coldfusion21

Hopefully your not being sarcastic about the brakes. I got real spoiled with the volvo's. Easiest front brakes to change ever. The 4wd works, and i have a work order from the PO that lists the plugs rotor and cap and spark plugs as being done recently. I am planning on doing the plugs again to replace with NGK's and check compression. Also i want to look at the plugs, see if i see any detention. Yea these things click/rumble/rattle/vibrate all the time. Unless i start real slow, or start from a roll. If i was working with a RWD car i would say it was the center support bearing for the drive shaft. Thanks again guys. I will try and pull the codes today and report back.

Just went and took some quick pictures. Its dark so the pictures are iffy at best. The first one is its "good side" and the last two show the only serious body damage, looks like someone drove into a tree or something and dragged it down the side of the fender and on to the door. I have a pretty good grasp of mechanics, i have owned 80's volvo's of the turbo and NA variety for 6 years now, and been working on cars for about 8. Im ready to dive headfirst into this and try to make it a reliable fun car. I just want to make sure my "stage 0" is done. Basically i want to make the car as reliable as i can, and when issues come up be as prepared as possible to deal with them. Im not new to owning a 20 year old car, so i know they will always have quirks. My mechanic friend says a flashing check engine light means Class A misfire, one whole cylinder isnt firing. But i generally take everything she says with a grain of salt. This weekends list is an oil change, possible cleaning of engine to find leaks, air filter and spark plugs change, with a compression test to check the seemingly fragile head gasket. Thanks for all your help guys, i could be stuck in the dark still. Jared

Ok, so both CV axles at once, that doesnt seem to terribly bad. Now, i have seen a flashing "check engine" light a couple times today, and then after the third short trip, it just stayed on. Can i pull codes like a newer car? Or it it just up to me to diagnose? Also, i seem to have a coolant leak near the water pump, and a oil leak near the y pipe and cat. In fact it seems to drip perfectly right on to the cat. Thoughts? What do you guys like for replacement brake parts? I think i will atleast do the fronts when i do the CV axles. I know with volvo's (majority of my car experience) we have some choices with regards to pad material and some choices with regards to rotors, slotted and vented and all that.

Haha, i guess i will be updating this with pictures tomorrow. So where do i get a MWE CV shaft? Do you replace the whole shaft? Do you need to do both at once? I found a couple of good write ups but they are so dang old all the links for the pictures are long gone. Is there a current guide with pictures? Sorry for all the questions, i need to search more, im sure you guys have answered these many times over.

I just bought a DL wagon, i think. 4wd, 5 speed. It seems to have a couple of issues. It makes a pretty bad popping or clicking when accelerating from pretty much any gear. Sounds like drive line, but being new to fwd/awd/4wd cars i really don't know what a bad cv joint sounds like. Issue # 2 it seems that i may have some detonation problems, or at least thats what it sounds like. hard to hear over the drive line noise, but also happens when accelerating, usually at low rpms. i also get a check engine light, that occasionally flashes. Thoughts? I am completely new to these cars, so any and all useful info is helpful.