[Shotimes] High Milers.....Stand and be Heard

[Jonas Diener]

>On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:31:53 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Carl 
>Prochilo wrote:
>
>>And if you truly follow this practice, you can actually <gently> pull the
>>shifter into neutral when coming to a stop without using the clutch.  If
>>it fights you, give some gas to better match the revs of the engine to the
>>tranny.  Should come out of gear as easily as a hot knife into butter.
>
>And if you REALLY know your car, and pay attention to the inputs you 
>get from the
>pedals, tach and shifter, you can slde it into gear (without the 
>clutch) as well.
>Usually it's not necessary, but once in a while it's a nice feeling 
>to know one is
>'connected' to his car.

Yep, I do this a lot.  Just don't force it too hard if it doesn't 
want to go or you'll destroy your synchros.

I used to be fond of making my stang inch forward from a stop by 
pushing against first without using the clutch before I understood 
the inner workings of an MTX.

My SHO has 159k on the clock and still runs strong, although I may 
have to do the dreaded head gasket before long -- I discovered a good 
amount of oil sludge in the radiator the other day.

Just got done doing the HG on my wife's SOHC Neon and that was enough 
of a pain.  Now I get to do it on a car with 2 heads and 2 cams per 
head.  Ugh.