04 Feb 09 06:19, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> I've been looking at them on Ebay. A set of Richmond gears go for
 RW>> $140, new. Don't know what that would be in 1970 dollars, but
 RW>> they're really cheap today, so they must have been just as cheap
 RW>> then.

 RN> No more than that and probably less.  We put a new battery in my
 RN> Lincoln last month and instead of the $39.95 I'm used to paying, it
 RN> was $111.00.

Isn't that insane. I've got an Optima Red Top in three vehicles and
they've gone from $95 to $150 in less than three years.

 RW>> My pickup has 18" wheels and tall tires on it and the engine runs
 RW>> around 1800 RPM at 75mph (22mpg). I figure I can slow down a bit and
 RW>> install 4.10 gears so I can have some fun with it at the drags.
 RW>> 4.10s would put the rpm at approximately 2100 at 70mph.

 RN> My 1984 Chevy 3/4 ton truck had a 4.10 rear end and you could pull
 RN> houses with that thing.  Lousy highway mileage, though.

Standard trans?

 RN> I had to get rid of it soon after I had a flat on the left rear.
 RN> Those 16" wheels weigh a ton and the scissors jack furnished for
 RN> changing a tire was one of the worst I've ever seen.

Scissor jack! All I've ever seen in Chevy pickups are bottle jacks. My 72
had a bottle jack. But, it doesn't matter what kind of jack they come
with, none of them are up to the task. And none of them are as easy to use
as a floor jack. I have a bottle jack I salvaged from a late 80s pickup
that a friend of mine parted out. It had a long, long handle under the
hood, which I thought was a Ford exclusive. Guess not.

                R\%/itt



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