LDosser wrote:
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LDosser wrote:
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Better everything. What clown designed the Mercury Sable such that the
steering wheel and dash had to be pulled just to change the light
bulbs for
the instruments?

And several versions of 70's Chevrolet that required a hole in the
fender well or loosened motor mount to change a couple of spark plugs
or heater blower.

For that matter, the new Saturn Sky sports car requires a fender panel
removal to replace the stock battery.

Sheeesh! Can you at least get jumper cables on it?

virtually any necent vehicle has access points for charging/jumping
that are _not_ the battery terminals.

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As the n is a fair piece from the d and r, which one did you mean?

errr, r...

Initially wrote "new" and changed it...didn't see the typo (obviously)

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LDosser wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message
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LDosser wrote:
"RonB" wrote in message
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Better everything. What clown designed the Mercury Sable such that
the
steering wheel and dash had to be pulled just to change the light
bulbs for
the instruments?

And several versions of 70's Chevrolet that required a hole in the
fender well or loosened motor mount to change a couple of spark plugs
or heater blower.

For that matter, the new Saturn Sky sports car requires a fender panel
removal to replace the stock battery.

Sheeesh! Can you at least get jumper cables on it?

virtually any necent vehicle has access points for charging/jumping that
are _not_ the battery terminals.

--


As the n is a fair piece from the d and r, which one did you mean?

errr, r...

Initially wrote "new" and changed it...didn't see the typo (obviously)

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Have not seen such an animal, but our newest is a 1998.

RonB wrote:



Better everything. What clown designed the Mercury Sable such that the
steering wheel and dash had to be pulled just to change the light bulbs
for the instruments?

And several versions of 70's Chevrolet that required a hole in the
fender well or loosened motor mount to change a couple of spark plugs
or heater blower.

1970 Pontiac LeMans -- same thing for the heater blower. The real kick in
the teeth was the fact that the heater blower used a cheap brass bushing
instead of needle bearings, so it was going to fail within the car's
lifetime.


For that matter, the new Saturn Sky sports car requires a fender panel
removal to replace the stock battery.

We learn, don't we.

RonB

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There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage

Rob Leatham

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:50:32 -0600, dpb wrote:

LDosser wrote:
"RonB" wrote in message
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Better everything. What clown designed the Mercury Sable such that the
steering wheel and dash had to be pulled just to change the light
bulbs for
the instruments?

And several versions of 70's Chevrolet that required a hole in the
fender well or loosened motor mount to change a couple of spark plugs
or heater blower.

For that matter, the new Saturn Sky sports car requires a fender panel
removal to replace the stock battery.

Sheeesh! Can you at least get jumper cables on it?

virtually any necent vehicle has access points for charging/jumping that
are _not_ the battery terminals.

Hmmm.... No such thing on either my 2000 or 2004.

But both of them are very easy to get to the battery.

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"We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"

Tim Douglass

http://www.DouglassClan.com

In article ,
HeyBub wrote:
Robert Bonomi wrote:
In article ,
HeyBub wrote:
Jerry - OHIO wrote:
I hacked the end of mine off and baught a tranny funnel .No more
****ing around.
Jerry


Isn't it a federal crime to defeat, tamper, or modify a mandated
safety feature?

Nope. It's just illegal to sell it (or give it away), in the
modified form

Logic being that you can expose yourself to the risk, but you're not
allowed to epxose somebody else to it.

So.... I can remove the seat belts from my car...?


Yes, you can!! And you will -not- get in any trouble with 'the law' for the
act of removing them.

*BUT*, as others have pointed out, it is illegal to _operate_ a vehicle "on
the public roadways" without that equipment, _if_ it came with said equipment
from the factory. Note also: it is -not- a _federal_ crime to so operate such
a 'modified' vehicle, merely a violation of your *state* laws regarding
operation of a motor vehicle.

In article ,
RonB wrote:


Better everything. What clown designed the Mercury Sable such that the
steering wheel and dash had to be pulled just to change the light bulbs for
the instruments?

And several versions of 70's Chevrolet that required a hole in the
fender well or loosened motor mount to change a couple of spark plugs
or heater blower.

Way back when, circa 1970, an acquaintance had a Fiat that was a maintenance
*nightmare*. Used to joke that you had to pull transmission, just to adjust
the rear-view mirror.