Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 23:13:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Keep Older Vehicles on the Road Check out the age of some of the UPS type delivery trucks. Washed daily, serviced on schedule and rebuilt on schedule. The rebuild industry could do a much better job if they concentrated more on quality. Has anyone had experience with a Jasper engine or a Mr. Goodwrench engine? Especially the diesels. Common engine mounting standards would help. Seems every car has its unique engine mounting scheme and changes from year to year. The big stumbling block is that car "updates" are more cosmetic than engineering. Engines have become a "part" as far as new automobile assemblers are concerned. But not quite a standard part like wheel hubs, tire rims and brakes. California doesn't factor in the pollution cost of manufacture for several reasons. Not much car manufacture in the Golden State. There is some assembly. Assembly means jobs. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
