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Old 05-16-2009, 08:43 PM
stephenc03 stephenc03 is offline
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Originally Posted by charmalu View Post
have the front wheels balanced at a tire shop, that would give you a good starting point.
100 bucks, so was this a driver, or was it sitting for quite a while? I have see tires develope a flat spot when sitting for a while. when they warm up, things smooth out.

You did say it was a none runner

Charlie
It was abandoned on this guys property and the last time that it was registered was in 2005. the tires have plenty of tread on them and wernt flat when I bought it. It was in a field. The lady said that she thought the engine was bad and needed to be replaced. She just wanted it gone so i got it for 100 bucks put some new filters on it, adjusted the valves, and with a little bit of cranking she fired up and is fine. It runs good except for the violent shake. Now that I think about it, I never thought that the wheel could be that far out of balance that it would shake like that, but i will rotate the tire to see if the shake moves to another part of the car.
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