Thanks Art!
You very well maybe right on all points you speak of.
I have not seen any of those AMM’s with a shorter width or length connectors, for the number of less pins I presume, on my crusades through Junk Yard’s.
850’ are rare or I walk around with blind eyes to them. Those as FWD’s scare me on how anybody can get their hands and tools in there. Even with parts of the car missing to give you access the FWD concept is gruesome.
They remind me of the change over, with fuses and their console location, that happened to the 700 and later series.
I still appreciate simplicity and it’s the only reason I look twice and do some work on my sister-in-laws 1973 VW Bug.
Their fuses are in the center and below the dash where you can kick them. Maybe that’s over the top too simple?
She is finally waking up to the fact that she has put too much money into now. Paint job and engine. Now the engine has one cylinder with excessive blow by. So much that she is getting oil on the inside of her windshield! Heated air goes up there for defrost ... air cooled engines!
Her young man mechanic who put in new engine in, tricked it out with chrome. The kid also did away with the original air filter box in favor of a tiny round thing.
Things seemed fine for awhile.
About a year ago some mechanic “soaked her” for a breather box for the crankcase.
I thought the breather box was a bad idea and talked her into replacing the original VW air filter box complete with the original crankcase hose. But it’s still not enough to suck it back to burn it.
I kiddingly suggest to her buy a box of Depends and wire tie one on to that breather box.
My wife then got the idea that “we” should look for a Volvo for her to buy. The ploy was I could keep it running good for her. Like I don’t have five already.
She went surfing and talking to her sister but the sister is low on funds but my wife kept surfing anyway. Her sister has held onto her bug since high school but getting ripped off has put sour grapes in her mouth.
So, long story short, the only “looking” got the new car bug going in me again. I’m one sick puppy!
Taking aspirins and going to bed only works with buying the newest car fevers!
Old cars are too cheap to trigger the immune system, I think!
There are some interesting deals around. I don’t know if I want another wagon or more sedans. The sedans seem to be better taking care of, newer and more plentiful. Wagons are getting hobbled together, especially the mid eighties ones and up.
They have the more knock-less prone piston engines like my 1986. Money is about the same until the nice 90’s sedans for $500-$1000 more with less blemishes are all around. I try to stay away from clear coats as they are just trouble on the way! They cloud and then peel.
Anyway thanks helping to take away that concern on the 3.1.
I will still lift the TPS just to be safe.
In about a week, I will be zeroed in on one. Translated .... poorer!
(:-)
When I croak maybe everyone in our family will get a Volvo, as I have no kids and No, We are not looking into adopting any Brickboarder’s, as of yet!
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Phil
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