[elky] Re: Truck Discussion
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:19:34 -0400
This is what we all need.
http://www.roadtester.com.au/Holden/Crewman+SS-319.aspx
As for the gas pedal... About the only universal ones out
there are from Lockar. And they are goofy to atapt to anything built after
1950
Robert Adams
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As to what I'm looking for... it's a vehicle big enough for the family of 4
> to take on trips, with a manual transmission so I won't hate it the other
> 99% of the time I drive it. Neither of us would consider a minivan, and I
> don't see an SUV as any more utility than my wagon... just taller like
> Robert said, which is unused space (we're short). The CTS-V comment was
> regarding Brian's car (congrats on the almost-sale!).
>
> As to why I need a manual transmission... well, because I do. There are
> certain things in our lives we will not compromise on... maybe you wouldn't
> eat mustard if your life depended on it? maybe you only buy Behr house
> paint? Me? I'm opinionated, picky, generally cantankerous, and if I'm
> driving I want to row my own. (As a side benefit, have you ever had
> autotragic repairs or replacement done? cashectomy anyone?)
>
> Oh I forgot to mention the best part. Bright and early Monday morning I
> have both my boys in their car seats I'm driving out of my neighborhood and
> the accelerator pedal drops to the floor (and the RPMs drop to idle). When
> you've had this happen before you know what it is without looking... the
> accelerator cable broke. I idled into the next neighborhood and tried to
> kludge a fix, but I ended up having to limp it back home.
>
> Evidently as a part of the conversion the cable had a stop on the pedal
> end, and the stop broke off. What throttle cable was used in the
> conversion? Volvo? LT1? Universal? I have no idea. Finding a replacement
> would not be easy. Luckily there was enough cable to put a stop back on,
> the pedal is just a bit higher now. The Volvo is reliable... until it
> isn't.
>
> As if I needed another reason to want to get a new (or newer) vehicle...
>
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