As i read these post I see that a lot of you folks are doing proactive maintenance. I use to be that way but I dont do it any more.

I learned a valueable secret....

for example, you decide to change the vacuum pump gasket on a working vacuum pump. You get it off, things go well until you put it back on. Then you tear the boot and now your in trouble.

It always works like that on these old cars.

A friend of mine is always breaking his car and it sits for days because he is so proactive. Prime example is the oil cooler lines look old. So you decide to change them. You strip the tread on the oil cooler and now your getting another one.

Your better off to just let the thing break whatever it maybe and then just repair it. I bet there is a lot of you who have learned this lesson.