O/t Cool S-10

Re: O/t Cool S-10

Glenn Madsen

>I have a fuel gauge on a Sierra like that. We watch the trip odometer pretty closely.

Re: Yet something else to make you homesick

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>My cousin never locked his house either, until someone went in and took everything they had. We live in the middle of Amish country, and have a very low crime rate. Maybe not as low as Maine; probably even crooks are smart enough not to live where it gets that cold ;)

My employer also runs a restaurant, and two employees figured out if they put a small rock in the back door, it would look like the door was shut but would not be latched. The coolers in the basement were not locked, and they started unloading the coolers late one night. Unfortunately for them, they did not know there was a night cleaning crew in the restuarant. If the coolers would have been padlocked, there would not have been the temptation to steal, and thus would have prevented two young boys from getting into big trouble.

No Moses, You're wrong

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>If those coolers had been locked they would of merely gone elsewhere to get into some sort of trouble.

A lock is nothing more to keep an honest man honest, and won't stop a dishonest man from being dishonest.

I'm happy to hear that things haven't changed to awful much up Home Bob. Down here it's not like that. :~(

Todd O.

Re: Yet something else to make you homesick

Jack Guzman from Maine

>The only time my key ever comes out of the ignition is when I have to park in downtown Portland.That happens at most 3 or 4 times a year.---Jack

Re: Yet something else to make you homesick

Jack Guzman from Maine

>We've had breakins around here.Usually alot of houses hit by the same thieves.Every oneI've heard of has been teenagers from away on vacation up here with too much time on their hands.In 20 years I've never been hit.Of course I do have watch geese.Maybe they're scared of getting goosed.---Jack

Re: paying for shotgun

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>You don't mention the respective ages of the two vehicles. Older vehicles have a lot of built-in voltage drop from accumulated minor corrosion on the various connections, none of it enough to cause the meter needles to jump, but it makes a difference.

On the old 6-volt VW buses, it was necessary to install a relay to operate the starting circuit after a few years, because the current, pushed by a mere 6 volts, couldn't make it alllll the way from the battery to the key and back to the starter. Karmann Ghia horn relays were the standard relay, installed back in the engine compartment and wired directly from the battery (with a fuse, if the mechanic was competent) to operate the solenoid circuit.

Re: paying for shotgun

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>'84 beemer, '85 van; but the beemer lived most of its life on Cape Cod and in Boston, the Vanagon here in Texas. So good point on lots of little electric draws from corrosion, thousands of tiny parasites. I was also thinking the starter itself could be falty.

Pam

True

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>You should have a starter with an abnormally high current draw, or one weak winding that is OK when the battery's strong. The first can be tested by a mechanic who's comfortable with electrical stuff. The second can be really elusive, because it will appear only when that winding happens to be the one touching the brushes when it stops.

Re: True

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks, Bill. The symptoms match the second condition, one (or more) bad winding. I'll mention that to the mechanic.

Pam

We have now completed our excursion

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>to the petroleum-products side, and return to the light...

OEM Spec Replacement Parts

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>The answer may be that they are counterfeit parts. Every so often, one of the investigative/expose news outlets has a presentation on the glut of counterfeit auto repair parts. And, of course, some of them are a lot more hazardous than a bad water pump.

Keys in Ignition

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

>The other year, I got out of my wife's Malibu, and left the keys in the ignition (we were stopping at someone's house briefly). The damned thing locked the doors on me. My wife gave me one of those looks, and said, "You left the keys in the IGNITION?"

Evidently, modern burglar alarms automatically lock the doors after a minute or two.

Re: Keys in Ignition

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Blackdawg, Chief of Security, has done that to me, too. He's really good at locking the doors, but doesn't have a clue how to unlock them, again.

Re: O/t Cool S-10

Tony - Memphis

>Glad you finally got it fixed. I had to replace the heater core in my 90 model. It was fun! I had a problem where the thing read cool for quite a while. I assumed it was a sender, but it was actually the thermostat. Kept that one long enough to replace the pump, core, etc. Its still running though.

I have an 01 now and the check engine light keeps coming on. Giving me an "Supplemental air pump system error #410" error. Hope its not the pump going out. I clear it and it stays off for quite a while.

Tony

Re: Keys in Ignition

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I haven't reached that point in technology yet.The only electrical gizmo my 93 has is a lights on buzzer.Adamantly refusing to join the 21st century.---Jack