delete this please
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Although now I guess i'm no longer lurking.....
Stewart
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Oh?
well along those lines I'm watching the shipping progress on my 6637 kit from riff raff. darn thing stopped moving Friday night 180 miles away :-p made it 9/10th of the way nicely
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From: Douglassville, PA
In preparation for my rear swap I'm doing the parking brakes and back plate. On line Advance Auto had Wagner shoes for $33.xx on sale. Paid for them, waited long enough and ran for them. Not only did they not have them up front and ready, they didn't have any at all.
Now I have to run back there for them a second time. 
Now I have to run back there for them a second time.
More Turbo
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From: Carrollton, Ga
She came in and said it was running and sounding funny, was lacking power too. Couldn't understand why as she just got an oil change done. I kind of wanted to laugh but also felt bad that they ruined her daily. The only other thing she has to drive is her old Corvette (which she doesn't like driving, I might add).
I have taught my 16yo daughter how to check the fluids in her 1999 Jeep Cherokee. Hope she remembers.
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From: Waterloo, Iowa
Every vehicle is provided with an Operator's Manual, it can be tough sledding to read through but it's important to familiarize oneself with the controls and what the blinking lights in the dash cluster indicate, and get an idea of what the preventive maintenance checks and services are to protect your investment. "Effective use of source material"; keep it in the glove box.
It will inform a young driver where the oil dipstick is located, what type and how much oil to add, how to locate the spare tire and jack.. All kinds of good stuff in there.
Don't have to memorize this stuff, just need to know where to look.
It will inform a young driver where the oil dipstick is located, what type and how much oil to add, how to locate the spare tire and jack.. All kinds of good stuff in there.
Don't have to memorize this stuff, just need to know where to look.
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
in the dash in the fuel gauge, there is a little fuel pump with the nozzle on the side of the pump. this is the side of the car the fuel fill is on.
unfortunately people were not smart enough to remember this, so car manufacturers had to also add an arrow and the words fuel fill on this side.
and then you have the ones that are too stupid to read the fuel gauge and pull to the wrong side anyway.
unfortunately people were not smart enough to remember this, so car manufacturers had to also add an arrow and the words fuel fill on this side.
and then you have the ones that are too stupid to read the fuel gauge and pull to the wrong side anyway.
Tuned
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From: Phoenix Area
Originally Posted by tjc transport
in the dash in the fuel gauge, there is a little fuel pump with the nozzle on the side of the pump. this is the side of the car the fuel fill is on.
unfortunately people were not smart enough to remember this, so car manufacturers had to also add an arrow and the words fuel fill on this side.
and then you have the ones that are too stupid to read the fuel gauge and pull to the wrong side anyway.
unfortunately people were not smart enough to remember this, so car manufacturers had to also add an arrow and the words fuel fill on this side.
and then you have the ones that are too stupid to read the fuel gauge and pull to the wrong side anyway.
For what its worth when I worked at AAA, I got a call for a tow, because the guy ran out of gas. where was he? a gas station. When I asked him why he didnt just put it in neutral and push it to the pump he asked me what neutral was. I explained how to put the gear shift into N and turn ignition to on to unlock the wheel and helped him push it to the pump...
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From: Oklahoma
sounds like my coworker. keeps calling inline 4 cylinders 'V-4s' no matter how many times i yell at him! i shoudl just let him be lol. though, he did replace a degas bottle on his grand am and flushed the coolant all by his lonesome, so i guess i'm proud of him lol
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Maybe if you show him a diagram, once he sees a visual representation, it'll click. He might just be of the mindset that all engines get the "V" designation, not understanding there's a geometric reason for V's, inlines, and flats.
Stewart