Re: [FWDLK] Preserving Neutrality....

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

You shoulda posted this to the List; YEAH,  obviously meant trannie
cable, but, ALSO need to get another Gizmo, to correct an about 11-12%
too slow odo reading, now.

Do you remember which place that was?

And, yeah, I have (not often enuf, tho!) checked the hubcap attachment;
guess that all 4 wheels were removed this time (for rear end replacement
& new front brake hoses, & a new lower ball joint).

BTW, a touron, visiting for this past weekends 50's/60's dance/show
found the hubcap (that's why I couldn't find it, later) & turned it over
to our local car club (of which I'm not a member, but, my shop's owner
IS, so he eventually got it & called me , yesterday, so I got it back,
really not-much-worse-for-the-wear.

I'll c.c, the List., & see if your message gets posted, too.

Neil


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• From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 00:18:02 -0500

I suspect by referring to the "speedo/odo cable" you actually mean the
"shift cable".

I lost a wheel cover on my driver a couple of years ago, noticed right after
I got home from a tire rotation. They gave me 40 bucks to buy a set of
matching replacements for the cheapos that were on it. I always verify the
cover is on tight to the rim by pounding it myself with the side of my fist,
at least twice around the rim. Always done that on my old cars when I work
on the wheels & brakes, now also on my driver when the tires are
mounted/rotated.

I also have had loose wheels when worked on by others (twice!). Now I check
them myself at home or witness an actual torque wrench tightening at the
shop. 90 - 100 ft-lbs. Last time I brought my own wrench and did it in the
shop!  Many mechanics get used to aluminum wheels on tiny cars that only get
50 ft-lbs.

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[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of eastern sierra Adj Services
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 11:50 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] Preserving Neutrality....

Some might recall my earlier message, about my car's suddenly losing its
Neutral condition, upon arriving at a remote gas station, on the
way-back, from Tulsa.

I retained Reverse, and could get all 3 gears, from the "1" button.

Last week, when Brent Burger's car's former 2.76 rear end was
installed..... (it works NICE, but he's not gonna win any drag races,
any more, but he WILL pass a lot more filling stations----and, no, I
haven't taken a road trip, yet, to see what the new MPG will
be)......but my shop reported that the culpret, for the transmission
anomaly was........simply, that one of the two bolts, that secure the
speedo/odo holding-bracket, to the pushbutton housing, worked loose and
dropped-out, allowing the speedo/odo cable to have too much slack, and
to lose the "N" operation.

How weird is that?

However, my "trusty" shop apparently may have not, (or may have
mis-)connected the Reverse-light switch, to the pushbutton housing,
because the car has no back-up lights; so, it looks like I'll have to
remove the pushbutton housing, and see what's-up, with the Reverse
switch.

Also, & this is a tad more serious, when the shop installed new front
brake lines , to see if the existing very-newish lines might be
defective, internally, (they weren't) , so as to cause an initial
braking-pull, that goes away, with a strong(er) brake application ,
they happened to  remove the front  wheels.

Turns out that the shop didn't adequately reinstall the right front
spinner hubcap.

YUP, after  a short cruise, a few miles around our rural town, on FRI, I
parked the car @ my office, & returned to the car, about an hour later.

Whoops! No rt/ft wheelcover.

Drove the route 3 times, before writing-off the 'cap', which included a
24K plated knight's head, on the spinner (to duplicate the appearance of
the gold-laquered OEM Knight's Head).

Put the spare wheelcover on, which had been carried in the trunk.

SO, I need a reference for a 24K gold plater, PLEASE, to do-up one of my
other spare spinners!

Hey, you either drive your car(s), or you don't!

Neil Vedder

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