I have a 93 Buick LaSabre. It has a slight bump, bump, bump in the front
end. I thought it could of been from the tires which needed replacement.
After new tires were installed the bump is still there. I looked under it
and found the right side C V joint boot cover is damaged. My guess again is
it needs a new CV joint. Having never done one of these before I am not sure
if I should give it a try or take it to a shop.

Any comments on how hard a job this is would be appreciated.

TIA

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I have a 1998 Blazer 2wd,4dr 3 months ago in the winter I started to have
problems starting it up in the mornings but in the day it would crank
right up. Now it is summer and I havent had any trouble starting it up in
the mornings or during the day. on Saturday it started again it takes
about 3 to 4 seconds to start but on the road it doesn’t jerk back or
anything it runs great. Can anyone help me what is wrong with it?

Hello all,
My 96 Transsport’s horn(s) stopped working. I dont seem to be getting
any voltage to the horns when I try to honk. Is there a relay or is it
a direct feed from the horn switch? And can I access the horn switch
(how)  without getting a mouthful of air bag?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Chuck

> hello all!! i have a 2005 Impala, and Trailblazer, which are both used
> for Police purposes such as highway interdiction, i have alot of people
> run of and leave me, they both cut off at 110, is there anyway to
> manually cut out the limiter such as cutting a wire or something? any
> sugestions THANXX!!!

Why didn’t you order them with the police package?

Alright I have one last problem with my century I have a faulty gas gauge
it will read full untill it is completely empty then bam the light comes
on and the needle drops. Is this a fuel pump issue or is there another way
to fix this with out dropping the gas tank?

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The lifters on my 2002 BUICK do a
click-click-click
when I first start up the car.

Years ago, this meant dirt ( or varnish ) in the lifters.
The usual cure would be an oil cleaner/addative.

What’s the current thinking on additives like this ?

<rj>

I have a 94 Metro that had a bad switch for the interior (ventilation) fan
last year.  The switch had broken the clasps that held it on and come apart.
I glued it, and it worked well for a year, when the glue I used (wrong kind)
dissolved from the grease and leftover WD-40 I had used to clean the old
switch.

This time I decided to replace the "lever assembly 8.849" (GM part #
30007398) (which includes the blower switch and the receptacle for it
including new clasps so I don’t have to glue it in again) and it went in
easily.  The fan now works, but somehow in all the digging around to get to
it, I hosed a cable or something somewhere, because the A/C no longer comes
on.

I checked the fuses (There wasn’t one for AC, but there was one labeled ACC,
which I thought was accessory, so I checked all of them.) They are all fine.
Even the ones under the hood.  There is a little light inside the pushbutton
that turns the AC on or off, that stays dark too.

One BIG clue is that the little bulb which lights up the lever control panel
when the headlights are turned on is also not coming on, and its cable joins
the one from the AC switch.  Apparently the circuit those two things are on
is open.  I did find a couple plastic connector plugs along the cable, but
they seemed to be very tightly connected.  I could not get them apart, so I
tried pushing them together (connected) firmly, they didn’t budge either way
so I more or less doubt it was a case of accidentally unplugging the cable
when I was removing the lever assembly.

I thought a relay might be bad, but that shouldn’t stop the control panel
light from coming on, it wouldn’t be on a relay as it comes on with the
headlights.

I am at a loss as to what to check next.  I can’t follow that cable very far
back towards the firewall without disassembling the whole dash, and I’m not
sure I want to do that, it’s beyond my experience and I don’t want to risk
breaking something else.

Any ideas on what I should check next?

Just got a set of Michelin tires put on my Pontiac Grand Prix, 2001.
Checking the recommended tire pressure on the label on the truck lid
revealed that I need to inflate the tires to 30 PSI.  This seems low to me,
does anyone know why the recommended inflation is 30 instead of 35, which
is where my other GM vehicles are set.  The tire size is 225-60-16, my
other cars have 15” tires.  Would this be the reason for the lower
pressure?
Thanks, Terry