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| JonnyAngle | This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I missed band practice yesterday because my 86 wouldn't start. Long story short... The bolt that attaches the battery cable to the battery was stripped and not making a conncetion. No wonder it wouldn't jump. But once it warms up again here I can put some go-fast-goodies in there and make up for the lost time.
Anyone else ever spent $100 before realizing the problem was a $5 fix? |
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 17:12
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| FLYINLOW90 | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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Sorry to hear about that... As far as spending $100 for a $5 fix...how about thinking you're doing an upgrade only to find out you've created a problem??? That's what I just corrected. An upgrade gone wrong  Gary |
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 17:48
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| patsfan05488 | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 17:52
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| JonnyAngle | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I can see it on Fox now... "When Good Upgrades Go Bad." |
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 18:15
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| bogus | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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yes.
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 18:48
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| CSS996 | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I am so glad my car appears to be all original. The more I read, it seems like the smart thing is to leave it alone.
But I do really want to screw with the exhaust and install the Hurst shifter... Hopefully that won't cause any issues. Other than that, a new stereo, and maybe a 4:10 rear. Neither of which should be TOO problematic. I just can't bear the thought of drivability issues for the sake of a couple horsepower. It's fast enough for me. |
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 19:05
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| -=Jeff=- | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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CS, none of the thing you plan will do anything bad.. onlything is to BE SURE whomever sets up the 4.10 know what he is doing.. Shifter and Exhaust are simple |
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 21:14
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| 90droptop | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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been there, done that
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 22:19
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| LD85 | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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No, but i have spent $7500 to find out it was $750 fix, does that count
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Posted on: 2008/4/10 23:06
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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This POS is ruining my life!
If it wasn't this POS it would be another POS ruining your life. Dig in ....... |
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 0:34
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| NC Kid | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I use to be the one to start topics about my POS 86 that left me stranded dozens of times....
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 1:04
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| PeteK | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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If a $1 battery bolt was my biggest problem, I would have it made. Try paying $7,000 for a motor and have it blow up on the dyno. Or, spend 5k for a new paint job to have the guy at work back into it and do $3,000 worth of damage, then get dicked around by the insurance company for 8 months because they try to assign fault to a corvette that is parked and locked in a proper parking spot. Either 1 of those is a slightly bad day. |
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 1:47
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| JonnyAngle | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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No matter what I say, I do think it's fun to diagnose the problems. Then I don't feel bad about leaving my signature once it's fixed.
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 3:19
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| C4DERF | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I believe it is called "LOVE of the Corvette"!   |
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 11:09
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| runner140 | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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Out of all the posts, Pete's is the winner. :angry4:
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 12:05
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| Matatk | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I dunno. I dropped a french fry down the side of the seat and I still can't get it out. I think I'm close  Matthew |
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 13:03
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| FLYINLOW90 | Re: This POS is ruining my life! | ||
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I'd say more like the biggest loser!!! Really bad luck |
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Posted on: 2008/4/11 14:00
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