[elky] Re: Sprint in the shop
- From: Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:14:16 -0700 (PDT)
I just got the Sprint back from the shop and am very pleased with the work.
A/C seems pretty cold, the car smells much better (actually, I can't smell it
at all), and it seems to be idling and accelerating better too (he "rebuilt the
vacuum system"...not sure what that means yet, as he was at lunch when I picked
up the car). I did not have to replace the carburetor, since he was able to
tighten the fitting completely. If it starts leaking again, I might go for the
edelbrock carb, but the 2-bbl Rochester seems to power the car pretty well, and
I have been getting about 15 mpg (even with the leaky carb), so I'm a little
hesitant to mess with a combination that works. It ended up costing about half
what I anticipated, so I have some left over for the next service, which will
most likely be a front end alignment.
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From: Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 1:06 PM
Subject: [elky] Re: Sprint in the shop
You guys make me really appreciate that we now have a mechanic in town who not
only seems to know what he's doing, but isn't that expensive either.
Mary
One of the last times I took the El Camino to a repair shop for anything, I
decided my time was worth more than $45 for a tune up. That was pre-header
days.... now it's about an hour and a half, or $75 of my time. Anyway, I paid
the $45, and got the plugs changed. That was it. It was a Computer controlled
carb, and they didn't do anything to that. When I opened the distibutor cap,
because it looked like the same one, the center carbon electrode had broken in
half, and fell out. Obviously, the tune up didn't include a cap and rotor.
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>I was so pissed, I don't take anything to a mechanic any more,
unless, after reading about the procedure, I don't have the tools,
or I have potential to do serious damage if I screw it up (Like
timing belts on the Pathfinder.... I paid for that).
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>I may farm out the A/C, but only after I can find the right parts
to put hoses back on. There are missing parts after the conversion
to serpentine. I found one on eBay for about $80, after I spent 20
for one at a junk yard that ended up having holes in it.
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>I have been putting off the body mount project I am in the middle
of for literally YEARS. Now I have to weld on it to get it back in
shape, but the welder arrived today. It came with everything to
use the CO2/Argon, except the tank. Before I spend the money right
now.... on the setting inside the welder, it says to use heavier
flux core for the 1/4" steel. That would mean no gas. Should I
spring for the wire and hold off on the gas for the moment?
Anyone with welding experience out there???
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>Get a Edelbrock carb from Chris and bolt it on yourself Saul. It
was a piece of cake when I did it, changing from the computer to
non. I had to change the distributor too, and you won't have to do
that. 4 bolts and linkages, and you will be home free for 2 or 300
I think.
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