200,200 - Frog update

I installed a B&M Shift Improver kit in my 89 back around 91, it did the same thing except the hard shifts stopped suddenly after a really hard shift making a left turn across traffic. I had stepped into it a little, it shifted really hard, breaking the tires loose for a moment, then it shifted smoother for the next 100k miles.

Arlie

I suspect that you've learned to slighly ease off the throttle just as it shifts. Make a point of holding the throttle at about 1/4 throttle and it should still chirp on the 1 - 2 shift.

Well I'm glad to hear the Frog's ails have been repaired.

Yeah, I was hoping this was "normal" for a shift kit. I was having fun, launching at WOT to get that satisfying shift, then it stopped doing it... Oh, well.

dwight

I'll let y'all know if I can replicate it. But, believe me, while I WAS practicing controlling that shift point, I was talking about holding the go pedal to the floor here. I lost my chirp.

dwight

Hah! Not all of 'em. There's always something else on a 13-year-old daily driver.

I need to have the defroster motor replaced (and this is getting more urgent, as the weather gets colder), and I'm getting a noise up front that sounds like another water pump is getting ready to go. Of course, that could just be the serpentine belt (fingers crossed), but I think not.

dwight

Hey, Froggy, do you keep good maintenece records? If so, any chance you post wear out points/mileage numbers for components like alternator, water & fuel pumps, brake parts, sensors, etc.

Patrick '93 Mustang

Are you kidding? Hell, man, we MOVED last year. Somewhere, there's a cardboard box with a BULGING file folder of bills from the previous years. I tried to keep every receipt from TFrog...

Might make an interesting project for some cold, winter day when I dare not venture outside.

:()

Well if that's normal my shift kit isn't. If I don't let up on the go pedal the tires will chirp on the 1-2 shift. I've had the shift kit installed for

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:38:08 -0500, "dwight" puked:

That happened to me on my Camaro and I got some silicone adhesive and fixed it. Be sure you clean the surface well first.

-- lab~rat >:-) Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

See, we don't have those here.

I used to find that mine would chirp harder at about 1/2 throttle than it would at full throttle. I didn't always get that tire chirp at full throttle but it sure did shift fast.

Erik D. No cool cars

LOL!! Yeah it was nice and chilly this morning at about 42! We do get those pesky hurricanes every now and then though.

Erik D. No cool cars

That's fine for a Camaro.

dwight

I was wondering if you had completely disappeared after "the incident." There's a guy on one of the local boards that had his '71 Vette flooded. I amazingly woke up to 38 degrees on Friday morning.

Actually I did that on a 69 Ford XL vert too, but yeah, it made me laugh...

Yeah, I couldn't resist that setup.

Sounds like the way to go, for a temporary fix. The top is definitely the weakest point in the look of the car - everything else is fine, other than some grey rubbed off around the fog lights up front. Great looking car, if you can get past the ratty top.

Come to think of it, my wife is expecting me to have the top replaced in the spring. If I spent $800-$1,000 NOW, on top of the big bills last month, she'd probably hate my cars even more. Maybe a little adhesive would smooth things over...

:()

Oh, you know I don't know why this just came to me now. When I was building my house and just after I moved in, there was an older guy in his 60's in a bright almost sky blue 84-85 Mustang vert. He and what I assume is his wife were taking care of / cleaning out the house of what I assume to be one of their elderly parents. He was in and out at all times, I remember the car sounded VERY mean. Anyway as I would pass and see the car at least 4 times a week, I witnessed the bottom of the back glass coming loose and him trying numerous times in vain to repair it. He had it taped up with duct tape for almost a week and after removing the tape it stayed for a while but fell out again. He did this 4 or 5 times and finally replaced the top.