In article <002801c17cf3$d0ec5190$dc0215ac@wl.opentext.com>, David A.
Templeton <davidt@opentext.com> writes
>Sorry to hear that Mike. That sounds a lot like me earlier this summer, the
>water pump in the wife's Mustang really started to whine. Time to change
>it, fine new pump. Test ran the car for about 25km and the temp gauge
>starts to go up, up, up. Pull over and lift the hood, there is coolant
>coming out of the top tank of the rad. Limped home and had to get the rad
>rebuilt, new belts and thermostat. Also, had to redetail the engine bay
>from all of the sprayed coolant :-(
>
>The lesson I learned, on a vintage car ( >20 years old ), when replacing a
>worn part(s) with new, prepare for the situation that lots of other parts
>wil not be able to stand up to the new stuff.
I think you're right. Almost everything else in the car has been fixed
up over the past few months, so I guess that the gearbox was bound to go
sooner or later. The only thing remaining unchanged shortly will be
the diff - how long before I need to replace that, I wonder? :-(
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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