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the park switch has been broken on mine since the very beginning....
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I fixed the motor with a bushing I got from somewhere (some Chinese tools come with brushes, makes no sense to me because the batteries never last to the point where you need to replace brushes). Also tightened up the dash.
I still may not be going, though, Buick's problems continue.... and may be terminal.
I have to take Buick to the vet again tomorrow.
proof will be snow wheeling but it should better better.
my headlights aren't LED for that very reason (no heat). I suppose I should explain a bit better - snow wheeling, not snow driving. Snow wheeling - having a flood-type LED light works well because it allows shadowing of dips.
Driving during a snowstorm at night creates its own set of issues - for me, I prefer halogen headlights, they don't get snow build up and because they're a more yellow color, tend to punch through the flakes better. Bright white is by far and away the worst because in snowstorm you create a reflective white wall. Usually in snowstorms, the brighter your lights, the less you can see due to reflect from the flakes.
MS2 is on the list, but it's a bit down as I'm probably building 2 cars for SEMA next year (no FJ40 so no updates here, sorry - that said, I'll propose it goes too, so perhaps, but it's not on the list yet)....
One of today's first tasks is to follow some advice from the guy who owns Dakota Digital (no, I don't remember his name, sorry). I'm first to admit that I am skeptical about this advice, however, Dakota Digital has forgotten 10x what I've ever known about car electrical so follow along as I learn.
What is this earth shaking advice? This: you must have a ground from the battery to the motor and cannot rely on the frame as the ground 'wire'. DD's argument is that there is carbon in the steel and just enough resistance in the steel so that your dash many not function correctly. Well, my dash doesn't work right (and yes, I know I've never mentioned it probably because I figured it was installer, not Dakota, error)...... Too be continued