scorpiankill

I have an 87 gl wagon. It sat for a couple of months and I have recently got it back up and running. Now none of my brake lights work. I put in new bulbs (1157) in the sides but not the light on the gate. I cleaned the connections in the back and the one at the brake pedal. The brake pedal switch is working correctly and sending power. How do you test the stop light checker? Does anyone know where I can buy a new one?

Not yet, I haven’t been home to look yet

I have heard people say to always lube you clutch fork and throw out bearing. I have never done that and was wondering if it’s something you should or shouldn’t do? I’m changing mine out now and was just curious if anyone else has some more insight?

I was looking at the head and those threaded bolt holes actually run all the way down to the head bolt. So I'm going to go get the heads check and cleaned

Ok this was my first time pulling the heads so I dont know what exactly stripped the threads. I put oil on the bolt threads and tightened them in 3 steps. I have been chasing leaks. Started with thermo gasket then throttle body then it started shooting out of the holes. I am going to take this head in to get it checked for warping and for cracks

This is the hole the coolant shot out of that I put a bolt into

When I was taking the head bolts off they all looked fine. It was the one on the top front of the engine. When I went to put the head back on, one of the bolts started to tighten and need more force to move it. It all of the sudden got super easy. I pulled it off and the bolt now had the threads from the head on it. I used a helicoil to fix it.

I didnt take the other head off because we needed room in the garage. Also when I changed this one I had a million problems. I had to replace the intake manifold because a bolt got stuck in it. 2 head bolts somehow stripped the threads on the block. I was thinking of changing the other. Just wanted to see what others might think of it. I'll pull it in and change it out

My 87 gl has air bubbles in the radiator. I let it bleed for over an hour so I know it's not airpockets. I have replaced lower rad hose, rad csl, driver side head gasket, throttle body gasket, thermo housing gasket. It's not loosing coolant. It's not over heating. It's not leaking any visible coolant. I put white paper under the car and the only that fell to the ground was oil. No coolant coming out of the exhaust. I originally thought head gasket but it has no symptoms besides the bubbles. It was shooting coolant out of some holes on the passenger head. On the top back corner. I put bolts in the holes so nothing is coming out. I'm at a loss of where to look for it. I'm thinking of putting in some coolant leak stuff to see if it fixes it. I figured before I try it I would ask others to see if they have some ideas

I know this is an old post but I think I have the same leak. Is it two threaded holes that are 90 degrees from each other? In the back upper corner of the head?

Thanks DaveT I know everything is being lubed up how it should so I was gonna drive it around see if it quiets down

I took out the whole valve. I saw that the small bolt hole flap was leaning to one side. I straightened as best I could. Oil is going directly onto the cam now. It should be getting more than enough lube. The sound seems like it's coming from the valve itself or the lash adjuster. When I took the cam out before all of the rocker arms fell out. I didnt put them in the right spots unless randomly guessing worked out. If they weren't in the right spot could they cause a loud tick?

The head gasket was put on correctly no holes showing and all the edges line up. I took off the valve cover and cranked it. The valve was shooting out a good amount of oil. It wasnt however shooting it directly on the cam that makes contact with the rocker arms. Its hitting the cam a few millimeters to the side of it. I'm going to loosen the bolts on the valve and see if I can slide it over to line up

I'll look today and see

It does get a tiny bit of oil because my valve covers love to leak. The cam has the tiniest bit of oil on it but I know it requires way more to be lubed correctly. The head gasket i bought couldn't be put in backwards. It wouldn't fit. I'm going to take the cam tower out in a few days