A holden is an Australian Chevy On Jan 3, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Kyle Munz wrote:
> Other than watching TopGear you never hear of vauxal or holden in the > states. I'm still not sure I would recognize one if it ran me over. A > buddy of mine has an original mini as his daily driver. He's also got > an Isetta, multipla, scout, studebaker, JZR powered by guzzi, and the > list goes on. The only modern vehicle he's got is an apprilia scooter. > > On 1/3/10, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: >> Anyone ever owned a Holden or a Vauxhall, how about a mini? >> >> On Jan 3, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Kim Paddock wrote: >> >>> I've heard a lot of good things about Subarus. A friend of mine has >>> one with over 200,000 on it and it runs fine. I've heard that over >>> 200,000 is normal for those cars. I have 227,000 on my '88 Caddy >>> Sedan Deville and she's just fine. Of course, a lot has to be said >>> about good ownership and maintenance. My nephew's wife, on the >>> other hand, insisted on a newer Lincoln Navigator. Nothing but >>> putting good money after bad. They have had it 9 months and have >>> poured money into it like a bottomless pit. I told them to get rid >>> of the damn thing and get a Chevy. Ford parts are twice as much as >>> a Chevy and 1/3 more than Mopar parts. I spoke to an old fella a >>> few years back that retired from the Ford company in '69. He was 97 >>> years old when I spoke to him. He said that any Fords made after >>> the 60's were crap and he was sad to admit it. Anyway, enough of me >>> rambling on (No Rambler puns intended). HotrodMamma. >>> >>> From: stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Sun, January 3, 2010 11:12:26 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> Can't say that about the trucks. Now, the cars are much improved, >>> as well. That's the reason Ford didn't need a BAILOUT??? >>> Every Chrysler product I've owned or worked on had serious defects, >>> some as basic as poor engineering. >>> Now that I'm older and not as inclined to be out in the cold or >>> rain working on them, I won't own a Chrysler or GM product. I >>> mostly owned VWs anyway, until I bought a Subaru and discovered >>> that it is simpler and yet more complicated and more reliable than >>> a VW, and has the same handling and more performance without >>> hopping up the engine... >>> That's why I stuck a Subaru engine in a VW van for a friend years >>> before I bought an actual Subaru car. >>> Subaru also is one of the few auto companies whose sales were still >>> positive even during the last big crunch. >>> BTW - ever seen a VW trike? This guy I don't know made one and had >>> to attach two big slabs of iron in the front of the engine to >>> mostly keep it from doing wheelstands - even in 2d gear... >>> Guess it was cheaper than wheelie bars? >>> >>> Stanley >>> >>> >>> From: Kim Paddock <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 6:56:56 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> ..a Ford is a Ford is a Ford. They're all crap. >>> >>> From: stanley/ Randolph <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 12:08:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> Would you believe - Falcons were worse??? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Gene Henry <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 12:28:28 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> I had an early Mustang. Got rid of it as the "unibody" slowly >>> rusted away. The front frame members ended about midway back. I >>> had a piece of masonite under the passenger floormat so your feet >>> didn't drag! >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: stanley/ Randolph >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:35 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> Hey, Gene - did you know that the Mustang was built on the Falcon >>> chassis? That was what gave Ford car division a new lease on life. >>> And, remember the Sunbeam Alpine? Chrysler bought the company; >>> wanting to make it peppier against the competition, they added a >>> Ford V8. It went faster, of course, than the standard I-4; and, >>> got better mileage. The standard 5-year warranty applied to the >>> I-4; the V-8 only had a 2-year warranty. >>> I liked the Shelby - looks and power, but not the greatest >>> handling... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Gene Henry <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 8:02:59 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> Just after Ford "made" the Falcon, they were going to make a >>> Duschen - especially for those that got "Falconed" before! >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: stanley/ Randolph >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 10:18 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> Yeah, but Kim, it's two words: no vas. >>> They were thinking of a star when they named it, and my dear old >>> dad traded in the '57 that he had promised to give me, for that >>> piece of excrement! It was almost as much trouble as theFalcon he >>> bought a couple of years earlier, which he traded a Nash >>> Metropolitan for... >>> I would have liked either the '57 or the Nash --- >>> Preferably both. :) >>> >>> Stanley >>> >>> >>> From: Kim Paddock <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Fri, January 1, 2010 8:55:25 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> Well, Chevy named one "Nova" which means "no go" in Spanish. Not a >>> great hit with those south of the border... >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thu, December 31, 2009 5:40:00 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> >>> My mother-in-law drives one, I think about it every time she tries >>> to pronounce it. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> -Sent from Houston, TX, United States >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Dennis Hammerl >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Why would the Japanese ever name a car Corolla ? >>> Think about that awhile. >>> >>> --- On Thu, 12/31/09, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 7:35 PM >>> >>> >>> Well I'll stick with the Honda manuals with their mixed up L's and >>> R's rather than Clymer with dead wrong wiring diagrams. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> -Sent from Houston, TX, United States >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Dennis Hammerl >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> My understanding is Clymer manuals will no longer be published. >>> They all got jobs with the administration. >>> >>> >>> --- On Thu, 12/31/09, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 7:01 PM >>> >>> Mr Clymer will lie to you and not even feel guilty about it. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Good Job! Hope everything else goes much smoother. >>> >>> (The photo is My Dad & I trying to solve a signal problem with the >>> incorrect Clymer schematic) >>> >>> My Mom says, "smile for the picture"! >>> >>> >>> Dec 31, 2009 05:20:44 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> Crud! >>> >>> How do I attach a picture in a reply again (it doesn't seem so >>> obvious >>> - though i figured it out some months ago!!)? >>> >>> On Dec 31, 3:18 pm, oldschoolgwin wrote: >>>> Houston is clapping – yikes that was a scary one. >>>> >>>> I ended up heating the fork tube with Mr. Propano and then >>> cooling (in >>>> theory – but effectiveness?) the top cap bolt with a can of >>> compressed >>>> office cleaner upside down (a good gusher). Then cranked on it >>> with a >>>> 3 ft breaker bar about as hard as I could and it moved. >>>> >>>> It’s an ugly bolt now though! >>>> >>>> IMG_3534-40%.JPG >>>> >>>> On Dec 31, 7:46 am, stanley/ Randolph wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I would use engine oil. It actually penetrates better. Takes a >>> little longer but works better. >>>> >>>>> Stanley >>>> >>>>> --- On Wed, 12/30/09, Kim Paddock wrote: >>>> >>>>> From: Kim Paddock >>>>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 1:59 PM >>>> >>>>> Hit it with a good penetrating oil and let it sit.....that >>> usually works for me. >>>> >>>>> From: Dennis Hammerl >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Tue, December 29, 2009 11:23:57 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>>> >>>>> I don't have much of an answer for you. Don't know how much >>> I've put on 'em but it's been enough that two guys had to hold the >>> bike from spinning on the center stand. That's with my 2' bar and >>> 3' tube combo. 5' X 150lb weakling = ? I wonder if it's cross >>> threaded or just corroded on. If you got one off, you see that they >>> are fine thread and have an O ring. i've heated some stuff like >>> that (not a fork though) and then applied an ice cube to the cap to >>> shrink it quickly. Could spray it with something cold too. Pulling >>> on the socket while heating might do it. The socket would act as a >>> heat sink and keep the cap cooler. If you can get another cap, you >>> might have to crack off the top rim with a small chisel. (leave the >>> hex) The rim is where the pressure is. Once off, unless cross >>> threaded, it should back out easy. Good luck. >>>> >>>>> --- On Wed, 12/30/09, oldschoolgwin wrote: >>>> >>>>> From: oldschoolgwin >>>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>>>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" >>>>> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 12:42 AM >>>> >>>>> Thanks Dennnis. I managed to get a socket that grips it much >>> better. >>>>> In this case 27mm is the same as 1 1/16" (well actually 1 1/16' is >>>>> just slightly smaller to my advantage). >>>> >>>>> This socket grips it much better but i've put at least 100 lbs >>> on it >>>>> and it won't budge. The scary part is what will give first as i >>> push >>>>> harder - knowing the bolt head is not 100% to begin with - yikes.. >>>> >>>>> I tried a propane torch and heated teh fork tube up to maybe >>> 200-250F >>>>> and applied the 100 ft-lbs - no luck. Not sure if this would work >>>>> since the alumninum bolt expands faster than the steel fork tube. >>>> >>>>> Is there any other method too try before just increasing >>> torque? How >>>>> about an Impact gun - not sure if this would be effectitve on an >>>>> aluminum hex head??? >>>> >>>>> On Dec 27, 8:17 pm, Dennis Hammerl wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Well, first off it isn't 1 1/16". It's metric. The proper >>> size 1/2" drive 6 point socket should do. I prefer the "flank- >>> drive" variety because they apply contact in the middle of the >>> flats. My personal choice is the Kowa brand (Japan). They have a >>> rather pronounced "flank-drive" I leave the tubes in the fork and >>> only loosen the top clamp. A 24" bar and a 3' tube gets most >>> anything. Sometimes you need someone to hold the bike. check with >>> any Jap bike dealers to see if any of their techs use Kowa sockets >>> and try to borrow one. The chisel is the last resort cause I have >>> to buy the replacement. >>>> >>>>>> --- On Sun, 12/27/09, oldschoolgwin wrote: >>>> >>>>>> From: oldschoolgwin >>>>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Fork tube cap is - el stucko! >>>>>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" >>>>>> Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 9:36 PM >>>> >>>>>> Hi All. >>>> >>>>>> Well I'm installing new fork seals on my 83 650. >>>> >>>>>> The left fork tube cap is stuck and it appears it was a >>> victim of some >>>>>> previous shade tree mechanic with a 1 size fits all wrench - >>> rounded >>>>>> corners on that cap and not much left. >>>> >>>>>> Any ideas on how to ge this off. A six point 1 1/16' socket >>> doesn't >>>>>> want to grip it enough to break it loose. >>>> >>>>>> I guess if worse comes to worse i could drill two 1/4" >>> through holes >>>>>> and make a pinned spanner to remove it - but that is just >>> more effort >>>>>> than i like. >>>> >>>>>> Anyone know any tricks? 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