re: bucking bronco spider

[Jay Negrin <jmnegrin@domain.elided>]

Brad -

Not wanting to burst any bubbles.  But,  before you get too happy about
your situation, something of which you should be aware, if not already.

California also mandates that the cars have to pass a visual inspection
as well as the tailpipe sniffer.  If something is not there that should
be, regardless what the sniffer says, you could fail the test outright.
No too happy about that, but that's the way it gets done.  If you have
all the pieces, and they are all where they should be, AND the tailpipe
is OK, then you get the clean bill of health, and ability to drive for a
while (two years between smog checks).

Welcome to our fair (and sometimes not so fair) state.  If you move to
the southern end of California, give a ring and get in touch.

Jay Negrin
ARO Southern California
76 Alfetta GT


Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:22:19 -0400
From: "brad artigue" <brad_artigue@domain.elided>
Subject: bucking bronco spider

Hi,

My 82 Spider has a tendency to "buck" or "surge" under anything but
light 1st
gear acceleration.  I have replaced the engine mounts but not the
transmission
mount.  Could the tranny mount be causing this?   It does not occur in
other
gears.

On the good side of things, I passed emissions today with flying
colors!  As
my wife and are likely moving to California, I checked my numbers
against
their minimums and would pass there as well.  I'm very excited
considering
this car has the original convertor and o2 sensor (o2 sensor to be
replaced as
it's 106k old!).

thanks in advance,

Brad

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