Moving to P.R.

I was swimming yesterday! Mud slides and flooding here. Little bird sailed right through! Two inches of water in the passenger floor. I gotta get that top on! LOL
 
TrojanMan said:
I was swimming yesterday! Mud slides and flooding here. Little bird sailed right through! Two inches of water in the passenger floor. I gotta get that top on! LOL
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Damn yeah I think I would be doing that top before the carpet takes a dive for the worse. 2 inches in the floor can't be good. But then again if you get a hot day then you can use it like a sauna lol.

What all are you needing to do the top or are you just kind of putting it off like I do when I don't wanna do something. lol

I can keep an eye out in my salvage yard even though they scrapped the car I was pulling stuff from they should get a few more in over time since no one around here even bothers to fix these cars they just junk em.

I know the next one I see there I don't give a shit the year I will be stripping that bitch like a cheap Armenian hooker. lol Gonna also give a go around in the Jeep wranglers there to find a tach but I may just end up buying a new one and wiring it up but I do like the oil pressure gauge and tach on the wranglers that are older. two useful things GM could have stuck in the cluster instead of jamming a grandfather clock in the cluster for the speedo.
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TrojanMan said:
I was swimming yesterday! Mud slides and flooding here. Little bird sailed right through! Two inches of water in the passenger floor. I gotta get that top on! LOL
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Just poke 4 small holes in the floor's built in drain plugs like I did that way the water will drain out on its own so you wont have to call the Coast Guard to "bail" you out.............................:D


Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
EC, I didn't order a new header bar tacking strip when I bought the top. The old one is crap. Also gotta get the right stapler and put in some more nylon washers where I need 'em. Other than that time is my only enemy!
 
TrojanMan said:
EC, I didn't order a new header bar tacking strip when I bought the top. The old one is crap. Also gotta get the right stapler and put in some more nylon washers where I need 'em. Other than that time is my only enemy!
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Ahh I see damn that sucks man.
 
Its weird , when you take it on the highway at any time, and then get off and you have to stop, it starts to idle rough and stalls out a minute later.

Did it twice today on me after it was run for a while or something gets hot enough, but the temp never gets to half way since the fan is allways on and there is no thermostat in it.

Basicly after it runs for a while, or the engine reaches a certain temp, it acts up................never did it before even with the same setup above.:confused:

Looks like I'll never figure it out, just have to shift in neutral at stops from now on.........................:rolleyes:


Doug in P.R.:cool:
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Took it on a long ride today on the backroads, no problems, came back and resealed the headpipe (with the copper Permatex this time), tightened the trans pan bolts, sealed the 3 ignition module wires with silicone (so they wont come loose and to watertight them), and filled in the top of the left swaybar bushing with silicone till I can get new ones. ( :o mickey mouse temp fix - tired of the banging)

Maybe a bath is due tomorrow since its been raining on and off all week, got to check the forecast....... the farm's parking lot was a mudhole all week.............:rolleyes:


Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
Well Doug I may know why your stalling. That little base idle screw the one GM told us to never touch. Seems if you advance it too far forward to smooth out idle and keep from having to gas it to keep it started will make that non adjustable TPS to send the computer values that is way messed up. This in turns makes the IAC act funny and can cause stalling.

Tell me if your going down the road and let off the gas and then suddenly ease on it will it kind of jolt like its messed up and then letting off a little causes it to go back to normal? If it does it's the TPS sending the wrong values.

I also have seen a lot of posts elsewhere when people have rebuilt their TBI only to have it act funny. Those people say it was one of two things that caused stalling. TBI base gasket or IAC.

The TBI on these cars are simple but the least little thing can make it go full out retarded.

Just a little food for thought.

Also I have my fan running constant and with a thermostat in the engine will not get past the 1/4 mark so it should be safe to put back in your thermostat even in extremely hot days it will never get to the point of an overheat or even close to it.
 
I'M leaving the t-stat out since it has been that way over a almost 2 years now. ( heater core isnt even hooked up )

I get a little surge at part throttle in high gear after the convertor locks up at about 35 mph. ( MPFI not TBI)

90% of the time it runs fine, I turned the idle down once but that was a bad idea cause it stalled out about 20 times in one drive session.

I dont have a tach, but I think its idleing at about 900 rpm in park. ( give or take 100 rpm)

You could be right about the idle screw, mine was painted yellow under the black plastic cap.

Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
Yeah it seems when anything is changed about the idle the tps gets all messed up.

I keep forgetting you run the mpfi. Lol


I ended up ordering a new base gasket to see if that was it since I had a 20 dollar credit at the parts strore

I was to figure it out since it bothers me. Mine didnt start acting retarded until I rebuilt the TBI on mine. There has to be a common denominator between TBI and mpfi that is the cause of it lol

Maybe a weak fuel pump or vacuum leak somwhere
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Been running better now since I fixed the exhaust leak.;)

Mine always started fine ,turn the key, wait 3 seconds for the pump to prime, and it fires right up cold. ( when warm no wait)

Never did need to step on the pedal. ( only did when I turned the idle down too low)

Fires right back up when it stalls also.

Fuel filter doesnt have 3000 miles on it yet but a little over a year and a half old.

Maybe its the Evap canister is clogged , I know there is a filter on the bottom on some. (others not)

I'll check that out when time allows.............:)

Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
I forgot to add, the silicone is holding its own in the half missing sway bar bushing.

If you are in a pinch and you need time on a bad bushing, fill it with silicone, let it sit overnight undistrubed, and it will buy you some time.

I used bath and kitchen ( "white" ... all I had :p) silicone that fits a caulking gun.

Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
92 Sunbird LE said:
I forgot to add, the silicone is holding its own in the half missing sway bar bushing.

If you are in a pinch and you need time on a bad bushing, fill it with silicone, let it sit overnight undistrubed, and it will buy you some time.

I used bath and kitchen ( "white" ... all I had :p) silicone that fits a caulking gun.

Doug in P.R.:cool:
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Great tip.

I will probably employ that on my lower control arm bushings. I get a clunk when stopping and accelerating right under passengers floor board. I think it is lower control arm bushings since it only sounds off when stopping and going.

I guess it could also be the lateral mount being worn making the noise. Either way its about time for me to do mounts anyways. I imagine they are also 25 years old and the rubber is no good anymore. lol
 
Still holding up after a week..................................:D

Got to adjust the shifter cable again this weekend, wont start or go into park without slamming the shifter forward all the way, its just off a little.

Just started this today..............:rolleyes:



Doug in P.R.:cool:
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Fixed the shifter problem, ( threadlocker this time - bolt came loose) and took it on a couple long rides in the past 2 weeks. Had it up to 90 MPH with alot of pedal left, rides nice and smooth.:D.

Slowed the tranny leak down to an occaisional drip but over filled it last week so had to disconnect the cooler line to drain some out.:( Level holding steady this last week.

It just stalled only 3 times since the last post, as ( when I forgot to shift it into neutral) I sit at a light for any long period of time.

Was able to keep it clean for almost 3 weeks as we have had a drying trend down here. ( the tire shine is still good!)

Probally start working on the the body/ paint issues soon...........


Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
Sorry I havn't been around lately but I had to devote a week to GTA V.

Glad your getting things sorted out there. FYI for if you overfill tranny again just unbolt the filler tube neck for the tranny and pull up on it. lol thats a redneck way. From looking at the book a bit there is a drain plug on the tranny on mine and possibly yours. It's located around the drivers side under where the CV shaft enters the tranny.

Now as for the stalling issue I have found through tons of reading about GM' POS computer on these cars if you mess with anything on these cars that has to do with fuel delivery the computer is screwed until GM uses a Tech 1 or Tech 2 tool to restore it. So I am going to get a aldl cable and hook it up to a computer and use Winaldl to restore mine. I have just been putting it off and it's nothing that will kill the car or any parts it will just run funny. Sometimes letting it go for anywhere up to a month the computer will learn it and start adjusting things.

Mine just has to be gassed a bit ever since rebuilding the TBI on mine. But yeah everyone who has stalling issues or not starting right or anything that seems fuel related most said after GM reflashed it then it stopped.

Not sure how much it costs to have GM reflash it something tells me we don't wanna find out so I will let you know if there is a less costly way to reflash it.
 
Welcome back ( been kind of quiet here in Sunbird land , LOL)

Drove mine all day Saturday, never stalled at all.:confused:

Was running crappy ( very low fuel in the tank ) till I put a half a tank back in. After that no problems.............:)

Thanks for joining back in ......Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
Had to fix the exhaust again , found out the springs that hold the headpipe on the manifold were just too worn out and the pipe wiggled around too much. ( added washers to tighten the springs up more) Got that problem licked but the through pipe I welded inside the convertor is loose and rattling so I'll have to reweld that.

Other than that ,the Bird is running great with no stalling.........:)

Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
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