Danny88GL

what i ended up doing was by passing the dimmer and wiring in an LED, which i mounted by drilling a whole in the bottom of the dashboard area, and put a small peice of tape over the glass to keep ti from glaring at me.. Now i have a blue LED dash backlighs. it's kind of cool. I wanted red but then it would have possible drowned out any red warning lights.. which remnds me, my CEL is on lol

thanks for that update.. learned something..

Man.. I think i need a right rear shock (it's a shock right not a strut?) I wanted some rear air shocks since I have 2 WD and I want to add a hitch just for some minimal towing (4x8 with 500 pounds on it) So I was looking for some air shocks but couldnt' find any new. I had some on my old malibu and loved em. Anyone know if i can put rear air shocks on my 2wd 88 GL wagon? and hopefully a part number?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/XO-Vision-XD103-FM-and-MP3-Stereo-Receiver-with-USB-Port-and-SD-Card-Slot/19854261?dest=9999999997&sourceid=37209879742859745137&veh=aff&wmlspartner=lw9MynSeamY It does not have a cd player It does not have a removable faceplate... not good if you live/park in a bad area often. it does have a usb port (cool)

search the board for other threads, i read a thread about this where a tech had said something about add a couple of washers to some springs. oh and someone else posted run a quart of marvel mystery oil.

found the sachs on ebay for $52.00 shipped, so i went with that. Thanks!

i've got an 88gl 1.8 wagon non turbo 2wd.. planning on buying the brute clutch kit.. just thought i'd run it buy you guys to make sure it's got a decent reputation.. BRUTE POWER Part # 92034C Good to go or steer clear and go with another brand?

So are there other models that people typically pull these from?

I'll keep my eyes on craigslist for anyone getting rid of 15"'s cheap. Thanks!

I guess i wouldn't do it either, but it's good to know what it entails. thanks

awesomeness. thanks for describing it in detail. I'm going to check mine, I sometimes get rough idle and an EGR code. hopefully this fixes it.

well being that I think my dash board light dimmer switch went out (and it can't just be bypassed?) I remembered I had bought 3 LED lights from autozone on clearance for $1.95. So I opened my dash up (for some reason the right side dashboard far right side where hte heater vent was didn't want to come out and i didn't want to pry it too hard) and anyway I disassembled the dash enough to merely slip in an LED on the left side behind the plastic window. I put a piece of electrical tape to hide it from glaring at me, and angled it pretty good. It actually looks kind of cool. I also plugged it into the dimmer switches connector so I didnt' have to add any extra wiring, it's fused on the proper circuit.. and can hold me over until I happen to come across another dimmer switch. Also happened to have a radio with cool LED face, so my 88GL looks ricer-ish in the dark lol. Has a cockpit feel to it now. (yes it sticks out from the bezel) And finally I think I solved my roof rattling noise, the front left roof rack row had a loose front tab, so i shoved some electrical tape under it to serve as a buffer and that rattling is gone. So i'm happy. Oh yea and changed the rear brake shoes (after an old shoe broke in half {just the brake material, not the steel} and temporarily locked up the back wheel last week). cockpit looks better than the pics but hey i'll upload them anyway.

How hard/easy is it to convert drums to calipers?

pay for it? wheel costs? or gas usuage? or what?

I see the post was deleted by the author most likely the car sold. Did you buy it? Can an automatic be bolted in, in place of a manual too?

I read the manual about the HH a few days ago, so my understanding is that it works to keep the car from rolling back when you first start the car and take your foot off the brake to the gas? I tried it but it still seemed to roll back on my 88GL. Where is it located, if it's disconnected it would be obvious right?

So you want to sell me some parts? i want the wheels, the motor, the body, the drive train, and the windows and doors. and I have $5. Just kidding. I learned something from this thread, if there's an accident, turn on the cell phone video camera (mine will record at least an hour or 2). take video of the vehicle locations and damage, and then hold it at my side to use for like an audio recorder.. maybe catch the other driver saying something stupid like "i wasn't paying attention" and or "i'm sorry" and or "my fault"... or even "i'm not h urt i feel great".. If I were you, i'd try to get hte lady's address, and hopefully catch her going out to the club one weekend night, or to the gym, and get some pics, like hte previous poster in the thread did. One time I did the same thing, looking left assume the car had went. It did, but it stopped again, and boom. nor more than 15 mph. The lady driving was fine, her passenger was hooping and hollaring "my neck..my back..oooh aaah my neck" i could hear him from their car to mine. I knew he was full of crap becuase it wasn't that bad.. there was no damage to either car. It was around xmas time and I was on my way to hechts to take back a $50 trainset, so i told the lady (lying) I didn't have insurance or any money, but i have this train set that I was about to take back, you can have it if you just want to call it fair" she went and talked ot the passenger, and well Jesus must have been in that backseat, because he was healed, he stopped the hooping and hollaring, got up walked to the back and checked out the trainset and called it a deal". I was happy because I didn't want to stick around get a ticket from the cops and especially have anything added to my insurance with this idiot trying to bilk the system. Also my buddy had a similiar thing happen, only the lady sued him like a year later and there was hardly any damage ot her car, i think she sued like for a million dollars, and they settled on giving her 6 grand. So I kind of learned, to claim you don't have insurance or money to see if the person stops faking it. Hell if the video is running and they stop faking it, and then try to claim it again later, that'll go a long way to getting them to settle lol

I have a feeling my dimmer switch is dead, although when i try to by pass it, a fuse blows I think. I'll have to try it again. (could have been related to my now technically unplugged cig lighter) Another thing is, the feedback/feel of the dimmer switch feels different, it used to have resistance, clicks, and an upper and lower edge stopping point and now it kind of freewheels no resistance. Hmm i wonder if the same one is in an imprezza i have access to. I'll have to check that out.

I'm jealous. I hate ethenol too. I have to clean my motorcycle carbs too often now

fixed. removed grill. removed back plastic.. unhooked a spring, widened the latches housing area, i think the latch was offset so i reset it and now it works good as new. All of a sudden i have a new appreciation for those ricer hood latches, simplicity.

haha

hmm so i guess it doesn't drain your battery too much say, over night?

I wish I had this problem.. my primary latch won't grab the hood and i've been stupidly riding with the secondary. Well enough of that nonsense, i'm going out into the cold to fix it right now. First thing, and highest priority on my todo list today, because in the unlikely (but too possible) event that the hood flies open and breaks my windshield on the highway, the other stuff on the todo list would probably get pushed back another day. screw that.

You probably already knew the answer but didn't think about it.. My guess is, ethanol. that old carb might have dried out of good ol clean gas, while you pump 10% ethanol into yours often, sometimes it may sit for a period of time.. and builds up. Ethanol is such a scam.

with the hazzard being able to work, i don't see the point of it?