Three items!

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

> From: "Mike Thomas" <mike.thomas@ciesin.org>

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> rears seem to be okay).  Cost of replacement is approximately $700 (OE
> rotors are about $450; pads $150; balance is labor).  I guess this is
> retribution for using the car primarily as my winter driver the past
> three years.  I recently sold my 1984 4000s (240K miles), so the 90Q is
> now full duty.

Welcome to the real world.  Where you previously went to the dealer, 
you will now AVOID them at all cost!  Learn to DIY and you can cut 
the cost in half.

BUT - what's to say that you can't take this car out on a country 
road, do three panic stops from 60+ PMH, and see oif the pits don't 
machine themselves off???????????????????  If it doesn't work, you 
haven't lost a thing.

But if the pads are down to 30% or less of their original thickness, 
you should probably change them anyway.  Rear pads and rotors for my 
1990 200 were less than $200 at Blaufergnugen, but the front ones are 
the expensive ones (at least on my car...)  Labor was trivial for the 
rears...except for turning in the pistion on the calipers.  Check the 
archives for info on that...and make the tool needed.

> On Oct 2,  9:36am, Andrew Duane USG/PE wrote:
> > Subject: Headlights on mid-80's 5000
> > Does anyone out there with the dual-lamp-per-side headlight setup
> > on a mid-80's 5000 have comments on the lighting?

I have used a four-headlight setup with common GE halogen lights on 
other cars, and found it considerably superior to the stock 200 
lights.  If I were going to do a low-cost swap out of the "sucky" 200 
lights, this would be the easy way.


> From: glen <gpowell@acacianet.com>

> I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a good quality 
> sport bra for my 85 4000Q.  I think I just want to get the hood bra 
> - -- I have had a hard time locating one like that.  Any help is 
> appreciated.

GLEN!!!  Don't DO it!!  All those stinkin' things do is get wet and 
abrade your paint.  You will be sorry if you run one for long.  Get 
some of the clear plastic stuff and put it on the hood if you want to 
fight rock chips.  One gent on the Z-car group is having his front 
end repainted after running a bra for a couple of years.  A few rock 
chips is better than a racing stripe worn all the way around your 
front end!
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