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02-21-2005, 02:05 PM
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Is it true? Did you old farts have it this bad?
I've heard the rumors about getting up to change the TV channel, and walking uphill in the snow 10 miles to snow...
...but did you actually work on cars without PB Blaster?  How did you do it? 
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02-21-2005, 02:31 PM
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We broke a lot of bolts.
We broke a lot of knuckles. We tore a lot of skin. Take a look at an old mechanics hands some time, they look like they been through a war.
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX,  the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway  Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link
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02-21-2005, 02:46 PM
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Not only did we get up to change the channel (and adjust the horizontal hold), but there were only three channels. And you forgot the part about having to bust firewood and slop the hogs every morning before setting off to school in the snow. Uphill. Both ways.
I've never heard of PB Blaster and  d it to confirm my guess. Dad taught me to use WD-40.dcb
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02-21-2005, 02:50 PM
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Well, that's true. There's nothing like torching a bolt on a VW engine, and wondering about the magnesium content of that alloy block...
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02-21-2005, 03:07 PM
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Johnny (I guess around these parts I really am considered an old fart)
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Pearl '92 LS-L 179K (Historic 1st 5-speed SVX) Mods: 5-speed, 4.11's, Group-N motor mounts, dual Magnaflows, cone air filter, Kenwood MP-228 CD/Receiver, white-faced gauges, '97 grill, custom window tinting. Ebony Mica '92 LS 80K Oct 2002 - Dec 2004: Victim of theft. She served me well. You can tell the lack of craftsmanship by the wrinkles in the duct tape.
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02-21-2005, 03:08 PM
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Pearl '92 LS-L 179K (Historic 1st 5-speed SVX) Mods: 5-speed, 4.11's, Group-N motor mounts, dual Magnaflows, cone air filter, Kenwood MP-228 CD/Receiver, white-faced gauges, '97 grill, custom window tinting. Ebony Mica '92 LS 80K Oct 2002 - Dec 2004: Victim of theft. She served me well. You can tell the lack of craftsmanship by the wrinkles in the duct tape.
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02-21-2005, 04:54 PM
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Young whipersnappers, If I could just get otta this chair I'd show them a thing or,,,nap time, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX, the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link
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02-21-2005, 05:33 PM
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02-21-2005, 06:12 PM
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WD -40 and busted knuckles. In a pinch we'd use the old tin man style oil can and some 30 weight. I still have scars. I actually have a chunk of rust from my suby wagon permanently embedded under the skin in my right arm. (and I'm not that old either)
4 channels (and PBS, but I don't even count that one since nothing was ever ever ever on) We were watching a black and white with knobs to change the channel until about 1990. I guess we were behind the times. Sunday mornings were the worst. No cartoons, church on every channel, and a telethon on PBS. Hauling firewood, feeding the chickens and geese, weeding the garden, picking the apple, peach, prune, and pear trees. All uphill. Both ways. and we hadn't even dreamed of the svx yet....
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Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P.
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02-21-2005, 06:50 PM
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Not that I would ever admit to being as aged as the fine wine I consume, but I recently donated my family's first TV set, a 1949 Silvertone (Sear's house brand) console, to a local museum. Before there was PB Blaster, & WD-40, there was 3-in-One penetration oil. I still have a can of it. Squirt this stuff on a balky bolt & a week later you had a fighting chance.
Ron (fondly remembers TV test patterns).
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Good s**t happened.  69 was worth the wait.'92 stock semi-pristine ebony - 160K '96 Grand Caravan - 240K '01 Miata SE - 79K '07 Chrysler Pacifica - 60k - future money pit.
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02-21-2005, 07:30 PM
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86 GMC Jimmy Blue and Silver- R.I.P. 87 Integra RS ~228k miles R.I.P.  92 SVX LS-L Perly ~186k R.I.P. 89 240sx se red ~165k miles Gone and unknown 89 240sx se Black~185k R.I.P. 85 Toyota pickup ~205k R.I.P. 85 BMW 325e ~ Gone and unknown 85 Ford Mustang getting engine swap now! 05 Colorado ~108k Daily Driver
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02-21-2005, 07:39 PM
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OK, who remembers the "jet planes" up into the sky at the close of the programing day( you know,LATE, like at like midnight,)
The networks played the Star Spangled Banner and the anouncer, (pre-recorded) talked about "touching the face of God". Thats right, NO 24 hour TV !It was a simple time, when parents beat their young and if you gave your neighbor a concussion, it was not a matter for the courts.
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www.svxfiles.com The first SuperCharged SVX, the first 4.44 gears, the first equal length headers, the first phenolic spacers, the first Class Glass fiberglass hood, the first with 4, 4.44s in his driveway Fiberglass Hood thread My locker 4.44 Swap link
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02-21-2005, 07:57 PM
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Hey youngsters - can ya believe oil used to come in cans! And we had to punch a spout into it before we could spill it all over the lanwmower.
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Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P.
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