[elky] Re: Sprint in the shop

sounds great, alls well that ends well.
 
Smokey Mt Frank  

 
In a message dated 9/21/2011 2:14:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx writes:

 
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. 

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).  

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. 

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???

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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