So I just bought an 80 over the weekend. '93 with 250k+ for $3250! Very excited!
But now the work of making it whole again starts. She runs strong, cold AC, a tad leaky lots if little issues, but all in all a sweet deal.
So I have been scouring past posts and have a few leads on some issue, but for the instrument cluster I have too many things going on at the same time and I am not sure what to make of them.
The Tach, water temp, and volt gauges all seem to work fine. The speedo is motionless, the oil pressure gauge is pegged high, on or off, and the fuel gauge read 1/2 with the tank full. I only have about 30 miles on it so far, so not sure if it moves... The odometer does nothing, and the trip meter shows nothing and wont reset. the O/D off light is blinking while driving.
Before I just start swapping parts do y'all have any thoughts on what the deal? bad cluster? bad sensors? The oil pressure light is on with KOnEoff and goes out when running. From my searching though it seems there are two separate sensors. But since the pressure gauge is pegged with the key off, I am thinking cluster for that. I am in the process of hunting down various grounds I have learned about. Its seems there are a few I need to chase down.
Brakes are very grabby, but I think that is because she has been sitting for a little bit and has the associated surface rust. As I put miles on it seems to be getting more predictable.
The steering feels loose to me, a little under a 1/4 turn before any response. I looked at the linkage with someone running it back and forth and it all looks tight enough that its probably loose in the steering box.
She also has a definitive "clunk" when applying or letting of the accelerator. If I feather the pedal I can minimize or eliminate it, but normal driving it has the clunk. I can not tell where its coming from. I am hoping for u-joints or something, but I have a nagging feeling its a dying torque converter. I was wondering what y'all might think.
There are a ton of other little things on the 26 year old beauty, but those are my major to-dos. I would love to hear y'alls thoughts. mostly just wanted to say hi and introduce myself though.
Thanks!
But now the work of making it whole again starts. She runs strong, cold AC, a tad leaky lots if little issues, but all in all a sweet deal.
So I have been scouring past posts and have a few leads on some issue, but for the instrument cluster I have too many things going on at the same time and I am not sure what to make of them.
The Tach, water temp, and volt gauges all seem to work fine. The speedo is motionless, the oil pressure gauge is pegged high, on or off, and the fuel gauge read 1/2 with the tank full. I only have about 30 miles on it so far, so not sure if it moves... The odometer does nothing, and the trip meter shows nothing and wont reset. the O/D off light is blinking while driving.
Before I just start swapping parts do y'all have any thoughts on what the deal? bad cluster? bad sensors? The oil pressure light is on with KOnEoff and goes out when running. From my searching though it seems there are two separate sensors. But since the pressure gauge is pegged with the key off, I am thinking cluster for that. I am in the process of hunting down various grounds I have learned about. Its seems there are a few I need to chase down.
Brakes are very grabby, but I think that is because she has been sitting for a little bit and has the associated surface rust. As I put miles on it seems to be getting more predictable.
The steering feels loose to me, a little under a 1/4 turn before any response. I looked at the linkage with someone running it back and forth and it all looks tight enough that its probably loose in the steering box.
She also has a definitive "clunk" when applying or letting of the accelerator. If I feather the pedal I can minimize or eliminate it, but normal driving it has the clunk. I can not tell where its coming from. I am hoping for u-joints or something, but I have a nagging feeling its a dying torque converter. I was wondering what y'all might think.
There are a ton of other little things on the 26 year old beauty, but those are my major to-dos. I would love to hear y'alls thoughts. mostly just wanted to say hi and introduce myself though.
Thanks!
