I've gotten to the point with Bess that she is headed back into the garage for a prolonged stay. My friend wants me to keep chauffering her around in the car and is thus against putting the old girl away. She's willing to pay for the repairs too. Therefore, I come to the connumdrum of having to deal with Bess' multiple issues.
Bess' brake system is in need of a total overhaul. The old girl pulls hard to the left whenever the brakes are applied. I've tried to balance left to right and when I have it where she will stop evenly, the right drags badly. Sometimes it seems like the rears aren't even engaging at all. Thus, it's time the brakes were looked at by a competant mechanic. I mean, she does stop. Quite well, as a matter of fact. Things just aren't remotely working how they should be, though.
The transmission that was so kindly donated for her is not working properly. I'm not entirely sure this is the syncros or simply a poorly adjusted clutch. It's quite possible that this tranny simply needs adjustment, or the rebuild was botched, I just don't know. Again, a competent mechanic needs to go through it.
My problem is that I don't know any mechanics who are competant with Studebakers. Thus, the question:
Does anyone have experiance with Studebakers West in Redwood Ca? We used to have a really good mechanic north-east of Fresno, but he's gone to Oregon and I don't want to haul this car over the Siskiyou's. The grade on the Oregon side is nothing short of frightening. Thus... this leaves me with Stu. W. So, how's their reputation amoungst the members here?
...Anyone?
Bess' brake system is in need of a total overhaul. The old girl pulls hard to the left whenever the brakes are applied. I've tried to balance left to right and when I have it where she will stop evenly, the right drags badly. Sometimes it seems like the rears aren't even engaging at all. Thus, it's time the brakes were looked at by a competant mechanic. I mean, she does stop. Quite well, as a matter of fact. Things just aren't remotely working how they should be, though.
The transmission that was so kindly donated for her is not working properly. I'm not entirely sure this is the syncros or simply a poorly adjusted clutch. It's quite possible that this tranny simply needs adjustment, or the rebuild was botched, I just don't know. Again, a competent mechanic needs to go through it.
My problem is that I don't know any mechanics who are competant with Studebakers. Thus, the question:
Does anyone have experiance with Studebakers West in Redwood Ca? We used to have a really good mechanic north-east of Fresno, but he's gone to Oregon and I don't want to haul this car over the Siskiyou's. The grade on the Oregon side is nothing short of frightening. Thus... this leaves me with Stu. W. So, how's their reputation amoungst the members here?
...Anyone?
Just wanted to make sure that it was a good thing to do.
This time I want to make sure the Mechanic at least knows what a Studebaker is.
This vintage has a decent seat where I don't feel like I'm sitting on the floor and the ceiling isn't too low. In fact, I can even wear a hat, something I could never do in a Lark. So, as much as I like the '62 - '63 Larks, I'll just admire them. This old girl is just right for me. Paula still wants one for herself though. LOL, I just can't see her driving a fifty-four year old car! The poor thing probably wouldn't survive it (the car that is).
Sometimes being a skinny old lady has its virtues.
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