Re: So, how did it get in the tree?

Charles wrote:
> Yeah.  Well.  It's a long story!  But, anyway, my tractor was up in
> this tree, see.  So I went to get my chainsaw to get it out of the
> tree.  I cut a bunch of trees down.  Of the weenie little trees,
> there was this one... When I cut it down, well, this other big tree
> fell on my head.  Doh!

Why are you out whacking trees down, Mr. Green Jeans? Bad, bad, Charles!

>
> Anyway, it's all good now.  Well, except that I don't have a muffler
> any longer.  This is, not, in fact, related in any way to being stuck
> in the tree.  And, it doesn't really change much in the noise the
> thing makes given that the manifold is toast.  And, heck, my mechanic
> doesn't even really care too much about that - he says that I can
> drive it like that for the summer.  Well, uh, crazy.  I always
> thought you'd burn your valves out that way.  Whatever.
>

I'd find a new mechanic if I were you, you're right and he's wrong. The
manifold/header system is one of the primary cooling sources for the block
and valves, you break that and you'll fry the engine big time. Happens in
race cars every weekend.