Yup, the heater core is bad. If you have AllData, go take a look at the replacement procedure, it's an eight hour job!
As for the starting problem, it's not the IAC, it's the $120 ignition wires that are shot. =) THe windows do that because the motors don't stop at the end of upward travel, they still try to push the window up, and the overload causes the voltage drop.
I just need to put this out here because I say it every time a speed-limit discussion comes up.
Remember that in most places, speed limits are engineering limits. That means that they must take into consideration any drivers that may appear on the road. That means the random lame-ass 25MPH stretch of country road was labelled that way because it would be unsafe for an 85 year old grandmother with 4 kids in the car, driving an 80,000 pound tractor trailer to go any faster than 25. So, before you claim that the kid in the 4000 lb car couldn't handle it, think about that!
PA Consolidated Statutes, Title 75, Sec. 3323 Sub. Sec. B - Duties at a Stop Sign.
Violation: $25.00 (Reasonable.) Emergency Medical Services: $10.00 (Nobody was injured. Nobody was even hit!) Medical Care Availability: $30.00 (See above.) Court Costs: $31.50 (That's more than the fine!) Access to Justice/Judicial Computer Project: $10.00 (Funny thing, those computers can't even keep track of a single person's fines - even though it's a single database, if you owe fines in more than one Magisterial District, they don't know about each other! Nobody does!)
They used to charge almost $60 for the "CAT fund" - in the 80's they decided it'd be a great idea to give poor people this extra insurance or some crap for when catastrophic accidents happened. Guess what? It was insolvent. So, I would end up paying for a legislative fuckup that happened before I was even physically able to drive - hell, from what I know, the CAT fund was around before I was physically capable of even pumping blood.
Most US states are like this, too. In Pennsylvania, only a CERTIFIED State Trooper can use a RADAR gun, and he may only cite you for speeding if your speed is a minimum of 6MPH over the limit. Local police can only use a calibrated speedometer (and must follow you rather closely, I think 1/5th of a mile or closer), VASCAR, or other non-RADAR methods. Not only that, but they cannot cite you for anything under 10MPH over the limit!
Some small part of me gets giddy when I go 44 in a 35 past a cop =)
Here in PA, I've fought every single ticket I've ever gotten, because the charge for a real hearing is only like $6.00.
I'd say I end up winning probably 50% of the time. The other half, I get a decent offer (ie, I really was going 30 over, cop offers me 6, i'm gonna take the 2 points).
You just gotta be good at getting the cop to lock up. That is, say they used VASCAR - start throwing math out at him, and explain to him how if he was even a tenth of a second off, it could have been 10 miles an hour slower, etc. Usually, they plain old don't understand you, lock up, and can't respond.
Of course, here in PA, it's just the cop versus you in front of a magistrate. No DA involved unless you appeal the magistrate's decision. The cop never does (however, he may actually have the right to, but good luck finding a local PD that pays well enough for them to actually want to!)
My '95 Ford T-Bird has 148,000 miles on it with exactly ZERO engine problems. The powertrain is as reliable as can be.
However, -The defroster now frosts the windows (heater core is junk and steams up the inside of the window, which then freezes on the windshield). -The automatic lights are only intermittently automatic. -The intermittent wipers are only intermittently intermittent. -In certain conditions, starting the engine means starting the engine, letting it stall out (kinda), and letting it restart under its own momentum. -Raising the windows to their full stop makes the windows dim, so you always know when the windows are to the top.
Also note that these do not need to be fixed or repaired daily, they only need be left alone long enough until the car learns via conditioning that that particular errata of the car is no longer effective in annoying the driver, in these cases, the car will learn a new method of annoying the user, such as, here's a good one: Slipping the Torque Converter Lockup Clutch, while travelling between 40-50 miles per hour, on a greater than 5% grade, while in fourth gear. Or, and here's a good one - there's a pin in the steering column that can be severed that activates the ignition switch. If it is severed, the car may be started, but may not be stopped. In other words, you find out this is broken once you've started the car, drove to North Carolina (which is approximately 600 miles from your toolbox), and tried to park it. If that isn't bad enough, you'll probably set off your airbag trying to get the ignition switch out.
Actually, I'm a GenY-er, and I can. How much detail would you like? Not only that, but I'm sure as hell not in school for computers, I'm in human development.
That is, don't make overly broad generalizations. It's just as harmful as saying "All those old fucks are just kooked out from all the Agent Orange the government fed them, no wonder they all think there's a spyware problem!"
2. The famed (File) Explorer bug where Explorer starts doing things such that, once it starts, you can't delete a folder without a reboot because it gives you a "file is in use" error -- along with the highly offensive suggestion to "please close the application in order to delete the file", which you can't do because it's Explorer. Ok, you can kill Explorer and (from the Task Manager window, do Run->explorer, but that's hardly obvious.)
So THAT'S what the problem is?! Jesus Christ.
You know what makes that worse? There's no easy way in Windows to tell what has the damn file locked, without Process Explorer.
Health class is a bit like having a class for condom enthusiasts who sit around talking about how the average user doesn't wear a condom. And then having a good old laugh at them while at the same time being a smug prick.
These people may have more sexually transmitted diseases, but i bet they get laid more often.
Here's a tip that worked for me, I'm 21, and was an emancipated minor. When the economy starts looking bad, the first ones they get rid of are the 16 year olds who aren't really technically old enough to be there, so I bombed my credit, because I couldn't pay rent and whatnot.
Once I got on top of things, I wrote everyone I owed money a letter with a check. The letter said that even though the debt is written off, I would like to pay it back, as long as they agreed to remove it from my report. It also said that cashing the check itself constituted agreement. I didn't put any account info on the check or letter - just an SSN - so theoretically, the envelope-opening monkey couldn't just tap in an account number and cash the check off without removing it.
It did work, but not in all cases. Unfortunately, I don't know how to fight it (or if I really could), but hey, some result is better than no result!
His bottle will shortly be available for sale from Lifesaver Systems at an expected cost of £190 (approx. one week's pay or half one month's rent for those that would have actually needed this during Katrina.)
I bought something. It's in a Circuit City bag, and the cashier knows I bought it. I go to the door, I leave, with my purchases (once again) in a Circuit City bag.
If it is a larger item, someone in the back must have had to get it for me.
Now, the easiest way for me to steal something USING a Circuit City bag is to WALK IN with one. Why should I have to deal with your shit if I don't justifiably look shady enough to look like a shoplifter? Why can't your company just hire better camera watchers, instead of harassing me? You have a right to inspect any bags in your building, but you already inspected the fuckin' bag 30 seconds ago when you stuffed my purchase in it!
I don't wait for them to check my bag either. I certainly don't wait for the embarassing RFID alarm that goes off when a cashier forgets that the big buzz sound when a purchase is made means they need to make sure the ID is dead. What do I get if I do stop for the alarm and let them search me? Weird looks. They don't even give me a damn coupon or something for being fuckups.
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Yup, the heater core is bad. If you have AllData, go take a look at the replacement procedure, it's an eight hour job!
As for the starting problem, it's not the IAC, it's the $120 ignition wires that are shot. =) THe windows do that because the motors don't stop at the end of upward travel, they still try to push the window up, and the overload causes the voltage drop.
Still love my tbird, tho =)
I just need to put this out here because I say it every time a speed-limit discussion comes up.
Remember that in most places, speed limits are engineering limits. That means that they must take into consideration any drivers that may appear on the road. That means the random lame-ass 25MPH stretch of country road was labelled that way because it would be unsafe for an 85 year old grandmother with 4 kids in the car, driving an 80,000 pound tractor trailer to go any faster than 25. So, before you claim that the kid in the 4000 lb car couldn't handle it, think about that!
Yeah, fuck that.
Recent ticket I got:
PA Consolidated Statutes, Title 75, Sec. 3323 Sub. Sec. B - Duties at a Stop Sign.
Violation: $25.00 (Reasonable.)
Emergency Medical Services: $10.00 (Nobody was injured. Nobody was even hit!)
Medical Care Availability: $30.00 (See above.)
Court Costs: $31.50 (That's more than the fine!)
Access to Justice/Judicial Computer Project: $10.00 (Funny thing, those computers can't even keep track of a single person's fines - even though it's a single database, if you owe fines in more than one Magisterial District, they don't know about each other! Nobody does!)
They used to charge almost $60 for the "CAT fund" - in the 80's they decided it'd be a great idea to give poor people this extra insurance or some crap for when catastrophic accidents happened. Guess what? It was insolvent. So, I would end up paying for a legislative fuckup that happened before I was even physically able to drive - hell, from what I know, the CAT fund was around before I was physically capable of even pumping blood.
Most US states are like this, too. In Pennsylvania, only a CERTIFIED State Trooper can use a RADAR gun, and he may only cite you for speeding if your speed is a minimum of 6MPH over the limit. Local police can only use a calibrated speedometer (and must follow you rather closely, I think 1/5th of a mile or closer), VASCAR, or other non-RADAR methods. Not only that, but they cannot cite you for anything under 10MPH over the limit!
Some small part of me gets giddy when I go 44 in a 35 past a cop =)
Depends on the state, bub.
Here in PA, I've fought every single ticket I've ever gotten, because the charge for a real hearing is only like $6.00.
I'd say I end up winning probably 50% of the time. The other half, I get a decent offer (ie, I really was going 30 over, cop offers me 6, i'm gonna take the 2 points).
You just gotta be good at getting the cop to lock up. That is, say they used VASCAR - start throwing math out at him, and explain to him how if he was even a tenth of a second off, it could have been 10 miles an hour slower, etc. Usually, they plain old don't understand you, lock up, and can't respond.
Of course, here in PA, it's just the cop versus you in front of a magistrate. No DA involved unless you appeal the magistrate's decision. The cop never does (however, he may actually have the right to, but good luck finding a local PD that pays well enough for them to actually want to!)
Hi there. Daily Ford driver here.
My '95 Ford T-Bird has 148,000 miles on it with exactly ZERO engine problems. The powertrain is as reliable as can be.
However,
-The defroster now frosts the windows (heater core is junk and steams up the inside of the window, which then freezes on the windshield).
-The automatic lights are only intermittently automatic.
-The intermittent wipers are only intermittently intermittent.
-In certain conditions, starting the engine means starting the engine, letting it stall out (kinda), and letting it restart under its own momentum.
-Raising the windows to their full stop makes the windows dim, so you always know when the windows are to the top.
Also note that these do not need to be fixed or repaired daily, they only need be left alone long enough until the car learns via conditioning that that particular errata of the car is no longer effective in annoying the driver, in these cases, the car will learn a new method of annoying the user, such as, here's a good one: Slipping the Torque Converter Lockup Clutch, while travelling between 40-50 miles per hour, on a greater than 5% grade, while in fourth gear. Or, and here's a good one - there's a pin in the steering column that can be severed that activates the ignition switch. If it is severed, the car may be started, but may not be stopped. In other words, you find out this is broken once you've started the car, drove to North Carolina (which is approximately 600 miles from your toolbox), and tried to park it. If that isn't bad enough, you'll probably set off your airbag trying to get the ignition switch out.
Actually, I'm a GenY-er, and I can. How much detail would you like? Not only that, but I'm sure as hell not in school for computers, I'm in human development.
That is, don't make overly broad generalizations. It's just as harmful as saying "All those old fucks are just kooked out from all the Agent Orange the government fed them, no wonder they all think there's a spyware problem!"
So THAT'S what the problem is?! Jesus Christ.
You know what makes that worse? There's no easy way in Windows to tell what has the damn file locked, without Process Explorer.
Except, of course, if the gift card got sold, right?
air /strip/, man, not air /ship/. You know, like lapdance at 30,000ft, not Hindinberg.
If an iPhone can blend, I'm sure my Dungarees will.
Yeah, but isn't a series a bit longer in duration (and hence costs) than a movie?
What the hell do I do when a bigass wave comes?!
Health class is a bit like having a class for condom enthusiasts who sit around talking about how the average user doesn't wear a condom. And then having a good old laugh at them while at the same time being a smug prick.
These people may have more sexually transmitted diseases, but i bet they get laid more often.
By "Web", they mean the same as that icon in Windows XP that says "Internet" that opens a web browser, I believe.
Do not worry that you were confused, it's like being confused when a colorblind person tells you that red does not exist.
Sounds like its as big as a problem as trying to drive a car that needs leaded gas.
You can make your own leaded gas, but it's a pain. You can make your own Flash player, too =)
Damn. Guess I'll have to be Geekbitch for a while. :(
Slashdot Man Law 0x3F: If someone with a lower UID than you asks you to prove yourself, you must cite yourself.
Slashdot Man Law 0x40: If their UID is under 10000, you must also buy them a beer (or in the case of PFY, a Jolt.)
Here's a tip that worked for me, I'm 21, and was an emancipated minor. When the economy starts looking bad, the first ones they get rid of are the 16 year olds who aren't really technically old enough to be there, so I bombed my credit, because I couldn't pay rent and whatnot.
Once I got on top of things, I wrote everyone I owed money a letter with a check. The letter said that even though the debt is written off, I would like to pay it back, as long as they agreed to remove it from my report. It also said that cashing the check itself constituted agreement. I didn't put any account info on the check or letter - just an SSN - so theoretically, the envelope-opening monkey couldn't just tap in an account number and cash the check off without removing it.
It did work, but not in all cases. Unfortunately, I don't know how to fight it (or if I really could), but hey, some result is better than no result!
His bottle will shortly be available for sale from Lifesaver Systems at an expected cost of £190 (approx. one week's pay or half one month's rent for those that would have actually needed this during Katrina.)
SO what's worse, 5 years in jail cuz you were a fucker and wouldn't give up your password, or 25 years to life for blowing up a subway station? =)
It is the fault of a person who is vulnerable to bullets.
On earth, a small boy would just go buy the damn scanner. What would scanning your own ID chip gain you?
See, here's the problem.
I bought something. It's in a Circuit City bag, and the cashier knows I bought it. I go to the door, I leave, with my purchases (once again) in a Circuit City bag.
If it is a larger item, someone in the back must have had to get it for me.
Now, the easiest way for me to steal something USING a Circuit City bag is to WALK IN with one. Why should I have to deal with your shit if I don't justifiably look shady enough to look like a shoplifter? Why can't your company just hire better camera watchers, instead of harassing me? You have a right to inspect any bags in your building, but you already inspected the fuckin' bag 30 seconds ago when you stuffed my purchase in it!
I don't wait for them to check my bag either. I certainly don't wait for the embarassing RFID alarm that goes off when a cashier forgets that the big buzz sound when a purchase is made means they need to make sure the ID is dead. What do I get if I do stop for the alarm and let them search me? Weird looks. They don't even give me a damn coupon or something for being fuckups.
Why don't you ask Thomas Jefferson or George Washington the same question?
Damn Loyalists.