Bre'r TOM WALKER wrote about RE:Re: Power steering lines to Bre'r MARK   
   HOFMANN:   
      
    MH>> Back when I drove my 80' Malibu, I remember several times getting   
    MH>> off work o to have it not start.  Most of the time it would not only   
    MH>> be cold, but raini too.   
      
    MH>> Laying under the car in work cloths using a pipe to smack the   
    MH>> starter was lo of fun.  After the third time this happened, I   
    MH>> decided to replace it in the cold instead of waiting for a nice warm   
    MH>> day.   
      
    TW> I had a similar Starter o na 1971 VW Square back. At times the   
    TW> starter woudl niot wrok and crawling under the car and bridging the   
    TW> solenoid woulr gwet it to work for a while. Even though the car was   
    TW> uinder the Warranty the VW Dealer woudl do nothing for me because it   
    TW> wroked whn they tried it. When it failed on a trip. Luckly in a mini   
    TW> mall with a Auto parts Store I decided to Change the starter. Only   
    TW> problem is it was during a wind strom and sand was blowing   
    TW> everywhere. Never had that problem again   
      
   December 1969 - Flagstaff, AZ: Heading home from a trip to Illinois in a   
   67 Malibu w/396, a cam lobe was going flat and that one cylinder was   
   fighting the others for air! Stopped in a motel for the night and the next   
   morning, in the snow, I went to the Chevy dealer and bought a valve cover   
   gasket. Went back and pulled the cover, removed the two pushrods and   
   closed it up.  Then I removed the spark plug from that cylinder and drove   
   it home on 7...   
      
    TW> That job was not as bad as changing a 1951 Ford Three speed tranny in   
    TW> a gravel parking lot with no rug to lay on. :-)   
      
   I did that too! A 1951 Ford with a 3spd OD, a little bit heavier than the   
   3spd. Dropped the trans on my middle index finger, which was located on   
   the drain plug at the time. Hurt like hexx and my fingernail turned black.   
   From then on, I used both knees to lift trannies in and out of cars while   
   on the ground.   
      
      
            R\%/itt   
      
      
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