Rust

I would rotate the tires first to rule out any bent rim/tire issues first, then go to messing with the front end stuff.

If you run your car in the winter it will rust period. salt and sand, plus the new generation de-icer slurry they throw down will eat metal no matter how you try to prevent it. Just carry a lot coins in your glove box and power spray your undercarriage as much as possible.

The passenger side front cv shaft was recently replaced. The front drivers side one does rattle a bit but no clicking around corners. I never knew having bad front cv axles would prevent the tranny from engaging in 4wd. So much for an eay fix. Thanxs fot the tips.

Any pics of the correct pulley for each pump, I never knew there was a differance.

Don't be sad, be glad they get to live on on this website. Abandoned cars are in purgatory, and most wind up in smelting fires.

going to be doing a water pump fix soon. I have an old gl-10 pump (shorter) I was going to use. Aside from possibly wearing out the belt quicker beacuse it's shorter, what other problems could arise. They both pump the same ammount of water, right?

Maybe grinding is to severe a term, it sounds more like playing cards in the spokes of a wheel. When I rev the engine the slapping sound increases with the acceleration. So if I lift up the rear of the car and rotate around the rear wheels back and forth, it should engage?

I like the rainbow on the ground from all of the oil/gas leaking from this little gem.

I'm thinking it's either a bad canister or solenoid. The dashboard light is comming on when the button is pushed, it just doesn't have enough suction/force to engage. I can hear a rapping noise, but its not clunking in. I have a spare push button tranny and a dual range 5 speed, but I'm looking for a quick fix to get me through the winter. any one ever run a manual cable, looking for ideas.

Getting a grinding when putting the tranny into 4wd. Either the tranny if F'ed or the pin to engage it is not locking in. Any way to bypass the "button" amd manually engage it?

If I find any pics, that are recent and have location info, I will post in the "search and rescue" thread.

It's some sort of tie down hook, I'm recalling her saying something about using the car to haul their canoe to the lake (Judging by the bent cross bars on the rack, seems legit) Yeah that makes sence, probably installed it after they broke off the rear wiper blade from using that as a tie down point. I suspect the demise of the original grill was also due to using it as a tie down anchor for the front. But the replacement grill looks like a much beefier structure for lashing rope to, and it's real chrome! Awsome score, great to see another one saved.