- 1. Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 20:30:11 -0400
- The bolt holding the distributor was not as tight as it should have been, when I changed the initial advance one month ago. I put a timing light on the car, and the car has been degreed, and could no
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00140.html (8,666 bytes)
- 2. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: BossTiger2@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:52:39 EDT
- great job guys
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00143.html (7,201 bytes)
- 3. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Rich Atherton" <aka.gumby@gte.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:56:40 -0700
- OK I must wage a minor protest here... It was said that this was an electrical problem.. Even though I had thought of the distributor being lose, (as was the case once in my Imp), I dismissed it, bec
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00144.html (9,845 bytes)
- 4. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 07:48:14 -0400
- Rich, basics, basics, basics, or first impressions. While the distr. is part mechanical operation, the device is in the electrical circuit, say as opposed to the fuel circuit. You did good, with your
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00153.html (10,878 bytes)
- 5. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:55:48 -0700
- I also need to protest a tad. The distributor is completely electrical and indeed the electrical compnent performed flawlessly! The elctrical part simply provides a close encounter through which the
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00156.html (12,665 bytes)
- 6. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 10:07:52 -0700
- Jeeze, left ou a word that changes meaning. change the sentence "The distributor is completely electrical..." to "The distributor is not completely electrical and indeed the electrical component perf
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00158.html (9,408 bytes)
- 7. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Les Mcclelland <les.mcclelland@wcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:06:17 -0500
- All it takes is crawling under the car and looking....not rocket science. I can understand your wariness of salt belt cars, but Oklahoma is not PA or IL it is in the lower Midwest, and there is NO c
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00159.html (9,499 bytes)
- 8. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: JEwords@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 16:14:26 EDT
- Now we know the origin of that high-torque starter Larry installed. It was the Red Model, manufacturered by Herring. John Webber
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00160.html (7,942 bytes)
- 9. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Theo Smit <tsmit@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 14:18:03 -0600
- We should have known right off the start - the problem description sounded kind of fishy to me. Theo
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00161.html (8,135 bytes)
- 10. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 17:51:14 -0400
- DrMayf, you are absolutely right, as usual (I tell my wife the same thing.). And your check is in the mail. Larry
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00162.html (14,866 bytes)
- 11. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 17:56:09 -0400
- Yes Dear, you are right again, as always. And the check is in the mail, delivered by another desert rat. Larry
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00163.html (11,078 bytes)
- 12. RE: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:21:19 -0700
- My thought exactly John. I think the real lesson here is what probably every mechanic knows all too well: namely, don't believe anything the owner tells you about the problem beyond the bare facts, a
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00164.html (9,034 bytes)
- 13. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: DJoh797014@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 21:35:26 EDT
- I tend to agree with the good Doctor and Bob. All the systems performed as designed. The fact that you forgot to tighten the distributor nut showed that the problem was the at other end of the distri
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00169.html (8,306 bytes)
- 14. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Blackman <lb7777@wcrtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 21:48:03 -0400
- The question (problem) is how many mechanics would have checked to see if the nut was tight? Sure didn't hear any very smart mechanics asking that. Larry Blackman
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00170.html (8,658 bytes)
- 15. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Blackman <lb7777@wcrtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 21:49:30 -0400
- Larry this has been a great series of email questions and possible answers. It reminds me of when I had the same problem with my '66 GT 350. I had never touched the distributor. In 1970 I inherited i
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00172.html (8,994 bytes)
- 16. RE: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:32:20 -0700
- There is one little question I still have and that is, why did the problem get steadily worse? You don't say explicitly Larry, but I presume when you timed it, it was 38 degrees advanced. The direct
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00173.html (8,955 bytes)
- 17. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:40:11 -0700
- Yeah, you are right. Sholda pretended to just listen to Larry describe his problem then attack what the dickens coul dbe wrong. However, had I been a shop owner and was sent off on a wild goose chase
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00174.html (9,906 bytes)
- 18. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:55:45 -0700
- No, and we didn't check the lug nuts, or the fan bolts, or the windshield wiper or.... we all went on the assumption that the problem was related to the changeout of the starter. Had the problem been
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00175.html (8,894 bytes)
- 19. RE: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Derek White" <derekw@sltnet.lk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:08:47 +0500
- "The question (problem) is how many mechanics would have checked to see if the nut was tight? Sure didn't hear any very smart mechanics asking that. Larry Blackman" ... or how many mechanics can chec
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00177.html (8,633 bytes)
- 20. Re: Solve the Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Blackman <lb7777@wcrtc.net>
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 00:31:47 -0400
- That is right, most everyone assumed that it was related to the change out of the starter. You were told how the car was acting. That should be all that you should rely on. When I had the same probl
- /html/tigers/2002-09/msg00179.html (9,734 bytes)
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