's not easy to do!

 

[Hall]

It's a shame people don't use the parking brake for what it's for.

Every [censored] time someone else drove my older car(s) or a 'shop' had it for anything, instead of using the parking brake when they parked it, they'd leave it in 1st gear. Every [censored] time I got in to drive away, it would lurch forward when I started it ! This was before they started putting 'interlocks' in where you had to push the clutch in to start.

 

[Chris142]

Even the harmonic balancer came apart! Got the block too.

 

[anndel]

Originally Posted by Reddy45
He obviously needs to make a checklist that he reviews each time before he takes off in his RV.


Agreed, like a take-off or landing checklist pilots do. With lots on your mind these days it's easy to forget stuff.

 

[eljefino]

Originally Posted by hallstevenson
It's a shame people don't use the parking brake for what it's for.

Every [censored] time someone else drove my older car(s) or a 'shop' had it for anything, instead of using the parking brake when they parked it, they'd leave it in 1st gear. Every [censored] time I got in to drive away, it would lurch forward when I started it ! This was before they started putting 'interlocks' in where you had to push the clutch in to start.


I want to know more about this, did you leave it in neutral with the e-brake on? Because you're not supposed to do that, either.

 

[Sunnyinhollister]

Sounds like a good time to put in a Golen 4.6L stroker

 

[Chris142]

Originally Posted by Sunnyinhollister
Sounds like a good time to put in a Golen 4.6L stroker

Too bad we no longer have a 258 crank for a core. LOL

 

[CBR.worm]

Wow, that's too bad. I've seen people tow with the e-brake on in the towed vehicle. Much less damage that way.

 

[Variant_S]

Originally Posted by eljefino
Originally Posted by hallstevenson
It's a shame people don't use the parking brake for what it's for.

Every [censored] time someone else drove my older car(s) or a 'shop' had it for anything, instead of using the parking brake when they parked it, they'd leave it in 1st gear. Every [censored] time I got in to drive away, it would lurch forward when I started it ! This was before they started putting 'interlocks' in where you had to push the clutch in to start.


I want to know more about this, did you leave it in neutral with the e-brake on? Because you're not supposed to do that, either.


I've parked stick-shift cars in first gear since 1974. I learned (and re-learned) that lesson when parking in the winter with below-freezing temperatures. Brake shoes frozen to the drums are no fun.

 

[spasm3]

Originally Posted by eljefino
Originally Posted by hallstevenson
It's a shame people don't use the parking brake for what it's for.

Every [censored] time someone else drove my older car(s) or a 'shop' had it for anything, instead of using the parking brake when they parked it, they'd leave it in 1st gear. Every [censored] time I got in to drive away, it would lurch forward when I started it ! This was before they started putting 'interlocks' in where you had to push the clutch in to start.


I want to know more about this, did you leave it in neutral with the e-brake on? Because you're not supposed to do that, either.



I always parked in 1st or reverse with the parking brake on. In wet freezing weather no parking brake or you will be parked till spring!

 

[maxdustington]

Originally Posted by hallstevenson
It's a shame people don't use the parking brake for what it's for.

Every [censored] time someone else drove my older car(s) or a 'shop' had it for anything, instead of using the parking brake when they parked it, they'd leave it in 1st gear. Every [censored] time I got in to drive away, it would lurch forward when I started it ! This was before they started putting 'interlocks' in where you had to push the clutch in to start.
My first car was a manual and the parking brake did not work. I live on a hill, so I would turn the wheels, roll back and have the tread against the curb and leave it in first. I'm pretty sure I've seen manual transmission vehicles that have no parking brake at all.