Some time ago my engine decided to eat itself on my way down to Youngstown. This picture shows where my old engine’s balancer used to be. Three of the four bolts screwed themselves out over time, leaving just the one to keep it in place. Eventually that too gave up, sending the balancer tearing away, taking a bit of my crankshaft with it. The crankshaft was bent up pretty bad, leading me to get a new engine.

Well the new engine has almost 1500 miles on it already, and its doing great. However, my transmission isn’t. The 1337Mobile has a manual transmission, which introduces a bit of human error. While I was shifting into 3rd, my foot slipped on the clutch pedal and wedged the synchro mesh on the 2nd gear somehow. The car is still drivable, but I just don’t have second gear. Sometime next week, I’ll be able to take the transmission out and mess with it. But for now, the 1337Mobile is limping along…