Originally Posted by
m3cosworth
heard of someone dropping a pound coin into someones engine when viewing it. fucked the whole engine. he only wanted it for the shell. rang the guy back after few days and the guy sold it to him for a grand less because the engine mysteriously started to knock!
Originally Posted by
JamesG
I worked at Land Rover for 15 years, one of my m8's was on V8 build, they had an engine back from North America that had seized. When they stripped it down, in the sump they found a ham sandwich in a plastic lunch bag blocking the oil pick up
they both sound like bull shit stories IMO,
firstly, if your viewing a car how the fuck do you get to put a pound coin in the engine,
and who would leave a ham sandwich in a bag in the bottom of the sump
? and is there no mechainic's in north america that can rebuild a engine, unless you are from north america lol.