Ive been thinking about getting the Hawk out soon,its almost spring here in Nova Scotia,only around -15 out right now(G)
But I was just remembering last summer when driving the car(259/Flight-o-matic) that it seems to shift normally under normal driving conditions,but when you really get on it,like starting it in 1st then slaming it into drive while keeping pedal towards floorboard,there is a definite "lag" or it feels like the transmission slips for a second.
This is really playing hell with my burn outs.
Should I
1.Just drive it like a sensible person (not to likely)
2.Drop the pan and adjust the bands as per shop manual
3.Take the whole unit out and have it re-built.
The last option,though more costly,seems like it may be the right one because Im concerned that the unit is getting weak and may just give up the ghost entirely in the middel of driving season(a horrible thought)
Now to another unrelated horrible thought,this little task I have ahead of me in a few minutes.
My step-daugters hubby went to Toronto about a month ago and left his precious Dodge Shadow(or something of that nature) sitting,with the implicit instructions to his wife(my step daughter,whom Im very fond of) to start the POS,er,car regularly.
Well,yesterday it wouldn't start.
Its been -20 every day for at least a week here so that wasn't to suprising,even though the battery is only a year old.
So yesterday,with my frozen and bandaged hands,managed to get the battery out of the beast(what an absolute piece of crap to work on),it was a far worse job than it sounds due to the insane design of the battery holder.
As I set the battery in the back of my Sorento for its trip to the garage(I have only a little motorcycle battery charger here),I noticed a definite bulge in the side of it.Oh Oh,thats not good,I thought but I took it to the garage and set it on the floor where my mechanic freind was busy working under a car.
"Can you put a charge on this" says I
"Sure" says he,then he took a casual glance and said"are you kidding,thats a block of ice"
"Is it f&*ked" says I
"Sure is " says he.
So last night step-daughter ,feeling very guilty because she negleted to start hubbys car as often as she should have,arrived home with a brand new Energizer.
My lovely task is to install it and get the beast running,and like I say its bloody cold out.But as hubbbys returning from Toronto tommorow and needs his car I have no choice.
So all you guys who live in sensible areas where it dosen't get cold just count your lucky stars these things never happen to you.
Did I mention I like working on cheap little *** built Dodges about as much as having my molars yanked, without the anthcetic?
But I was just remembering last summer when driving the car(259/Flight-o-matic) that it seems to shift normally under normal driving conditions,but when you really get on it,like starting it in 1st then slaming it into drive while keeping pedal towards floorboard,there is a definite "lag" or it feels like the transmission slips for a second.
This is really playing hell with my burn outs.
Should I
1.Just drive it like a sensible person (not to likely)
2.Drop the pan and adjust the bands as per shop manual
3.Take the whole unit out and have it re-built.
The last option,though more costly,seems like it may be the right one because Im concerned that the unit is getting weak and may just give up the ghost entirely in the middel of driving season(a horrible thought)
Now to another unrelated horrible thought,this little task I have ahead of me in a few minutes.
My step-daugters hubby went to Toronto about a month ago and left his precious Dodge Shadow(or something of that nature) sitting,with the implicit instructions to his wife(my step daughter,whom Im very fond of) to start the POS,er,car regularly.
Well,yesterday it wouldn't start.
Its been -20 every day for at least a week here so that wasn't to suprising,even though the battery is only a year old.
So yesterday,with my frozen and bandaged hands,managed to get the battery out of the beast(what an absolute piece of crap to work on),it was a far worse job than it sounds due to the insane design of the battery holder.
As I set the battery in the back of my Sorento for its trip to the garage(I have only a little motorcycle battery charger here),I noticed a definite bulge in the side of it.Oh Oh,thats not good,I thought but I took it to the garage and set it on the floor where my mechanic freind was busy working under a car.
"Can you put a charge on this" says I
"Sure" says he,then he took a casual glance and said"are you kidding,thats a block of ice"
"Is it f&*ked" says I
"Sure is " says he.
So last night step-daughter ,feeling very guilty because she negleted to start hubbys car as often as she should have,arrived home with a brand new Energizer.
My lovely task is to install it and get the beast running,and like I say its bloody cold out.But as hubbbys returning from Toronto tommorow and needs his car I have no choice.
So all you guys who live in sensible areas where it dosen't get cold just count your lucky stars these things never happen to you.
Did I mention I like working on cheap little *** built Dodges about as much as having my molars yanked, without the anthcetic?
And you with your freeze-dried digits.
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