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To: elpolvo who wrote (23018)	2/10/2003 1:39:37 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104160

sounds like a great trade. Nice find. My 4-Runner has over 200k on it. I replaced the engine about 24k ago, she's good to go for quite a while I think. Still feels solid.....great snow vehicle. You must be itching for that sailing trip coming up. There were races on the lake in front of my place this weekend. scott

To: elpolvo who wrote (23018)	2/10/2003 1:42:59 PM
From: altair19	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104160

Polvito, Was that the silver truck with the roll bar and fancy paint job? Altair19

To: elpolvo who wrote (23018)	2/11/2003 10:57:26 AM
From: Clappy	Respond to of 104160

Jimmy, i bought a 1994 jimmy, 4X4. i had to sell tonka to pay for it. plus, i had to dig up another $1200. Sounds like you got a very good deal. Especially with the low mileage. My brother had the sister vehicle the Chevy S10 Blazer. I think his was a 1988 model. I think the body was more or less similar. Anyhow there was an inherrant problem with the S-10 Blazer that a dealership mechanic friend told him about that saved him a lot of money in transmission repairs. Something called the torque converter lock would go bad every few years. It was sort of a running joke between the mechanics because they would often know the source of the problem before even examining what the problem was. Chevy refused to recall the item even though so many models had the problem. The solution was simple. The mechanic showed my brother a wire that plugged into the transmission. He simply unplugged it and and he never had a problem again. His gas mileage might have dropped a tiny bit but he didn't have any more of those $500 phone calls from the dealership. Don't know if GM ever changed things over the years. Just some thing to file away in your head if you ever have transmission troubles. Anyhow you gas mileage will probably be much better with this vehicle. That's certainly a good thing. This morning I paid $1.76 per gallon for regular unleaded. I may have to look into getting one of those hybrids soon. Been following those Mini Coopers too. Like their style. Not sure if they have a back seat though. I need a place for the kids if wifey's car is in the shop. After three weeks I finally got my car fixed. I had to have it towed home 3 times from the interstate after the dealer failed to find the problem. I kept insisting that I had a fuel pump problem. One time they gave it back to me insisting the problem was a bad battery cable clamp. I looked the service manager straight in the eye and said you must have gone to the auto mechanics school as my wife. Did you check the washer fluid? That may have caused it too... $750 later plus several towing bills they finally changed the fuel pump and my car has been running fine for one week straight. -GreaseMonkey