Re: Need help with new car....

[Michael Spiers <mikes@specnet.com>]

> 	I just took delivery of a '87 5KCSTQ last night, and have already
> identified a few little "glitches" that need to be corrected.
>
There will be more, don't worry...

> 	First, and most importantly, the brake lights doesn't work!!
>  Is it easy to swap out the switch (I have am '86 parts car).

If it is the brake light switch, yes, it's an easy (relatively) swap.  Remove
the parcel shelf on the drivers side, & remove the heater duct running accross
the footwell.  Then follow up the brake pedal, & you'll see a switch that looks
kinda like a door jamb dome-light switch.  That's the rascal.  Just be sure you
set the distance on the new switch correctly, if you don't the lights will come
on after too hard a pedal push, or will always be on.  You set the distance
when you're installing the switch by screwing it a certain distance through
it's holder.
>
> 	Secondly, the high beama are always on.  The light stalk won't stay in
> the middle position, it flops back to the high beam position.  Thoughts?
>
Yup, buy a new one.  They aren't easily fixeable, although it is possible...
 Mine busted, I went to a boneyard & picked one up for $50.  Any '84 - '88 5K,
turbo or non-turbo will work.  An interim fix is rubber bands, popsicle sticks,
or an empty box of cigarettes behind the beast.

>
> 	Thirdly, I cant get any heat in the footwells.  Blows fine everywhere
> else.
>
Sorry, can't hep ya there...  Probably a bum programmer though.

-- 
-Mike
mikes@specnet.com
mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
87 5000CS TQ
84 5000S (2,000 miles away and a mile high)
90 80 (sibling's mode of transportation I get lynched into working on)