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Back from a little trip
So decided on Tuesday to take a good old run to Old Tom's . The ride up was ever so great lol. So great in fact when I got off I-95 in Fredericksburg VA my thermostat decided to stay closed.After I attempted to replace it myself (walking a mile to and back to Advance Auto) I decided to see if it had opened up like it had before. No go I got about a mile down the road and overheating was occurring. So after being out of commission for a few hours. I politely called OT for some minor assistance of and a slight drive to get to me He brought a nice modified thermostat and I promptly ended up at his place at about 2:30 AM .
So what I thought was going to turn out to be just a few simple repairs, Valve and Cam seals, new axle. Turns out my car wanted to act up. What I ended up getting done was
Now the short has a very interesting story, apparently the Visor had a short and might post a pic of the wire, but it was causing it to short that fuse. No more smoke that I can see . Before I left Tom was messing with his toy, Select Monitor and noticed a bad reading for the Alternator. To make along story short, alternator was fine the wire sending the single to the Select Monitor was causing a "False" reading.He he. I was able to take a 7 1/2 hour drive in about 6 including stopping. All and all I can not be any happier with the work done. And to say the least I found OT to be very reasonable. Well I am off to go find someone to buy my kidney . But seriously Thanks Tom! P.S. Tom I found part of the broken glasses in my back seat you can have it back if you want .
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1994 SVX L - FWD Barcelona Red 190K miles ~ SOLD 1994 SVX LS - 5spd AWD Emerald Green 202k miles PWR Radiator, HID 5000k, New paint job with issues, 17" STI BBS wheels, converted to 5spd AWD from FWD. Purchased from SVXyGirl 2/20/09 -- Undergoing complete rebuild 1993 Justy 4wd 5door- Teal of sorts , beater. 2008 OBXT Newport Pearl 65k miles |
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Re: Back from a little trip
I got to see your car on the lift Saturday. It made me want to drive my FWD SVX. Tom is definitely talented. Saturday he was working on 3 cars at once it seemed.
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Rebecca 92 Claret SVX LS-L (180k) 09/91 #5,732 06 Suzuki Boulevard M50 7k 68 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (70k) Storage/hibernation for now. Past SVXs: 94 SVX Emerald Pearl FWD (Sold) 96 SVX Bourdeaux LSi (Sold) 92 Pearl SVX LSL "Stay Puft" 5MT (140k) #148 (RIP) 95 Brilliant Red SVX LS (162k) 12/94 #564 "Killer Tomato" (RIP) |
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Re: Back from a little trip
What? No mention of the battery wires that fell apart in OT's hands?
-Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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Re: Back from a little trip
Damn knew I forgot something . Don't wanna say they fell apart he hulked them j/k. At least my car did not take any of his blood, only his glasses.
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1994 SVX L - FWD Barcelona Red 190K miles ~ SOLD 1994 SVX LS - 5spd AWD Emerald Green 202k miles PWR Radiator, HID 5000k, New paint job with issues, 17" STI BBS wheels, converted to 5spd AWD from FWD. Purchased from SVXyGirl 2/20/09 -- Undergoing complete rebuild 1993 Justy 4wd 5door- Teal of sorts , beater. 2008 OBXT Newport Pearl 65k miles |
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