never park your 82 buick riviara with a blown reverse gear facing forwards towards a curb or a wall....
i had popped the reverse gear in the tranny (they are chaindrive transmisions) and i was doing deliveries and underground taxi and i kept forgetting that i had no reverse gear. friggin car was HEAVY!!!
V8, FWD, no power steering, no reverse gear and i weigh 125lbs if i'm lucky...
i hated that car.
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This Is The Post Of Knowledge!
Started by MakDiesel, Dec 01 2005 02:15 AM
93 replies to this topic
#91
Posted 20 June 2006 - 11:06 PM
#92
Posted 18 August 2007 - 08:32 PM
If your car won't start, and once you jump it, the car acts possessed by a demon (tach flutters between 3 and 8k BUT doesn't match the actual fluctuating engine RPM), dash lights flicker, stalls, sputters, sucks in general, be warned. Check the battery and do a smell test. If the battery is either smoking or smells like rotten eggs (sulfur) if can and may explode. It may also mean the water has boiled completely out of the battery and the plates are fried, so do yourself a favor and have your alternator checked for overcharging due to a broken voltage regulator. With a multimeter, output at the battery terminals should be 12.5-13.5v w/ the car off and 13.5-14.5v at idle. Just a heads up from my weekend. Mak
PS. sulfuric acid burns smart quite a bit. Cold running water is the first remedy.
PS. sulfuric acid burns smart quite a bit. Cold running water is the first remedy.
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i see you did a world class rape on the rest of the vehicle lol.
#93
Posted 20 August 2007 - 09:33 AM
Work all of the knobs, levers and switches in the whole car every two weeks,
even if it is not the time of year to do so.
Rinse the underside of your car about every 3 times that you wash the upper side.
even if it is not the time of year to do so.
Rinse the underside of your car about every 3 times that you wash the upper side.
#94
Posted 21 August 2007 - 09:54 AM
always carry a tube of quick steel, this stuff is great on cracked (holes) radiators, busted pans. Also a set of jumper cables tied together with two batteries can act as a welder, i also keep a package of tire plugs as well just in case i pick up a nail. In the winter time i keep a milk crate full of straps and log chains and carry my hi-lift. works as a great winch.
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91 Jeep Cherokee "Slug II"
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Ford........At least they circled the problem...
38 Desoto 2 door sedan (a project that I will someday get around to)
87 CRX DX "Parts Car"
86 CRX SI "Currently being built" DD
86 CRX DX "The Project" -(retired) - stripped
71 Chevy PU
81 Chevy PU
01 Dodge Ram 1500 (sold/traded)
97 Honda prelude DD
92 Jeep Cherokee "Slug" (parts)
91 Jeep Cherokee "Slug II"
92 Ford Probe GT Turbo: it blew up, got stripped, and then crushed....back to my CRX...What was I thinking...Oh yea it was free.
Ford........At least they circled the problem...
38 Desoto 2 door sedan (a project that I will someday get around to)