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This is my 91. I took this while fueling up for the trip home to L.A. from Las Vegas, on July 6th, 2015. It has about 333,000 miles and has yet to leave me on the side of the road. I say "about" 333,000 miles because the odo quit at 305,000 miles and that was 3 years ago.
I'm not afraid of soldering if it comes to that (used to solder professionally)
Anwyay, I paid $700 for this thing because the mechanic for the old lady that had it said the rack and pinion needed to be replaced (quoted her $1400!!!). The first time I started it up when I got it a month ago, I got the same problem the lady had -- steering was VERY hard at idle. She stated that steering would be normal for a few minutes, then get HARDER as she drove. So I added some PS fluid (ATF) recently, and thought I'd drive it around (since i just got plates). Low and behold, the issue of heavy PS is gone. I drove it for 20 minutes, trying to replicate it, nothing. I've gone out three or four more times for 20 minutes to try to replicate it, nothing. I do think it has a slow PS leak somewhere (she might have just been running it dry --- CRINGE).
Anyway the good:
-- LCD WORKS!
-- no Trac OFF/on light problem!
-- power windows/locks all WORK!
-- WORKING Nakamichi stereo!
-- steering wheel tilt WORKS!
The bad:
(Might be ECU):
-Throttle very mushy sometimes, then ok most of the time
-slips from 2 to 3rd gear, but most of the time oK
- Speedometer does not work for the first few minutes, then operates normally.
- fuel gauge out completely. Always on E, heh
- throttle cuts out sometimes, usually between 2nd and 3rd gear, when car is floored. Controlling throttle
possition to 1/2 to 3/4 seems to solve the issue.
- exhaust leak at rear of cats, both sides. Well, at least this gives it a nice throaty growl
I guess I'll hose off the undercarriage and dump some UV dye in the PS fluid reservoir to see where the leak is....
P.S.: I didn't lay down that rubber in the fourth pic!
Last edited by 700bones; 07-20-15 at 08:35 AM.
Reason: clarification
07-06-15, 01:00 AM
But only 17s, as I bought this car for its smooth ride.
