>Yah. The corollary to Nory's signature is: "Just because you've
>replaced a part with a new one, don't assume it's any good."
>Been there, done that, cremated it with an oxy-acetylene torch.
>(Bad oil pressure sender)
My dad and I have a section o' the garage wall devoted to the more
unusual causes of mechanical failures, as well as the "KISS" ones:
New Points
New Coil
New Thermostat
New Inductive Pickup
New Coil Wire
New Relay
New 'Brain Box'
New Fuel Filter with the outlet blanked off internally
Double Wall Exhaust Pipe with the inner section
collapsed and the outer perfectly
normal looking
Pieces of a small-block Chevy victim of lack o' ant-
freeze in winter (rear of the block broke just
dribbling a small amount of coolant event though
a 2" by 3" section was barely hanging on)
Non-vented vented gas cap
Chevy Starter Brush (it was slightly loose; worked when
cold, but as soon as it got warm, it broke contact,
and the car wouldn't start for love or money)
Short black screw imbedded in tread so that head was not
visible and tip just barely peaked through (seemed
to leak air only when screw was at bottom of wheel
when stationary)
Mouse Nest in Air Intake at Grille (musta been one *big*
mouse)
Collapsed fuel line
Vacuum line (rigid) with a hole under the clamp
Seems like its the simple things, or the really unusual ones that will
keep you tied up forever....
Rich
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