head gasket

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Steve

Guest

• Oct 30, 2005

• #21

Stacy Masiero wrote:
> THANKS to all !

Hi Stacy,
Are there any local Landrover clubs who might help you with typical
prices too ? The V8 is really derived from a Buick engine (around 1970)
- so a GM garage should know exactly what one looks like, and parts
should also be fairly generic.

Steve

 

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Nige

Guest

• Oct 30, 2005

• #22

Stacy Masiero wrote:
> Hi Nige - since you asked - NO - I have no ovaries anymore - they were
> removed 6 years ago due to a little cancer scare so that can't be the
> problem - I just had someone warn me about posting on automobile
> newsgroups with men who don't appreciate women jumping on asking
> stupid questions. Please forgive me - I meant no harm.
>
> (OK?)

Fine by me, just re-read your original post. It does come across very badly!

We get input from females on here very regularly & no-one has ever taken offence at any 'stupid
questions' from male or female poster that I'm aware of. Unless they are really taking the **** etc.

Nige

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 30, 2005

• #23

Stacy Masiero wrote:
> I just had someone warn me about posting on automobile newsgroups
> with men who don't appreciate women jumping on asking stupid questions.
> Please forgive me - I meant no harm.


Stace

Relax and stop worrying about us. There really is a big cross-section
of the world that resides here - the only thing anyone is going to get
****ed about is if you keep apologising for something that's a non-event.

--
EMB

 

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Mother

Guest

• Oct 30, 2005

• #24

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:12:09 GMT, "Stacy Masiero"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I just had someone warn me about posting on automobile newsgroups
>with men who don't appreciate women jumping on asking stupid questions.
>Please forgive me - I meant no harm.

Don't believe anything anyone says of that nature. There are plenty
of women in this group who have an enviable range of knowledge and
experience, to think it's either a 'boys club' or "european" is quite
incorrect.

A word of advice, though. If you 'go in heavy' you can expect people
to react in a similar manner. Usenet (newsgroups) are a volotile
medium, some will be keen to help, others may feel the way you've
entered the group is hostile - and throw some back


--
Bit sad that we still, in this age of communications, have
so many folk who wear blinkers and are convinced that the
whole world is the same as their own extremely limited view
of it. Peter G Strangman (obit) who rang-off: 1999-07-08

 

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Derek

Guest

• Oct 30, 2005

• #25

>
> It is a 93 Classic. I bought it for one reason only - to tow my boat when
> necessary. So it is a second vehicle. 3 wks after I bought it - overheated
> on the highway - I had it towed to my driveway and had a mechanic look at
it
> who told me I had blown a "head gasket or head or both"
>
> So - my question is - can you convert your euro quotes on this subject to
US
> dollars for me so I can know if I am getting ripped off by whomever I get
to
> work on it for me?
>
> Thank You - and if I am out of line - just say so and I will leave all of
> you EUROPEAN MEN and all of your mechanical lingo alone.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Stacy Masiero
> HOOOOSTON, TX

right Oh I did some sniffing about and came up with

having a look at parts prices maybe its time to go have a word with the
shop and ask how they arrive at their figure the hourly rate would be a good
starting place -- the gasket set would cost about $100 ( price from
Atlantic British New York) plus 2 gallons of motor oil@ $25 per gallon
(thats amsoil synthetic) an oil filter and a couple of quarts of antifreeze
so in total say $200 ( cant say if extra taxes are due or shipping costs )
I reckon an hourly rate of between $162 and $225
so go on tell me what I have missed out ? $999 for a brand new head??
Derek

 

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Niamh Holding

Guest

• Oct 31, 2005

• #26

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Steve) wrote:

> The V8

Hmm do we know it's a V8... I know I can miss things before the first cup
of coffee.

--
Niamh
4x4 Cymru
http://www.4x4cymru.co.uk

 

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Niamh Holding

Guest

• Oct 31, 2005

• #27

In article <ZVQ8f.7546$q%[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Stacy Masiero) wrote:

> I am a WOMAN who knows
> NOTHING about the Range Rover she just bought

Luckily there are women here who do

> Thank You - and if I am out of line - just say so and I will leave all
> of
> you EUROPEAN MEN and all of your mechanical lingo alone.

Please stop stereotyping eh

--
Niamh
4x4 Cymru
http://www.4x4cymru.co.uk

 

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Paul S. Brown

Guest

• Oct 31, 2005

• #28

Niamh Holding wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Steve) wrote:
>
>> The V8
>
> Hmm do we know it's a V8... I know I can miss things before the first
> cup of coffee.
>

Did they ever export diesels to the US in 1993? - I thought NAS sort of
implied V8

P.

 

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Stacy Masiero

Guest

• Oct 31, 2005

• #29

"Paul S. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3934860.50n8qUdYZg@PolMobile...
> Niamh Holding wrote:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] (Steve) wrote:
> >
> >> The V8
> >
> > Hmm do we know it's a V8... I know I can miss things before the first
> > cup of coffee.
> >
>
> Did they ever export diesels to the US in 1993? - I thought NAS sort of
> implied V8
>
> P.

Ok - figured out I am supposed to write BELOW you all - so, catching on
now..
I CAN confirm it isn't diesel - that would mean diesel fuel right? Not
diesel fuel.
But I don't know it is a V8 - I am very very uneducated.. please bear with
me..

And yes to all who wrote back - my original post DID sound bad.... or is the
word "naughty?"
here I am getting off on the wrong foot... here I am putting out an olive
branch - and won't apologize anymore to the guy who said "stop apologizing"
OK . THANKS.

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 31, 2005

• #30

Stacy Masiero wrote:

> Ok - figured out I am supposed to write BELOW you all - so, catching on
> now..

Google for 'OE Quotefix'. Download and install it. It will enable
Outlook Express to actually put the cursor below the text that you are
replying to. It will also do a passable job of making the quoted
material easier to read.


> I CAN confirm it isn't diesel - that would mean diesel fuel right? Not
> diesel fuel.
> But I don't know it is a V8 - I am very very uneducated.. please bear with
> me..

So we're now 99% certain it's a V8. Open the bonnet (hood) and count
the number of spark plug leads.


--
EMB

 

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Mother

Guest

• Nov 1, 2005

• #31

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:40:29 GMT, "Stacy Masiero"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Ok - figured out I am supposed to write BELOW you all - so, catching on
>now..

Crumbs, you'll fit in a treat here - there's some locals who've been
here for ages and still haven't managed to figure this

>But I don't know it is a V8 - I am very very uneducated.. please bear with
>me..

It probably _is_ a V8 - unless someone else has changed the engine
previously. If it _is_ a V8, you can easily purchase spares from here
in the UK and have them sent out - this will work out a lot cheaper
than buying locally - alternatively, there are quite a few
'Specialist' Rover / Land Rover companies in the US.

>And yes to all who wrote back - my original post DID sound bad.... or is the
>word "naughty?"

Ah, here in England we usually follow the word 'naughty' with the word
'spank' - at least, in certain establishment anyway...

--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

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Stacy Masiero

Guest

• Nov 2, 2005

• #32

"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Stacy Masiero wrote:
>
> > Ok - figured out I am supposed to write BELOW you all - so, catching on
> > now..
>
> Google for 'OE Quotefix'. Download and install it. It will enable
> Outlook Express to actually put the cursor below the text that you are
> replying to. It will also do a passable job of making the quoted
> material easier to read.
>
>
> > I CAN confirm it isn't diesel - that would mean diesel fuel right? Not
> > diesel fuel.
> > But I don't know it is a V8 - I am very very uneducated.. please bear
with
> > me..
>
> So we're now 99% certain it's a V8. Open the bonnet (hood) and count
> the number of spark plug leads.
>
>
> --
> EMB

DONE !

It is a V8 and a 3.9 engine - thanks to Derek for pointing me to a link that
showed me how to identify it.

 

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EMB

Guest

• Nov 2, 2005

• #33

Stacy Masiero wrote:

> It is a V8 and a 3.9 engine - thanks to Derek for pointing me to a link that
> showed me how to identify it.

That was what I based my pricing estimate on.

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EMB