things people do

[John ED Renstrom]

I decided to clean up the 92 and drop it down for the local car show tomorrow. will I'll let the kids do it. but every time you clean up a car you find things. the key is to fix them when you find them. but the mystery remains an a couple of places. both side of the bumper are scratched on top this could only be from running into something a lot of times. then there is this small spot on the windshield right about eye level. pay no attention to the dripping green stuff under the car that we'll deal with later. but man I'm glad I did not try to drive it home.

the only thing I can think of is it was parked in a short garage a lot of times. they would drive in in till the rubber ball touched the glass. the bumper would touch the wall first pushing it in a 1/2 inch before the ball laid on the glass.

 

[Paul Yates]

Your spot on Ed. I can attest to just how short the garage was that she was in! It was extremely close. Almost touching the door and end of the garage.

 

[Bill Marcy]

To quote an old friend, who has since passed on; "In an old car, every time you turn the key, is an adventure" Case in point, last week we drove the 68 to a cruise night. When we were ready to leave, the car would not start, it would crank, but it wouldn't fire up. So, a friend played with the choke and it started. Then we are on the highway, it cuts off, but restarts. Get another mile, it is completely dead. We did not get picked up for two hours, but the truck finally came. Turns out we needed a new starter and a new battery and a bit of new wiring. We will go again tonight!

 

[John ED Renstrom]

which wiring? remember I told you about that problem. I could never find it. as every time you looked it was up and running and I could never get it to just quit. played with it a lot trying to find it. but every time it quit it would fire right up again. a intermittent open is a hard one to search out. I was thinking it had to be in the switch. we get togather again I'll tell you the story behind that problem. but it will be interesting to see if what Tony and I thought the problem was was it. I'm still getting sand out of this 92 did you get all the pine needles out of the 68?

 

[Bill Marcy]

which wiring? remember I told you about that problem. I could never find it. as every time you looked it was up and running and I could never get it to just quit. played with it a lot trying to find it. but every time it quit it would fire right up again. a intermittent open is a hard one to search out. I was thinking it had to be in the switch. we get togather again I'll tell you the story behind that problem. but it will be interesting to see if what Tony and I thought the problem was was it. I'm still getting sand out of this 92 did you get all the pine needles out of the 68?

We replaced the ignition, the resistor wire was getting hot, probably due to the starter. But, I take these things in stride, it is all part of the overall experience. We love this car! You really have to expect these things and just deal with them. Sometimes new cars break down, so a forty five year old car breaking down is a given.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

yes we do My next step was the ignition switch. but I could not find a known good used one and the replacement was not the same. the resister wire gets hot because it is supposed to thats why it's called a resister. it runs to the switch. the start wire comes up from the starter to give it 12 volts to start. then when the key goes to run the resister wire drops it to 6 to 8 volts. what confused me was it always started and would quit when running. but I'm betting changing the switch was the answer. hope that was it. because when she ran it ran nicely. like you I have heard the any trip with a old car is a adventure. but like we talked over the phone. you take your chances jumping in a old car and trying to drive it a long distance run. the little things with the 92 would not have stopped one from running around town but it would have been trouble on a long run. me I can't get over a 92 being a old car. it is everything I wanted in a 6 door. minor maintenance things are the fun part.

 

[Bill Marcy]

yes we do My next step was the ignition switch. but I could not find a known good used one and the replacement was not the same. the resister wire gets hot because it is supposed to thats why it's called a resister. it runs to the switch. the start wire comes up from the starter to give it 12 volts to start. then when the key goes to run the resister wire drops it to 6 to 8 volts. what confused me was it always started and would quit when running. but I'm betting changing the switch was the answer. hope that was it. because when she ran it ran nicely. like you I have heard the any trip with a old car is a adventure. but like we talked over the phone. you take your chances jumping in a old car and trying to drive it a long distance run. the little things with the 92 would not have stopped one from running around town but it would have been trouble on a long run. me I can't get over a 92 being a old car. it is everything I wanted in a 6 door. minor maintenance things are the fun part.

Yes, it sure is funny to think of a 92 as an "old car" but it is. In the end, I think we both got exactly the cars we wanted, like I said, we love the 68!