Team3S: 3000GT & Stealth Saturday, August 23
2003 Volume 02 : Number 237
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:21:15 EDT
From:
BHurvitz@aol.comSubject: Team3S: LEDs are
out on A\C panel, but A\C fan etc work
Hi,
1. My 91 Stealth TT LEDs are out on the A\C panel, but A\C fan,
etc., work.
Is there a separate fuse or
fusible link for this panel. If so where
is it.
2. I had been installing a new optima 75 battery which had required
me to
remove the strut bar. I took out the battery tray and drilled a hole
in the
strut side of the tray for an additional battery tie down rod. Works
very nice
plus plenty of clearance for the strut bar. However, I may have
inadvertently
loosened a wire
connection.
Are there any
connections in the area of the battery or strut bar
that I could have
loosened ?
3. I did accidentally have a spark go off while tightening down the
battery.
My a/c unit was left on when the car was turned off. All my
controls work.
However I fear that I may have blown out a diode in the LED
panel.
If so is it rebuild able, and who does it?
Feed back would be appreciate,
Thanks
Regards
Bob
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:28:18 -0700
From: "Admin-Team3S" <
bforrest@pacbell.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Admin-- (Off-Topic) Computer Worms+V*ruses. READ!
***One of our members had questions about the current spate of infected
emails
being sent all over the net. In way of clarification, and
education for some
folks, here's (a more generic form of) his question,
answered with some
important information that we ALL need to know:***
-
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> I have ISP postmasters sending me messages like this:
> Our
v*iruschecker found the 'W32/Sobig-F' v*irus(es) in your email to
the
following recipient(s): ->
name1@domain1.com> Here's one from
AOL: <<< 554 TRANSACTION FAILED - Unrepairable
V*irus
Detected. Your mail has not been sent.
> 554 <
name2@domain2.com>... Service
unavailable
> I have searched my computer for these emails and all the
other email
addresses they claim I am sending messages to. I don't know who
these
recipients are, and can't find them in my computer. I always thought a
v*irus
replicated itself by sending to all the names it finds in my address
book, but
I never get a postmaster message that lists anybody I know. And
nobody I know
claims I sent them a v*irus. Is there really a V*irus in my
machine that
anti-v*rus programs can't find? If so, how do you find 'em if
the v*irus
checkers can't? Anybody know WTF is going on here? Sorry to
bring up this
dreary subject, but I don't want to contaminate anybody
on the list here.
- ----------------->
It's off-topic, but it's worth this lengthy public answer... I
should
reassure everyone - it's impossible to circulate a damaging file on
the Team3S
list (or digest list) or on the Team3SRacers list... One of
the reasons that
we Admins chose to use the Majordomo software for our lists
(even with all its
shortcomings, like us being forced to use "Plain Text"...)
is because
Majordomo doesn't run on Windows - it runs on Unix. As we
have it set up,
attachments are impossible, and we have a message-size limit
of 10k. It's an
extra two-way protection against a worm/v*rus which has
infected a members
Windows machine ever being sent to any other member.
It just can't get
through. The worst that ever happens is that an
occasional 'formatted' email
gets through with some kiddie font typeface, but
even that is rare.
Email addresses are "farmed" from unscrupulous websites who get your
email
when you visit their site; some even track you by putting cookies
and
"spyware" on your
machine. Even some 3S sites which carry
advertising, and 3S product vendors
are guilty. Team3S carries no
advertising, we use no cookies, and we don't
even share members emails with
other members. If you have posted on the
Team3S main list, your email
is in our archives, but the spammers and hackers
have to dig it out if they
want it - we certainly don't help them (like some
*other* popular 3S sites
do...).
But the worst "email farm" operations are "Peer-to-Peer" file sharing
websites
and "Store your files here for *free*" sites (Juno, Geocities,
Napster, and
the like), MP3 and porn websites, and web-based chat rooms
and message
boards. If you visit these websites without having any
protections on your
computer, you are at high risk of having your email added
to a "moron list"
somewhere, and your email sold and distributed all over the
net. If you want
to download images, videos, or music from the net, do
NOT get them from a
website! Learn about NewsGroups (which operate like
Lists, like the Team3S
list), and get your files there, where it's 100 times
safer than any website,
and downloads are 2 to 3 times as fast. (Read
all about it on a safe website
by the best News Server around,
www.NewsGuy.com).
Thanks for caring about the other members, but not to worry... Your
problem
notices from ISPs are not unique (nor are they cause for
alarm). Someone
(somewhere) got a hold of your email, and sent out
their infected email using
*your* email address forged as a return
address. More often than not, they
don't even know it. Even these
worm programs do it - automatically - from an
infected computer. And
then YOU get a notice (when the message is stopped by
a good system) that
your email was infected - even though you never even sent
the message, let
alone an infected one. Ignore the notices you get - just
delete them
too, without even reading them.
You might want consider using a separate email filter program which
reads
email as text, and cannot even carry a damaging file into your email
program.
You can spot an attachment and delete it before it gets into the
Windows
environment where it can do damage. I use one that was
recommended to me by
Rick Pierce, called MailWasher
www.mailwasher.net. I get
300-400
emails daily, so it saves me a ton of time and gives me
extra
protection. I also use a pop-up killer, A/V program, spyware
program, router,
and firewall to help protect my personal network against the
morons of the
world... There are as many bad computer users as there
are bad drivers -
maybe more. Anyone who is not using protection(s) on
their computer is just
being foolish. And in their foolishness, they
become part of the problem.
These days, *everyone* should have at least an
anti-spyware program, a
firewall and an a/v program (one that filters email
before it gets to you).
Everyone!
You're not alone - everyone is getting attacked. And here's the
latest
twist-- Hackers and troublemakers are getting more
sophisticated, in that
worms and v*ruses are now being attached to spam
messages and being
recirculated by infected computers. Since some
spammers have rooms filled
with computers which send out millions of spam
emails every DAY, people who
want to tie up the net have figured out a better
way to circulate their
v*ruses - they let the spammers do it for them.
The latest ones attach
themselves to spam mail and they will propagate
forever. All the more reason
that spammers should be shot on
sight. There are other kinds of terrorism
besides those which involve
guns and bombs. Pay attention and protect
yourself!
If you're interested in doing what many of you should have done long ago
-
protecting your computer - we have a web page on the Team3S site that will
get
you started. There are links there to websites that will test your
basic
security for free, in non-invasive ways that can cause no damage to
your
system. The link is on the FAQ Index Page, in the Basics section,
"What You
Should Know About Internet Security".
www.Team3S.com/FAQ.htm
Best,
Forrest
for the Admins
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:34:54 -0500
From: Jon Paine <
ppainej@attglobal.net>
Subject:
Re: Team3S: Starter wires. HELP!
Wire 1 to the bottom terminal on the starter relay. The top terminal is
connected to a wire that runs into the starter itself.
Wire 2 is the
engine/starter ground, connects to a transmission bolt
(IIRC, this is a
bellhousing bolt).
Wire 3 is the actuator, as you say 'the only place it can
go'.
At least on my 1994 - HTH...
Jon
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:12:43 -0500
From: "bdtrent" <
bdtrent@netzero.net>
Subject:
Team3S: Factory driver seat
Anyone care to speculate on what a OEM ivory leather VR4 seat in like
new
condition might be worth? I need to get rid of one and I'm not sure
I want
to mess with ebay. I'm trying to generate funds to replace my
92TT.
Regards,
DaveT/stilllookingforareplacement
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I just sold my both front ivory(beige) seats in a very nice condition to a
local buyer, who read my ad on 3Si, for $500. I think I was very lucky. The
ivory color leather is more rare than the gray color leather. The buyer
claimed that all he could find was gray color leather seats.
The buyer was very happy with the purchase and so was I with my two new
Sparco's. Email me if you would like to get one or two of those and I will
set you up with a very special Team3S discount. :-)
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:24:23 -0700
From: "Tyson Varosyan" <
tigran@tigran.com>
Subject: RE:
Team3S: Starter wires. HELP!
Having 2 nuts, a plastic seperator between the two and only one wire
that
attaches to them was the confusing part.
Thanks guys!
Tyson
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:28:52 -0700
From: "Tyson Varosyan" <
tigran@tigran.com>
Subject: Team3S:
Its alive! ALIVE!
Well, I don't know how many here
followed my saga of a blown motor... To
refresh everyone, a dried up piece of
timing belt cover gasket fall into the
timing area, got into the crank timing
gear and caused a 30 degree skip.
Result: 24 bent valves and lots of
headaches.
After a full engine rebuild...
Bored to 3.1L
Forged pistons
Compression taken to 8.3:1
(92VR4)
Balanced and hardened rods
Hardened and balanced crank
All new
bearings
New heads with new valves and seals and
everything.
Ported/polished heads
DR 500 Turbos
etc etc etc
...started the car today. It purred like a kitten! 30 miles and 2
oil
changes later everything is near perfect. Seems I messed up my ECS
somewhere
(classic problem) and the SRS wont go away (will check later).
Mechanical
stuff, engine runs, I'm happy and after (man I lost count, has it
been 9
months?!) I finally get my baby back.
Currently running only 5 PSI boost to be on the safe side. Once things
get
broken in, going to put all the toys (propane, boost controller etc) back
in
the car.
Thanks for the help to everyone here for answering questions as time
goes
on. Thanks also to Paul for letting me use his garage for the space and
his
car for a model of what mine should look like.
Tyson
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Hello all,
I recently found all the tail light and reflector
assemblies I need,
however, they are not off the exact
same car. They are off a base
model of the same year. I
think they should fit, I looked at a base
model the same
year as mine right after I got my car and it all looked
the same. I just want to be 100% sure that the parts will
fit
before I purchase them. It is the passenger side tail
light and the
center piece under the trunk that concerns
me most.
Thank you,
Carol Decker
91 Stealth R/T TT AWD Black
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