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so im having a stall at idle usually when coming to a stop. it was a rare occurence but last week someone who had the car ran it until it had no gas. Since then I replaced the fuel filter, and seafoamed the intake hoping it might fix any potential issue with the IAC if it had one. Im not...

Hey guys so heres some background got the car over the summer with the cooling system full of water and rust ,power flushed till clean then installed a fail safe thermostat that seems to have failed shut. Couple of days ago i noticed an external leak by the housing upon closer inspection its...

right so i noticed after giving my white wall tires a good scrubbing last night they are turning yellow it seems from maybe UV damage ive only had them for 4 months, been looking around the interwebs and found island girl " sea glow" for yellowing anyone else got any other suggestions or know...

right so tonight we had a short out at the dome lights and it blew the fuse. then after i replaced the fuse and fixed the short now the lights wont turn off when i close the doors. checked all switches and nothing. any one know how to replace the door jamb switches or is it a new wiring issue...

Materials 1. stubby Screw driver star or slotted 2. 8 mm socket right so for step one. remove hidden screws there are two in the door latch and one off to the side by the lock where the door links with frame the door lock nob just pulls out ( Not pictured) . also the small panel that says...

right so today i was re installing my lower intake but one of my lower intake bolts broke. so i have a peice of it stuck in the engine. but now i need a replacement like the one in the pictures . also when i removed my exhuast manifold one of my manifold bolts bent out of shape. ive asked...

right so i have 3 seperate instructions about torqueing the cylinder heads and lower intake. but i was doing a dry run today and i noticed my haynes manual says to put RTV sealant around the water jacket ports. it then says not to put RTV sealant on the head gaskets but the picture shows the...

right so im thinkin my aunts transmission is leaking ATF fluid into the engine. i notice the oil level is unually high while the trans oil is low ( when engine is cold) then it slips doesnt engage, bad bushing blah blah blah. anyways i looked into it and it has a AOD type transmission but what...

right so today i was cleaning my lower intake so i can finish my head gasket fix. i used a harbor freight surface conditioning kit but im not sure if maybe i might have damaged the mating surfaces or if i need to get it planed out? around the water jacket it seems like it was already...

right so some time last night some one picked the lock to my aunts 89 town car. and took the radio. it was a $200 dollar clarion. i installed it and i screwd it down. whoever took it. used super human strength and bent the braket and gotit out and left me the bracket and some messed up trim panels

right so now that i have the money i can take my cylinder heads to the shop to get looked at. but this is the first time i ever do a fix like this. so i dont know what a good price is. i think they might need to be planed out. but they could be cracked. and should i get a valve job now that...

So heres some background. about a month ago my aunt was having trouble Re-starting her car. then i would go and jump start it and it would start. (IIRC the alt was charging at about 14 volts back then). so she took it to Autozone to get a new battery. ( i wasnt there to see this) but...

Right so my cousin got into a nasty car accident today. she was drivin the toyota. the person driving the PT looser had to be taken away on a stretcher and my cousin has whiplash but atleast is ok. both airbags deployed. and we still dont know who is at fault. on my blind biased it was the woman...

right so i just a phone call from my aunt that she poured powersteering fluid into her transmission. so now tommorrow i have to go and flush it out. WTF. and its goin to be way hot out. were going up to `110 and the average is 95. ill post updates later on.

im doin a cylinder head fix and i got the mounting bolts off but the manifold seems pretty well glued on there. i sprayed some PB blaster around the gasket and hopefully that will get it. i cant get a good grip right now. and before i break myself or my manifold i thought id ask how i can...

Slimm jimmy jim jam on a first gen this should be handy since a locksmith costs about 60USD per call and you have to have the tittle ready for inspection or the registration IIRC. anyhow enjoy and use it wisely PS- the video quality will improve so dont worry about it. and feel free to...

haha. my unlce being a clown central american Anderson Cooper lol . probly an insurance fraud. nobody came to claim the car. it was parked right next to our navigator. close call. big up to Osito

im helping my friend get his beetle to run. its a 69. hes replaced some of the relays and the battery. also the car has a kill switch. so far i can only think maybe the starter is disconnected, broken, or the coil, fuel something is not working. maybe the kill switch istn working. what...

right so couple of months ago i rattle bombed my cousins bumper for her and some liitle tiny overspray got on the regular paint. hardly any like mist got on it. and in an inconspicuous area. should i go after it with odor less mineral spirits or just wet sand it? She insists i get it off.

(im guessing this is the right forum because in the all other makes and models i could not find Nissan. moderators move as necessary) any way took my neighbors car to the autozone and one of the codes it put out is P 1370. but that code only comes up for VWs and GM motors. allgedly a...

not really my opps . right so if any of you have guesed i live in the geto of las vegas mostly it sux badly but the other night i had a live performance of Cops! and i had front row seats for whatever reason they pulled a guy over and he decided to pull over in front my apt right in front of my...

right so i think i have some symptoms of a blown head gasket. i am getting some white smoke untill the car is hot. i suppose at that point it just vaporizes. i cant really describe it as sweet smelling it smells more bitter to me. not really smelling of petroleum products either. i checked my...

right so just recently i reinstalled a water pump, and a new MotoRad failsafe thermostat. i did system flush. today i opened up the radiator and noticed it was missing coolant. so i topped off. it seems to be leaking into somewhere. but my exhuast doesnt smell like coolant and no "milk Shake"...

right so i replaced my upline 02 sensor and i accidently cut my Trans fluid coolant line. i checked the 02 sensor seems tight i will re check in the morning. coolant line has been patched and is not leaking . From what i have read it seems to be either: i have a loose Cat. Converter heat...

this is more of a summer issue I was having. one time we drove the car it was up to operating temp then we came home and put in park rpm shot up from 1K to about 3K intermittently. any ideas what caused this? bad MAF or IAC? i also checked the floor mat. it was out of the way