Hmm... I don't visit the site for nearly four months and come back to this...
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Originally Posted by MBNRA
I find these cars fascinating and yeah, many things are hard to do, but how many other cars have you had that STILL deliver with more than 300,000 miles on them?
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Two. I mentioned both of those cars and their mileage in the second sentence of my first post, so I've already answered the question.
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Originally Posted by JonL
If you need a special tool, you need a special tool. Know that before hand, have it ready, and the job will go smoothly.
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Therein lies the rub -- too many things on this car require a special tool. Do you ever watch "Good Eats" with Alton Brown? If so, think about what he says about specialized kitchen tools that only do one thing.
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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Its amazing to see people who are angry at their 25+ year old 300,000+ mile car that they bought with no records from a fat man that collapsed the seat and trashed the car with his food habits and did a number on the car with neglect. Seriously.....what is expected of a car like that? Why not look for one that has received decent maintenance its whole life and not do 20 years of repair work in one shot.  |
... and it's amazing to see that people still come into this thread and completely fail to comprehend the point of my post. I will say it AGAIN: I never expected to not have to do a good bit of refurbishment and maintenance catch up. That was never the point of my post, which was that too much of what has to be done is a PITA in too many ways.
Well, at least Y'all are still getting pleasure out of haranguing a non-believer.
Oh, BTW, at least I did have one
moment recently when I installed an Elring valve cover gasket -- no more leaks (from the valve cover)! Unfortunately, the three FastLane-sourced gaskets I installed over the last two years weren't doing the trick.