Here when summer gets here you run on as little in a tank as possible. When summer hits you can take a car with a full tank of gas, park it and it'll be half a tank before you know it. It all boils off in the heat. Robert Adams On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Happy Birthday Cindy! > > but tell her that Sr. Citizen thing is a rip. No matter how old you are, > you are always 1 year too young to qualify for whatever the age is at that > place. And here they can't post it, you have to ask. > > yes, the wash should help elkenstein run better. Right up there with local > tv telling us to keep a full gas tank because it makes the car run better > and more economically (yeah, right, hauling a full tank around makes it > lighter, too). > > Mary > > I was moving the El Camino the other day and noticed the power steering > fluid on the ground. Have to check in to that some more. I forgot about a > late start at Car club, and intended to get it up on the lift today, but I > couldn't wait another hour..... on account of Cindy's birthday today!~ She > is officially a senior citizen at 55. I have another year and 4 days. I'll > check it out soon. At least I said Hi to a couple of the kids today. > > I did change the door handle on the Monte when I got back, waiting for > Cindy to get off work. See the attached picture. I have another new handle > for the passenger door. These ice storms and winter in general are really > hard on these handles here. I got the replacements for about $25 each from > Dixie Monte Carlo. Taiwan... I know, but black and straight. > > I also washed the winter dust off of the El Camino and did some data > logging to try and improve the performance. Might be some chip burning in > the future. > > JC > --- > John Christensen > 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI > NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net > Saint Charles, IL > --- > John Christensen > 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI > NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net > Saint Charles, IL > > > > > >