I should double check but I think I had all the hoses, coolant and water
pump replaced at the 100,000 mile service. Doing the water pump was a
no-brainer since the Chrysler V6 (of that year at least) requires
replacing the timing belt, spark plugs and wires at 100,000 miles. That
service was close to $1,000 mostly due to the labor to get to the timing
belt. The water pump alone is almost as much labor so it got replaced
as a matter of course. I love that car (it handles better than my '64
XKE ever did) but Chrysler's "cab forward" design leaves no room under
the hood for working. Removing the timing belt cover pretty much
involves removing everything in front of it from the grill on back. Oh,
there's also no room under the hood for the A/C receiver-drier. It's
under the dash. It's a $200 part that requires about $900 of labor to
remove and replace the entire dashboard. Been there, done that.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> Thanks for the introduction to the limp home mode. Sounds like it could
> help, in some cases. My last such episodes with my wife's favorite 89 Volvo
> 740 wagon were not pleasant. A mile from home, I turned a corner and the
> engine quit. I looked at all of the usual suspects, and pushed it into a
> parking lot. Even with a flashlight, I did not discover that the coil wire
> had dropped off the distributor, hidden up near the firewall.
>
> The next time the car would not start at all. It turned out to be a fuel
> pump relay that is hidden in some obscure location. I can't really complain
> about a 21-yr old car that only shows 65,000 miles since new! I have a local
> Volvo shop that checks it out and services it once a year.
>
> Since we are broaching OT subjects, how are the hoses on your Chrysler? My
> youngest son had a heater hose spring a leak in Kansas heat about two weeks
> ago, and it set me to thinking. I found that the hoses on the 89 Volvo and
> my 94 S10 pickup were all original equipment, never changed. I paid a
> significant amount last week to get the pickup hoses and a leaking intake
> manifold gasket replaced. The Volvo remains to be done.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Cluster + "Limp Home Mode"
>
>
>> That's lovely. Mine have finally started blooming today and I had good
>> light. Unfortunately, getting the transaxle fixed took precedence today.
>>
>> Today I also learned about a thing I'd never heard of before called the
>> "limp home mode". Apparently different auto manufacturers implement it
>> in various ways. When the engine computer can't quite figure out what's
>> going on it disables or restricts some function(s) such that you can't
>> ignore that something is wrong, are unlikely to abuse the car to the
>> point of destruction but the car is not totally disabled and you are
>> still able to "limp home".
>>
>> In the case of my 99 Chrysler LHS (with 103,000 miles) the car did a
>> very abrupt downshift as I was approaching the turn into the driveway.
>> At the same time the "check engine" light came on and, as further
>> testing showed, the car was limited to reverse and first and second
>> gear. Downshifts into first also became extremely abrupt. Chrysler
>> succeeded. I couldn't help but notice something was odd and the thing
>> would never upshift out of 2nd gear.
>>
>> The problem turned out to be a failed input speed sensor on the
>> transaxle. The computer monitors both input and output shaft speeds and
>> if one of them fails it throws up its hands and says "I don't know
>> what's going on with the tranny" then initiates the "limp home" mode.
>> $182 later I have new speed sensors at both ends. Both parts are under
>> $30 each so it was deemed advisable to replace both at the same time
>> under the same labor charge.
>>
>> The car is back to normal but I missed the good light on the Rose of
>> Sharon. Maybe tomorrow.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> These blooms are usually found as singles. I couldn't resist this
>>> cluster of blooms.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cluster.jpg.html
>>>
>>> As always, comments and critiques are welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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