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1. complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:24:17 -0700; This weekend my wife and I were up in Tahoe where I was riding the Markleeville Death Ride bicycle ride. We took her Mercedes ML320 (yes, a yuppie pig SUV, she bought it during the boom, ok? at least; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00035.html (9,158 bytes)
2. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: Derek <dereklola@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:18:39 -0700 (PDT); Eric, or anyone, 1 - are there any still being made? 2 - that's why I "play" with vintage cars Derek; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00036.html (7,574 bytes)
3. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "FRED E THOMAS" <frede.thomas2@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:11:31 -0400; == The only car I can think of "simpler" than a T/R is a Ford Model A, and that is only one step below "simple" but not as much fun, ask any Honda, Volvo, Mazda or other new car today how "simple" t; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00039.html (8,295 bytes)
4. RE: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:58:13 -0700; I forget, did the Model A have hydraulic brakes ? Seems to me the Model T had to be simpler, but I could be wrong ... Randall; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00041.html (7,829 bytes)
5. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:12:59 -0400; I was talking to a friend the other day and this subject came up. They said that the new BMWs have something like 20+ computers in them! Now that's simple? John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00045.html (8,615 bytes)
6. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "FRED E THOMAS" <frede.thomas2@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:35:45 -0400; Mechanical brakes on all 4 wheels with the front grabbing first and then the rear so as not to flip you over, Model"T", planetary gear tranmission, leather gears, crank starting, no drivers door, ga; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00046.html (8,605 bytes)
7. RE: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:46:56 -0400; My wife's Volvo (1999 S70) is actually a joy to work on when it comes to the basic maintenance like oil and coolant changes and belt changes. As for my BMW, the battery is total hidden from view. The; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00047.html (8,788 bytes)
8. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:24:30 -0700; At least the MB tells you what kind of oil to use... even though replacing the filter is difficult enough that I've not been doing it. (and I have no problems adjusting desmo valves on Ducatis). My G; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00050.html (9,215 bytes)
9. RE: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:54:54 -0700; Most tanks these days seem to have a separate "fill vent" that runs from the top of the tank to the side of the filler neck just below the 'unleaded' baffle. If yours has a low spot that could fill; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00051.html (8,837 bytes)
10. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 20:14:17 -0500; The external contracting bands that activated the steel planetary gear sets were usually woven material . . probably had some asbestos content. Electric starting with a 6 bolt battery was a popular f; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00053.html (9,325 bytes)
11. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:12:23 -0400; Interesting problem, and I'm sure it's frustrating. I have no idea where Tahoe is, but being both a flatlander and resident of a state where we may run the a/c in the daytime and have a fire to keep; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00055.html (10,728 bytes)
12. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:42:26 -0500; No, it's there to kill people who have to replace in-tank fuel pumps. I own a car that will have problems filling at a high volume pump, some of the time. I've never been bothered enough to investiga; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00057.html (10,099 bytes)
13. RE: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:16:57 -0700; Ok, I'll bite, how is it dangerous to people who have to replace the in-tank pump ? Randall - who's done it without benefit of shop manual, but apparently not on a 'modern' car; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00060.html (8,993 bytes)
14. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>; Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:33:36 -0700; Ford did mechanical brakes well into the '30s, IIRC. My mother used to carry a gasoline-fired blowtorch to thaw out the brake linkage before driving to/from high school in winter... John.; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00061.html (8,722 bytes)
15. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmschei@attglobal.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:16:17 -0500; Fire. The anti-rollover devices make it difficult to safely remove gasoline from a tank before removal. That leads to spills, or not bothering to try. So there tends to be gasoline vapors floating ar; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00063.html (9,444 bytes)
16. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:32:36 -0600; I'll be the first to acknowledge that there are some dumb guys working in shops, but virtually all tanks these days have drains. Simple procedure. Just get the drain bucket, open the plug, and let ga; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00065.html (10,984 bytes)
17. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "FRED E THOMAS" <frede.thomas2@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 06:35:20 -0400; == 1939 was the last year of mechanical brakes by Ford. "FT"; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00066.html (8,626 bytes)
18. Re: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Bill Engle, Sr." <whesr@iglou.com>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:48:35 -0400; Some of us can, but it sure beats the alternative.; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00069.html (8,503 bytes)
19. RE: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:10:30 -0700; Thanks for the explanation, David. I had no trouble sticking a "Kentucky credit card" down the fill pipe, so I guess my 89 Caravan didn't have the safety device. No drain on the Caravan, either. I u; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00071.html (9,059 bytes)
20. RE: complicated modern cars (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:12:56 -0700; Yeah, but it's got to beat being too old to remember it ! Not that I am, you understand ... Randall; /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00072.html (7,968 bytes)

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