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[T3] Stuff going on woth my car lately
San Diego is not so sunny as yesterday it is expected to rain for real this
time
good thing I installed that rubber on the really crummy popout window .
- Yesterday I have changed the oil on my car after two months of driving ,
it looked pretty clean , I guess the total seal rings are doing a good
job of
keeping the blowby out of my oil .
- My giant 1200cca battery from Sears finally died into a dead short, I did
not heed
the suggetions given by you guys on this. The battery would be totally
dead after 3 days parked
but would charge up daily when I drove regularly as always, dead battery
was always noted
when I job traveled for a couple of days. 45-50 amps of current draw on my
current test gauge
should have been a symptom but I blamed it on a cold solder in my
generator . Cold solder
was caused by the giant load on my generator , solder would melt then
harden back again
brushes would go down in a couple of weeks. I replaced the battery and the
car charges
correctly , problem not noted until I stopped the car for a few days. I
tested the battery by storing
it fully charged for a couple of days, it died countinuously .
- I had an incident a few weeks ago when my brakes failed to nothing , pedal
all of the way down
75 miles an hour in heavy traffic in the Tijuana expressway. All traffic
was stopped in front of me
and I was hauling ass. Hand brake was activated and caused the car to slow
down but not
enough , so I threw the autotranny in 1st gear slowed it more, but not
sufficient, still moving
like a bat out of hell, so I floored my gas pedal and threw the autotranny
in reverse, boy did
that stop the car quick, learned that trick while driving in slick mud
down hill. Lots of cars seemed to crash
behind me , I left the scene unscathed. No one seemed hurt except for all
of the cars.
The tranny seemed to have held up well, hopefully no
damage to the tranny bands and disks, so far still factory smooth , never
rebuilt, need to change
the fluid in January. Must change the fluid every 6 months of regular
driving to keep the tranny healthy,
dirty fluid will shorten tranny life , take note ! Bad Master brake
cylinder, corrected.
- I have replaced my all of sudden clogged fuel filter with a filter from
the PEP Boys rack , it was from the
87 front wheel drive Chevy with EFI , Solid rolled steel filter with
nipple for hoses and it fit perfectly in my car
and the filters relative size is giant in relation with the original
german filter. Good filter and probably
more efficient than our original EFI filter.
- I just replaced my front brake pads and I now get the shakes, I should
have had the rotors turned as
my brother mentioned, his Camery had the shakes after new pads , until he
turned the rotors.
- My 45,000 mile tires have had it, I have good shocks all around my car but
I am developing flat spots
on my tires due to lack of new tire balancing and rotation , heavy driving
will unbalance tires and cause them
to lose balance, this inturn makes them bounce a little on the same tire
spot causing flat spots. New
tires to be installed this year, tires are only a year and a half old.
Rims need replacement, my tire guy said
all of my rims are not staight and will not roll even, too much offroading
?
- My engine seems more powerful than before and started to knock on 87
octane, I now use 89 octane
gasoline. the pistons , cylinders and top rings are 70,000 miles old ,
still working very well, head temps
are below 300 degrees during normal decent person driving. Only a 1600.
- I am getting back or even worse into my original sin of driving for some
reason , maybe it is the new discovery of
MP3's into my radio, I have never bought cassettes or CD's (I am cheap) ,
the Metalica I play is possessing me to
drive in a roadwarrior like manner , Mad Max would be proud of me, I have
hit 90 MPH quite often know and
every now and then 95. Since last week I have hit 85 MPH in heavy traffic,
beating all of those Ricer boys to get
ahead in a zigzag manner , must lay off the Metallica MP3 I started
playing last week or someone may report
me all over the asphalt in San Diego. It seems the darkside is calling me
for more engine power , 1600 cc seems
not enough but sufficient for speed sin.....forgive me for I have sinned
today also.....
- At mom terror speeds 350 degree head temps still not obtained with Mexican
VW heads.
LEON MARTINEZ
SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA
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