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by CV12Steve
Sat Jun 29, 2013 2:19 am
Forum: General Discussion & Intro Forum
Topic: Whats going on over at MS??
Replies: 24
Views: 13222

Re: Whats going on over at MS??

Both, I believe.

E-mailed Erik, by the way, and let him know what was going on. He did mention something about rolling in yuán.
by CV12Steve
Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:08 pm
Forum: Carlisle 2013
Topic: The rest of the story . . .
Replies: 2
Views: 13205

The rest of the story . . .

So what was the tale behind Colin's Freundschaft Entlang der Straße award?
by CV12Steve
Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Intro Forum
Topic: Whats going on over at MS??
Replies: 24
Views: 13222

Re: Whats going on over at MS??

MS strikes me as being more active, though often in truly "General Discussions." Those of us that don't FB will drift away. Don't know what the search function is like on FB, but my is impression that the knowledge base (as it evolves in these forums) will be lost to new people searching f...
by CV12Steve
Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:29 am
Forum: XR4Ti
Topic: Motor Oils
Replies: 13
Views: 9252

Re: Motor Oils

The diesel grades have had their ZDDP levels reduced over the last few years. The old CI-4 was still high zinc, the newer CJ-4 is pretty low.
by CV12Steve
Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:32 am
Forum: XR4Ti
Topic: 225/45-15's?
Replies: 23
Views: 10717

Re: 225/45-15's?

Diameter of the tire has no effect on grip, other than being heavier (more unsprung weight) which has the overall effect of reducing braking, acceleration, steering response, etc.
by CV12Steve
Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:23 am
Forum: General Discussion & Intro Forum
Topic: Whats going on over at MS??
Replies: 24
Views: 13222

Re: Whats going on over at MS??

Probably averages a dozen posts a day, maybe a little more.
by CV12Steve
Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Intro Forum
Topic: Whats going on over at MS??
Replies: 24
Views: 13222

Re: Whats going on over at MS??

It came up with Chinese character coding the last time I checked.
by CV12Steve
Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:42 pm
Forum: Carlisle 2013
Topic: Unleash Your MCA Poncho...
Replies: 65
Views: 113949

Re: Unleash Your MCA Poncho...

Make one last push at the big three oh?
by CV12Steve
Sat May 18, 2013 6:12 pm
Forum: XR4Ti
Topic: Rear hatch lock fix
Replies: 30
Views: 14540

Re: Rear hatch lock fix

New hatch handles all gone.
by CV12Steve
Mon May 13, 2013 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Intro Forum
Topic: MS down again
Replies: 14
Views: 6494

Re: MS down again

Been down for a while now.
by CV12Steve
Wed May 08, 2013 11:56 pm
Forum: Project, Photo & Video Phorum
Topic: My Euro Ford Granada Scorpio
Replies: 13
Views: 10031

Re: My Euro Ford Granada Scorpio

Hal
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luiah!!
by CV12Steve
Tue May 07, 2013 11:49 pm
Forum: XR4Ti
Topic: Rear hatch lock fix
Replies: 30
Views: 14540

Re: Rear hatch lock fix

I'm selling new lock handles in this thread over on MS - $40 shipped in the US, $45 to Canada. Not sure how many are left, as the "pre-orders" haven't all come through yet, but if there was enough interest I could try to get another batch.
by CV12Steve
Thu May 02, 2013 11:20 pm
Forum: Scorpio
Topic: A new Scorpio and a transmission leak
Replies: 28
Views: 18843

Re: A new Scorpio and a transmission leak

The Scorpio box is supposedly the beefiest version of the A4LD up to that time and already has some of the "Explorer mods". The hot setup is a 5R44/55 hybred "Frankentranny", or one of Doug Hamby's trick boxes with manual shift.
by CV12Steve
Thu May 02, 2013 10:33 pm
Forum: Scorpio
Topic: Scorpio LIMOUSINE this would be a one of a kind in the US
Replies: 5
Views: 4047

Re: Scorpio LIMOUSINE this would be a one of a kind in the U

It was in funeral service, so power wasn't an issue. Likewise, cloth seats are cheaper and possibly easier maintainance/more comfortable for outside events in a very rainy country. Headroom is good in a country where hats are often worn to functions. "Air suspension" is probably an adaptat...
by CV12Steve
Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:25 pm
Forum: Project, Photo & Video Phorum
Topic: XRBrati Underway....
Replies: 728
Views: 398205

Re: XRBrati Underway....

That's the best looking XRBrati anyone's posted on here!