Dont'ya just love new vehicles? HAH!
A couple of months ago I realized I can't really drive and restore my
'49 at the same time, so I bought an '89 Cherokee. Ahh the comfort! Air
conditioning! power steering! no leaks when it rains! upholstered
seats!!
Well 2 weeks ago it died, like dead-dead. So I set out with my test
light to diagnose it, HAH! I did determine it had no spark, probably the
module. Well when SHMBO's S-10 did this I just replaced stuff until it
ran. I know, I know not the professional way, but I'm a lazy, lazy man nowadays.
I ease over to my Flaps and price a module, $248.00!!?!?!! !#%^&* , the
coil $78.00!!, the dist. pick up $157.00!.
Thank goodness I have been to busy to disassemble old blue, 'cause i'ma
drivin him again.
I decided Ok, what I need is a dealer shop manual, so I got one from the
unnamed auction site for about $50.00. It got here, I looked in
ignition/EFI diagnostics, says to hook it to the DRB-ii tester and refer
to the codes in the testers manual. ARRGG! I mean at least tell me what
the output of the pick up coil is! I've got a multimeter, and an
oscilloscope, I could diagnose with just some MINIMAL information! GaaaH!
The next morning the temperature dropped to freezing here. I walked
outside there was frost all over. I just spat at the Jeep as I walked
past it on my way to old blue. Climbed in, hooked the door shut with the
bungee cord, pulled the choke, stepped on the starter, and off I go.
Yeah, the seat's poking my butt, the breeze through the floorboards is
cold, and I think I got frostbite from giving hand signals (the legal
kind!), but It RUNS! Reliably!
I got on the internet and found a site devoted to cherokees (poor
bast*rds) and found that usually this is caused by the crankshaft
position sensor ($38.00). I went to order one of those and try it, HAH!,
warehouse backorder! 1 to 5 weeks! BAH!
I decide to take the old one off and see if it's something that could be
fixed, like a broken wire, etc. I looked and looked and finally found it
on the bellhousing under and behind the manifold. I can see one bolt
from the top, and one from underneath the truck, can't get anywhere near
them, can't even touch one with a fingertip! Back to the FACTORY shop
manual to see how to change it. Detailed instructions were: "Unplug from
harness, Remove bolts, reinstall using same bolts, plug back into
harness". I Can't even SEE the whole thing! I am seriously considering
cutting a hole in the toeboard to get to this thing, I've got lots of
experience patching floorboards:-)
I can't wait until the next time some kid asks me why I drive that "old
heap" instead of a nice new car!
--
John Dorsey
Wauchula, FL
'49 Chevy Panel http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/truck.htm
'52 GMC Firetruck http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/fire/fire.htm
'51 Chevy suburban http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/burb/
JULIE HUBER wrote:
>
> Are you havingfun now???
> the trans is filled thru the spedo drive hole!!!!!
> 5.6 pints
> Greg in Fla 56short
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob J. <rjjmsj@earthlink.net>
> To: _Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; _Old-chevy-truck
> <old-chevy-truck@onelist.com>; _Buick List <buicks@egroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:16 AM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Off subject - about 1991 Ford Escort
>
> >I very much apologize for this, but my truck is getting wet, and I have to
> >figure out something to solve this. My son decided to be the cool guy and
> >change his girlfriend's oil on her 1991 Ford Escort with manual
> transmission -
> >moving my truck and ragtop out to have working space. Well, instead of the
> >engine oil, he drained her manual transmission....so not only is this not
> >about trucks or buicks, it's about a FXXD (as I said...VERY sorry about
> this).
> >Does ANYONE have a clue how to get transmission fluid in this thing? I
> have
> >looked EVERYWHERE for any type of a fill point, and am not coming up with
> >anything. This is the first time I've gotten this close to a side mounted
> >engine, much less a FxxD, so please email me off list as I'm sure you
> wouldn't
> >want to admit in public to owning one yourself, right? ;-)
> >
> >Rob
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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