--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00006 Date: 12/25/97 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 07:55pm \/To: C.A. KLINGEL (Read 0 times) Subj: Todd... CK>-=> Quoting John Pummill to Roy Witt <=- CK> RW> Yes, I would! :) Anything to make this 305 run better... CK> JP> Come up with 45 more cubic inches ?? CK> You got that right. I'm afraid the 305 SBC is a loser. :( CK> Better to step up to the 5.7 and be done with the deed. :) I've got the 5.7 and I'll never be 'done with the deed' :) --- * OLX 2.1 TD * There is no instinct like that of the heart. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00007 Date: 12/25/97 From: BILLY GOODWYNE Time: 11:01pm \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Oil pump? `07*** Quoting Sean Dunbar from a message to All ***`07 SD> Worried about my oil pump... a couple of days ago, it started taking SD> quite awhile to build up any pressure whatsoever when it's been SD> parked over night; so long, in fact, that the lifters start rattling SD> for a couple of seconds. The oil pressure also seems quite low when SD> it's cold compared tohow it used to be. It took almost 10 seconds SD> this morning for the oil pressure guage to show any movement. SD> Oddly, when the engine is warmed up fully, the pressure is a bit SD> higher than it used to be; it seems like it's always around 60 PSI SD> anytime it's above 1500 RPM. SD> I did switch oil brands recently.... could that have anything to do SD> with it? I'm just buying the cheapest 40 weight oil I can find (SA SD> rated... I figure it leaks out so fast that the additives aren't SD> going to do a bit of good) The viscosity of oil is a factor...when it gets cold, the oil thickens upand it's harder to work with it...like syrup compared to water...so try thinner oil... --- Telegard v3.02 * Origin: THE DARK SHADOW BBS 904-564-2615 (1:112/203) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00008 Date: 12/25/97 From: RONNIE THOMPSON Time: 11:49am \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: '91 Mk VII -=> Quoting JAY EMRIE to KEVIN RELKOFF <=- KR> RT> I agree, Kevin, but how many people out there are gonna pull out their KR> RT> own FWD transaxle, tear it down in their backyard and rebuild it?? Not KR> RT> many I would guess. If it's too complicated for Haynes to put in KR> True, Very true.. heh I've had both.. and i'm not one to like tear own KR> a Automatice transmission, ect.. But for the stuff i do do.. the SHop KR> manual Is alot better.. Also I've seen Haynes Manuals that have been KR> wrong with certain things.. and how they are done.. Who would know how a KR> car is built better then the company that builds them? JE> Probably the guy that ends up making them work - ie fixing them! I'll agree with that!! I've often said that if the engineers who build cars, were the ones who had to repair them, a lot of things would be put together differently than they are. Certain spark plugs, for instance. Ronnie in NC ... I'm as confused as a baby would be, at a topless bar! --- AreaFix Fido MILITIA * Origin: Thor's Retreat/2 BBS Fayetteville, NC 910.424.0956 (1:3634/37) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00009 Date: 12/25/97 From: RONNIE THOMPSON Time: 11:56am \/To: JOHN FAERBER (Read 0 times) Subj: Shake Cured -=> Quoting John Faerber to All <=- JF> I had put out a message about my wifes 90 spirit V-6 having a JF> horrible shake and the gas mileage had gone down to 16 from 26. JF> A neighbor suggested spark plugs, sure enough, that was the problem. JF> 2 of the plugs were fould out so bad that there was no gap for the JF> spark to jump across. JF> The others were not quite as bad, but were still in bad shape. With JF> the new plugs, it runs as good as new. JF> Too bad I did not check out the simplest of possibilities first, live JF> and learn! In this day of computers, sometimes we overlook the simplist things, thinking the worse. It happens to all of us. Ronnie in NC ... I hear John Bobbitt is the new spokesman for Snap-On Tools --- AreaFix Fido MILITIA * Origin: Thor's Retreat/2 BBS Fayetteville, NC 910.424.0956 (1:3634/37) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00010 Date: 12/26/97 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 02:18am \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Antifreeze RT>> The third and final reason to use a mixture is that water RT>> must be mixed with the antifreeze/coolant in order to keep RT>> the latter's performance additives- silicate, phospates and RT>> nitrates-suspended. (My emphasis again coming) WITH- OUT RT>> WATER, THESE IMPORTANT ADDITIVES HAVE A TENDENCY TO SETTLE, RT>> AND IF THEY DO THAT, YOU LOSE ANTICORROSION AND OTHER RT>> ADDITIVE PROTECTION. RT>> end article Thanks, Ronnie, I knew the first two, though some others doubted them, however, I did not know this one. --- * Origin: The Right Place, Fort Lee, NJ USA(201)947-8231 (1:2604/539.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00011 Date: 12/26/97 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 11:01am \/To: PAT BREEDEN (Read 0 times) Subj: 1987 Chrysler PB> Captain's Log: StarDate=>>> (Thursday) December 25, 1997 8:19pm PB> Here's another problem with my mom's 1987 Chrysler. PB> The electronic odometer quit working and now just shows PB> ------ blank where it used to show the mileage. Two I know one person who had the entire electronic dash go out, (would not dislpay ANYTHING) turned out it was the light bulbs behind the dash (I somehow volunteered to do it) once the dash lights were replaced, the dash worked just fine. Would not hurt to try that first. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00012 Date: 12/26/97 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 11:04am \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Shake Cured JF> The others were not quite as bad, but were still in bad shape. With JF> the new plugs, it runs as good as new. JF> Too bad I did not check out the simplest of possibilities first, live JF> and learn! RT> In this day of computers, sometimes we overlook the RT> simplist things, thinking RT> the worse. It happens to all of us. I know, I would have bet with no doubt that it was the injectors, or the fuel pump, or the engine computer going out. Never did I think bout plugs! --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00013 Date: 12/26/97 From: TOM WALKER Time: 06:29am \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: Electrical conduction -> Michael Graham wrote in a message to Mark Logsdon: -> -> MG> Now back to cars: If I switch from water cooling to mercury -> MG> cooling, how small can I make the radiator and water jacket? -> -> Heh. Try and get THAT one past the EPA... :-( Missed Michaels post so I will make this comment ot you. Please excuse this on my part. The Key is the Heat Dissipation capacity of the Radiator itself NOT of the Interchange medium between the engine and the radiator. Stock Automobile radiators have NO reserve capacity so shifting to a more efficient heat transfer medium will not allow reduction of radiator size. --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Jim's East County BBS! El Cajon, CA. (619) 561-8424 (1:202/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00014 Date: 12/26/97 From: TOM WALKER Time: 06:45am \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: Stupid Mopar -> Kenny Henderson told the story like this: -> -> KH> I think some of their newer stuff is nice looking, like the -> Avenger. -> KH> They just ruin it by putting weak engines in everything. -> -> I was at a Dodge dealer recently. The only thing available with -> a V8 is a truck, and the only thign with RWD is trucks and Viper. -> That annoys me. Also, with the Avenger, one of their very few good -> looking cars, there is a manual transmission option, but only if you -> get the 4 cylinder. No manual transmission is available in any V6, -> and in practically any Mopar at all, for that matter. -> Mopar has now come to mean "Front Wheel Drive V6." It's old, -> monotonous, and boring. Well your Option is to NOT buy one. And IF enough did that perhaps they would produce a car that pleases you. BUT apparently the Majority don't think like you and since Chrysler produces fro the MASS market you have been outvoted. It is the American Way! :-) :-) --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Jim's East County BBS! El Cajon, CA. (619) 561-8424 (1:202/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00015 Date: 12/25/97 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 06:34pm \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: '91 Mk VII RT> RT> JE> Nope, I am not and never was ASE certified in anything. However, RT> RT> JE> honestly believe I could easily have made the grade. RT> RT>May have been able to do so. The tests are pretty tough and get into RT> RT>of stuff that is NOT in Haynes, OR in a factory manual. They will ell RT> RT>how to fix something, they usually won't tell you why something does som RT> RT>or what causes a problem, etc. That is a lot of what the ASE tests have RT> RT>the way of questions. RT> JE> Well, I didn't go into things just to fix them, I wanted to know HOW RT> JE> they worked and WHY and wasn't satisfied till I learned how and why s RT> JE> well as the actual fix. RT>You'd have to see an actual test, to understand what I mean. Tolerances, RT>specs, clearances...all part of an ASE test. Stuff the average "back yard RT>mechanic" won't be learning. Do you mean to say that "back yard mechanics" do NOT respect tolerances? Guess I wasn't a "back yard mechanic" but was a "FRONT yard mechanic". Back in 46, when I had an honest to goodness garage, we had to respect tolerances wery much so. VBG. RT> RT> JE> Even though I, like you, either can't physically or do NOT desire t RT> RT> JE> do so much any longer, I still want to know and understand as uch RT> RT> JE> possibly can about my vehicles. Sure keeps the shops from pulling RT> RT> JE> wool over my eyes". RT> RT>AMEN, on the wool part. If I ever sell my insurance agency (and have j RT> RT>added another 500 clients), I will probably open up another shop, a p RT> JE> From where I sit you'd be nuts. RT>Why?? Back when I was doing mechanic work, I was doing it for $8.00 an hou RT>This was in the early 70's mind you. Today, mechanics are charging $45-60 RT>an hour. GOOD mechanics can, and do, make upwards of $100K a year, with the RT>own shop. That PLUS hire additional mechanics, to bring in more work. It's RT>sorta like the insurance agency....more GOOD agents I work, the more they, a RT>I, make. :) With two big exceptions - MUCH less risk in the insurance business and nowhere near as hard physically. You will not appreciate the last till you get past 60 or so. * OLX 2.1 TD * Fast Lane? Nah, Got tired of all the honking behind me! --- RemoteAccess 2.50+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23)