mr2-digest Wednesday, 18 October 1995 Volume 01 : Number 004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Reed, Chuck (HT-MS)" Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 12:40:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: test sorry for the wasted bandwidth. things changed while i was on my honeymoon and i just wanted to see where a post to mr2-interest would end up. chuck 92 mr2 49K miles ------------------------------ From: dgh (David G. Hough at validgh) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 10:32:53 PDT Subject: undigest.sh for Unix users People running Unix and readers that allow piping messages through scripts can adapt the following very dumb sh script. Save it in a file called (say) undigest, edit away the headers, chmod +x undigest so it's executable, and then when you get an mr2 digest, do & | undigest The & is the /usr/ucb/mail prompt. I don't use GUI tools for something I do every day like read mail. So if you like GUI or are not running Unix, this won't help. If you are a client of a commercial online service such as AOL, inquire of your postmaster (e.g. postmaster@aol.com) whether there's an easy way to split up digested mail with your mail reader. I have no idea. The script will copy the digest into a number of separate mail messages and mail them to you. It tries to recover the original From: and Subject: but no guarantees, so the old ones are preserved. A much better script could be written with awk or sed, no doubt, and even better with perl. This is really just a model to inspire somebody to contribute a better one. Preferably one that rewrites the From: addresses from uunet!host.dom!user to user@host.dom but it will have to handle harder cases than that. ######################## delete this line and all above ################# #!/bin/sh set -e who=`whoami` resend=/tmp/split.`whoami`.$$ echo > $resend # delete header while read input ; do if test "$input" = "----------------------------------------------------------------------" ; then break fi done #process mail while read input ; do if test "$input" = "------------------------------" ; then # extract Subject line subject=`grep '^Subject:' $resend | head -1` # hack that sometimes sets up the right "From:" # right way from=`grep '^From:' $resend | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'` if echo $from | egrep '\@|\!' > /dev/null ; then from=-f$from else # wrong way from=`grep '^From:' $resend | head -1 | awk '{print $NF}' | sed -e 's/[\<\>]//g'` if echo $from | egrep '\@|\!' > /dev/null ; then from=-f$from else from="" fi fi # for debug echo FROM $from echo $subject | cat - $resend | /usr/lib/sendmail $from $who rm $resend else echo $input >> $resend fi done #delete trailer rm $resend ------------------------------ From: uunet!softy.softwords.bc.ca!geoff Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 11:37:28 PDT Subject: Re: Club Sticker Ken Wong wrote: > the one from Lee Groves is nice too, the idea of a pace car is great. But I dunno about others, but I don't think of my MR2 as a "pace" car. I mean, pace cars drive in front of other cars to slow them down! This is not the image for MR2 IMHO... Geoff '91t, 153,600km ------------------------------ From: "Peter J. Scott" Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 10:48:29 -0700 Subject: Re: A question for MK1 owners DEMETRIUS LAMAR JOHNSON writes: > I have an 86 MR2 with about 95,000 miles on it. When I start the car in > the morning, I am greeted with a small puff of blue smoke. I also noticed > this event over the weekend, when I floored the car to pass a semi who > was coming over on my lane; I was doing about 90mph in 5th gear. Should I > be concerned with this occassional puff of smoke or is it natural for > this to happen for a car with this amount of miles. I have an 86 NA with 192,000 miles on it. It's been doing this for the last year, getting gradually worse. Now it burns a quart of oil a week. Several places have told me that it's better to just keep running it this way than to try and fix it, since it will cost megabucks to fix what is probably valve guide wear. The most honest mechanic I have met so far (and this is going to sound paradoxical) said that if I was going to do that, I should do other stuff like replace the clutch which works but he says has very little life left in it, and replace original hoses, all told about $5k. There has to be some middle ground. If *anyone* knows of a mechanic in the L.A. area who is competent to do this work, honest enough not to rip me off, and won't charge thousands to fix this problem, please e-mail. Peter J. Scott, Member of Technical Staff | Peter.J.Scott@jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech | EPIC Program Office ------------------------------ From: "Burns, James B." Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 13:55:00 EDT Subject: Stereo Speaker Upgrade I think upgrades and modification information is some of the most useful info on this list, so I'll share my latest improvement with you. I just replaced the door speakers in my '94 with Blaupunkt 6.5" triaxials. Originally, I was going to go with a component speaker system with the mid-woofers in the doors and the tweeters in the kick panels, but installation was more involved, and component speakers work best with more power (i.e. they are less efficient than coaxial/triaxial speakers). Replacing the 4" stock speakers with the 6.5" new ones was pretty easy. The door holes are the correct size for 6.5" speakers (holes are 5" diameter); all that is required is drilling new mounting holes. A stereo shop told me that I had to get low profile speakers because of lack of mounting depth, but there is at least 2.75" of mounting depth available, even with power windows, so pretty much any standard 6.5" speaker will fit. (Not the 6.5S size, though, which is an oversize 6.5" speaker). The 6.5" speakers deliver noticeably better bass than the stock 4", and the harsh tonality that used to exist when cruising at freeway speed is pretty much gone, but the change wasn't as dramatic as I expected. The stock system really is quite good. I left the stock tweeters connected, and they sound fine. The one thing that I am still experimenting with is the 3.5" rear fill speakers. They add some ambience and rear fill which is nice, and they add some midrange which I like since I am a guitar nut, but their tonal quality is cheap-sounding which almost detracts more than it adds to the sound. And I think that a lot of that harshnes I talked about comes from these speakers. I thought about an aftermarket 3.5" replacement, but I don't think any 3.5" speaker is going to sound very good. It is easy to unclip the top two clips from the panels covering these speakers and get acess to the speaker connectors, so I am still experimenting with the speakers connected and disconnected to see which I like better. Anyone else tried this? I have replaced a lot of car speakers in various cars (both my own and in friends' cars), and the MR2 door panels were the easiest to remove and replace, and no mounting clips were broken in the process (a first for me). The construction of this car continues to impress me. Cheers, Brad ------------------------------ From: uunet!disney.com!jsun (Jason Kaehler) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:23:17 -0700 Subject: help! rattling! I just purchased a 92T. I noticed a strange rattling when I go over bumps. My mechanic says the car has some good quality sway bars that are knocking against something when I go over even small obstacles. He is looking for something to dampen the excess space, is not sure what to use. Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas/suggestions? ps. please write back directly to my email jsun@disney.com since I had to 'unsubscribe' to this group due to the high volume. thanks! _______________________________________________________________ "All men die, but not all men truly live" - Sir William Wallace Jason Kaehler jsun@disney.com Disney Virtual Reality Lab v. 818.544.7975 _______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: uunet!ddmtg2.ddmt.dla.mil!hc90029 ( Clarence L Montgomery ) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 14:25:02 CDT Subject: MKII for sale If anybody out there is looking for a '91 MKII in the midsouth there is a white one for sale at Performance Toyota in Memphis, ph 901-797-3700. It has: Black interior (I think, it was dark when I looked at it) T-tops PW PL 3in1 7 speaker stereo 49Kmi No turbo :-( Drew '93 NA white ------------------------------ From: uunet!go50.comp.pge.com!TLM2%OSPS%DCPP Date: Tue, 17 Oct 95 12:40:51 PDT Subject: Engine Ping I have an 86NA MKI with 63,000 miles that has "pings" when the weather is hot. The problem doesn't seem to follow any pattern except that it is worse after a long drive with the A/C running. Most of the time the problem doesn't exist. I have been using 92 octane fuel, but the problem still exists. Is there some sensor that may be bad? I have no Error codes from the computer. Any suggestions? Tom Monti - TLM2@pge.com VXFS89A@prodigy.com '86 NA - Dk. Green/Beige San Luis Obispo, CA ------------------------------ From: uunet!gic.gi.com!CREED Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 23:02:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: FS: '87 MR2 Hi All, There is an MR2 for sale in the Horsham PA area. The present owner is selling it because he bought a 92 MR2. The info: '87, red w/black / grey interior sunroof, tint windows spoiler, pinstripe new clutch and muffler AC, dual mirrors 2 xtra radial tires front end needs paint Asking $2K If you want the stereo, he's asking $3K. The stereo is Head unit: Soundstream Amp: Soundstream AM/FM Cass Sony 5" Fill Quart Tweeters Rocford Mids The system needs base tubes All crossover networks are installed 200W system Call David at (215) 345 - 7932 Let me know if it works out for any of you. Good Luck, Chuck 92MR2 49K miles ------------------------------ From: Brent Matthew Dye Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 23:29:50 -0400 Subject: Turbo timer info!! I've looked over ALL of the ".txt" files supplied by Majordomo, and I don't see a listing for "Ultra." I need to order a turbo timer from them ASAP!! This company was originally brought to my attention by Dave T , but he doesn't seem to respond to my requests for the info. The company is supposed to be based in Japan according to him. If ANYBODY knows what I'm talking about, please send info. Thanks a 1,000,000. - -- +----------+--------------+ +----------------------------------+ |Brent Dye / Columbus, OH |________________|Views and opinions above are not | |(Fully Loaded) Super Red 94 Turbo @16.5k |necessarily my own. If I happen to| |AKA:Red Sled Lic plate:MISTR 2 |say something you don't like, it's| |Personal Mail: bd112593@oak.cats.ohiou.edu|probably someone else's fault. :-)| +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------+ ------------------------------ End of mr2-digest V1 #4