I need to do some venting!!!
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I need to do some venting!!!
>Carburetor, manual choke?!! Man, you are giving away your
>age.
I'm 36. I've never had a vehicle with a manual choke but the old gas tractors we used to have had them.
>And whatever happened to the classic Chrysler stomp to
>prime the carburetor on cold mornings?
Chrysler? Heck I do that with my F-150 and my T-Bird. Both carbureted.
Starting a carbed engine in cold weather is an art form.
>Yeah EFI is a wonderful thing and in general it is very
>reliable but when it goes, it goes bigtime($1,200 tuneups?,
>yeow).
I just installed 2 new oxygen sensors in the wife's Eagle Vision, cost: $125. I need to replace the other 2 as well, cost: $150. Yes, it has 4 oxygen sensors.
>I think it is actually easier to do routine maintenance on
>cars now,
If you can get to the spark plugs.
>but when the big miles roll around it will take
>some elbow grease or the big green.
I agree completely.
DannyP
>age.
I'm 36. I've never had a vehicle with a manual choke but the old gas tractors we used to have had them.
>And whatever happened to the classic Chrysler stomp to
>prime the carburetor on cold mornings?
Chrysler? Heck I do that with my F-150 and my T-Bird. Both carbureted.
Starting a carbed engine in cold weather is an art form.
>Yeah EFI is a wonderful thing and in general it is very
>reliable but when it goes, it goes bigtime($1,200 tuneups?,
>yeow).
I just installed 2 new oxygen sensors in the wife's Eagle Vision, cost: $125. I need to replace the other 2 as well, cost: $150. Yes, it has 4 oxygen sensors.
>I think it is actually easier to do routine maintenance on
>cars now,
If you can get to the spark plugs.
>but when the big miles roll around it will take
>some elbow grease or the big green.
I agree completely.
DannyP
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I need to do some venting!!!
How about the starter switch on the floor boards? I drove a few of those when I was learning to drive. Ever see one of those?
Heck most kids can't even drive a stick. We've taught all of the grand kids how to as they got old enough for their drivers license. Almost none of their friends can drive one.
Heck most kids can't even drive a stick. We've taught all of the grand kids how to as they got old enough for their drivers license. Almost none of their friends can drive one.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 27-Dec-01 AT 11:55 PM (EST)]The first truck I can remember my parents had was a 56 Chevy stepside.
It had the starter in the floor. What a real trick it was to hit the starter button, give it some gas and hold the clutch and brake in all at the same time!
DannyP
It had the starter in the floor. What a real trick it was to hit the starter button, give it some gas and hold the clutch and brake in all at the same time!
DannyP
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I need to do some venting!!!
Ive been a mechanic for 25 years now,done my fair share of heater cores, & still look forward to work everyday
Last year my brother in law needed to put in a heater core in his `88 T-Bird turbo coupe,but I was too busy to do it for him(really, I was
)Took him 4 days, & within 6 months one of the inlet tubes broke off.Boy , was he Happy!!
Anyway with a new heatercore & a service manual,we figured on using a sawzall & going thru the firwall,replace the core,reattach the sheetmetal with sealer & pop rivits,use A little touch up paint, done.Well he got lucky & glued the tube back,but the way we planned it, I`m sure it would of worked.Any body out there thought of this too?
Sam
Last year my brother in law needed to put in a heater core in his `88 T-Bird turbo coupe,but I was too busy to do it for him(really, I was )Took him 4 days, & within 6 months one of the inlet tubes broke off.Boy , was he Happy!! Anyway with a new heatercore & a service manual,we figured on using a sawzall & going thru the firwall,replace the core,reattach the sheetmetal with sealer & pop rivits,use A little touch up paint, done.Well he got lucky & glued the tube back,but the way we planned it, I`m sure it would of worked.Any body out there thought of this too?Sam
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>Anyway with a new heatercore & a service
>manual,we figured on using a sawzall & going thru the
>firwall,replace the core,reattach the sheetmetal with sealer
>& pop rivits,use A little touch up paint, done.
This would not have worked for me on the Taurus, unless I was to try to cut thru the heater casing as well because the heater core slips in it from the top. A trap door such as this should be engineered into vehicles with this type of arrangement. Unfortunately the factories aren't concerned with maintenance problems after the vehicles are out of warranty.
DannyP
>manual,we figured on using a sawzall & going thru the
>firwall,replace the core,reattach the sheetmetal with sealer
>& pop rivits,use A little touch up paint, done.
This would not have worked for me on the Taurus, unless I was to try to cut thru the heater casing as well because the heater core slips in it from the top. A trap door such as this should be engineered into vehicles with this type of arrangement. Unfortunately the factories aren't concerned with maintenance problems after the vehicles are out of warranty.
DannyP
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Try to change the spark plugs on a 97 Lumina. You have to take the engine loose to rotate it. This only gives you barely enough room to reach back there, blindly, with extensions and u-joints. Terrible 
Chris
72 F-100
300 six
(I can stand in the engine bay !!!)
Chris
72 F-100
300 six
(I can stand in the engine bay !!!)
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