Anyone Here from New England?

[Speedingpenguin]

My catera is green

Saab-works or whatever its called? the hand painted black and white sign out front? Yep......my aunt got her latest car from that guy i think......

www.newenglanddragway.com if you need directions
Again, I wont be able to attend any 'meets' until after June 22 at least (Get my licence then....the caddy currently isnt running)

[RBraczyk]

why isn't it running?

[Speedingpenguin]

well it runs....but oil is leaking out of the valve covers so i gotta replace the valve cover gaskets....gotta get a new battery.....thats mostly it (As far as I know...havnt driven it more than down the street these past few months cause its not registerd or got plates or anything)
Actually the other day i hit the .4 mile mark since november :-) haha

[hankk17]

Hey you new englanders! do any of you know a reliable non-dealership caddie mechanic who won't charge me an arm and a leg to fix stuff?

I've been chasing a rough idle now for several months with no luck. I'm about at the end of my rope and am very nearly ready to call it quits and give it to someone to fix it... but the thought ot handing it over to a dealership scares me.

let me know your thoughts! I'm in the Boston area, but will go pretty far to get this resolved.

thanks!

[Speedingpenguin]

Originally Posted by hankk17

Hey you new englanders! do any of you know a reliable non-dealership caddie mechanic who won't charge me an arm and a leg to fix stuff?

I've been chasing a rough idle now for several months with no luck. I'm about at the end of my rope and am very nearly ready to call it quits and give it to someone to fix it... but the thought ot handing it over to a dealership scares me.

let me know your thoughts! I'm in the Boston area, but will go pretty far to get this resolved.

thanks!

I'm immediatly gonna call an IAC valve problem :-D
had a horrible idle problem with my Catera, dealer said it was the IAC valve, so i did as much research as i could (theres not much info on them!), and rebuild it myself...it idles fine now :-D
I'm not sure about with your engine, but if you can tell me if the engine in your car has the IAC valve i could help ya out (you could EASILY rebuild it yourself....that is, assuming you own a flathead screw driver and one or two hex-wrenches :-D

[90devilleguy]

Originally Posted by RBraczyk

Hey, 90devilleguy, do you do autobody? If you do maybe you can help me, as you can see what sorry shape my deville is in.

sorry man i don't do body work

[90devilleguy]

Originally Posted by CADDYBLACK99

I love Kimbals! Let me know which nights for Kimbals and the other one. Only 45 minutes (or less!) from Worc. SOunds do-able. We have Friday-night cruzin' at Heberts in Shrews. Starts ?
:coolgleam

hey you should shoot down to framingham riley's is a great place to see alot of nice cars and plus i work across the street from them and see the cars every saturday night when it gets nice out. my friend's dad goes to hebert's with his car, 1957 Chevy Bel Air 2 door blue with white accent with a 383 Stroker motor in it, i'm sure that you must have seen it before up there. that car is awesome, can you say "got balls?"

[hankk17]

Originally Posted by Speedingpenguin

I'm immediatly gonna call an IAC valve problem :-D
had a horrible idle problem with my Catera, dealer said it was the IAC valve, so i did as much research as i could (theres not much info on them!), and rebuild it myself...it idles fine now :-D
I'm not sure about with your engine, but if you can tell me if the engine in your car has the IAC valve i could help ya out (you could EASILY rebuild it yourself....that is, assuming you own a flathead screw driver and one or two hex-wrenches :-D

Go see my "me=moron" post in North* tech info..

Put simply, I changed my plugs and it fixed it.. duh

Thanks for the offer though! Now - all that's left is to change out my struts.. fix my BCM and track down the frickin creaky springs I have in the rear end, and the car will be just as good as new

[hankk17]

Originally Posted by 90devilleguy

hey you should shoot down to framingham riley's is a great place to see alot of nice cars and plus i work across the street from them and see the cars every saturday night when it gets nice out. my friend's dad goes to hebert's with his car, 1957 Chevy Bel Air 2 door blue with white accent with a 383 Stroker motor in it, i'm sure that you must have seen it before up there. that car is awesome, can you say "got balls?"

Bill&Bob's in Woburn on Rt 38 have classic cars on Wednesday evenings.. some gorgeous cars show up there too..

[Speedingpenguin]

I cant wait till the Caddy is ready for the road (And i get my licence)
It shall be fun to be able to go to all the cruise nights i can :-p haha