[V8] Carter's 4.2V8Q update

[Carter Johnson]

Hi Tony, 

Thanks for writing.  We pulled the codes off the car,
which was a chore, since we had to replace the
connector for the unit which had rotted.  The tranny
reset and has been running fine - bad control unit was
the code, but the car had no other codes.  The
throttle linkage and body was cleaned - butterflies
were VERY dirty.  No apparent damage from the brake
fire, bled the brakes and the pedal pressure is back. 
The door locks STARTED working (who knows), and it
appears that the defroster is a vacuum leak or a bad
unit somewhere.  That's still on the "to fix list". 
Radio and CD player are back and operational.  Rear
speakers squak a little when cold, but it goes away. 
Passenger door speaker was cut at some point.  Rear
heated seats still don't work, but low on the priority
list.  The ski bag was removed and is now sliding
loose around the trunk - can't figure out how to get
it back in without breaking something.  Ideas?  Got
the fog lights working, too. Cruise still inop.  If
anyone has them, I need:

Driver's fog light lens
Passenger door speaker
passenger tail light lens
driver's seat back power adjuster (broken off)

Car has been driving well and solid.  22-24 mpg, heat
works great, and the car has lots of pickup.  Still
has an oil leak at the rear of the heads and the
passenger head is noisy - perhaps a pulley?  More work
to go, but thanks to everyone for the help.  Can't
wait for some snow, now!!

Carter
--- Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Did you get the trans (and other) problems sorted
> out yet?
> 
> Tony
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carter Johnson" <carterjohnson3 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Tony and Lillie" <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] new problem - 4.2Q tranny
> 
> 
> > Sounds like my deal.  Was the same this morning on
> the
> > drive to work.  Is this a common problem (the
> > electrical connection you described)?  How much
> did
> > the part cost, just so I have an idea....
> > 
> > Thanks tony, your help has been considerable!
> > Carter
> > --- Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> Subject: [V8] new problem - 4.2Q tranny
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > New problem surfaced last night;
> >> >
> >> > First, I noticed that the indicator light for
> >> which
> >> > gear the tranny was in was no longer lit.  I
> was
> >> > driving around 40mph, so I didn't notice that
> the
> >> car
> >> > also seems to be stuck in 3rd gear - lots of
> >> slippage
> >> > at takeoff and then winds way up - 65mph is
> over
> >> 3,000
> >> > rpms.  I can't manually shift the tranny
> anymore,
> >> and
> >> > the mode changer also doesn't appear to work. 
> Is
> >> this
> >> > the fabbled "limp home" mode?  I'm dropping off
> >> the
> >> > car today at my long-standing mechanic, who I
> >> think is
> >> > already fearing the car.
> >> >
> >> Carter,
> >> 
> >> That sounds exactly like it is in limp mode.
> There
> >> are several things which 
> >> can cause this. Sometimes just shutting the car
> off
> >> and restarting it fixes 
> >> the problem. In my case, the electronic switch on
> >> the side of the trans had 
> >> bad contacts. Started out intermittent, then go
> tto
> >> where it did it every 
> >> time you would drive the car. My wife drove it
> that
> >> way for about 3 months. 
> >> I got a good used replacement from Bruce @
> >> Audiconnection, and haven't had a 
> >> problem since.
> >> 
> >> Tony Hoffman 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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