TFrog, Day Six

Quadrant snagged a blue/red wire?

Would that be labor quality or core quality?

I'm curious, how to you "prep" for upcoming leaf raking?

Obviously, you were talking to the dealer's AODE shift kit specialist, you lucky dog.

Well, that's why the bill wasn't as high. They ASSumed you were going to put the whole thing back together your own bad self.

"dwight" wrote | I think I'll talk to the service manager. | | dwight |

Ya think? Sounds like a plan.

On the up side, at least the kid didn't try to drive it when he didn't know how :)

Kate

That would have killed me. If I were him, I would not be telling people I passed up a chance to drive a nice 5.0

However, he will probably be telling people that he drove the ever living shit out your car while they all have a good laugh about it.

Don Manning

You bein' a westerner, and specifically a souffwesterner, you'll have to use your imagination. See, 'round these parts, the green things tend to grow quickly during the summer months, fillin' in all the open spaces.

Now that the season of furious growth has almost ended and the cold winter months are approaching, the yard needs a managed transition from "overgrown" to "neat and tidy." First thing is to cut the grass - a little shorter than normal. (Almost a buzz cut.) Then the hedgerows on either side need to be trimmed razor-sharp and even, and I pull out anything that isn't hedge, too. Creeper vines, miscellaneous oak trees, and the like.

Then I attack the bushes and plants around the perimeter, taking out any that have insinuated themselves this year. By insinuate, I mean not intended by me, but allowed to grow for the duration. Once everything is trimmed back, sheared, weeded, and edged, a thorough raking of the lawn is in order, to remove any tree detritus and effluvium that has collected since Spring. .

If it's done right, it allows for quick and painless leaf raking in October. That, and there shouldn't be any surprises when the snow melts in March.

dwight

Not this kid. Big, and a bit slow. Very nice, though. Besides, driving stick is a lost art. I'm never surprised when I come across someone working at an automotive shop who has never driven manual anymore. And I'm always happy to move the car for them. Better safe than smashed.

TFrog is supposedly all set now. I'm picking it up at lunchtime.

dwight

Make sure there's a heater core restrictor in the heater hose inlet to help preserve the new core. You may already have one, but verify with the service manager...

I take it they converted the A/C to R134A. Was this due to a defective component, leak or what???

-- Mike

The last time I had the heater core replaced was in the winter months. By the time summer arrived, I found I had no A/C. It's possible that shop did not recharge the system after replacing the core. Regardless, I wasn't about to take the car back to them.

So, since it was going in for yet another heater core, I asked that they recharge the system. To do so, they converted over to R134. I won't know whether that's working or not, until I pick the car up today and take it for a proper test drive.

dwight (Oddly enough: There's a Dunkin' Donuts next door to the dealership, and a '93 GT convertible was parked out back. Reef blue, titanium cladding, black roof. There are now at least four identical convertibles in the immediate area that I know of. And I thought CFrog was "special".)

I have device for you that packs AZ weather into a tank for handheld distribution and eradication of all that growth. It's called a flamethrower.

Now, now... You should know that when a gentleman is of a certain age, his thoughts turn to gardening and photography. Or, at least, mine have. I don't know what I'd do without my day lilies and decorative grasses. Without them, I'd be taking pictures of automobiles all the time.

dwight

And just what is that age, dwight? Isn't it rather cheeky to make that as a general statement, good man? Oh, I get it; you said "gentlemen".

"dwight" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de:

Wow. dwight, I know we're roughly the same age from birth, but please shoot me if I ever get to be that old mentally.

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

You guys make me laugh!

A certain age? Oh shit... that's happened to me.

decorative grasses. Without them, I'd be taking pictures of automobiles all >

the time.

Yep, Day Lilies, Plumbago, Dogwoods, Crape Myrtles, Roses, Honeysuckles, Hollys, Rosa Sharon, Japanese Maples, Blueberry bushes, Redbud Trees, they're all good.

On the automotive front. Found out tonight my local track is expanding from 1/8th to 1/4. And a friend of my son's told me I could take his 7-second (in the 8th) Honda CRX for a pass or two. That should be interesting...

Patrick '93 Cobra '83 LTD

I would have investegated getting R12 refrigerent charged back in the system especially if there were no leak issues. But as long as they did a thorough evacuation in the R134A conversion, and your happy with the results.......

Parked at Dunkin' Donuts? Maybe an off duty Lawman owns it. :-)

-- Mike

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (Patrick) wrote

And a friend of my son's told me I could

Be sure to wear a backwards ball cap. Honda's won't run fer s#!t without one.