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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:00:09 -0500
- From: Mark Joseph Delano <md4y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Have you tormented a ford lately? (was Re: Have you lamented a Ford lately?)
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- In article <9211130017.44@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick
- Kelly) writes:
- >My SO bought a 1985 and 1/2 Escort (1.9 liter) in December of 1985. Late
- >in the fall of 1986 she said "This car sucks!", and went out and bought a
- >Dodge Shadow Turbo. She never had any problem with the Escort, she just
- >thought it was anemic.
-
- my parents bought a 1986 ford escort, which had a helluva problem with
- shifting into second gear. it was more or less the bottom-of-the-
- barrel car, the one my myriad siblings would take their driving lessons
- in; it was too unpleasant a car to choose to drive when one of the
- other family's cars might be available.
-
- when my sister ruth learned to drive, she had the bad habit of grinding
- gears. dad was kinda hesitant about letting her drive any of the other
- cars. but the ease of shifting gears in the escort improved.
-
- a mechanic later said that there were casting burrs in the transmission
- gear teeth that had been worn smooth.
-
- AjD
- and for gossakes,
- edit down your followups, guys.
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- ajd@oit.itd.umich.edu
- "My words are so small that it's hard to hold on to them" - Mark Edwards
-
- It was a 83' Horizon. All the other lousiness is true however. In
- fact, we did have an 86' Escort, but the engines just burnt out in that.
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