[Shotimes] enthusiasm...

[Jason Hartberger]

The front three spark plugs are a breeze to get to, the back three 
require either removing the intake or the addition of a few extra sets 
of elbows to your arms. Fortunately, the intake's not that bad to take 
off, but it's not exactly a walk in the park, either. The vacuum lines 
get annoying quickly. Glad to see all the tough stuff's been taken care 
of already. looks like you got a keeper.

Jason

George ask me wrote:

>Yes.
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>The clutch was replaced, and I believe the tranny was too, if not rebuilt.  The breaks were also replaced.  The 60k tune up was done at around 140k-150k miles, don't remember, have to check the paperwork.  those problematic bearings were replaced, I think a couple other things were done too...
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>I think I need new spark plugs.  plus oil change, air filter, oil filter, etc.  Are the spark plugs hard to replace?  I only see three in front, and the rear ones look pretty...inaccessible...
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>George
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Carl Prochilo" 
>To: 
>Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 8:01 PM
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] enthusiasm...
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>>Congrats. Do you have any history on this car? Did the previous owner do
>>anything to the car? There are 2 fundamental weaknesses on this type of
>>car: clutch and brakes. As for the rest, you will learn as you go and
>>should use a place like to this to ask and learn.
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>>Oh, and as for driving the car, sounds like you are well on your way to
>>knowing how much fun it is to drive. Don't hesitate to zing the motor
>>past 6K RPM on a regular basis. That's where the fun lives.
>>-- 
>>Cheers,
>>Carl Prochilo
>>92 Ultra Red Crimson
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>>On Sun, July 3, 2005 4:44 pm, George ask me said:
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>>>hey everybody,
>>>
>>>I started asking about tires, and neglected to tell you all that I just
>>>picked up my first SHO!!! I'm pretty happy. It's an '89 with 160,000
>>>miles, but still strong. It's "titanium" colored. At first, it looked
>>>pretty dirty, cuz it was sitting under the previous owner's tree. But my
>>>friend and I cleaned it, and it's beautiful.
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>>>I'm learning to drive it, it's powerful haha. I am trying so hard not 
>>>to
>>>spin the tires, cuz I heard that's the worst thing you can do. Any
>>>suggestions for a rookie? Thanks guys.
>>>
>>>George
>>>Make Yahoo! your home page
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