brand new boss 302 question

[capmedic]

This is why I despise vehicles newer than 1984. My 84 S-10 will fire right up every time, and if there is a problem, I can fix it on the side of the road with some duct tape and bailing wire lol.

[CAP1]

MyColor comes on Premium version.  Base versions don't have it.  I don't know about the 2013's which have a whole lot of options you couldn't pick individually with 2012s.  I'd have stuck Recaro seats in my car if I could've.

 id have only done them in leather, and heated........this past winter, i can't begin to tell you how dam good those seats felt on my back.

[CAP1]

This is why I despise vehicles newer than 1984. My 84 S-10 will fire right up every time, and if there is a problem, I can fix it on the side of the road with some duct tape and bailing wire lol.

 your bbs id....you in civil air patrol?

 secondly.....you're driving down the road. with no warning your car shuts off. you crank it, but it doesn't attempt to start.
1)how do you determine what caused the stall?
2)once determined, what can you do?

[Golfer]

id have only done them in leather, and heated........this past winter, i can't begin to tell you how dam good those seats felt on my back.

How many odometer miles was that?  17? 

Drive your car man!!  Street Car Shootout at Cecil this weekend.  Coworker and I will both be there (you PMd on ls1tech I believe) and he's kicking bellybutton in his freshly built Z06.

[Gustav]

your bbs id....you in civil air patrol?

 secondly.....you're driving down the road. with no warning your car shuts off. you crank it, but it doesn't attempt to start.
1)how do you determine what caused the stall?
2)once determined, what can you do?

I remember my family having an S10 when I was little, one of these was kept in it as it seems anything that went wrong with it could be fixed with a couple of well aimed whacks!

[CAP1]

How many odometer miles was that?  17? 

Drive your car man!!  Street Car Shootout at Cecil this weekend.  Coworker and I will both be there (you PMd on ls1tech I believe) and he's kicking bellybutton in his freshly built Z06.

 nah....it was probably about 800. this weekend, meaning now? or next weekend?  and yea, i had talked to him in pm. he thought he had a buddy interested in my camaro.

[CAP1]

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I remember my family having an S10 when I was little, one of these was kept in it as it seems anything that went wrong with it could be fixed with a couple of well aimed whacks!

 you know i've gotten chrysler minivans running using one of those? their fuelpumps will temporarily work if you hit the tank right in the middle while someone cranks the engine.

 back when i used to drive my old cars, i always had a spare set of points, cap and rotor, with the appropriate tools, a couple clamps, some hose, and some duct tape.

[Golfer]

nah....it was probably about 800. this weekend, meaning now? or next weekend?  and yea, i had talked to him in pm. he thought he had a buddy interested in my camaro.

6/2. I haven't run there yet despite the fact it's just about in my back yard. Going to T&T Wednesday or Street night Friday to check it out.

[CAP1]

6/2. I haven't run there yet despite the fact it's just about in my back yard. Going to T&T Wednesday or Street night Friday to check it out.

 weather permitting, maybe i'll drive down after work.......probably won't race the car, as i'm just not wanting to beat her up yet.....but it'd be good to go watch, and smell that burning rubber.......

[Gustav]

you know i've gotten chrysler minivans running using one of those? their fuelpumps will temporarily work if you hit the tank right in the middle while someone cranks the engine.

 back when i used to drive my old cars, i always had a spare set of points, cap and rotor, with the appropriate tools, a couple clamps, some hose, and some duct tape.

Yea, My dad says he still uses a rubber mallet when no-starts come in when he thinks its the fuel pump. Most of the time it will get the pump working long enough for them to get the vehicle into the shop without having to push it. He also liked hitting faulty ECMs on older vehicles like his S-10 to see if they will start working before he replaced them anyways.

[RTHolmes]

a sharp tap with a hammer works for sticking starter motor solenoids too

[jeep00]

Also mighty useful on an alternator. At least it worked on my Audi and my Volvo.

Bob

[eagl]

This is why I despise vehicles newer than 1984. My 84 S-10 will fire right up every time, and if there is a problem, I can fix it on the side of the road with some duct tape and bailing wire lol.

I "fondly" recall accomplishing various repairs on my old 1980 fairmont in parking lots while on the road, with the minimal toolkit I kept in the back.  Super easy to work on with just a tiny bit of prior knowledge, and the shop manual would usually fill in the blanks.

Still, my 1998 firebird broke down on the road exactly once, and that was due to user error.  My wife ran the car out of gas a few times but didn't immediately pull the key out, so she burned up the fuel pump with the tank dry.  That was the one time it was ever towed.  The only other major engine issue with that car was a water pump that gracefully failed with a leak that started slow so I was able to drive it to a shop to get fixed.  And even that was "user error" since the overflow line was clogged and the cooling system was overpressurized, which probably led to the leak.  But that car has gone over 150,000 miles now with only the one tow.

I think I'm ok trading ease of roadside maintenance for reliability, at least for a daily driver.  If I was taking a car to the middle of nowhere then yea I'd want one I could take apart and rebuild with a minimal kit.  Then again, I've never purchased a car based on price alone so I've been lucky to be able to buy reliable cars that haven't needed much work.

[eagl]

a sharp tap with a hammer works for sticking starter motor solenoids too

There is a solenoid in the T-6 that occasionally sticks, and the inflight "fix" is to sharply whack the glareshield between the front and rear seats, about 6 inches to the right of center and about 20 inches forward of the glareshield edge.  That solenoid turns the motor's ignitors on and off so when it sticks on the ignitors run continuously and if it sticks off the motor might quit with no relight capability.  When it sticks on the ignition light comes on and sometimes you can hear a little tick tick tick over the intercom, but there would be no warning if it sticks off.

[icepac]

They called me "the fonz" at JM lexus.