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- From: robc@Newbridge.COM (Rob Craig)
- Subject: Repairs To My Car (newbie)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.232641.3057@Newbridge.COM>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 23:26:41 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- Faced with a repair bill for about four hundred bucks I figured
- perhaps it was time to start doing things for myself. The two
- current problems with my car are:
-
- 1) The timing belt is toast.
- - how hard would it be for a newbie (to home car repair) to
- fix this?
- - I understand that I'd have to remove enough to reach the
- timing belt
- - I've got to install a new one in the right position
- - and I've got to use a timing (strobe) light on it
- - if this is something I can do myself, where would I look for
- details? (I've got a Chilton's(sp?) manual for my car, an
- 84 Acadian, but it assumes more background knowledge than I
- possess)
-
- 2) The rad is toast.
- - this seems like something I should be able to do myself
- - I just get another one (used/reconditioned), rip off the
- hoses, and put them on the new one?
- - again, where do I go for more detailed info?
-
- Any help would be appreciated.
-
- Rob.
-
-