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  1. People put all sorts of stuff on the dash and rear shelf of cars. Some give rise to little ditties like: I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus, glued to the dashboard of my car.
  2. Only about 9 clues in that one.
  3. Growing up, we always had a car with a stick. Mom insisted we know how to drive it to her satisfaction before we could take our drivers test. Dad preferred the automatic, having grown up on a dairy farm and "done enough of that". I went to an automatic for commuting years ago due to traffic. Sitting there kicking the clutch in a 3 mile back up every evening will do that. Still have a 5 speed pickup and 4 speed with overdrive TR3. I miss my 67 GMC with three in the tree. My brother always had stick shift cars and his kids had to learn if they wanted to drive. Period. My niece complained and complained until one day, during her supervised driving period, she picked up a boy she knew on the way to school. The boy said something along the line of "you can drive a stick?" and she responded "or course I can". End of complaining. Her mother was able to keep a straight face somehow.
  4. Man, I got to know what you have done for the PO that he likes you so much. Help bury the bodies? Enquiring minds want to know.
  5. I had no difficulty understanding the headline or article at all.
  6. Lots of stories out there, no doubt you will get feedback from NJ folks. Hope you haven't spent a lot of money on it before resolving title issues.
  7. There was a former junkyard and garage for sale locally a couple years ago. Pretty much all of the cars had been removed, and the building had fire damage. It was the kind of place that was pretty sloppy when pulling parts. Cutting hoses and letting coolant run out, oil leaking, etc. It was listed for a very low price. I thought about it, and asked a friend of mine in his 80s who grew up here if he knew any history. He told me that years ago, it was a repair shop, junk yard, and gas station. He guessed the gas pumps were taken out decades ago. My bet is that place was a mess from an environmental standpoint. I declined to buy it at any price. Same bet on this one. Run, don't walk.
  8. Is that even a $35K car running and in good drivable shape? Matt Harwood had one of that vintage a while back that went for a lot less than that and was a good runner if I recall correctly.
  9. I agree with checking the coil. MIne did the same thing when the coil was failing.
  10. Reading over this, lots of people order from Rock Auto, but when they need the right part go to their local parts store. Ya'll realize you are killing the local guy to save a few bucks, right?
  11. I read an article years ago that described the process a shop was following. Essentially, it said that as each part is removed, it was refurbished, wrapped up, and stored for reassembly. This assumes the part would not degrade as other tasks were undertaken. The idea was that once the body shell was done, parts were then ready to reassemble. Always made sense to me.
  12. Have you thought of pouring a glass of Crown Royal and inviting Ed in Mass over to visit? He would appear to be an expert in all things Pierce.
  13. Oh the opportunity for smart atz responses. Tempting, tempting. What type of feed goes to the oil pressure gauge? Guessing its a small diameter copper or steel tube, with a flare, or nut & ferrule connection. If you are lucky, the connection is loose at the gauge and just needs to be snugged down. More likely, the tube has cracked which will require replacement of some or all of it. Find the back of the gauge, then check the connection. Clean everything up, start the car, and watch to see what leaks. Should be enough room to get your head under the dash. Good luck.
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