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- From: dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye )
- Subject: Re: SURVEY: Home mechanic's favorites
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.221438.6155@i88.isc.com>
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- Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
- References: <1992Aug13.212200.2819@mcnc.org> <16evibINN736@smli.Eng.Sun.COM> <1992Aug14.160944.22116@mcnc.org>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:14:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.160944.22116@mcnc.org> brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
- >In article <16evibINN736@smli.Eng.Sun.COM> lockwood@acidqueen.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Lockwood) writes:
- >>In article <1992Aug13.212200.2819@mcnc.org> brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
- >>>In article <16eep0INN66i@smli.Eng.Sun.COM> lockwood@acidqueen.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Lockwood) writes:
- >>>>>>>>I'm starting a new survey.
- >>>>>>>>in the sense of:
- >>>>>>>>
- >>>>>>>> b). Easy repair...
- >>>>>>>>
- >>>>A '57 Chevy with a small block V8. There is so much room in the
- >>>>engine compartment, you just climb in over the fender, get in there
- >>>>
- >>>Even easier is the same car with an inline 6. I've owned a '55 Chevy w/ a
- >>
- >>I think you got me on that one. With a 6 and no heater I bet you could
- >>stand on the ground beside the engine on the right side of the engine
- >>compartment if you needed to.
- >>
- >Hmm. An interesting thought. I'll have to try that when I get home today :-)
- >
- >BTW the heater is a minimal problem under the hood with only 2 hoses
- >under the hood. everything else is under the dash. The (rare) original
- >equipment air conditioners - that's another story. Fortunately, I don't have
- >one on my car.
-
- Where is the heat come out on your car? It was under
- the driver's seat on my '57 Pontiac, blew heat at both the
- front and rear. Best damn heater I've ever seen in a car...
-
- --Ken
-