Well it's back together and on the road again. Took me two weekends and a few hours here and there. I'm slow and distracted easily so that doesn't help.
This 80 has a little over 200K miles. Had the classic interior fogging and slight anti-freeze smell. We had a A/C leak before this so I had taken it halfway apart before.
Took a ton of pictures to help put things back together correctly. The pictures helped mostly on the routing of wire looms and such. The plugs only seem to fit the correct switch.
The FSM does a good job of leading you through most of it. Dropping the steering column helps a ton.
I'll post some pictures now...
Careful not to break these little tabs on this main upper trim piece>
locker, dimmer, mirror and OEM security>
Speedo and stuff>
I've had a 'D' bulb on the shelf for about 5 years. Forgot to put it in while it was all apart! Doh!
Hidden bolt under the false vent (US passenger side)>
n00dly appendages>
Gooey center>
Cross support bar was kind of a PITA to get out>
New core and CB. Also replaced heater hoses while I was there.
There is your problem>
The unit>
Inside the unit>
This is as far as you'll have to tear it down. All downhill from here>
I went with the constant torque clamps. Got them home and had buyers remorse. They are over $4.20 each. I used one for the PHH (block side) then bypassed the metal hose and used Breeze Liner Clamps for the rest. Took the CT clamps back to Napa and bought the liner clamps from a trucking company for a little over $1.30 each >
Breeze Liner Clamps
New core, new home. I think I paid like $260ish for the core>
Installed a new CB and MP3 Modulator while I was in there. I somehow lost the stereo antenna inside the dash monster and there was NO WAY that I was pulling sh1t back apart. The OEM antenna had been broken twice so I replaced it and ran a new antenna wire trough the firewall. Need to have that stinking antenna to make a MP3 modulator work. Doh!
Cheap universal stereo antenna >
Mounted all the MP3 stuff under the shifter console and ran the wire out here>
All done>
Need to charge and check the A/C still. Overall it is not too bad. I was overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I kept pulling but, it went back together well. I think I spent the most time cleaning up a mess the alarm installer created several years ago. Hope this helps someone.
Later,
Brian
This 80 has a little over 200K miles. Had the classic interior fogging and slight anti-freeze smell. We had a A/C leak before this so I had taken it halfway apart before.
Took a ton of pictures to help put things back together correctly. The pictures helped mostly on the routing of wire looms and such. The plugs only seem to fit the correct switch.
The FSM does a good job of leading you through most of it. Dropping the steering column helps a ton.
I'll post some pictures now...
Careful not to break these little tabs on this main upper trim piece>
locker, dimmer, mirror and OEM security>
Speedo and stuff>
I've had a 'D' bulb on the shelf for about 5 years. Forgot to put it in while it was all apart! Doh!
Hidden bolt under the false vent (US passenger side)>
n00dly appendages>
Gooey center>
Cross support bar was kind of a PITA to get out>
New core and CB. Also replaced heater hoses while I was there.
There is your problem>
The unit>
Inside the unit>
This is as far as you'll have to tear it down. All downhill from here>
I went with the constant torque clamps. Got them home and had buyers remorse. They are over $4.20 each. I used one for the PHH (block side) then bypassed the metal hose and used Breeze Liner Clamps for the rest. Took the CT clamps back to Napa and bought the liner clamps from a trucking company for a little over $1.30 each >
Breeze Liner Clamps
New core, new home. I think I paid like $260ish for the core>
Installed a new CB and MP3 Modulator while I was in there. I somehow lost the stereo antenna inside the dash monster and there was NO WAY that I was pulling sh1t back apart. The OEM antenna had been broken twice so I replaced it and ran a new antenna wire trough the firewall. Need to have that stinking antenna to make a MP3 modulator work. Doh!
Cheap universal stereo antenna >
Mounted all the MP3 stuff under the shifter console and ran the wire out here>
All done>
Need to charge and check the A/C still. Overall it is not too bad. I was overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I kept pulling but, it went back together well. I think I spent the most time cleaning up a mess the alarm installer created several years ago. Hope this helps someone.
Later,
Brian