Stick your head back up your a.s where it belongs.  Your ears will
stay warm and your IQ might go up a point or two.
                                           Lg

BTW, this is USENET.  You don't own it.  You don't tell me what to
post, when to post, or where to post.  IOW, go f.ck yourself.
ESAD

It is a good idea IMO.  Sealed and vented.  But what a hassle it will
be on my unibody, and what that would do to my *warranty* is up in the
air.  I have such an extended warranty on my powertrain, I'm leary
about doing any mods.

For example, since my transmission is expected to blow out in the
future, and this is a costly item as we all know, as my warranty
stands now, dealership will replace it for all but the first $100,
which is a bargain.  Compare that with $4,000 and you see my point.

I read the fine print of my Extended Warranty and they pretty much say
if they find any fingerprints under the hood that don't belong to an
Authorized Ford/Lincoln/Mercury Service Center tech, they can void the
warranty and stick me with the bill. ;-\

The Devil is in the Fine Print.

I do document everything I do, when I do it, mileage when done, and
yet they still may not *buy* that without receipts, which I don't
keep.

So I have to make a decision:
Is this MY CAR or is it still FORD'S CAR ?!?!!!?

If it is My Car, I should be able to do anything to it I want to.  And
then I take the risk of replacement parts costs on my own wallet.

If it is still Ford's Car, I'm just a *licensed driver* and being it
is still THEIR property, am not free to change the windshield wiper
blades without documentation ( photos, receipts, signed affidavits,
and a seal from a Notarized Public! ).

My tendency is to lean to it being _my_ vehicle, to do with as I wish.
I know that some of the things I've done to it so far, in terms of
maintenance have saved me a bundle of dollars vs. bringing it to the
dealership for their version of *skin the sucker alive.*

So far, I've kept it running like a top.  Then again, it is about the
only item I have for my hobby work, and I do tend to lavish attention
to it that might otherwise be considered unwarranted ( no pun intended
).

The bottom line?  I don't think there is a bottom line.  I'll continue
working on it myself and driving it in the *fog zone* of warranty vs.
owner's rights.  I do know I am saving a bundle of bucks right at the
moment, doing all the maintenance myself.  And the best thing is,
although I am retired now for medical problems for the last 18 years,
( heart attack surgery and worse ), I still get that little adrenalin
rush like I used to *back on the job* when I did something right to
fix a machine problem.

The Vulcan V6 OHV which I have is easy to service, as long as I don't
have to go deep into the thing to deal with the inside guts ( ring
jobs and etc ), which still wouldn't be a problem if I had a 2nd car.
Bitch of it is, this is my only vehicle, and whatever I do to it has
to be completed within a reasonable period of time or we're without
transportation.  

Right now, I trust myself to go as far as replacing my own head
gaskets if necessary, and no further.  One must learn to crawl before
one learns to walk and run.  And then there is the warranty issue.
FORD should replace any head gaskets under WARRANTY!  After my $100
deductible.  So in that case, why should I even bother?  bring it to
THEM and see what they say.  If they do the change for $100, they can
have it.  If they try to stick ME with the bill, then I do the job.

Warranties are a fog zone that require reducing speed and using
special spectrum lights.

Lg