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New Subscriber w/ a few questions:
- Subject: New Subscriber w/ a few questions:
- From: "NORMENT,MARK (HP-USA,ex1)" <mark_norment@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:13:11 -0600
> I recently purchased a 1990 325IC. The car had been very poorly
> maintained, even to a greater extent than I even thought when purchasing
> the car (very good price). To take advantage of the season, I've only
> performed maintenance to make the car reliable. So, far I've replaced
> cap, wires, rotor, plugs all belts and hoses, brake pads and rear shocks.
> During the winter I intend on rebuilding a good portion of the car. But,
> I have a few problems and questions:
>
> 1. There are low brake material detectors which my aftermarket brake
> pads do not support (i.e., they do not have the wire attachment). Of
> course I went ahead and put the new pads (as I was eager to take a cruise
> in the mountains and also) hoping that the system would not light the dash
> light. It did. I have not tried jumping the connections yet, but is
> their a plug which can be purchased to finish the circuit as well as
> capping off the electrical connection preventing dirt and debris from
> entering? My next step was to jumper the two connections inside, replace
> the connection which leads to the pads and cut the wires off. Has someone
> already been down this path or know of a nice clean solution?
>
> 2. Significant hesitation just off idle when accelerating. I was hoping
> the tune-up and induction cleaning would clear this up but it did not.
> Any ideas?
>
> 3. The automatic transmission goes from first to second in the first...
> well lets say 5-feet and third a few feet later. Unless the throttle is
> wide open it just does not take advantage of the engines high end torque.
> Is their an adjustment in the transmission or throttle body anything to
> allow each gear to hold to higher RPM's without flooring the car and
> trigging the transmission step-down?
>
> 4. Where can I buy reasonably priced parts??
>
> Looking forward to a weekend drive in the north Georgia mountains.
>
> thanks for your help.
>
> But, a few
>
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