[elky] Re: Misc. Car content

  • From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 22:35:47 -0600

          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
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