Ugh. Bad news for Jimmy Albertson.

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Edited Date/Time 6/7/2014 11:15am
On the way from Hangtown to Thunder Valley, Jimmy and Gregg Albertson were driving their sprinter van through, and the turbo blew. Unfortunately, the engine ingested some of the turbo pieces, and they're looking at a repair bill in the region of $10K.
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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

That sucks. Those sprinters aren't cheap when they go either. A buddy had one that liked to spit the harmonic balancer off - and when it did, right around 100K miles, took the crank and the entire bottom end with it.
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GuyB 6/6/2014 6:29pm
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Yeah. This is likely to put a crimp in his summer plans. When I ran into him this afternoon, he was trying to figure out what to do.
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GuyB wrote:
Yeah. This is likely to put a crimp in his summer plans. When I ran into him this afternoon, he was trying to figure out what...
Yeah. This is likely to put a crimp in his summer plans. When I ran into him this afternoon, he was trying to figure out what to do.
Honda should step up and haul his stuff.
They got extra space now.......right?

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mag250 wrote:
Honda should step up and haul his stuff.
They got extra space now.......right?

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Yeah, I don't think it quite works like that. Huh

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Trunk of a'65 galaxy 500 like I did.
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My old granpa. used to say...poor people got poor ways.
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Can you get two bikes and all the spares in there?
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Lease a box van, or go to a u haul place, they sell box vans pretty cheap. might be ragged out though.
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Lotsof laughs and jeers till the checkers fell.
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plowboy wrote:
Lotsof laughs and jeers till the checkers fell.
What the hell are you talking about?
jeff.cohen.923 6/6/2014 6:52pm
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i am suprised trey or someone he knows doesnt have a enclosed trailer that he can pull with his s10.
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jeff.cohen.923 wrote:
i am suprised trey or someone he knows doesnt have a enclosed trailer that he can pull with his s10.
I bet Ronnie Mac has a trailer he can borrow. Might have to disconnect the plumbing, AstroTurf covered deck and tin roof awning before it's ready to roll, though. And try not to run over the pink flamingos when you are pulling out of the trailer park
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That sucks, I seem to remember from the motosport videos showing he had just bought it during the supercross series.

$10k sounds way steep, but with those German vans who knows. A solid box truck can be had for half that.
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plowboy wrote:
Lotsof laughs and jeers till the checkers fell.
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What the hell are you talking about?
I hauled my bike to the races in the trunk of a car which some folks found. Found humerous till I beat their Ase on the track.
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plowboy wrote:
Lotsof laughs and jeers till the checkers fell.
hvaughn88 wrote:
What the hell are you talking about?
plowboy wrote:
I hauled my bike to the races in the trunk of a car which some folks found. Found humerous till I beat their Ase on the...
I hauled my bike to the races in the trunk of a car which some folks found. Found humerous till I beat their Ase on the track.
Gotcha. Makes more sense as one comment instead of 3 different ones.

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Clutchy BeeGood 6/6/2014 7:17pm
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GuyB wrote:
Can you get two bikes and all the spares in there?
Don't you know someone with a truck and trailer that's going to all the nationals...? cough cough hint hint....


Ronnie Mac luv you long time.
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I apologise. For the crappy. Punctuation and syntax...new puter. is being built. Till then I am stuck on this kindle.
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You just gotta want it bad enough. Darrel Schultz on his way to Unadilla when he lost his factory support. Pretty sure he won.

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Clutchy BeeGood wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/06/06/56006/s1200_dirt_bike_on_car_falls_off.jpg[/img] You just gotta want it bad enough. Darrel Schultz on his way to Unadilla when he lost his factory support. Pretty sure he won.



You just gotta want it bad enough. Darrel Schultz on his way to Unadilla when he lost his factory support. Pretty sure he won.

True dat.
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mxb2 wrote:
Lease a box van, or go to a u haul place, they sell box vans pretty cheap. might be ragged out though.
Better yet.. rent a sprinter van, get the insurance and perform an overnight engine swap... then call the rental place the next day and inform them the rental blew
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mxb2 wrote:
Lease a box van, or go to a u haul place, they sell box vans pretty cheap. might be ragged out though.
kaboom645 wrote:
Better yet.. rent a sprinter van, get the insurance and perform an overnight engine swap... then call the rental place the next day and inform them...
Better yet.. rent a sprinter van, get the insurance and perform an overnight engine swap... then call the rental place the next day and inform them the rental blew
Fucking genius. Evil
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enketchum 6/6/2014 7:36pm
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Is there no warranty on a brand new sprinter van? Wtf
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mxb2 wrote:
Lease a box van, or go to a u haul place, they sell box vans pretty cheap. might be ragged out though.
kaboom645 wrote:
Better yet.. rent a sprinter van, get the insurance and perform an overnight engine swap... then call the rental place the next day and inform them...
Better yet.. rent a sprinter van, get the insurance and perform an overnight engine swap... then call the rental place the next day and inform them the rental blew
plowboy wrote:
Fucking genius. Evil
X2...
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enketchum wrote:
Is there no warranty on a brand new sprinter van? Wtf
I don't think it was brand new
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enketchum wrote:
Is there no warranty on a brand new sprinter van? Wtf
not new.

He got it used about 4 months ago.
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You can get a rebuilt Sprinter Mercedes engine with a warranty for about $10k (after the core trade) so he needs to shop around. Install is not free, but it would be a rebuilt warranty motor not just a turbo fix.

Won't help him get to Colorado, but $10k for a blown turbo is bullshit. Sounds like a dealer charging dealer warranty prices.

FedEx runs thousands of Sprinters Nationwide so there are plenty of rebuilds out there. A rear ended 2012 just sold at the Phoenix area Copart for $12,000 for the whole van (hit hard in the ass, but motor and tranny plus most everything else was in good shape). But a turbo is no reason to swap motors unless a grenade went off, just not worth $10k.

Bummer for Albee, hard enough to race on a privateer budget then your ride takes a shit...

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