Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Thursday, September 13 2001 Volume 01 :
Number
610
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Date:
Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:04:25 -0700
From: Rick <
melvin@gamewood.net>
Subject:
Team3S: transfer case front output shaft????
Does anyone know if
the transfer case front output shaft can be pulled
without takeing the
trans. apart?This is a 92 TT.
Thanks,
RICK
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:13:06
-0500
From: "Willis, Charles E." <
cewillis@TexasChildrensHospital.org>
Subject:
Team3S: interesting perspective on terrorist attack
Thought his reference
to our "disfunctional family" was especially relevant
to our
listmembers!
> > By Leonard Pitts Jr.
> > Syndicated
columnist
> >
> > They pay me to tease shades of meaning from
social
> > and cultural issues, to
> > provide words that help
make sense of that which
> > troubles the American soul.
> >
But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears
> > sting
disbelieving eyes,
> > the only thing I can find to say, the only
words
> > that seem to fit, must be
> > addressed to the
unknown author of this suffering.
> >
> > You monster. You
beast. You unspeakable bastard.
> >
> > What lesson did you
hope to teach us by your
> > coward's attack on our World
> >
Trade Center, our Pentagon, us? What was it you
> > hoped we would
learn?
> > Whatever it was, please know that you failed.
> >
> > Did you want us to respect your cause? You just
> >
damned your cause.
> >
> > Did you want to make us fear? You
just steeled our
> > resolve.
> >
> > Did you want
to tear us apart? You just brought us
> > together.
> >
> > Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and
> >
quarrelsome family, a
> > family rent by racial, cultural, political
and class
> > division, but a family
> > nonetheless. We're
frivolous, yes, capable of
> > expending tremendous emotional
>
> energy on pop cultural minutiae, a singer's
> > revealing dress, a
ball team's
> > misfortune, a cartoon mouse.
> >
> >
We're wealthy, too, spoiled by the ready
> > availability of trinkets
and
> > material goods, and maybe because of that, we walk
> >
through life with a
> > certain sense of blithe entitlement. We
are
> > fundamentally decent, though -
> > peace-loving and
compassionate. We struggle to know
> > the right thing and to
>
> do it. And we are, the overwhelming majority of us,
> > people of
faith,
> > believers in a just and loving God.
> >
>
> Some people - you, perhaps - think that any or all
> > of this
makes us weak.
> > You're mistaken. We are not weak. Indeed, we
are
> > strong in ways that cannot
> > be measured by
arsenals.
> >
> > Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning
and we
> > are in shock. We're still
> > grappling with the
unreality of the awful thing you
> > did, still working to
> >
make ourselves understand that this isn't a special
> > effect from
some
> > Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development
> >
from a Tom Clancy novel.
> >
> > Both in terms of the awful
scope of its ambition and
> > the probable final
> > death
toll, your attacks are likely to go down as
> > the worst acts
of
> > terrorism in the history of the United States and,
> >
indeed, the history of
> > the world. You've bloodied us as we have
never been
> > bloodied before.
> >
> > But there's
a gulf of difference between making us
> > bloody and making us
>
> fall. This is the lesson Japan was taught to its
> > bitter sorrow
the last time
> > anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone
>
> brought us such abrupt and
> > monumental pain. When roused, we
are righteous in
> > our outrage, terrible in
> > our force.
When provoked by this level of barbarism,
> > we will bear any
>
> suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the
> > pursuit of
justice.
> >
> > I tell you this without fear of
contradiction. I
> > know my people, as you, I
> > think, do
not. What I know reassures me. It also
> > causes me to tremble
with
> > dread of the future.
> >
> > In days to
come, there will be recrimination and
> > accusation, fingers
>
> pointing to determine whose failure allowed this to
> > happen and
what can be
> > done to prevent it from happening again. There
will
> > be heightened security,
> > misguided talk of
revoking basic freedoms. We'll go
> > forward from this moment
>
> sobered, chastened, sad. But determined, too.
> > Unimaginably
determined.
> >
> > You see, there is steel beneath this
velvet. That
> > aspect of our character is
> > seldom
understood by people who don't know us well.
> > On this day,
the
> > family's bickering is put on hold. As Americans we
> >
will weep, as Americans
> > we will mourn, and as Americans, we will
rise in
> > defense of all that we
> > cherish.
> >
> > Still, I keep wondering what it was you hoped to
> >
teach us. It occurs to me
> > that maybe you just wanted us to know the
depths of
> > your hatred.
> >
> > If that's the
case, consider the message received.
> > And take this message
in
> > exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know
> >
what we're about. You
> > don't know what you just started.
>
>
> > But you're about to learn.
> >
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:00:55
-0400
From: "
rjmsmail@swbell.net"
<
rjmsmail@swbell.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Shifter pops out of 4th gear: 1994 3000gt SL
Hi guys,
Been off
in Scotland for months but back in Houston now driving my 1994 3000gt SL
(standard, 5-speed, all stock). The problem I'm having is that it started
"popping out of 4th gear", first only about once every few days of driving, now
probably after maybe a minute or two in 4th gear. It's been doing this for
months now but I have been just skipping 4th gear because the dealer here said I
was probably in need of a transmission overhaul it has about 95,000 miles on it
and I admit, I haven't done much maintenance on it), around $2,000! I was
wondering if I am just on borrowed time with the other gears starting to mess up
or if I am hurting anything by driving it this way, other than I stay in 3rd
gear longer now, usually shifting to 5th gear around 4,000rpm. I DO NOT
REST MY HAND ON THE SHIFTER WHILE DRIVING, is it probably just worn bearings
(synchros?), something that I can't fix by removing the shifter
boot? Thanks in advance for the advice.
Bob
Proud to Be an
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:39:05
-0700
From: "Gross, Erik" <
erik.gross@intel.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Rear Strut Tower Brace with Manual Glass Sunroof
I had planned to
send this out on Tuesday, but then, well, you know what
happened. I
wrote this when I was in a much more cheerful mood, and I hope
that this is
good news for some in the 3/S community. However, my earlier
glee has been
largely overshadowed by the events of this week. To all who
lost
friends and family this week, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
-
--Erik
- ----------------------------
Ever since I can remember (3+
years), it's been repeated ad nauseam
in the 3/S community that rear strut
tower bars are only for NA cars or for
TT cars with either the power sunroof
or no sunroof. I've also heard many
owners of TT cars with the glass,
removable sunroof complaining about the
fact that the sunroof brackets
prevent the use of a rear strut tower bar. I
have a '95 VR-4 with a
glass sunroof and I, too, have been lamenting the
fact that my once-useful
(on my previous base model) Cusco strut tower now
sits on a shelf in my
garage since I like the option of removing my roof on
the 2.7 sunny days a
year we get in the Seattle area.
So who started the rumor that you can't have
a rear strut tower
brace if you have sunroof brackets?
I was
feeling curious the other night, so I popped the plastic
covers off of the
sunroof brackets and took a look at the upper shock bolts
and bracket
placement. It *looked* like it might fit, so I went ahead and
tried
installing the brackets for the strut tower brace. 45 minutes later,
I
had a completely installed rear strut tower bar AND the sunroof
brackets
installed. The bar does not interfere with the sunroof
brackets and I
tested this by putting my sunroof in the trunk - it fits
nicely. The only
tools I needed were: 14mm and 13mm 6-pt deep
sockets, a 14mm 6-pt socket, a
socket U-joint, 14mm wrench, #2 and #3
Phillips screwdrivers, 3/8" socket
wrench, a 3" socket extension (and a
cheater bar - optional). No other
panel removal necessary. See
pictures:
http://pws.ihpc.net/erikgross/3000GT/RearStrutBar/RearStrutBar.html-
--Erik
'95 VR-4
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:25:03
-0400
From: "Darren Schilberg" <
dschilberg@pobox.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Clutch reservoir cap
Can anyone confirm if the cap on the clutch
reservoir snaps on or twists on?
I thought the first and second time I
removed the cap I twisted it
counter-clockwise (like normal threaded things)
but this last time when I
tried to put it back on I could not twist it
on. A friend of mine examined
the cap and reservoir and mentioned that
the ridge was there to just allow
the cap to snap into place.
Confirmation?
- --Flash!
1995 VR-4
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:26:20
-0700 (PDT)
From: Geoff Mohler <
gemohler@www.speedtoys.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Carbon/Carbon OEM replacement brakes
available..
..soon!
They are prototyped, and testing begins next
week!
This is a pure carbon set of OEM fitment pads, and a pure carbon
OEM
fitment rotor.
NOT for street use. These materials will
absorb moisture. They require
heating for a lap or two (minimum of
300d) to cook out any gathered
moisture to work well. Once warmed up
(steel rotors are OK to about
1200-1400d, these will brake well into the
2000d range. EXCELLENT for OEM
replacements track
only.
Cost??
Would you pay $1700 for a -full- set of front pads
& rotors?
Wear??
Negligible says my developer for our use
(these will stop an F1 car for
3hrs at MUCH greater speeds and forces than we
can hope for).
Safety??
If you're not belted it once warmed up,
you -will- eat glass...thats a
good thing to wish for eh?
Who is
interested..I mean _interested_.
*New & Improved:
http://www.speedtoys.com
*
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 01:22:14
-0400
From: "Scott Beydler" <
dahogrydr@triad.rr.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Clutch pedal
Hello everyone. I would first like to add my
best wishes to the so many
people affected by the events of September
11th. It is so mind-numbing to
believe something like this could
happen. My family and I send our thoughts
and prayers to the victims
and their families.
I was driving my 1994 Dodge Stealth (base model) tonight
and noticed the
clutch pedal starting to become soft. It continued to
get progressively
worse to the point where it would be almost an inch or two
from the
floorboard before actually engaging the clutch. By the time I
was close to
my house the clutch pedal was completely inoperable and on the
floor. It
went from not engaging the clutch when depressing the pedal
to now where the
pedal is all the way down on the floor and won't rebound to
it's original
position.
I might be stupid and the obvious problem is that
the clutch has gone out.
However, I was hoping that there might be some
adjustment that has gone out
of whack and the clutch isn't the root
problem. Anyone who has had similar
experience with this problem please
let me know what you think and would
suggest.
Thanks
Scott
Beydler
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 14:39:54
-0500
From: "Willis, Charles E." <
cewillis@TexasChildrensHospital.org>
Subject:
RE: Team3S: Clutch pedal
I don't think what you are describing is the
clutch plate wearing out - it
sounds like a leak in the hydralics for the
clutch. check the clutch fluid
reservior and see if there is any fluid
in there. it is most likely to leak
out at the slave cylinder which is
mounted on the transaxle, although it can
leak out at the master
cylinder. The seals in these can also go bad. They
can be
rebuilt/replaced and then you bleed the system.
Chuck Willis
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Beydler
[SMTP:dahogrydr@triad.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 12:22
AM
> To:
Team3S@stealth-3000gt.st>
Subject: Team3S: Clutch pedal
>
> Hello everyone. I would
first like to add my best wishes to the so many
> people affected by the
events of September 11th. It is so mind-numbing to
> believe
something like this could happen. My family and I send our
>
thoughts
> and prayers to the victims and their families.
> I was
driving my 1994 Dodge Stealth (base model) tonight and noticed the
>
clutch pedal starting to become soft. It continued to get
progressively
> worse to the point where it would be almost an inch or two
from the
> floorboard before actually engaging the clutch. By the
time I was close
> to
> my house the clutch pedal was completely
inoperable and on the floor. It
> went from not engaging the clutch
when depressing the pedal to now where
> the
> pedal is all the way
down on the floor and won't rebound to it's original
> position.
> I
might be stupid and the obvious problem is that the clutch has gone out.
>
However, I was hoping that there might be some adjustment that has gone
>
out
> of whack and the clutch isn't the root problem. Anyone who has
had
> similar
> experience with this problem please let me know what
you think and would
> suggest.
> Thanks
> Scott
Beydler
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:20:23
-0400
From: "Scott Beydler" <
dahogrydr@triad.rr.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Clutch Pedal
I was driving my 1994 Dodge Stealth (base model)
tonight and noticed the
clutch pedal starting to become soft. It
continued to get progressively
worse to the point where it would be almost an
inch or two from the
floorboard before actually engaging the clutch. By
the time I was close to
my house the clutch pedal was completely inoperable
and on the floor. It
went from not engaging the clutch when depressing
the pedal to now where the
pedal is all the way down on the floor and won't
rebound to it's original
position.
I might be stupid and the obvious
problem is that the clutch has gone out.
However, I was hoping that there
might be some adjustment that has gone out
of whack and the clutch isn't the
root problem. Anyone who has had similar
experience with this problem
please let me know what you think and would
suggest.
Thanks
Scott
Beydler
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:50:55
-0400
From: "Alex Pedenko" <
apedenko@mediaone.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Fw: TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
I don't know if sending this is
breaking any rules and if it is, I
apologize. But I thought that at a time
like this we could use all the
encouragement we can
get...
Alex.
> > May this encourage
Americans on a day like today.
> >
> > TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED
STATES
> > This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
>
>
> > America: The Good Neighbor.
> > Widespread but only
partial news coverage was given
> > recently to a remarkable editorial
broadcast from
> > Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian
television
> > Commentator. What follows is the full text of
his
> > trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional
> >
Record:
> >
> > "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up
for the
> > Americans as the most generous and possibly the
>
> least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany,
> > Japan and,
to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy
> > were lifted out of the debris
of war by the
> > Americans who poured in billions of dollars
and
> > forgave other billions in debts.
> >
> > None
of these countries is today paying even the
> > interest on its
remaining debts to the United
> > States. When France was in danger of
collapsing in
> > 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up,
and
> > their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
>
> streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
> >
> > When
earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the
> > United States that
hurries in to help. This spring,
> > 59 American communities were
flattened by tornadoes.
> > Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the
Truman
> > Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged
>
> countries. Now newspapers in those countries are
> > writing about
the decadent, warmongering Americans.
> >
> > I'd like to see
just one of those countries that is
> > gloating over the erosion of
the United States
> > dollar build its own airplane. Does any
other
> > country in the world have a plane to equal the
> >
Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the
> > Douglas
DC10?
> >
> > If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all
the
> > International lines except Russia fly American
> >
Planes? Why does no other land on earth even
> > consider putting a man
or woman on the moon? You
> > talk about Japanese technocracy, and you
get radios.
> > You talk about German technocracy, and you get
>
> automobiles. You talk about American technocracy,
> > and you find
men on the moon - not once, but several
> > times - and safely home
again.
> >
> > You talk about scandals, and the Americans
put
> > theirs right in the store window for everybody to
> >
look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued
> > and hounded. They
are here on our streets, and most
> > of them, unless they are breaking
Canadian laws, are
> > getting American dollars from ma and pa at home
to
> > spend here.
> >
> > When the railways of
France, Germany and India were
> > breaking down through age, it was
the Americans who
> > rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and
the
> > New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an
> >
old caboose. Both are still broke.
> >
> > I can name you 5000
times when the Americans raced
> > to the help of other people in
trouble. Can you name
> > me even one time when someone else raced to
the
> > Americans in trouble? I don't think there was
> >
outside help even during the San Francisco
> > earthquake.
>
>
> > Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one
> >
Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get
> > kicked around.
They will come out of this thing
> > with their flag high. And when
they do, they are
> > entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that
are
> > gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada
>
> is not one of those."
> >
> > Stand proud, America! Wear
it proudly!!
> >
> > This is one of the best editorials that I
have ever
> > read regarding the United States. It is nice that
>
> one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of
> > the world
would realize it. We are always blamed for
> > everything, and never
even get a thank you for the
> > things we do.
> >
>
> I would hope that each of you would send this to as
> > many
people as you can and emphasize that they
> > should send it to as many
of their friends until
> > this letter is sent to every person on the
web. I am
> > just a single American that has read this, TRIBUTE
TO
> > THE UNITED STATES
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:05:46
-0700 (PDT)
From: John Christian <
jczoom_619@yahoo.com>
Subject:
Team3S: Re: 3S-Racers: Carbon/Carbon OEM replacement brakes
available..
Hi Goeff,
No thanks ---- toooo pricy.
Now, if I didn't have BIG REDS, well maybe 1700 isn't
too
high.
Be of good cheer,
John
- --- Geoff Mohler <
gemohler@www.speedtoys.com>
wrote:
> ..soon!
>
> They are prototyped, and testing begins
next week!
>
> This is a pure carbon set of OEM fitment pads, and
a
> pure carbon OEM
> fitment rotor.
>
> NOT for street
use. These materials will absorb
> moisture. They
require
> heating for a lap or two (minimum of 300d) to cook
> out
any gathered
> moisture to work well. Once warmed up (steel
rotors
> are OK to about
> 1200-1400d, these will brake well into
the 2000d
> range. EXCELLENT for OEM
> replacements track
only.
>
> Cost??
>
> Would you pay $1700 for a -full-
set of front pads &
> rotors?
>
> Wear??
>
>
Negligible says my developer for our use (these will
> stop an F1 car
for
> 3hrs at MUCH greater speeds and forces than we can
> hope
for).
>
> Safety??
>
> If you're not belted it once
warmed up, you -will-
> eat glass...thats a
> good thing to wish for
eh?
>
> Who is interested..I mean _interested_.
>
>
*New & Improved:
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>
=====
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jczoom@iname.com'93 TT with Porsche
brakes and Supra TT rotors
12.4@109MPH
5/97 almost stock
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