[Shotimes] Northwest (seattle) SHO Mechanics...New to the SHO club

[James White]

I've done every thing from the 60k to suspension.  Not all that hard.  There
is a lot of help on both this list and the techsho list when you (or I) run
into problems.  About the only thing that is somewhat difficult is the
tranny/clutch because you have to suspend the motor while you remove the
subframe.  Still doable, but not for the faint of heart.

There are quite a few SHO guys near you and I am sure that if they can't
help, they can recommend a shop that is OK.

And what ever you start to fix, you will have to buy a few special tools to
do it, but the first time it will be a little cheaper to buy the tools and
do it yourself.  The next time you won't have to buy the tools and it will
be a lot cheaper and quicker.

Three weeks ago the alternator went out on the '95MTX.  Because of work
pressures, I thought that it might be better that someone else should fix
it,  Wrong!  Nobody would even look at it for 2-3 days.  It took less than
an hour to get it off all the while talking to customers on the phone, then
while still on the phone drive to the rebuilder getting there @4:00PM.  The
rebuilder had the alternator completely rebuilt by 8AM the next morning.  I
installed it and was on the way to Milwaukee by 10AM.

Lots of stuff is easy, a few things are a challenge, but almost nothing is
really hard, but for that there help on our lists.

Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'93  5 SPEED   278k few mods
'95  5 SPEED   247k lots of mods
"double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: <combustion.chamber@attbi.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 10:08 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Northwest (seattle) SHO Mechanics...New to the SHO club


> Hi guys,
>              I am a new member of the SHO family, and while VERY excited,
am alittle scared.  I know
> they are tough engines and all of that, but I have NEVER owned a Ford
product.  All I have ever
> driven were Japanese cars to this date...And yes the SHO is alittle
Japanese, but that isn't the
> point.  While I am mechanically inclined...for the most part...I am
wondering if it might just be
> smarter for me to have my major maintenance done on the car.  That being
the infamous 60K
> service (t-belt, hoses, lash?) and going from there. Car is a '92 MTX with
110K and is squeak and
> rattle free, and driven by the owners wife.
>
> That brings me to this question...does anyone know of a decent and
affordable SHO mechanic in
> the Pacific Northwest (Seattle) where I am?  There is a NW club, which I
am joining but I have to
> wait for approval from the list manager (not your problem I know), and I
am not sure when that will
> happen.  I'd like to start out on the right foot with this thing as I pick
it up later this week and put
> it in the shop for a going over, or do it myself.  I've always wanted one,
and now here is my
> chance...
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated!
>
> thanks in advance,
> Syd
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