I think that there are some SHO people in that area.
FSHOC (Florida SHO club) and Don Donnelson are in the
area. Kelvin Turner is there too (I think).
Anyone?
Ian
--- Maury Alston <freeze_0387@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am in South Fl, Pembroke Pines near Ft.
> Lauderdale. I don't think there is a shop in this
> area that can help. There are two dealerships about
> 3 hours away that have techs who own and drive
> SHO's. I am thinking about driving it to one of
> them.
>
> Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote: Oil in the
> plugs is a possibilty. I was also thinking
> at 6 this morning that its possible that you have
> generic spark plugs or those horrible +4 plugs
> installed. (yes, i actually woke up thinking about
> this for some reason). The truth is that we can sit
> here all day and hypothesize but someone who knows
> what they are doing (not your particular dealer)
> needs
> to take a look at it. Hopefully you're near someone
> who can help you out. Where are you?
>
> Ian
>
> --- James White wrote:
>
> > If your crank sensor was bad your would have
> gotten
> > to the Stealer
> > at the back end of a tow truck.
> >
> > Likely you have bad plug wires, likely caused by
> oil
> > in the spark
> > plug wells.
> >
> > If you can't do it yourself (it isn't all that
> hard)
> > get an independant
> > repair shop that will replace the plug wires,
> clean
> > out the plug
> > wells out of the oil that is likely there to cause
> > problems, and
> > maybe replace the spark plugs with DOUBLE platium
> > plugs.
> >
> > The intake manifold must be removed inorder to get
> > the plug wires
> > installed correctly. The first time is a challenge
> > to get every
> > thing reconnected, but after the third or fourth
> > time it is only
> > 10 minutes.
> >
> > If the oil leak into the spark plug wells is
> really
> > bad, once the
> > intake is off, the valve covers are easly removed
> > and the valve clearences
> > are easly checked and maybe adjusted, which should
> > be done every
> > 60,000 mi. If necessary, new plug well seals with
> > new valve cover
> > seals are available from AutoZone for only $70+/-
> >
> > regards, Jim White
> >
> >
> > At Tuesday, 11 July 2006, Maury Alston
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I have just come from a dealer having my SHO
> > checked out. I have only
> > >had this car a couple of weeks and it has not
> been
> > the romance I
> > had hoped.
> > >Once the car gets warm, it starts to cut out,
> more
> > specifically the
> > >car will not accelerate in 1, 2, or 3rd gear.
> Once
> > I get it to
> > 4th, it
> > >starts to pick up speed. I have put the petal all
> > the way to the
> > floor
> > >and the engine doesn't rev. I take it to the
> > dealer and after about 3
> > >hours, they tell me they "think" it is the crank
> > sensor and it will be
> > >about $920 to fix. Has anyone else experienced
> > this??
> > >
> > >Maury
> > >
> > >"Life's battles are not always won by the
> stronger
> > or faster man, but
> > >soon or late, the man who wins is the man who
> > thinks he can!"
> > >
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