Alright so i finally got my bird. Ive noticed some problems and was wondering if they were common. Also several people say they think it was in an accident because the hood is a little out of line and the hatch passenger side sticks out a bit. Also the car has been painted about 1-2 years ago. Got the car yesterday and when the owner popped the hood he had no trouble. Today i couldnt pop the hood. Not sure why but ill try to realign the bracket. Another thing.....is it supposed to be a pain in the *** to open the hood???? It doesnt go up nice and easy....You sorta gotta try to lift both ends up evenly. haha sounds like a bomb hit the car but there still is some more.

Drivers side power window struggles going up and sometimes cuts out for awhile. This normal because of the size of the windows?

Rear hatch button doesnt work.

Power mirror adjustors dont work.

Would pull really bad to the left when braking.....I found out the caliper is like frozen so im gonna get a new one tomorrow and hopefully that will fix that.

High beam doesnt go on and the arm doesnt stay so I will probably pick another one of them up tomorrow also.

My friend also said he smelled alot of gas (350 TPI) i think its because there is a header leak. ??? I will be changing the gasket tomorrow so i guess i will find out.

Last.....any easy way of telling if it was in an accident??? I though about running a magnet across the body just to see if there is any bondo or anything......Thanks in advance guys.

 

Car fax should tell you if it's been in a reported accident. You can also tap the car with your fingernail. Metal sounds way different from bondo or other filler material.

 

my hoods kinda hard to lift, very heavy, you may need new hood shocks. my mirros button nor hatch button work either. and one side of my hatch sticks up a bit to, i just ignore it, sounds like simple problems

 

Hey Kevin, glad to hear the deal went through! Now time to save up for the T56 swap

Sounds like hood struts to me. The RS is the same way.

Sounds like you need a window motor. They should go up fairly quickly with no hesitation.

That might be a common problem. The RS was like that when I bought it. If you pop the steering wheel off, you can kind of adjust, or tinker with all the gizmos in there and make it work. That's all I did. I was replacing the wheel anyway but still.

-Corey

 

Thanks guys.. You make me feel more comfortable about my purchase. My one friend also said that its common for things to become unaligned on the older fbodies. Thanks guys and ill keep you's all updated

 

REPLACE BOTH CALIPERS. (if it's the left front that's frozen, replace both fronts)

It is not good to replace just one, or you will get some very bad effects


Also, the reason the hatch / hood are out of alignment, is because the cars are so old.. they probably have a lot of miles on them, and over time, parts just get LOOSE. a screw could unscrew itself by one thread, and cause things to fall out of alignment... you'll have to line everything up ,and tighten down screws and bolts, and it should be fine.

lift the hood from the center.. because of the way the hood struts are, if you lift one side of the hood more than the other, then it'll appear to be "messed up" even though it isn't.

new hood struts should be bought (~50$ or maybe it was 100$ for both, i think) if the hood doesn't stay up itself, you should replace them.

same with the hatch.

the hatch release / power mirrors/ whatever could probably be a fuse or a relay

 

Thanks man....yea i even got the message about the calipers i already bought loaded calipers and rotors....I dont wanna mess around....just do it right the first time. Yea im gonna align some stuff tomorrow. Thanks guys for the help.

 

With my hood I have to give it a small pounding in the middle front while lifting it up at the same time. Just the way these things get after a while.

 

just replacing the calipers might not fix it. Make sure you replace the rubber hoses that connect to the caliper and then flush the brake fluid. Sometimes the rubber can rot and cause little peaces of material to be caught in the caliper making it stick.

 

Yep that didnt fix it.....I shoulda changed the lines.....I think im gonna have a shop put new steel lines in.....Just to make sure its all good.

 

Could be air in the line or perhaps a warped rotor? Cannot bad struts cause pulling?

 

Already bled the lines and struts can cause pulling but not as bad as it is.

 

Actually, the hoses can cause some pulling if one hose is giving more than the other, there is not as much pressure on the piston of the caliper. I got Earl's hyperfirm brake line kit and it firmed up the pedals a whole lot. Also, I bleed the brake lines every 2 years.

 

I will probably replace the brake hoses tomorrow before my long trip home and rebleed the lines and see if i notice any pressure difference. Do you think its possible that the steel lines could be clogged?

 

Possible, yes. Probable, no. If you can be careful just bleed it and see what happens. Wait till you get home and get the braided hose. They are about as expensive as the GM ones and work a lot better.