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To: Dalin who wrote (27300)	6/28/2003 11:36:40 PM
From: Clappy	Respond to of 104197

PTMustang, That car looks like it's moving fast even when it is standing still. Very Nice! Mine is a 1968 Pontiac LeMans. It's the sister car to the GTO with a little less under the hood. Has a 350 motor with a two speed Powerglide transmission. When I bought the car the engine pieces came in a cardboard box. The previous owner has trouble with it and attempted to fix the timing chain but eventually got discouraged and let it sit for about a year. Nothing on the car shined. I bought it and had it hauled a hundred miles on a flatbed to my house where I spend a few months playing jigsaw puzzle with all the pieces. Starting out I really didn't know all that much about auto mechanics other than the very basics about how things sort of work. I bought a Chiltons Pontiac repair manual for 1968 cars and proceeded from there. I reassembled the front end of the engine getting everything back together without any leaks. (It took a few tries and some patience.) That was when I realized that the timing chain wasn't the only problem. Eventually got the timing adjusted better by installing a HUI electronic ignition rather than having to deal with cleaning the points, etc every so many miles. Then had electrical problems and discovered how different the wiring in a car is from the wiring in a building... Eventually found a pesky short circuit in the hazard lights switch. This was probably the last thing left on my list of a thousand things to check... Making a long story a little less long, I remember the day it first cranked over. It was like watching life being born. I was jumping up and down in excitement yelling to my wife to come and see. She came out to a cloud of blue smoke as some of the oil burned off but still a little bit impressed I got that pile of parts back together again and running. Every once in a while the car gives me a challenge to find out what is wrong with it. Sometimes it take s a while but I usually figure it out. Often times it comes with the help of picking the brain of an 75 year old mechanic that I know. The good thing about it is that under the hood there is a lot of room to work. Unlike today's cars, I can pretty much see what ever part needs changing without having to remove twenty or thirty other parts just to get to it. Anyhow, I've learned a lot about that car and how it works. However soon I'll need to do some body work on it and that will probably cost me a few bucks. Unless I try to do it myself. Who knows... Maybe the boys will spur me on... -MrFixit