SternWake
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I take a bit of pride in that I have not paid anyone to work on my Vehicle since early '08 when I had a junkyard axle rebuilt with new bearings.
Well in the last week:
I've replaced my Wiper linkages, painting under the cowl and linkages black after treating for rust. No more slop or chattering. So much better. So easy.
I found an Intermittent wiper relay in a junkyard from a dodge caravan. same appearance but some Different part numbers, but plug and play to replace the one which smoked 13 odd years ago.
Satisfying to have intermittent wipe feature again. A similar relay on Ebay was 47$ and a NOS(new, old stock) one was 189$.
I attached a junkyard acquired Captains chair to my Swivel base. So much more comfortable. No welding required. just a Drill and an angle grinder with cut off wheel to adapt one to the other. I wonder how much my old chair contributed to my flare ups of back pain.
My junkyard run was inspired by one of the connectors at my engine computer This connector is no longer available for purchase new. It was causing occasional stalling and no start situations that was temporarily remedied by a wiggle remanipulation and immobilization. I should have attended to this known issue long ago but procrastination is the first step to any process and I excel at that first step.
I'd found another connector from that same 89 or 90 dodge caravan, Cleaned it up, re enforced the tail end to protect the 14 wires and waterproof it better, and spliced it in today taking each and every step to ensure best connectivity and weatherproofed ness.
For 8 years I've been getting a code 53, Internal computer fault detected. Now it is gone. I thought the old compromised connector, had compromised the ECM itself, but was wrong. Some of the wires inside this connector were 5 volt signal sources for the sensors and 9 v signal for the other section of the circuit board. If these were not getting a delivered 5 or 9 volts, fuel economy and power could have been affected too.
I also bought another door pop out window as I needed the locking hardware and did not have the tools on me to remove them from the window, so I bought whole window.
My entire bill at the junkyard was 45$ or so.
A remanufactured ECM was delivered today, but, it is faulty and will be returned. I still desire a back up ECM for my next roadtrip though.
I can't imagine how much I would have been charged had I had to have somebody else attend to these issues. It would have been a lot, and I can guarantee they would not have done as good a job.
So,......... What Did you, yourself, perhaps with some help, repair recently?
What you had repaired today by a shop, or someone else, is a different thread entirely and one which I will not be the author of.
Well in the last week:
I've replaced my Wiper linkages, painting under the cowl and linkages black after treating for rust. No more slop or chattering. So much better. So easy.
I found an Intermittent wiper relay in a junkyard from a dodge caravan. same appearance but some Different part numbers, but plug and play to replace the one which smoked 13 odd years ago.
Satisfying to have intermittent wipe feature again. A similar relay on Ebay was 47$ and a NOS(new, old stock) one was 189$.
I attached a junkyard acquired Captains chair to my Swivel base. So much more comfortable. No welding required. just a Drill and an angle grinder with cut off wheel to adapt one to the other. I wonder how much my old chair contributed to my flare ups of back pain.
My junkyard run was inspired by one of the connectors at my engine computer This connector is no longer available for purchase new. It was causing occasional stalling and no start situations that was temporarily remedied by a wiggle remanipulation and immobilization. I should have attended to this known issue long ago but procrastination is the first step to any process and I excel at that first step.
I'd found another connector from that same 89 or 90 dodge caravan, Cleaned it up, re enforced the tail end to protect the 14 wires and waterproof it better, and spliced it in today taking each and every step to ensure best connectivity and weatherproofed ness.
For 8 years I've been getting a code 53, Internal computer fault detected. Now it is gone. I thought the old compromised connector, had compromised the ECM itself, but was wrong. Some of the wires inside this connector were 5 volt signal sources for the sensors and 9 v signal for the other section of the circuit board. If these were not getting a delivered 5 or 9 volts, fuel economy and power could have been affected too.
I also bought another door pop out window as I needed the locking hardware and did not have the tools on me to remove them from the window, so I bought whole window.
My entire bill at the junkyard was 45$ or so.
A remanufactured ECM was delivered today, but, it is faulty and will be returned. I still desire a back up ECM for my next roadtrip though.
I can't imagine how much I would have been charged had I had to have somebody else attend to these issues. It would have been a lot, and I can guarantee they would not have done as good a job.
So,......... What Did you, yourself, perhaps with some help, repair recently?
What you had repaired today by a shop, or someone else, is a different thread entirely and one which I will not be the author of.