--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3D00009 Date: 03/04/98 From: JASON WEDEHASE Time: 12:37pm \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Insurance Rates Go Up? Ronnie Thompson told the story like this: JW> What possible gain is there in callign JW> your own insurance company when you are not at fault? RT> How about HONESTY??? I don't feel this is relevant in any way. RT> If you pull out your insurance policy, you will RT> more than likely find out that you are required to report ALL RT> accidents, no matter who is at fault. It's also illegal to jaywalk, drive 56MPH in the country and a lot of other crap. It's not hurting anyone when it's done, though. Have you ever seen someone turn at an intersection without using their blinker? I'm sure you have, and you let it go without thought. What's the difference? RT> Your insurance company is RT> insuring your vehicle, and if that vehicle is someone unsafe, they RT> should know about it, to protect YOU. So my insurance shoudl protect me against myself? You'd make a good communist leader. Victimless crimes are not crimes. RT> If you aren't in a "no fault" RT> state, your company won't raise your rates as a result of an accident, RT> unless you were at fault. They won't raise my rates, you are probably correct. However, if they never know, the mere POSSIBILITY of them raising my rates doesn't even EXIST. Hey, abstinence is the best form of birth control, and this is exactly along the same lines. It's none of their business. When the accident is my fault, I'll get a hold of them, then, so that the other person is taken care of. I'll take care of myself. Jason Wedehase strife66@Psynet.net http://www.Psynet.net/strife66 ... Money can't buy love. But it CAN rent a very close imitation. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0154 * Origin: MicroLink BBS * Dinuba, CA 209-591-8753 (1:214/80) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00000 Date: 03/09/98 From: RUBEN LOPEZ Time: 09:44pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup RL> extended cab with the 305 TBI smallblock and the 740 Auto RL> trans. JP> It wastes more than you think. Hesitation is just one JP> symptom that may or may not occur. The damage to the O2 JP> sensor and the strain on the throttle body are more JP> concerns. After a period of time the block learn and JP> integrator will account for some of the variables that JP> are not present. My guess is your block learn is down around 105 or so. JP> Block learn? What's that? How much does an O2 sensor run? Ruben --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library FidoNet (1:397/5258) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00001 Date: 03/09/98 From: RUBEN LOPEZ Time: 09:47pm \/To: ANDREW GRILLET (Read 0 times) Subj: El Paso AG> Well we in Europe pay $1 per LITRE, and there's five litres to a AG> gallon. JW> Try 2. 2 and change. not 5. AG> Nope ... Its marginally under five litres to the gallon. AG> JW> You're paying a little over $2/gallon, and it's been around JW> $1.89 here at times. Not that big of a deal. AG> AG> Nope. We pay about 3.00 per gallon .. and you get $1.66 for 1 AG> according to today's financial reports. There is 3.8 liters per gallon. Ruben. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library FidoNet (1:397/5258) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00002 Date: 03/09/98 From: MARK HOFMANN Time: 01:42pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Monte Carlo SS & Gas mileage. > These cars were not known as gas tycoons in the first place. 11 was bad, 14, > especially considering the probability of 3.73 gears may not be too bad at a Maybe I am not doing too bad, but I do know other SS owners doing 16mpg city and 18-20 highway. I would LOVE to get that type of mileage.. :) > It can run smoothly and still not be at 14.7:1 fuel to air ratio. If you > get a VSS code at idle in park your PND switch may not be working which > would lead the computer to think it was in drive at all times. Please send > the exact codes you are getting out of the system along with your method of I have hooked a computer to it (can't remember the name - a friend owned it), and it gave out an error #24 (VSS) and error #44 (O2 sensor lean). > Fix it, this is quite possibly causing you gas mileage as on the interstate > the engine is still having to pull the fan around. Now, it should turn all > the time BUT is it locked in or when you go to move it (engine off) does it > move stiffly for about an inch and then move relatively free ?? If so this > puppy is working fine. Also check for a leak on the unit at the input shaft. I fixed that this weekend. No more engine 'roar'! It should do much better on gas with the new fan clutch. The old one was almost locked up. It was causing the belts to slip when flooring it.. > VSS is fun to replace. It is under the dash bolted to the back of the > speedo and plugged into the wiring harness. That might not be the problem, like you said. You gave me some really good information. It is possible that the car thinks it is always in drive. My backup lights don't always come on when I put it in reverse. I wonder where that sensor is that detects what position the transmission is in? It doesn't ALWAYS come on, but it does happen here and there when in park. Thanks! - Mark weather@bcpl.net --- WWIVToss v.1.40 Registered * Origin: Weather Station, Baltimore, MD *USA* 410-882-8887 (1:261/1304.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00003 Date: 03/09/98 From: MARK HOFMANN Time: 01:50pm \/To: GARY HALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Monte Carlo SS & Gas mileage. > Well start with first things first a Code 44 means the O2 sensor is > not switching from lean to rich. This means the ECU sees a low voltage > below 500 mv. This will cause the MC Dwell to be Fixed under 10 Deg. > > To test the Sensor you need a Dwell meter analog perfered set on the > six cyl scale. Hook it to the Green test lead near the thermostst > housing or on the passenger side wheel well. Warm the engine and > look at the Dwell meter the hand should sweep back in forth on both > the High and low side of 30 deg [25-35 and moving for an example] > Create a large Vacuum leak Brake booster PCV valve ect and the Meter > should drop or hold the choke plate down to richen and the Dwell > should Increase over 50 deg at the point of flooding but not quite. > If it switches when you do this that tells you the CCC is working > properly. Hi Gary, If I only had a dwell meter. :( This is a rebuilt carb, so it is possible the idle M/C screws aren't set totally correctly too. I am going to check into that also. > Most of the code 44 s I see are due to Mechanical problems vacuum > leaks ect. > > The VSS can also affect your mileage due to no TCC lockup. It is > mounted on the back of the speedometer easy to replace. > Also if your Park Netural switch isnt adjusted right or fails it will > cause a drop in fuek economy due to improper timeing the ECU uses a > different timing sceam moving than it does in park. so we have no > speed ref and the ECU thinks it in in park or neutral it dont know > you are driving the thing see how that works nifty isnt it. My TCC is locking up, so it is possible that the car always thinks it is in drive! That is a possibility. In that case, it isn't a really big deal - but if it was simple enough to correct, I could do it. - Mark weather@bcpl.net --- WWIVToss v.1.40 Registered * Origin: Weather Station, Baltimore, MD *USA* 410-882-8887 (1:261/1304.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00004 Date: 03/05/98 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 11:59am \/To: DEVIN DIMITRI (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 225 hp Neon? DD> KH> One of the magazines tested one, it ran mid 15s I think. I remember DD> KH> as being quite quick off the line because of light weigh, and then yi DD> KH> on the top end. DD> What was it's 0-60? I think it was something like 6.9. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * This message will catch the moderator's attention. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00005 Date: 03/04/98 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 09:47pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Confiscation DD>While tripping merrily through the mail, gary hall was overheard DD> RW> )--(Headlight Switch)-+ Low DD> RW> | beam DD> RW> +-(Headlamp)-+---------------------!-(Ground) DD> RW> ! ! DD> RW> ! 220 ohm ! DD> RW> ! 1/4 watt ! DD> RW> !---------------(resistor)-!+ ! DD> RW> ! ! DD> RW> !+-(LED)! DD> ML> RW> DD> RW> Think of the headlamp filament as a switch. If the headlamp filament DD> RW> dies (switch opens), no voltage can go to ground or to the LED...the DD> gh> What he is doing is turning the LED off if there is a bulb DD> gh> Failure. DD>No, as long as the resistance of the LED circuit is high enough, the DD>LED should stay off unless the lamp burns out, then the LED would light. DD>The headlight bulb is of sufficiently low resistance that as long as DD>it is working it is effectively "shorting out" the LED. DD>(On some of our Model RR power supplies we put a 6V high current bulb DD>shunted around the fuse, which doesn't light unless the fuse blows, DD>same principal here.) Sorry, tis not the same principal. The resistor and LED do NOT equate to a "high current" bulb. They make a rather high resistance branch of the circuit. LEDs are basically VERY LOW current devices - about 10 ma if I remember correctly. Further, in the Model RR stuff, since the fuse and the 6V bulb are in parallel, both the fuse and the bulb would draw current amd the bulb would ALWAYS be lit up IF the power supply was capable of putting out enough amperage when connected as per the ckt above and as you describe the Model RR setup. The RR ckt you are referring to MUST NOT be the same as the ckt above. ___ OLX 2.1 TD I'm a lawyer. Honest? No, the usual kind. --- RemoteAccess 2.50+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3E00006 Date: 03/05/98 From: ROBERT VAUGHN Time: 10:33pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Wheel torque RW>..and had a 65 Monza for a short time...my dad...oldest daughter RW>and then her younger brother before it finally met it's demise. My brother bought a 65 but traded it for a SuperSport after a month or so. I didn't care for the 65 Monza either, the new body and suspension, too much like a real car and have to admit the SS was too much for me. (I forgot his short stray from the Ford line.) The Corvair was a great way to get down the road, keep a spare belt and, never, ever, take your foot off the pedal. Wonder where we would be if Ralph could drive! RW> RV> with a 78 Olds diesel (bought new, 10 years, 160k, like RW> RV> Thumper, rusted out with the engine still willing.. RW>I also had one of those diesels. A 79 Cutlass Calis. The engine RW>was fine, but the metric transmission was junk. Was that the V6? No experience with that one. The first time my pump went, I thought it was a bad load of fuel (way back in the NC hills). I made it to a truck stop near Roanoke and flushed the filter, made it to Lexington and found some filters. Every hundred miles or so it was change the filter and go again. We got into the driveway, loaded my brother's MIL into the Honcho and got her home. ("You don't need to fly. We will be home with one stop to eat. Quicker than you going to the airport here, flying, going from the airport, etc, etc.") I dropped the tank, some water and "sand", changed the sock, cut an access hatch in the trunk and, proudly, shouted "guess I showed you". Not so. Towed it to the dealer, rebuilt pump, poorly adjusted, Ms GoodWrench liked to killed me a few days later when it died exiting a freeway. At about 40k, it would start to stop and I'd look for bits of O ring in the return line. Off with the pump, to my local diesel guy for a rebuild and good for another 40k. Figured it was cheaper, and easier, than those, regular, ignition and carb repairs on the gas engines. The first blown plug seal scared me. Ran OK but sounded like a jack hammer. Another quick repair that I did just once more. All in all, the 350 gave me less trouble than any other engine until the 92 Dodge (and Thumper). Even less than "real" diesels in tractors, trucks and boats. Never had a transmission problem except one of the lines wearing thru early on. I used lots of rubber on the replacement and kept it out of harms way as much as I could. RW> RV> Sibby liked the new Ranger so we took a ride. I was hooked RW>Ahhh, that new car feeling. I just heard "How are we going to get rid of this stink?" yesterday. RW> RV> that porkypine 4 (8, count em, 8 plugs?) was. RW>What the hell, spark plugs come in boxes of 8 anyway... I RW>saw those double sets of plugs and asked my mechanic friend RW>about them. I forgot his explanation, but it made sense at the time.. If you get a chance ask him again, They haven't convinced me it makes sense and until I see 100k with no drop in milage I doubt they will. Also ask him about the 2 cylinders with different plugs in the "big" engines. I've played with plugs to cope with problems as engines wear out or after messing about with induction stuff but didn't know the, production, designs were getting that critical. Bob V. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Pocket Lint * 610-363-2617 * (1:273/304)