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From: tag@tty3b.UUCP ("Tom Gloger"3974 97320)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Ford transmissions
Message-ID: <374@tty3b.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Jun-84 09:42:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  4 09:42:40 1984
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Organization: Teletype Corp., Skokie, Ill
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A mildly incendiary rebuttal to Ray Tackett:

I failed to explain what I meant by parking up-hill:  I was speaking of a
typical parking lot just-enough-to-let-the-water-run-off slope, not San
Fransisco or even midwestern-river-town-type hills.  For the latter, I do
know how to set the wheels when parking, whether with or without a curb, up
hill or down hill.

I will not use my parking brake unless absolutely necessary, however.  It's
a habit I intentionally dropped after getting them frozen in the winter.
When frozen, Ford parking brakes will let one back out of a parking spot, but
not go forward or return to the same parking spot.  And if they're not used
in the winter, the cables get rusty so they'll freeze in the summer too.

I do appreciate the insight into the internal workings of the Ford
transmission.  It gives me a feel for what's wrong.  Are all Fords hard to
get out of park?   No, that's how the discussion started.  Were they facing
up-hill or down at the time?  (That's a genuine question; I'd like to know.)

Oh yeah, thanks for pointing out to the entire net how dumb, stupid, and
careless I am.  I suppose if I were smart, you'd be hearing from my lawyer in
the morning. ;-)
-- 
			Tom Gloger
			AT&T Teletype Corporation
			Skokie, Illinois
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