I think any mechanic who truly knows what hes doing should have no problem finding which injector(s) are bad. Might wanna try a different mechanic. ... the ...
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Tim
nights_01
Oct 1, 2002 6:52 pm
I think the problem isn't the mechanic, it's the fact that my dad stepped in and told them not to bother trying to work on it anymore. The car has several...
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juddev
Oct 1, 2002 9:51 pm
It is a fairly Easy project, Buy a fuel injector tester for about 40.00 and it takes about an hour to take the plenum off and replace the bad injector. DONT...
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juddev
Oct 1, 2002 9:55 pm
I forgot, you need a pressure gauge for testing fuel injectors also. About 35.00 when I bought mine....
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bmm354
Oct 2, 2002 3:01 am
Hi Will, Just like ste89awd said, there are several lights that should come on when the diff locks: 1) the amber ABS light in the dash 2) the LOCK light next...
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fyoung7803
Oct 2, 2002 4:26 pm
Hi All, Joined the group today. Hope I can be of assitance and gain some insight. I own 1986 STE and 1985 Toyota Cressida. Both Classic type vehicles. Worked...
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William Lucke
northstarpeg...
Oct 2, 2002 4:34 pm
Yeah, that's what I meant. The light in the switch blinks, but the console light doesn't come on. The local GM dealer actually has one of the mechanisms in...
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bmm354
Oct 2, 2002 7:03 pm
I would first check to see if the servo moves when the lock button is pressed. Have someone sit in the car and press lock when you give a signal. Then from...
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ste89awd
Oct 2, 2002 10:35 pm
I'm not sure on that one. Never got under any other car with ERC and took a look. I'm going to a yard this weekend. I'm sure they'll have some STEs in...
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bmm354
Oct 3, 2002 4:09 am
Thanks for the insight into what's involved. Yeah, I'm NOT looking forward to this repair. I might just put it off until spring. I'll wait for some beautiful,...
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Fred C Young
fyoung7803
Oct 3, 2002 12:26 pm
Hi,
Thanks for the offer of trying to locate a ELC sensor for my 1986 STE. I
am having difficulty in deciding what to do with the STE. I purchased a
1985...
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William Lucke
northstarpeg...
Oct 3, 2002 2:02 pm
Nothing so mundane as the sensor. I KNOW it's not locking. When I picked the car up I had to bring it back on a dolley. I disconnected the rear driveshaft...
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Jeff Zoch
jester4666
Oct 3, 2002 2:50 pm
i have a friend that could create a php 6000 board on the server as our ATX Racing site. would anyone go to it if it was created?...
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ste89awd
Oct 4, 2002 12:45 am
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does that mean?...
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ste89awd
Oct 4, 2002 12:56 am
Well, let me see what I can find, and then you can go from there. As for parting out an STE to make money off it, let me tell you know you won't. There is no...
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bmm354
Oct 4, 2002 2:11 am
Speaking of AWD Toyotas (how'd we get on this subject anyway), don't forget about the late '80s-early '90s Camry and Corolla All-Trac models. Come to think of...
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Fred C Young
fyoung7803
Oct 4, 2002 12:01 pm
Thanks for your insight into what to do with my STE.
Coincidentally, yesterday afternoon I met an acquaintance that I had not
seen for several years. He buys...
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Jeff Zoch
jester4666
Oct 4, 2002 1:06 pm
i know you go to different forums. like the way the gmforums are set up and such. different catagories, tech sections, etc. something other than just a...
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Shawn Rowland
SnPaRow
Oct 4, 2002 1:44 pm
the only trouble with GMForums (the site that is) is that you have to spend some considerable time fishing through the posts--here ya just spam a a bunch of us...
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Jeff Zoch
jester4666
Oct 4, 2002 3:33 pm
i know the subject had been brought up before about making this "club" a little more organized and such, so it was just a suggestion....
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grayasskitty
Oct 4, 2002 4:30 pm
The ride height sensor (I call it the Buttpumper Brain) used on the STE is the same thing GM used on some 6000 SEs like mine, Cadillacs, Olds 88 & 98, Buick...
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Fred C Young
fyoung7803
Oct 4, 2002 4:42 pm
Thanks for the insight. I have already serviced the unit but it is
electrically dead. Shorted! If left plugged in, it drains the battery
if the car sits for...
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ste89awd
Oct 4, 2002 11:09 pm
Well, to eleborate on what SnPaRow is saying, I'm very dissappointed with the rate of posts being left on GMForums' A-body section. I don't think a forum like...
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bmm354
Oct 4, 2002 11:11 pm
When everything's plugged in, does the compressor run all the time? Or not at all? You may just have a bad relay. The relay is in the trunk, driver's side,...
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grayasskitty
Oct 5, 2002 12:02 am
The wiring is the same for all of them. Mine used to kill my battery too. What I found is there are two power wires going to the brain. One is ignition...
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Nick
n2738
Oct 5, 2002 7:29 am
I have two Pontiac 6000's, an '86 STE and an '89 LE, both white and the paint on the '89 is starting to peel/flake off the roof. The size of the damage now is...
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Shawn Rowland
SnPaRow
Oct 5, 2002 12:58 pm
Sounds like the midnight blue paint job on my 90 Lumina--there really is no way to stop it--save acomplete strip and new pait job (at least as far aas I know...
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William Lucke
northstarpeg...
Oct 5, 2002 2:08 pm
If a relay's normal position is off, it can't fail on. That's just the way relays work. I think this group is still much too small for its own forum. I only...
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Jeff Zoch
jester4666
Oct 5, 2002 3:07 pm
i understand what is being said, and i do agree that the rate of posts at the gmforums sux. i was just suggesting a more structured set up to what we have...
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ste89awd
Oct 5, 2002 11:28 pm
I was just curious. Does your '88 AWD have leather seats? How about 2-position driver's side memory seat? The few '88s that were built with AWD got the cool...
