[V8] Dead Cig lighter sockets in '93V8q manual

[Unka Bart]

HI Kneale

> Bart, there's a known link between the back seat cig lighter socket 
> and a
> bunch of lights.   Are you trying to use the front one?  I've not seen 
> any
> reports of issues with the front console cig lighter.

Yeah, it both actually, but the front was the one that brought my 
attention to the issue.  I had been using Dave Head's (thanks Dave) 
Garmin "Street Pilot" GPS Nav unit to guide me to a Jim Pasha's house 
in Lenoir City and was preparing to proceed to another friend's place 
in Atlanta.  Just as I was starting to enter the address, the unit went 
dark.  Replacing the lighter, it refused to "Click in" and so I checked 
the rear lighter with similar results.

> The trunk lock/unlock can be hampered by a corroded detent ball in the
> lock.  That's also an archived item, but, basically, if you remove the 
> lock
> assembly, there is a little steel ball that has to jump from one 
> location
> to another to allow the latch to function.  If it works occasionally 
> now,
> it may be that a little penetrating lube like Kroil will get it 
> moving.  If
> fixed two frozen ones so far starting with Kroil and ending by using a
> screwdriver to open up the plates retaining the ball enough to spread 
> in
> some white grease.

That really sounds like the culprit.  When I use the central locking, I 
can hear the clicks/clunks as the doors, then the gas flap, and the 
trunk unlock.
Except, of course, when the trunk "clunk" is missing.  Those times it 
remains locked. I have learned to listen closely and now can tell every 
time whether the trunk will open or not.

> There are some pix and another approach on Chris Miller's website
> http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/   put "trunk lock" in the search
> feature.  This one describes removing the little ball.  All I did was 
> get
> it moving and then lube it.  The two I've done have been good for the 
> last
> three or so years.

Many thanks, Kneale.  I'll give that a visit as well.

Bart