Re: Gremlin Sunday run

["amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, twa1950@xxxx wrote:
> Went over and started my Gremlin again today. I was waiting for the smoke and 
> the noisy lifter. To my surprise he started right up, no knocking and no 
> smoke. He was running a whole lot better than he did the other day just wouldn't 
> idle. I took out a second mortgage on my house and filed him with gas and drove 
> him about 10 miles. He got where he would idle but he still doesn't seem like 
> he had much power. I think putting the new intake/exhaust manifold on him and 
> taking off the catalytic converter will help a lot here. The lifters are 
> still making some noise though. Wondering what you guys thought of oil additive's 
> like Slick 50 or even the old standby STP. I know as a kid I used to use STP 
> all the time but I haven't used anything in years. I don't know about Slick 50 
> in an engine but I used the transmission version and it saved me from buying a 
> torque converter in my Cougar. When I first got my Cougar when you were going 
> slow it would sound and feel like you were going over small speed bumps. Not 
> all the time just once in a while. A buddy of mine with a Mustang said his did 
> the same thing and he put in two torque converters in 2 years to stop it. I 
> saw a bottle of Slick 50 transmission oil at the parts store so I changed my 
> fluid and put that stuff in and it became farther and farther apart until it 
> quit. If I haven't done it I wouldn't have believed it.
> Terry

I use Lucas oil & trans treatment in all my cars. You need to run that car for a 1/2 hour once a month through the winter and move it so everything gets lubed and all the seals don't dry out on it. That includes the A/C if you have it.
"Doc"