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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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Aside from the mental anguish, how much did it cost you ?
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 01:13 AM
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Aside from the mental anguish, how much did it cost you ?
not much... just the diagnostic and a couple hours of labor (had to find the short)
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 04:16 AM
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You forgot to mention you had made modifications to the engine and it's wiring.

There is in hardware stores something called shrink tubing. It works so much better than tape...
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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im glad your car is working
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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Unhappy another update....

well, the saga continues... the RPM needle on the car has been jumping up and down randomly since "the fix" and i took it back to the mechanic to show him and he did something and now it wont start again im getting sooooooo annoyed and im beyond upset ESPECIALLY b/c he has no idea what he did
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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Oh man, that sucks.
Any updates yet ? What's the monetary damage this time ?
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