Everything has a service life. Fatigue of metal will happen to every metal part sooner or later and the more stress it see's the quicker it will happen.
On my Dodge Magnum, my daily driver for the past 7 years, not a problem. I worked out all the bugs and off and running I went. Until a couple of weeks ago, it started! UGH! He we go, check this out.
1st, it started getting loud. Ifigure the header pipe and exhaust pipe are loose on the Headman Elites. NOPE! Cracked exhaust pipe right at the H. A 3 way crack of a god total 7 inchs in 3 directions. Head lights blow out, the 1/2 the interior lights, signal issues, bad ground, sockets for the tail lights can not be pushed in all the way, it looses the ground, dash llights go away, stero dies, but some how just came back like magic, unless you use the turn signal. That is new.... then the coil bled oil all over. 2 days later, the ignition box goes. 3 days later ballast resistor, The distribtor gets loose....later that day after doing spark plugs from poor running, it gets worse. I take off the cap, quick cleaning, not bad really, take off rotor and notice the whole inside of the distrib is lose and shaking around. Distrib shot!
Order Summit kit and return all parts to the Cuda. UP and running! Yea!
Then, Magum Mayhem comtinues........................................
I start running hot. Open the rad to find nothing. WTF! Where did it go? Belt brakes a day later, replace all 3.
Cruising to the store for stuff, it dosen't wanna restart, get it jumped and make it home. Pop open the hood and replace the regulator (spare on hand) re jump car, take for short drive, no restart. OK It's the Alt. no doubt now right? Well, maybe. While I'm under the hood, I notice the battery caps are up. NO water at all. The battery take 2 large jugs of water from a old speg. sauce jar.
Battery is hot, no doubt. Test Alt. and it's shot. Ordered Alt. which only took overnight from Auto Zone. The good thing about the battery is that it was under full replacement warranty, no questions, new battery off the shelf. (SCORE!!!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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In a min., after coffee, I'll get to work and see what's next.
Funny, all this started to happen right when I started to work on the Cuda's engine. Jelous Magnum?