hey, good to have another car group up! I hate feeling like someone shovels bullshit in fron of me about my car. When I don't know what their talking about I...
Hi I am Mark, in Arkansas I am a car nut, and have a 1976 Chevrolet Nova 4-door that gets me around . hope to get to chat with everyone here ... Outgoing mail...
--I'm not against mechanics,,,just lawyers,car salesmen,and real estate agents. But I did have this one mechanic that charged me for a valve job he never did...
Can anyone here explain just how an alternator is energized on starting and how its maintained while its running? I've read quite a few articles about this but...
OK you guys here is a real "road block" for me. When I get a vehicle to start up again, the car will not idle at it's standard rpm, I have to hold the...
I'll take a guess here and assume you have an older car with a carbuerator. (????) Probably nobody has done much to the car and soo a lot of the stuff is old...
You should check vacuum and timing. sujux1 <sujux1@...> wrote: OK you guys here is a real "road block" for me. When I get a vehicle to start up again,...
First I would like to say welcome to the group! next I will thank the ones who have been posting and hope you pass this group to many people I want to help...
did you find the prob? If not let me know I will give you some things to check ok Ken Boyer ... Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!...
Hi Josh, I hope this helps alt must be engerized by the flow of elect. done by engerziing the field this is to say both pos and neg must be aquired!some like...
-I understand what you are saying,,but here's the thing thats got me confused:I read somewhere that the battery INIATALLY primes the alternator so that it can...
OK I know what you mean about energizing the alt so read the first note over and then read this. I am trying to get you to understand that yes it is true the...
I have a 98 chevy malibu. It does not have a dipstick for the transmission. According to a Haynes manual,,the only way to check the fluid is to get under the...
OK the car I'm working on is a multi-port fuel injected 2.4 engine with a distributorless ignition. I've ahve replaced the vacuum hoses and have adjested the...
Hi everyone, this is easy to do when making up your mind on replacing or having an engine rebuilt these facts you need to know. 1 compression you need to run...
he he Yeah I do love this one, as hard as it is to belive yes they did that and that is the way you check and fill that trans.So in turn we do sell those trans...
on this 2.4 put the air valve back to its orginal setting . run a wet and dry compresion test. if that checks out ok go to the ecm and follow the steps lined...
On the 2.4 there could be several things to check out on that. Idle air control, tps sensor or the air intake tube could be leaking and the mas cannot read so...
i have a short circit, or ground somewhere in the electrical system.i have tried to find the problem, by placing my voltohm meter between the battery and pos...
One approach might be to measure resistance to ground of the side of each fuse position that does not have voltage. The one with low resistance to ground may...
I think I know what you are trying to do by removing each fuse to find a short. Put your test light clamp on the postive cable after removing it from the batt....
yes it does discharge, i don't drive this car, 90 sunbird very often. so during the summer months it discharge's below 12 volts about every 4 to 5 weeks. and...
kenny: i have already tried everything that you suggested, every thing is stock on this car, 90 sunbird le sedan. nothing has been added or removed form this...
for what its worth and since you really dont drive the car that often. Why not try this: recharge the battery up. put it back in the car, connect the battery...
Hi everyone, yep volt meeters are great for trouble shooting they will tell you all kinds of things! they are a bit confusing as well. well here we go lets...
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