travis

God I wish I would have payed attention when my grandpa, uncle, or dad was working on the cars instead of screwing off and getting into trouble. I feel like an idiot because if I haven't done something on a car before I have no clue, and on timing and stuff I have no clue....here goes. CEL on so I run codes, one was an EGR and the other two were both "crank angle sensor" codes. I asked a member on here if it would be worth trying to swap the distributor from an 87 gl I have for a parts car in front of my house (which I need to get rid of, anybody want it??), he said definately. I swapped the distributors. First thing I noticed was the cap on my 87 was held on by clips, the 92 was held onto the disty by two screws. Why the difference?? So I go to swap them, and then realize that the wires that run from the disty use two different harnesses. One was square to square, the other round to round.....they both have the same amount of wires (4) so I just switched the plugs from the 92 to the 87 so it will plug in. I'm pretty sure I have it on the right tooth........ So then I go to check timing, first thing I do is look at my chiltons for timing. It says on the fuel injected models to plug the green test connectors together and something else, I'm sorry, can't remeber what it said the second step was. I didn't understand what it meant anyway, so I plugged the two greens together and pulled the little rubber groment off the top of the flywheel housing...... Did I check the timing before I pulled the first disty...course not. DOn't ask me why, I can't beleive I didn't. Anyway, I am using my dads timing light....inductive I beleive it's called, it has a connection for both + and - battery post and the one that clips onto #1 wire. I aim the light at the hole and I don't see what I expect. I don't know what I expected seeing how I have never timed a car before, but I always hear people talking about degrees in timing. I pictured there being degree marks that would show up. What I saw was just a mark that would show on the flywheel as it flashed and a steel nipple that looked like to me the mark should align with. I turn my cap to make the mark align with the nipple.....it idles o-kay, a little rough but not bad at all. When I drive it though I don't have much power and as the temperature starts to climb it begins detonating. Do I have the timing all ************ed up?? I feel realy stupid but I hope some one can help me out....... Thanks in advance.

Suburutex I live very close to you, 51st dr off of 132nd. 5 minutes if I take 35th to 180th.... I'll shoot you a private message in a few hours..... Thanx guys.

Awesome guys, thanks a lot.......

I live in the Everett/Mill Creek area and I am looking for a reputable/honest/fair shop around town. The closer to home the better, but North Seattle/Northgate wouldn't be to far south. I am looking for someone that I can take my car into and have them see if they can figure out some of the cooling/crappy running issues it has. I am so busy right now that I just don't have time to play with it, I need to bite the bullet and pay someone..... I think I remeber seeing a shop on Aurora, around 80th or so, that always seems to have Sub's sitting out front. Anybody know anything??? Thanks a lot........ Travis

Private message me, I do glass.......

Thanks guys, yeah, of course it was the alternator. Swapped it off the 87' GL, 20 minutes, good as new. I know it sounds like a stupid question to some of you, and in my head I knew it was the alternator, but I just wanted to ask and make sure it wasn't something else that is common. I just don't have much experience with cars, I can turn a wrench just fine, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything stupid... Thanks again.

So I get in my car three mornings ago and start it up. First thing I do is hit the w/s wipers to clear dew and realize they are realy going slow. Look down at my dash and realize the brake fluid light and charge (I can't remember exactly what the light said, left side of steering wheel) light are lit up. I look at the volt gauge and it's below 12v, probaly 9 or 10. As I'm watching it the gauge jumps up to normal (about 14v right??) and everything is fine. I hope it doesn't happen again and go on with my day. Next morning same thing, takes just a little longer for it to go to normal. Yesterday it didn't do it at all until the evening. I start it up and it's down around 8 or 9v's. It won't go back to normal. My wipers are slow, lights a little dim, etc etc etc...... Alternator or something else?? I have a 87gl sitting in front of my house I can scavenge off of.....what do you think?? Would the free charging system check at schucks or sears tell me?? As always, thanks a lot guys.....

Where is this stuff available?? I live in Washington and neither the local Schucks or Pep Boys carried it, not that I found anyway..... Where can I pick some up.......I have heard nothing but good about it and would love to try it.

Thank you very much.

Apperantly I can't get all the air out. From fill to bleed, how do I do it??

I have a 92 Loyalle, so it might not help.......but, my powerbands are on the passenger side right below the resevoir for the blinker fluid. I just upgraded to the bright yellow power bands and seemed to have gained about 10 horses. Keep em tensioned right and they will be no problem for years. Check tension at the same interval you grease the muffler bearings.

My car is running horrible right now. It seems to have very little power, idles rough down low, and is running hot all of a sudden. What are the symptoms of a plugged converter?

Damn, is it really that easy? lol What torxx says makes me want to do them myself. Wonder if it's supposed to rain this week?