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My first car was a ’62 Parisienne with a 283 2bbl and a slushbox. It was pretty reliable but I did have to put in an intake manifold gasket and rebuild the carb. Now I have a Grand Am. The intake manifold gasket went and I could not even find the manifold. It must have one but it is not obvious. They also must have been pretty drunk at the factory the day it was built because the engine is put in sideways. Anyway I’m pretty sure the car was built to discourage self-service and it cost me $800 to have someone replace that gasket.My nephew’s bike produces about 3.5 h.p. per cubic inch and revs to something like 15,000 rpm. The level of knowledge needed to properly repair that engine far exceeds what I know or could readily learn. It is also not the best thing for my young nephew to learn on. Even the best manual is not good enough when you have not worked on anything like it before. His tick had something to do with the main bearings but I still have no idea why it cost so much to repair.
My first car was a ’62 Parisienne with a 283 2bbl and a slushbox. It was pretty reliable but I did have to put in an intake manifold gasket and rebuild the carb. Now I have a Grand Am. The intake manifold gasket went and I could not even find the manifold. It must have one but it is not obvious. They also must have been pretty drunk at the factory the day it was built because the engine is put in sideways. Anyway I’m pretty sure the car was built to discourage self-service and it cost me $800 to have someone replace that gasket.
My nephew’s bike produces about 3.5 h.p. per cubic inch and revs to something like 15,000 rpm. The level of knowledge needed to properly repair that engine far exceeds what I know or could readily learn. It is also not the best thing for my young nephew to learn on. Even the best manual is not good enough when you have not worked on anything like it before. His tick had something to do with the main bearings but I still have no idea why it cost so much to repair.
