nathan.chase

Hi, What I think is the resonator has a few wholes in it and I am wondering what it is exactly. It is after the first catalitic converter and is the second devise on the system right under the stick shifter. Can anyone verify this

did you have to replace the seat or the seat rail and the seat?

I have a friend who is looking for a car but he is over 6'6" and doesn't fit my 87 gl wagon very well. Anyone have ideas as to modifications that could/have been done? do other models have more leg room or are Japanese engineers just too short!?

Hi all, I am thinking of trying to speed up my wipers. Someone spoke of regrounding my wiper motor and cleaning up connections. right now my connector has this white grease in it. is this likely to be a conductive grease or should i clean this out and use some deoxit spray. secondly, I was also told to remove the motor assembly and grease the motor and gears. is this a long job, simple? complicated? and what grease would I use.

I am thinking about what to lube my tire beads with when installing. This isn't somethign I do often so getting a dedicated lube itsn't economical. I was thinking that engine oil is likely to be acidic so not a good rubber match. what about just regular cooking oil? Perhaps I could use a grease that would also work for something else life diff oil or bearing grease. any ideas or should I just bust out my olive oil and be done with it? -nate

I'll have to try that

well I would agree but eventually I would have to put the cat back in to pass smog (CA car). also I would want to keep the car from being a gross polluter so I had sort of eliminated cat removal as an option. Thanks for the wiper info though!

Hi all, I have an 87 d/r 4wd 5sp. I believe this is the EA82 right? anyways I am wondering about giving her a little extra power. I heard that the muffler is a bad bottleneck. Suggestions as to what to look at doing? Muffler? full exaust? focus on engine bay (electric fan, power steering pump etc.). on a side not: my windshield wipes don;t have intermittent and are rather slow, is this a relay thing or motor dying, or do subies just have slow rump roast wipers?

I dicided to buy some Yokohama IG10 Iceguards tires from discounttiredirect.com. They were helpful and gave me an $10 warranty for any damage excluding vandalism or mechanical failure of the car. even offroad travel! get that! anyways, I also got some tire spoons on the way:) so I can change everything myself. I will hopefully get some spair rims or something and just set up a summer winter set. I am heading up to Canada soon so I'll tell you how the tires do as well as how hard it is to change a tire with leverage and brute force.

If i were to mount my own tires how hard is it to get the tire to fill again?

anyone tried to install/remove a tire on a rim without one of those fancy machines they use at tire stores?

Thanks for the help. I saw some decent stuff from tirerack.com and it seems walmart only has one tire for my size vehicle. anyone know how well snow tires do in rain? When I head to the mountain I hit snow but otherwise I am in rainy condition for the most part.

what's wally world?

I had my Gl out in some snow today and it was rocking along with all the trucks and SUV's. Granted it was being pushed around my the wider wheel bases of the previous vehicles, the car is a tank . Anyways, apart from loving the D/R 4wd in the snow, a tire blew out on the highway back to civilization. I was wondering what are the good tires for my sub? I will be into some snow but also do a fair amount of highway miles. any good snow/highways tires or is it "one or the other". Thanks, Nathan (arcata, california)

sry for my nieveness but whay is the DOC?

Are there any easy methods for fixing a drive boot thats cracked? I haven't ever replace them but I understand that it require pulling the driveboot or at least at one end. I imagine this isn't an easy job is it? are their any other options? the car: 87 gl wagon 5sp dual range 4wd. thanks

Hey all, I have an 87 gl wagon 5sp and it is rather noisy at higher speeds. I was wondering if anyone had tried to quieten the ride up on these awesome vehicles? some of the things I was thinking about targeting due to seeing other cars and listening to mine are: Wirewall floor mats stick shift wheel well headliner I have a leak in my reasonator but I can't imagine that is creating that much noise. Any ideas as to what material I might use and what I might target first. thanks kindly! Nate

I assume replacement of the end can be done by simply tightening the bolt down?

that is what I thought I would do. adding wood is a good addition if the wood still transnsmitts the power from the hammer instead of absorbing the energy. thanks all, nate

sounds like great advise! THanks

Hi all, I am replacing the inner tierod as it was broken in an accident. I have to pull the outer tierod out and I am wondering if anyone has any tricks? Will I need a fork or can I lever or hammer it out? thanks for the help

That is very generous of you. I don't believe I will actually need the litteral evidence but just to say I can produce the evidence will suffice. If in fact the adjuster really want to see the paper I would be very thankful for your help. Thank You -nathan Chase

got ya! If I can find some new parts the car could use some new suspension. I will see if I can get some money out of the insurance company! I was thinkig around 1200-1500 for the value? what do you think? -nate

I looked at KBB at it is rated for around 1200. I know I can get other for roughly 800-1000. I am thinking that I can ask about 1500 for it as I have seen adds on Craigslist for similar at that price. Hopefully my arguement goes well with the adjuster! -nate

Thanks. I will have to look into that but it seems like that is a lot of replacement parts for just the tie rod or are you saying just remove everything to make life easy? -nate