RE: [ISTA] Yesterday

["Nicholas Steffens" <nick.steffens@usionline.net>]

Amen brother... the dealer screwed up a $1300 clutch job and I was without
my car for a month on the Vette... ever since then.. no dealer touchy my
stuff.

NS

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-syty@syty.org [mailto:owner-syty@syty.org]On Behalf Of Ian
Turgeon
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 6:18 PM
To: Kurt Russell; syty@syty.org
Subject: RE: [ISTA] Yesterday


another example of why people do their work themselfs.

Ian Turgeon
Sy #2424
Orlando, Florida
http://www.s-series.org/syty/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-syty@syty.org [mailto:owner-syty@syty.org]On Behalf Of Kurt
> Russell
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 4:27 PM
> To: syty@syty.org
> Subject: [ISTA] Yesterday
>
>
> Well, yesterday I had some work done on my truck:
>
> - had the air-ride shocks removed, along with the
> stock ones up front (which were shot), and replaced
> with RS9000's...pretty good improvement in the ride. I
> went with #3 setting on all four. The shocks lowered
> the rear by about an inch.
>
> - had rancho's steering stabilizer put on...nice
> improvement with less wandering.
>
> - had my fuel pressure checked...oh yeah, it was set
> at a nice fat 60psi!!!!! that explains my terrific
> 9-10mpg gas mileage and fuel odor at times.
>
> - had the general tune up done...plugs, rotor/cap,
> pcv, fuel/oil filer.
>
> - had atr plug wires put in...so, i then pay my bill
> (reluctantly) and head out on the road and start
> chugging up a  moderate, lengthy hill, and decide to
> go wot...WTF!!!!!!!!!! 7 pounds of boost, all kinds of
> misfire, and get passed by a mini-van! So, i pull a
> dukes of hazzard u turn and head back to the shop and
> explain my problems. they become irritated...go
> figure. turns out, one of the plug wires was frayed at
> the boot and was contacting some metal, arcing all
> over the place. they blamed the quality of the wires.
> I blamed the guy who installed them, twenty to one he
> was pretty rough when putting them on. AND my fuel
> pressure was down to a slim 24psi!
>
> anyways, everythings running good now. and, they want
> me to come back for some $75/hr diagnostic work...yeah
> right!
>
> just wanted to vent.
>
> Later,
> kurt
> '92 Ty
>
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