--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00005 Date: 02/23/98 From: RUBEN LOPEZ Time: 08:22pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup RL> Oh... So that's why my '91 Chevy is getting such low RL> milage. It has no Thermostat. JP> It keeps dumping fuel trying to get the engine warm JP> enough to run. This will also explain all of the black JP> soot in the tail pipe. And it also explains the blue smoke coming out of my mufflers after pulling tree trunks for about an hour in first reaching only about 15mph at the fastest. RL> I'm thinking, Headers, Mufflers, a K&N filter, MAYBE RL> underdrive pulleys and a Hypertech programer. JP> Going good until the last one, find a program without JP> voodoo programming. Ooogabooga! Hm... Howbout fuel additives? "Suber octane boost" an what such? Ruben --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library FidoNet (1:397/5258) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00006 Date: 02/23/98 From: DON DELLMANN Time: 11:22am \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: Racing Trans While tripping merrily through the mail, Roy J. Tellason was overheard RJT> Speaking of Chrysler transmissions, the one in my Dodge is acting a RJT> little strange. When I first start up the car, it just doesn't wanna RJT> go, seems like it's slipping or something. After it warms up a bit, RJT> things are just fine... That DOES sound like low fluid, the fluid isn't circulating until it warms up. My '83 Dodge 600 did that in real cold weather (sub-zero F) from the day I bought it brand new. Don ... Optimist: A Yugo with a radar detector. --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 8.4 GIG * RA/FD/FE * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00007 Date: 02/23/98 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 12:48pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: El Paso Don Dellmann wrote in a message to Andrew Grillet: DD> They don't make Quarts of liquor anymore, they've been replaced DD> by the Liter. Close enough, eh? :-) email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00008 Date: 02/23/98 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 03:04pm \/To: JAN DEBOER (Read 0 times) Subj: Shadow diagnosis My Dads 87 Sundance with the same engine had this problem at one time. It ws the MAP sensor, has run just fine since it was replaced 2 yrs ago. Check the error cofes, as it came up as MAP sensor on his. He does not have cruise, though. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00009 Date: 02/23/98 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 03:06pm \/To: JAN DEBOER (Read 0 times) Subj: Timing belt lifespan? JD> the manual or the shop manual. JD> Anyone know what the normal lifespan of these belts is? I believe it is 60,000 miles as the suggested replacement interval. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00010 Date: 02/23/98 From: TOBIAS HEUER Time: 02:24pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Timing-marks... Where?!? Hello. I was about to check (adjust...) the ignition-timing on my car, but I can't find the timing marks nor the appropriate notch on one of the pulleys. I would expect them to be on the lower side of the engine where the crankshaft drives the various belts. But I can't find them there. Where should they be then? It's a 1984 Caprice (Wagon) w/ the 305ci engine and a carb. thanks. --->[*HEUER*] *Heuer@mailonly.ftn.de* --- CrossPoint v4.0 R * Origin: *Aaahhhh, der Tod!!!* (2:241/500.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00011 Date: 02/22/98 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 06:17am \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: 225 hp Neon? AM> Really? Where did you read that?? According to PM Car AM> Buyers Guide AM> it comes with the same 214 HP V6 as the old Dodge Intrepid. AM> While AM> not exactly puny, on sight I thought it might be a AM> lightweight, high AM> horsepower hot-rod on par with a Viper but smaller. Instead AM> it is AM> a fully functional sporty car with a ho-hum 14:1 AM> power/weight ratio. *I* have never seen it as a sports car. I have seen it at many muscle car shows being flaunted as a buy it off the shelf cruiser.(hence prowler) It does not carry a functional design as a sports car (once again IMHO) but gives quite the look of a modern day Herman Munster Street ROD. AM> This still makes it infinitely more desirable than say, a AM> Miata, so AM> it may find a niche market. Let us know if you have some AM> performance AM> numbers for it, as I can't find much info on them. I would love to cruise one. --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Running from the Klan in the Fiero (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00012 Date: 02/22/98 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 06:19am \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup KH> As I said, every car varies. I have seen dynoes showing the KH> K&N FIPK, What does FIPK stand for ?? I just realized that it is an induction package (again). --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Running from the Klan in the Fiero (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00013 Date: 02/22/98 From: JOHN PUMMILL Time: 06:20am \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: cool cop cars KH> All of those mags focus on old muscle cars. I mean how many KH> times can KH> we read about a older Camaro with a big block that runs KH> 12s:). Yawn. That is why I gave up Car Craft, Hot Rod, etc. They called and asked me to re-up. I told them that after seven years I had EVERY possible small block chevy configuration known to man. --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: Running from the Klan in the Fiero (1:123/30) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F2T00014 Date: 02/23/98 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 07:42pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: Racing Trans Don Dellmann wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason: RJT> Speaking of Chrysler transmissions, the one in my Dodge is acting a RJT> little strange. When I first start up the car, it just doesn't wanna RJT> go, seems like it's slipping or something. After it warms up a bit, RJT> things are just fine... DD> That DOES sound like low fluid, the fluid isn't circulating DD> until it warms up. My '83 Dodge 600 did that in real cold DD> weather (sub-zero F) from the day I bought it brand new. I suppose a "tranny kit" (filter & gasket set) wouldn't be too much out of order? The thing's only got a bit over 165,000 miles on it, after all... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615)