RW>RN> No more than that and probably less.  We put a new battery in my
RW>RN> Lincoln last month and instead of the $39.95 I'm used to paying, it
RW>RN> was $111.00.
 
RW> Isn't that insane. I've got an Optima Red Top in three vehicles and
RW> they've gone from $95 to $150 in less than three years.
 
Apparently the price of a lot of things has gone up 300%.  I should call
the local Lincoln dealer and ask them what the price is today to replace
the heater core, which involves R&R of the dash, as you may remember.
 
RW>RN> My 1984 Chevy 3/4 ton truck had a 4.10 rear end and you could pull
RW>RN> houses with that thing.  Lousy highway mileage, though.
 
RW> Standard trans?
 
Turbo-Hydramatic 350.
 
RW> Scissor jack! All I've ever seen in Chevy pickups are bottle jacks. My 72
RW> had a bottle jack. But, it doesn't matter what kind of jack they come
RW> with, none of them are up to the task. And none of them are as easy to
RW> use as a floor jack. I have a bottle jack I salvaged from a late 80s
RW> pickup that a friend of mine parted out. It had a long, long handle under
RW> the hood, which I thought was a Ford exclusive. Guess not.
 
You would not be surprised at the number of complaints GM had about that,
given the number of trucks it sold.  No matter which type it was, the jack
was strickly from hunger.  The previous owner may have changed the jack
from bottle to scissors, but I don't think so.  The first smart thing I did
when I bought that truck was to remove the spare from the undercarriage to
inside the 8' bed where I chained it down, ala the stepside version, only
mounted inside.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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