--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00034 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEVIN RELKOFF Time: 10:05am \/To: GARY SPRINZL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Transmission rebuild KR> My tranny with out the wide ratio gear set is like aroun $500-600 to KR> see a AOD being more expesive to rebuild then a T400.. ONE the T400 is KR> chev, Cheaper right there=] also it's a 3speed, right? GS> Yes, it's a 3-speed. I think the 4-speed version is called the 4L80E, GS> but I could be wrong. Wide-ratio gears, eh? Must be nice. :) yah Still yet to get them for my car.. since I'm waiting for the tranny to give out before.. With the Wide ratio Gear set.. is the way ford SHOULD of Made the AODs from Factory.. the W/R gear set changes first from 2.40 to 2.84 which shoudl the AOD a better kick in the pants =] and with my with 3.08's It should be pretty nice =] --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Value Link BBS 930-0715 (1:153/959) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00035 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEVIN RELKOFF Time: 10:05am \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: FORD 302 VS SBC 305 KH> Drop it, it will handle better and look great! I'm getting Eibachs KH> for my Firebird, hopefully I'll have them installed sometime in early KH> January:) But also A 1 1/2" drop will give me like around 3/4" of space between the wheel and the fender lip.. Which i don't like .. Heh also THis last few days.. I've bleed the brakes in my car And now the Brakes Work Wonderfully.. it's like you stop when You Want too.. Also With the brakes before i could stop my car at 60km/h <40Mph> in less then 1 1/2 car length which is rather nice.. But still too slow.. Also Yesterday.. I played with the TV cable.. And the shifts are ALOT quicker/firmer.. Also It goes into and out of 4th without thinking.. Except 1st to 2nd is about the same, soft =( Also Rotated the tires.. right rear was Almost bald compared the left rear.. Also My car feels WEIRD now.. NOW i should be going and trying to was the underside --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Value Link BBS 930-0715 (1:153/959) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00036 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEVIN RELKOFF Time: 10:05am \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: '91 Mk VII RT> I agree, Kevin, but how many people out there are gonna pull out their RT> own FWD transaxle, tear it down in their backyard and rebuild it?? Not RT> many I would guess. If it's too complicated for Haynes to put in True, Very true.. heh I've had both.. and i'm not one to like tear down a Automatice transmission, ect.. But for the stuff i do do.. the SHop manual Is alot better.. Also I've seen Haynes Manuals that have been wrong with certain things.. and how they are done.. Who would know how a car is built better then the company that builds them? RT> their $11.00 books, most of us are not gonna be attempting it :) Just true =] RT> my opinion. I'm not saying the factory manuals don't have a place, and RT> if you have just one vehicle, the $60.00 isn't too bad. I'm just RT> saying that for the average joe, the Haynes will do just fine. Plus RT> you can use the difference, to buy a few special tools, to work on the RT> thing :) If your dealign with Speciality tools for Fords.. You won't get many MAybe one or two if your lucky =] Also I like the idea of a Shop manual, You can read through it.. and see what's wrong with it.. And then take it in to have it fixed.. and Then You can see if they aren't charging you something not related to the problem.. Yah.. Haynes is a great, cheaper, manual for cars.. My dad has always bought them.. and they do him good.. So. and so do my friends.. But I myself.. Just like the idea of a WEE bit more detail, ect.. also I dont' knwo if they do it in haynes.. But in my '91 T-bird/Cougar shop manual.. It explains how everything works. Like the ABS system.. and each part of it, ect.. so you can get a idea what is happening with the car.. --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Value Link BBS 930-0715 (1:153/959) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00037 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEVIN RELKOFF Time: 10:05am \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Whoa. SD> Liability. Found another company that will insure me for a tad over a SD> grand a year. Going to sign up tomorrow... heh My Liability doesn't bring it up THAT much.. oh'well.. just hope it doesn't go up NEmore.. but it will =( SD> We get that too. I've never been in an accident that was my fault SD> (and the one I've been in was a hit and run, and was never reported.. SD> the damage was only about $200). People around here just flat out SD> drive like IDIOTS though. I was driving my roommate's truck tonight heh I dont' know what they are like compared to here.. But the drivers here sometimes makes you want to just go home and never leave.. Serious, You don't even want to WALK that's how scary some drivers are.. heh heck we have people here that get a learners permit and think it's good for the whole family.. SD> (he was with me, just didn't feel like driving) and in rush hour SD> traffic.. guy in front of me SLAMS on his brakes. My roommate even SD> freaked out, and this is the guy who's driven a 73 Nova up to 150-160 SD> MPH! Glad his truck has good brakes.. Been there.. Hate it.. and they also give YOU the dirty look, ect which is the sad thing.. Oh'well You can't shoot them so.. You might aswhile make shure the brakes work good, and be prepaired, Kinda why i drive with two feet most of the time =] It'll be too slow moving My right foot from the gas pedal to the brake.. and I'm serious, sometimes it is =] people here do that.. The cut you off well plying the brakes.. --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Value Link BBS 930-0715 (1:153/959) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00038 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEVIN RELKOFF Time: 10:05am \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: '91 Mk VII TW> And I fully concur. I have never really found a After Market Manual TW> that was worth very much for a REAL Car Mechanic. The factory manuals TW> are getting expensive though. But for particularly the Electrical TW> stuff NOTHING can replace them. I'm not a `real' mechanic.. yes i build cars .. Oh for the electrical manuals.. They are the best.. not those tiny, can't see a dang thing ones in the back of aftermarket ones.. mines just nice a Clear and you can figure out almost anything.. --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Value Link BBS 930-0715 (1:153/959) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00039 Date: 12/21/97 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 07:17pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Antifreeze JE>chemical plants on the Texas Coast to ALL the major antifreeze makers JE>AND to FORD, and pumped his load out of common tanks to each of these JE>places. This same thing happens with gasoline here. Texaco, Exxon, JE>Shell, et al would get the same gas for their filling stations from one JE>common refinery lots of times. And I can attest to the fact that even when the gasoline does not come from the same rack, often they will trade or buy product from one another and the only difference between the end products is the color of the identifying dye. --- RyPacker v2.5a * Origin: The Right Place V.34 DS Ft.Lee,NJ 201-947-8231 (1:2604/539) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00040 Date: 12/21/97 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 06:57pm \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: '91 Mk VII RT> JE> Ronnie, I just disposed of ALL my shop manuals (factory and Haynes RT> JE> type) a couple weeks ago except for the two vehicles I own. If I RT> JE> remember correctly Haynes manuals didn't go into overhauling utomatic RT> JE> transmissions, did they? RT>No, but as I mentioned earlier, most people aren't gonna be doing that, in RT>their own yards. RT> JE> I have completely rebuit motors, manual and RT> JE> automatic transmissions, differentials, drive shafts, front ends, RT> JE> carburetors, etc. ALL in my driveway or house garage. I started RT> JE> this back in 1939. Since that time I read everything I could get my RT> JE> hands on and pestered more knowledgeable mechanics to learn more. I RT> JE> finally figured out "If they can learn it and do it, I can too" - RT>There are a lot of people who will do exactly as you did, but again, for the RT>most part, most people are NOT gonna be doing tranny rebuilds in their ack RT>yards. Most mechanics will even tell you to not do carb rebuilds, in your I do/did carbs also (4 bbl Holleys and Rochesters included) RT>back yard, UNLESS you have some compressed air source. The passages need to RT>be blown out, before putting the carb back together, and most people don't RT>have an air compressor, at their house. I do and have had one for 30 years. RT> JE> and proceeded to do just that. I did have a garage for a few years RT> JE> after getting out of the AF (WWII), but that went bust when my RT> JE> partner skipped out with all the tools and left me with all the lls. RT>Well that certainly wasn't too fair! No body said life was going to be fair did they? RT> JE> Nope, I am not and never was ASE certified in anything. However, I do RT> JE> honestly believe I could easily have made the grade. RT>May have been able to do so. The tests are pretty tough and get into a ot RT>of stuff that is NOT in Haynes, OR in a factory manual. They will tell ou RT>how to fix something, they usually won't tell you why something does somethi RT>or what causes a problem, etc. That is a lot of what the ASE tests have, in RT>the way of questions. Well, I didn't go into things just to fix them, I wanted to know HOW they worked and WHY and wasn't satisfied till I learned how and why as well as the actual fix. RT> JE> Even though I, like you, either can't physically or do NOT desire to RT> JE> do so much any longer, I still want to know and understand as much as I RT> JE> possibly can about my vehicles. Sure keeps the shops from "pulling he RT> JE> wool over my eyes". RT>AMEN, on the wool part. If I ever sell my insurance agency (and have ust RT>added another 500 clients), I will probably open up another shop, a top rate From where I sit you'd be nuts. RT>one with HONESTY as the top virtue. I'll have to take some refresher course RT>and will do so, but all in all, I do like doing mechanic work, dirty as it RT>may be (G). RT> JE> Much later. RT> JE> Actually, I am adding to this answer. I just came back from a Neuro RT> JE> specialist. He gave me the bad news that I SHOULD have a back RT> JE> operation to relieve the pressure on my spinal cord (called spinal RT> JE> stenosis) in the near future. (He doesn't operate.) He said not to wait RT> JE> too long or I just might lose decent functioning of my left leg. What I RT> JE> am leading up to is that I have been doing less and less of the grunt RT> JE> work because of my back, thus the disposing of my manuals. I've also RT> JE> been distributing some of my equip, to my kids. Gave engine stand and RT> JE> engine hoist to my son-in-law for example. Guess maybe it is time to RT> JE> slow down a bit. :-( RT>Well, we all have to do so, at some time. I wish you well in whatever RT>decision you make, regarding the surgery. DO take care of yourself, for RT>we can have tons of money and if we are in poor health, it can't be RT>enjoyed. Happy holidays to you and yours! RT>Ronnie in NC A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to your and yours. * OLX 2.1 TD * A flat surface will always have something put on it. --- RemoteAccess 2.50+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00041 Date: 12/21/97 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 06:28pm \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Antifreeze RT> -=> Quoting JAY EMRIE to RONNIE THOMPSON <=- RT> RT>What car company has a 2 yr., 24K warranty?????? I think the lowest tod RT> RT>is 3 yr/36K, whichever comes first. I'd also say that 30K or 3 yrs, wou RT> RT>be about the max I'd want to run antifreeze, before replacing with fresh RT> JE> Correct, my error. My 92 Ford had a 3 year 36000 mile bumper to umper RT> JE> warranty. RT>I remember when Chrysler was doing a 7yr/70,000 warranty, bumper to umper. RT>Wonder why they quit(G). Surely it wasn't because they didn't make cars that would outlast the warranty! :-( RT>Ronnie in NC RT>... In case of atomic attack, prayer in schools will be OK. RT>--- AreaFix Fido MILITIA RT> * Origin: Thor's Retreat/2 BBS Fayetteville, NC 910.424.0956 (1:3634/37) * OLX 2.1 TD * Quickest way to find a lost item is to buy a replacement. --- RemoteAccess 2.50+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00042 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEITH SCUDDER Time: 02:16am \/To: JOHN FAERBER (Read 0 times) Subj: chevy impala JF> TW> The First year for the Impala as a Name on a car was 1958. That ear JF> TW> it was a submodel of the Bel Air Chevrolet. In 1959 it became a Full Ca JF> TW> line of it's own Priced just above the Bel Air displacing it as the Che JF> TW> TOP line model. The Bel Air was the top model form 1953 through 1958. JF> TW> The Impala reigned as the Top Dog until 1966 when it was put is econd JF> TW> place by the Caprice line. JF>When was the Biscayne vwersion of the Impala around? I know I had a '72 JF>Biscayne at one time, bottom of the line Impala if I remember correctly. Hello John, The Biscayne began life back in 1958 along with the Impala and was the "least" expensive of them all back then also. With your 72' car, they made 20,538 production units. In my book it also shows in 72 they only made 4-dr sedan with either the L6 or the V-8. I used to be a mechanic back then before I got married and and had to stop my racing of my two cars. Keith.............................................. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * E-mail address: kas@juno.com * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00043 Date: 12/21/97 From: KEITH SCUDDER Time: 02:30am \/To: GARY HALL (Read 0 times) Subj: chevy impala GH> MB> Why did chevy discontinue the Impala line after '96 or GH> MB> whatever? GH> Hey in the 80's GM took the pos Citation, changed the GH> interior, put different badges on it and called the GH> thing a Cady. Go figure. GH> Gary Hall GH> I drive a Dodge Hi Gary, Don't forget the V-8 of Caddy in the 80's which was a 8-6-4 spark fire deal? That might of been good on paper, but I don't of one person who had that engine that worked decently. :) You mentioned the Cimmaron, that was some rip-off of $12,000 for a re-skinned GM subcompact. Enjoy your holidays. Keith................................................ --- * OLX 2.1 TD * E-mail address: kas@juno.com * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110)