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espressoman
I promised pics...
The problem was the thermostat. Took about an hour to do the fix, mainly because of the wire loom that runs next to that third bolt, but the temperature stays dead straight up between C and H. Perfect. The car drives just fine, nice idle, 4-wheel drive works, the A/C works, all the lights...just about everything. It even has a nice, high-end Alpine head unit and a huge amp in the back (I let him keep the sub, I'll replace it).
Went to the boneyard and picked-up some parts but they didn't have the driver's-side door panel. Not sure where I'm going to find one. Looks like crap without it and I hate the electrical pieces just hanging there:
There are a couple of other problems I would like to fix. The first one has to do with the driver's side strut that holds up the rear hatch (not the glass). The top mounting bracket has been ripped out, so there's no strut. I bought a couple of struts at the boneyard, not knowing about the ripped out bracket, and was pretty bummed to find the bracket missing. I'm going to have to figure out how to put something there (it was spot-welded from the factory). One strut cannot hold up the rear hatch.
Here's the good mount:
And here's the ripped one:
The other problem has to do with the thing the passenger-side hatch latch actually latches to - the big post. There's supposed to be some nylon sleeve that can rotate around that post but it's missing, so the rear hatch does not close properly.
Here's the good latch:
And the bad one:
So I guess I still have some work to do. But I still have a solid 4x4 for $500, so I'm very pleased about that.
Here are some general pics:
Damage on the passenger-side door:
Well there you have it. Looks like you'll be seeing more of me around here as I try to fix my new ride.
The problem was the thermostat. Took about an hour to do the fix, mainly because of the wire loom that runs next to that third bolt, but the temperature stays dead straight up between C and H. Perfect. The car drives just fine, nice idle, 4-wheel drive works, the A/C works, all the lights...just about everything. It even has a nice, high-end Alpine head unit and a huge amp in the back (I let him keep the sub, I'll replace it).
Went to the boneyard and picked-up some parts but they didn't have the driver's-side door panel. Not sure where I'm going to find one. Looks like crap without it and I hate the electrical pieces just hanging there:
There are a couple of other problems I would like to fix. The first one has to do with the driver's side strut that holds up the rear hatch (not the glass). The top mounting bracket has been ripped out, so there's no strut. I bought a couple of struts at the boneyard, not knowing about the ripped out bracket, and was pretty bummed to find the bracket missing. I'm going to have to figure out how to put something there (it was spot-welded from the factory). One strut cannot hold up the rear hatch.
Here's the good mount:
And here's the ripped one:
The other problem has to do with the thing the passenger-side hatch latch actually latches to - the big post. There's supposed to be some nylon sleeve that can rotate around that post but it's missing, so the rear hatch does not close properly.
Here's the good latch:
And the bad one:
So I guess I still have some work to do. But I still have a solid 4x4 for $500, so I'm very pleased about that.
Here are some general pics:
Damage on the passenger-side door:
Well there you have it. Looks like you'll be seeing more of me around here as I try to fix my new ride.
