[elky] Re: Sprint in the shop
- From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:50:23 -0400 (EDT)
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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