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Old 10-19-2008, 08:28 PM
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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
  • Cam Seal
  • Valve Cover
  • 2 New Ball Joints
  • Left front axle
  • More Hose then I can count (Rad hose and many others)
  • Oil Pump and P/S Pump O rings
  • New Water Pump / Thermostat
  • Short found for the Cig Lighter/ Mirror switch
Sure some other things, have to check that nice bill .

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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Old 10-20-2008, 08:32 AM
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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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Old 10-20-2008, 10:12 AM
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What? No mention of the battery wires that fell apart in OT's hands?
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Old 10-20-2008, 12:45 PM
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What? No mention of the battery wires that fell apart in OT's hands?
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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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