[V8] Keys and radios

Kent McLean kentmclean at comcast.net
Tue Dec 27 15:26:04 PST 2011


Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
> Don:  Don't hesitate to rely on this list. There are people here who have
> BTDT both from an ownership as well as a wrench turning standpoint.  I am
> one of the former, and my opinions are mostly just that.
>
> I firmly believe that the V8 is one of the best cars ever built IF...and it
> is a big IF...the maintenance issues can be kept up with.

Also, the weaknesses of the V8 are well known, and the ways of dealing 
with those weaknesses are also well know. For example, the ignition 
timing sender and the engine speed sensor -- identical except for the 
color of the wire/connector. One (ignition timing sensor) is NLA; the 
other can be used in its place.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"



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