Bre'r TOM WALKER wrote about RE:Re: Power steering lines to Bre'r MARK
HOFMANN:

 MH>> Back when I drove my 80' Malibu, I remember several times getting
 MH>> off work o to have it not start.  Most of the time it would not only
 MH>> be cold, but raini too.

 MH>> Laying under the car in work cloths using a pipe to smack the
 MH>> starter was lo of fun.  After the third time this happened, I
 MH>> decided to replace it in the cold instead of waiting for a nice warm
 MH>> day.

 TW> I had a similar Starter o na 1971 VW Square back. At times the
 TW> starter woudl niot wrok and crawling under the car and bridging the
 TW> solenoid woulr gwet it to work for a while. Even though the car was
 TW> uinder the Warranty the VW Dealer woudl do nothing for me because it
 TW> wroked whn they tried it. When it failed on a trip. Luckly in a mini
 TW> mall with a Auto parts Store I decided to Change the starter. Only
 TW> problem is it was during a wind strom and sand was blowing
 TW> everywhere. Never had that problem again

December 1969 - Flagstaff, AZ: Heading home from a trip to Illinois in a
67 Malibu w/396, a cam lobe was going flat and that one cylinder was
fighting the others for air! Stopped in a motel for the night and the next
morning, in the snow, I went to the Chevy dealer and bought a valve cover
gasket. Went back and pulled the cover, removed the two pushrods and
closed it up.  Then I removed the spark plug from that cylinder and drove
it home on 7...

 TW> That job was not as bad as changing a 1951 Ford Three speed tranny in
 TW> a gravel parking lot with no rug to lay on. :-)

I did that too! A 1951 Ford with a 3spd OD, a little bit heavier than the
3spd. Dropped the trans on my middle index finger, which was located on
the drain plug at the time. Hurt like hexx and my fingernail turned black.
From then on, I used both knees to lift trannies in and out of cars while
on the ground.


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