Good trade. Jack and the Beanstalk. Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:57 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 1984 Tempo 2.3l 4spd manual was my first car. Dad replaced it with a '91 > Tempo 3spd automatic, I don't remember what engine was in it but that car > was crap and it hated me. He gave that car to Angie, it still hated me. > The 2.3l 4spd was a good combo in the older car, had enough grunt to be > fairly driveable. IIRC the engine was from Mazda so it was reasonably > skookum for a 1980's 4 banger. The electronic ignition modules in both > Tempos we had were terrible. IIRC the '91 needed one every 70,000 miles or > so. Fortunately it was relatively easy to change. I did it once in the > parking lot of our apartment with a guy telling me "that'll never fix it". > He shut his yap quick when the car started. I still have the tool required. > I traded that car for a BMW jack, an MB lug wrench and a handful of misc > parts for my '81 300TD. I thought it was a good deal. > > -Curt > > On Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:47:32 AM EST, Randy Bennell via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On 23/01/2020 10:41 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > I don't suppose I'll need an '80s Ford Tempo manual ever again... > > > > -Curt > > > Good Lord, I hope not! > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
