10 Apr 12 20:01, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>> that bad, but CA was still the dream. We moved to San Diego in March
 RW>> of 67...

 MH> CA sure wouldn't be the dream these days..

I was a product of the 50s, when 'hot rod' fever got into my blood and
the place to be at the time was in California. That was true into the 70s
before California began to regulate engine emissions, retro-fitting old
cars with emission 'improvement' BS! There was a time when, if you knew
someone' - you could remove emission equipment and still pass the 'visual'
test. If need be, a clean exhaust car could pass the emission test in
place of yours...all of that was legislated out of existence and is
impossible these days. The only way out of testing these days, unless the
DMV caught onto it, is to register your vehicles in a non-emission testing
area. I did that for the last 5 years of my residency in CA.

 MH> I was 23yo when I got married the first time and the price of our two
 MH> cars added together was $600.  I carried a tool kit in the trunk of
 MH> my car (and still do), since you never know when you are going to
 MH> need to use them.

 MH> I remember stopping on the side of the road on my way to work one day
 MH> in the 80 Malibu.  It was missing a bit, so I pull over and pop the
 MH> hood. Naturally it only did this when it was raining.

Plug wires.

 MH> I'm standing in the rain messing with the spark plug wires and got a
 MH> super high voltage zap - in the rain!

 MH> Found the problem.  A bad spark plug wire - but discovered it the
 MH> hard way.

When I was 16, I owned a 1940 Ford and worked {at} a local dairy as a soda
jerk. Forget why, but after work one night in the dark, I opened the hood
of that car to see sparks flying from the wires to the head (ground). In
retrospect, I've often wondered how that engine even ran with those wires.

 RW>> That never fails to amaze me...I used to keep a pair of coveralls in
 RW>> the car for such occasions. Don't do that anymore with such reliable
 RW>> transporation these days.

 MH> Lately, I could have used some coveralls.  I had my wife holding an
 MH> old bag we found on the side of the road - over my head so the
"goop"
 MH> wouldn't drop on my head or work cloths while I was trying to figure
 MH> out what happened to the Durango.

8^) I also carry an umbrella in my Silverado.

 RW>> Are the tanks aluminum or plastic?

 MH> From what I can tell, the entire thing is aluminum.  The overflow
 MH> tank is separate and is plastic.  The pipes into the radiator look to
 MH> be plastic.

ATF lines = pipes? Or the hose from the overflow tank?

 MH> Looking at the radiator, it seems it is aluminum.

That's good. Hopefully the internal ATF cooler line is aluminum too.

 RW>>  MH> location, but with my Pep Boys club card it is only $19.99.
 RW>>
 RW>> Ahhh, so it works something like AAA then.
 RW>>
 RW>>  MH> That tow was about 20 miles or so.  Not bad for $19.99.  :)
 RW>>
 RW>> A very good price, actually.

 MH> Being a Pep Boys club card holder is free.  They just want to track
 MH> your vehicle service stuff online.  They send you discounts when you
 MH> are a member, but unlike AAA - it is free.

When I was a AAA member, the freebies were at the AAA office. Free maps
and trip planning (probably not anymore these days), discounts at hotels
and motels, discount car rentals, etc...

 MH> With the price of gas these days, it might be cheaper for me to call
 MH> Pep Boys to tow me - to and from work - each day for $19.99.

LOL! After the first day of that, they'd tell you to take a bus or
commuter train...


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