Congrats on the new job. Remember to be afraid of whirrling saw blades, you tend to pay attention much better. This increases your chances of clocking out at the end of the day with 10 fingers and thumbs intact. Don't sell the IX, you will hate yourself. all the best alanby alanrw - Community Forum
There was a show on cable and they showed shock manufacture. Bob is correct, they assemble the innards, weld it and then using a special machine, fill and weld thru a port. Perhaps they cut them apart, rebuild the innards and then reweld and refill with oil/gas? alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Here's a link to the adjustment part of your question: As for the handle, if there isn't a phillips screw dead center with the handle in operate position, perhaps a black plastic piece that pops out revealing the screw? (sorry, mine's an electric sunroof). Here's a pic: alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Or possibly, the starting injector is bad? The gas could be bad too if the car has been sitting for 2 years. Not sure of an anti-theft system that works by making the radio loud. Usually, they just shut down the ignition system. Pull the fuse on the radio for now, let's just get her running. By any chance is the gentleman who owned the car available for help on what the car did when he owby alanrw - Technical Forum
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley in the 60's, cruising Van Nuys Blvd. was a huge part of my mispent youth. The cruise was shut down in the 80's when it took on a sinister component. Recently, the crusie was resurrected to the great delight of all of us old cruisers. Here is a sample of what showed up. Here are some shots of the last cruise last week. alanby alanrw - Community Forum
You can google "how to test automotive relays". There are quite a few examples of how to test relays. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Hmmm, what about the main relay, doesn't that control the fuel pump? What about the anti theft setup? alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Here, here. Is there any beer left in the fridge? I bought chips and burgers. alanby alanrw - Community Forum
Wasn't there some notation about maintaining the correct relationship between the output shaft and the driveshaft as they are balanced as a unit? alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Well, assuming your cluster is original to the car, I would think they can tell by your car's build date? If not, you can pull the cluster, disassemble it and run without out the cluster although it only takes a few minutes to plug it back in and insert the 2 mounting screws. You coulld leave the rest of the trim off until the cluster is repaired. Be careful with the one gear on the metaby alanrw - Technical Forum
A1 Cardone has a good reputation. They make a myriad of rebuilt products for cars. I have used and seen their products. They enjoy a good reputation in the car parts industry. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Well, again, all true but you can extend the same argument for manufacture of anything else. Imagine what the steel industry puts into the environment. I would think the illogical extension of this would be to ban any and all manufacturing on a global basis but surely that is an extemist view. From an economic point of view, a shorter life cycle is beneficial to the economy, shorter life cyclby alanrw - Community Forum
All good points except the 10 life cycle. Many Asian econoboxes with conventional engines last far longer than 10 years. We see a lot of them here in Southern California. It would seem that shortening the life cycle of a car due to the economics of battery replacement is not a "very green" ideal? alanby alanrw - Community Forum
Peter,have you seen any cost estimate on that? My understanding is it is a pretty hefty number. Granted, the cars are much cleaner, but I think if you amortize the cost of the batteries over the 7-8 year duty cycle, I think you break even on "fuel costs" compared to a normal internal combustion engine. alanby alanrw - Community Forum
I wonder how many Prius cars will head for the wrecking yard when the batteries go and the owner can't afford the new battery pack? That could very well define the duty cycle of that car. alanby alanrw - Community Forum
Peter, is your car base coat-clear coat or just base coat that was polished out? If it is not clear coat, you can buff out the paint with a power buffer and then use a glaze for the final shine. There are lot of tutorials on how to do this. If you don't want to use a power buffer, those electric car wax polishers work fairly well and are safer. alanby alanrw - Community Forum
No, no 3rd brake light on the 84, I was merely addressing how to take the rear package shelf out. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Nah, if it is anything like my 84, you just remove the speakers, the back seat (no biggie) and then the fiberboard base should pop out. The carpet is glued to the fiberboard. I think the speaker screws are what keep the fiberboard in place, I don't think they use pop buttons like the door panels, but you can tell by looking from the trunk. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Makes it sound like it has tabs that lock into the carpeted fiber board on the rear shelf. I would try squeezing the base fore-aft or side-side to see if it will lift. If not, I guess you do have to do some "interior disassembly" to get it out safely. But on the sunny side, if you get it out in one piece, you won't remember the half hour it took to get to it. If it breaks, wellby alanrw - Technical Forum
Well, I think that is my question, I found that the windshield doesn't go into the groove all at once. You can pretty much get it into the groove on the cowl side of the gasket and then you have to work around the pillars and roof side of the gasket (Unless you are an octopus and have a twin brother). So I guess what I am looking for is a tip? alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Well, the deal seems to be that the gasket folds back pretty easy as you work your way around. But as you get to the top and the windshield is seated, the gasket seems to get tighter the closer you get. I might try the old cord trick in the groove and see if that does it. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
HI Guys, had an "interface" with some unexpected road debris which spidered my windshield. I went to Pick-A-Part and grabbed a new windshield for $30. I removed the lockstrip, popped out the old windshied, soaped up the gasket, slid the new windshield in, got the gasket worked around when I was at the last 4 inches and the windshield cracked!! Oh well, it was only $30. Any tipsby alanrw - Technical Forum
....we need CBC, Chem 7, and get her up to cat scan stat................. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Nice, doesn't get much easier than that. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Typically, for most cars, you insert the key, turn it to on, push the release button and the cylinder slides out. Question is where is the release button? alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Not really. If you were a race car driver and consistantly wrecked, you would be looking for a new job fairly quick. There are certain jobs that are bullet proof. I.E. a drug rehablilitation counselor. If you patient relapses, you don't lose your job. But a CEO is pretty much expected to guide the company to a profitable position assuming there are no external factors working against him. Inby alanrw - Community Forum
Mathematically you are correct. But it just seems you should never reward the guy with a driver's trophy when all he did was drive the car over the cliff. alanby alanrw - Community Forum
I guess you never can second guess what a PO has done! .....ain't that the understatement of the week!!! alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
Cripes!!! Has the car always run hot? I would think the worse you could do is just button everything back up and see how it runs. Sure looks like someone did something silly!! alanby alanrw - Technical Forum
I did see a package of various spring clips in the autoparts store in the section where they have the rotating trees of parts you need. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to slip on a thin washer followed by the clip and put an end to this. alanby alanrw - Technical Forum