If you're ever at the junkyard, which I highly recommend. Check the Crown Vics, Grand Marquis and Town Cars for clean new coils.The place I go to sells them in pairs for I want to say $14.. Remove the boot and clean off the metal coil in there too, sometimes a cleaning will help. I bought mine with half of them going bad. Replaced 2 cleaned the oil off of 1, (valve cover gasket.) So far it's been 2 years + with no trouble out of any of the coils. I also get tires, sometimes with the wheel sometimes without. Dot code will tell you how old it is.
Also to say you don’t need a mechanic is so arrogant. Yeah you fixed some things. And have some tools. But imagine if you had one hour to do the paperwork In addition to diagnosing the car. And doing that 7 more hours. Do that 6 days a week. Do that for years in end. And you say that man is not needed. Privilege
Indeed. Great saying new to me. But you have daily maintenance and fueling requirements w a horse even when you aren't using it. :D EVs guarantee the 1st big step in a century to low cost/maint future. (I'm a petrol head but see where it's going)
Yep, red tail hawk. I hear them all the time in real life. Supposedly eagles have a embarrassingly wimpy sounding screech, inconsistent with the image.
Years ago, I solved MY dilemma with cars. I settled on a 4 year stretch of manufacturing, 1996 to 1999. The same brand, the same style during that 4 year period. I have enjoyed 600K miles with very low expenses. Settling on one manufacturer and one style, you soon become an expert and all your tools, extra tires and parts roll over to your next car. The brand and style doesn't matter, just one that you like. The good parts unbolt from the last one and bolt onto your new ride. No question if they fit. The old ride goes to the junk yard and the new one (with no rust) gets all the newish parts from the junker and your ride continues.
"This car never ceases to let me down." Reminds me of my old '79 Scirocco. Through all the crap to fix, the strandings, etc., I still loved that car and wish I still had it.
Same with me on my 1989 Golf Gti. I repair most things myself all self taught via Google, VW owner forums and watching TH-cam videos. Al it’s takes is a little time and trial and error and not being scared to make mistakes..
That was one of the best scan tools when new, it was expensive, if my memory serves $4000 for the base unit plus additional for me updated cartiratages and adaptores. One note it only tells you which sensor or circuit is out of range it does not tell you the reason it is out of range. you also need a graphing multi meater to see glitches.
The red brick snap on scanner here works with well on older pre obd2 vehicles. Beware that many new modern scanners say they will work with pre obd2 vehicles but really they work on a subset of them.
For the 80s/90s Chrysler question: aside from the Viper, the only good cars were the turbo cars. Conquest TSI, Talon, Laser, the Shelby Omni, Shelby Charger, and there was also the Stealth/3000gt.
@@goodforyou3000 not technically... Sure, that is the case for the Stealth and Conquest. Remember, DSM was a 50/50 joint venture, originally. Plus, the other turbo Dodges have a cult-like following.
@@_Junkers yeah but then lifetime warranty with traveling truck that fixes your tools. Id rather pay the right price once. Feel the same way about expensive leather wallets and belts lol
Cool, have wondered about these before for the OBD1's, on my 83 I used the old bent paperclip test, actually worked well. The machine would be fun and detailed though.
I daily drive a 94 suburban with tbi. I love simple fuel injection. Easier than a carb or multipoint fuel injection to deal with over all. It can be harder to diagnose at times because the electronics are so oblivious but the benefit is there is a lot less to go wrong compared to more modern systems. Vacuum leaks, map, tps, iac and o2 are about 90% of the issues it will ever have. All of those items mentioned are cheap and easy to deal with.
Loving your series. My brothers and I grew up working on our own cars, starting with bikes, then go karts, to cars. We did it because we had to (couldn't afford to pay someone) and we really got to enjoy it. I enjoy your videos in how you go through the problem and the fix, plus the things that didn't fix it.
Very cool video!! Very informative. Also love the 3rd gen trans am!! Have one 3rd gen myself (a 1988 Camaro IROC ) that I am restoring on my page. I was recommended off Reddit and so happy to watch your vids!
Gosh I remember these...Tech of the day. Very useful. Around 99-00' found a couple of kits at a junk yard for dirt cheap...many different cartridges. Worked just fine.
4.6l 2v has the opposite problem of seized spark plugs like on the 5.4l 3v . There are only 3 or 4 threads on the cylinder head. The plugs can loosen and shoot out damaging the coil, plug and threads on the cylinder head. Sometimes you can catch it on time. It'll misfire, sound like a exhaust leak tick, and have soot on the coil boot. Good idea to torque them, or just change them out. They will not sieze.
There are ring seals around spark plugs holes. They get hard/dry over time causing them to leak. To fix need to remove valve cover and replace rings/gasket.
@ThePatUltra Doesn't matter, you'd order firebird parts for it anyways. Then probably leave negetive reviews at the autozone blaming them for your mistakes. Like how I'm supposed to fuck off when you came for me ...bruh...
Then find the time and save yourself a shit load of money. That’s the trouble with us in the west we’ve become too dependent on others to do work that most of us could do ourselves with just a little time and effort. I have some Polish friends who grew up under communism and as a result they become very resourceful people because they didn’t have the luxury of spending money on a mechanic so they learned to do everything themselves. Repairing their own cars and trucks, building their own homes, including electrics, plumbing, irrigation systems everything where we became lazy & pathetic thinking we need to pay other people to do work we can do ourselves. Especially today with Google and watching TH-cam you have access to all the information in the world. I have a old 1989 Golf GTi and I repair most things myself. All self taught from just researching on Google and watching videos on TH-cam. Over the 5 years I’ve owned my classic it’s saved me thousands of Dollars in repairs.
I remember working on those early cars and to get the OBD codes I would short two pins in the diagnostic connector, then turn on the ignition and watch the MIL which would flash in a slow/fast combination, decoding that by counting the flashes would give you the diagnostic codes.
When I bought my first truck it had a bad heater core. It had been bypassed with a peice of heater hose. I went through one winter like that and discovered that dismantling the entire dash is completely worth the effort to have heat.
We can all have those skills but we become lazy and just got used to paying other people to do repairs most of us can do ourselves. With the likes of Google and TH-cam you can pretty much self teach yourself anything especially on older cars that don’t require a laptop and software just to diagnose a fault.
I just watched a TH-cam video about David Lee's $35 million car collection. And now I'm watching this. The different realities that are out there is insane.
As much as you may dis-like the Crown Victoria, our metro police still has a sizable fleet of them that they don't want to give up. Compared to modern vehicles they're relatively easy to repair, parts are cheap and abundant. The Explorers that replace them are affectingly called "Exploders".
I remember back in the 80s and 90s growing up my dad used to do most repairs to his Ford cars. Servicing, oil changes, brake pads and discs, bleeding the brakes, spark plugs, air filters most things I would help my dad do it himself and this was way way pre Google and internet days. It was just trial and error…
The anti-freeze leaking into the passenger well reminds me of the 1970's Ford F-250 that my dad had when I was growing up. Other thing was having the fuel tank behind the seat. How did people think that was safe?
Experience is gold...I know the Panthers, and immediately knew it was a coil. You can even see if they have a crack in the sealant on top. The Ford ones are still the best, though...you can fix them. Bring them indoors, as dry as possible (for me thats the basement, 20 percent humitidy..yes, basement. Between the heat on, and a dehumidifier, its dry down there. Its where I keep my parts storage lol). I have a Snap-On Zeus. Got it new for very very cheap, but Im an idiot, and struggle to use it. Wanted the bidirectional stuff for diag stuff, like window switches, and other annoying tedius things. I cant figure out how to make it work. I tried to get the keyless entry on a Grand Marquis and nope. Dealer doesnt even have them computers for that. Forscan may work, but I guess they want subscriptions now. Im burnt out and refuse to do anything thats a subscription or service. So, likely I will swap out the modul with one that has a known code. Yup, that stubbron. ON my TA...I have no oil pressure gauge, no temp gauge. No clue why yet. Ill check the direct way I guess. Pull a valveu cover and see how far is sprays through the pushrod lol. Then figure out if its a printed circuit or if the engine swap has some harness compatibilkity issues. Im sure I can rig something to work. But, yeah...I have a Zeus that even though I got it for a quarter of its normal price, I hardly use the damn thing. Only things I manage to figure out are things my 25 dollars Sears code cleared can do. I read the manuals, the forums, and its not clicking with me. May try an Autel since theyre a tenth of the price, and might even come with the OBD1 adapters too.
I had an 86 Firebird SE. The hatch closed perfectly. It had the 2.8 V6 with Multiport Fuel Injection. Reliable, great gas mileage. About 300K it started knocking and I stupidly sold it. I will never forgive myself.
Very cool, I once helped my dad rebuild a Rochester fuel injection system of a 1957 bel air that worked entirely off vacuum lines, this looks like luxury compared! Keep up the good work though there’s a lot of value in not wussing out of ‘complicated’ jobs and paying someone to laugh at you
I rebuilt my hatch motor, changed guide, switches etc. It took only an hour. The hatch system is pretty straight forward if you have basic mechanic knowledge
Good video. That Snap on tool looks good. I ended up buying the Actron 9690, as it does all the OBDI stuff, but it doesn't have all the "Troubleshooter" stuff on it. I replaced the heater core on my 91 Firebird Formula last year. It's not too bad of a job and you can get it out without taking the entire dash out, but invest in some long extensions to get all the small screws out that hold that plastic shroud on. Take the passenger seat out too---it'll give you so much more room. Other thing--- the "new" heater cores for these cars are all cheap aluminum pieces of junk and don't fit properly. See my review of the OER3048945 on Summit Racing's website for pictures of what you are going to deal with when buying new. If you can take the original out and take it to a radiator shop (a dying breed) and have them repair it, it's well worth the time and money, as the originals are made of brass. Or, bypass the heater core until you can get time to fix. Good luck, and keep up the good work!
I've been watching your channels for a few years now. Just when I lost interest in China and I bought myself a Corvette C3, you started with this channel. :D
25 bucks for an ALDL cable and another ten ish for the software, and you can talk to early gm and Honda ECU. Also, a paperclip across the correct pins in the ALDL connector will give you codes for antilock, airbag, and ecu.
OBDII was required on all cars sold in the 1996 model year. Before that it was kind of a mess. Also, pretty much all American cars, at least, had electronic ignition systems from the early 70s. Big step up from points and condenser's
I still think you'd be happy with a MOATS ALDL OBDI cable a RedDevilRiver cable & CD plus your ECM bin & mask files (on the forums) so that you can interface directly with the ECU on a modern computer with the same type of software used to talk to and program many DIY EFI ECUs... Tuner Studio. It would let you do most of what that old SnapOn kit would and more. Although the snap-on kit might guide you through specific tests.
Those MT2500's were the thing to have back in the day- You could have used that on your vette as well. I have the oem Tech1 scanner that was the dealer tool 20-25 years ago- pretty much you have to have one of these dedicated interfaces if you want to own an obd1 car.
Sparkplugs in a Crown Vic are NOT HARD at all to replace and they do not break in half when you try to remove them. You’re thinking of the Ford 5.4l 3V with the 2 peice spark plug design. The 4.6l in the Crown Vic doesn’t use a two piece design. Easy job to do, just don’t over tighten the plugs and install them while the engine is cold. I’ve been working on Crown Vics for over 10 years now lol
Hi I used own a few different trans am and used paper clips to bypass sensors and interior lights I still own a 1988 trans am but this one is restored no longer need paper clips
Just a heads up, many Crown Vic interceptors were optioned to use a fleet key so that any police officer could open any police car with the key they had been issued, as many of them then became taxis these keys are quite common, you can even get them on Amazon (search 1284x) I would compare your key to an image of one of these just to be sure. The immobiliser may also be disabled to accommodate the fleet key option
I don’t know about the US, but the best Chrysler sports car in Australia were something like the sigma scorpion or gsr. Technically they were Mitsubishi’s but made at a time when the companies were working together and made at a Chrysler factory that became a Mitsubishi factory.
lol you got one, i watched the first 22 seconds of the video and said to myself, "it's about time". those used early snapon scanners are so cheap that it's stupid for any OBD1 owner not to have one although there is a simpler one that is actually better because it has a large conventional style screen that allows you to see more data at a time on one screen but i forgot the brand name, besides the cartridges the other downfall of the snapon is the little screen and they have all those stupid keys, but they give the info you need .....
There were many good Chrysler cars in the 1980s. They were all made in the Mitsubishi factory in Japan, but never the less, they carried the Chrysler badge. I loved my 1978 Chrysler Scorpion. Oh! you meant cars made in a Chrysler factory. Yeah, not so much.
The diagnostics not only saved you time finding the problem they saved you from replacing parts just in case one of them was the source of the problem. I’m all for preventive maintenance but replacing random parts can get expensive.
Chrysler in the 80s/90s had the turbo models of the FWD stuff(there's a whole cult following) such as the Omni GLH, Daytona turbo, and the Mitsubishi clones- Conquest, Laser, Talon etc. Look them up... I still want a Conquest(Chrysler's clone of a Mitsubishi Starion), a very cool looking 80s car,
Good idea. I was looking into those old scanners, but there are also good new ones obd 2 and old GM and Ford scan tools, which are more convenient to use. Worth to look at for the best solution to the individual situation.
On the red brick scanner, the primary cartridge should be placed in the left side only, also make sure the scanner is powered down before you install or remove cartridges or else main scanner board burns. That scanner has a live engine data stream, you only showed us the troubleshooting cartridge features. Also on the cartridges look at the electronics for any black burn marks. I downloaded the red scanner user manual, if you want it, let me know. Also those four led on the scanner mean something, one is for closed loop, one is for knock detection, rest I forgot, also that scanner has oxygen sensor diagnostic capabilities. With the right cartridge and key you can read generic and specific non-can obd2 data 96-08 model years with your red scanner.
The early 90 s dodge spirit r/t shadow csx Daytona s actually all them ol chrycos with the turbo 2 or 3 setups With them there was the ol key on -off x3 trick for diagnosis
What's the deal with the upload schedule this week? Matt uploads tomorrow, and everything is normal, just in time for a beer, with a SerpentZA upload at 1pm EST Friday? Edit: Oh, and I almost burned down the GTI yesterday with starting fluid. Everything is not on fire now, but it still isn't starting.
The OG jeep xj Cherokee with the 4.0 straight six is a pretty decent Chrysler from the late 80's early 90's (which is to say, it was good back when it was still basically an AMC/Renault design before Chrysler bastardized it)
Good Chrysler's from the mid 80's to early 90's ? Winston you're too funny. Good Chrysler is an oxymoron, as I'm sure you know ;) The best use I've seen for Chrysler's of that vintage is is to repurpose their engines as coffee tables.
place a paperclip and short the 2 rightmost pins in the obd jack, place key in acc on position. the computer will blink code the errors detected. first code 3 blinks of start code various 3 code sets of errors end code set 3 times Same as start code.
Hi from the state of Pennsylvania I love the that would have been nice to have all I bet you that tools expensive I had from 82 to 85 Z28 and then 79 Firebird and 80 Trans Am also had opportunities to drive 80 Corvette to 82 at that time
YUP the dodge Daytona IROC R/T and the DODGE STEALTH R/T were pretty powerful cars , the Daytona had a DOHC LOTUS HEADED TURBO III engine that had around 220+ hp. ....for comparison your formula produced LESS HP THAN THAT EVEN IN 350 CID TPI FORM! so the little four blasted to 14.1 in the quarter while most other sports cars were doing mid 14s...the dodge stealth was even faster in the high 13s..but my favorite of all the 90s cars was the dodge stealth R/T and the TRANSAM GTA 5.7L
Winston cyl 7 coil you could’ve moved to cyl 1 and 1 to 7, then if miss fire moves from cyl 7 to cyl 1 you’d know it was the coil cause you moved the fault..... If not it’s another issue.... A wee tip rather then shooting the parts canon
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Why did they add soft close hatch
If you're ever at the junkyard, which I highly recommend. Check the Crown Vics, Grand Marquis and Town Cars for clean new coils.The place I go to sells them in pairs for I want to say $14.. Remove the boot and clean off the metal coil in there too, sometimes a cleaning will help. I bought mine with half of them going bad. Replaced 2 cleaned the oil off of 1, (valve cover gasket.) So far it's been 2 years + with no trouble out of any of the coils. I also get tires, sometimes with the wheel sometimes without. Dot code will tell you how old it is.
Dude.
Stop saying “ODB port”
It’s OBD.....
You do that while you complain about how annoying it is.
Also to say you don’t need a mechanic is so arrogant.
Yeah you fixed some things. And have some tools.
But imagine if you had one hour to do the paperwork In addition to diagnosing the car.
And doing that 7 more hours.
Do that 6 days a week.
Do that for years in end.
And you say that man is not needed.
Privilege
Grandpa said owning a car is like owning a horse.
You must feed, groom, exercise and clean after them
or PAY someone to do it for you.
Indeed. Great saying new to me. But you have daily maintenance and fueling requirements w a horse even when you aren't using it. :D
EVs guarantee the 1st big step in a century to low cost/maint future. (I'm a petrol head but see where it's going)
The Snap on Entertainment System
Known as Garagicom in Japan.
More expensive than Gameboy
@@mgancarzjr Is that Garage Computer mixdown?
The eagle screech at the beginning was spot on!
Freedom!
That's a red tail hawk screech, though.
... mine does the same !
🤔😉
The dude who makes a swooshing sound when he takes off his sunglasses has a car that makes an eagle screech when he turns the key. It's beautiful.
Yep, red tail hawk. I hear them all the time in real life. Supposedly eagles have a embarrassingly wimpy sounding screech, inconsistent with the image.
Years ago, I solved MY dilemma with cars. I settled on a 4 year stretch of manufacturing, 1996 to 1999. The same brand, the same style during that 4 year period. I have enjoyed 600K miles with very low expenses. Settling on one manufacturer and one style, you soon become an expert and all your tools, extra tires and parts roll over to your next car. The brand and style doesn't matter, just one that you like. The good parts unbolt from the last one and bolt onto your new ride. No question if they fit. The old ride goes to the junk yard and the new one (with no rust) gets all the newish parts from the junker and your ride continues.
Seeing the snap on scanner aka the red brick brings back memories of using it.
"This car never ceases to let me down."
Reminds me of my old '79 Scirocco. Through all the crap to fix, the strandings, etc., I still loved that car and wish I still had it.
Same with me on my 1989 Golf Gti. I repair most things myself all self taught via Google, VW owner forums and watching TH-cam videos. Al it’s takes is a little time and trial and error and not being scared to make mistakes..
That was one of the best scan tools when new, it was expensive, if my memory serves $4000 for the base unit plus additional for me updated cartiratages and adaptores. One note it only tells you which sensor or circuit is out of range it does not tell you the reason it is out of range. you also need a graphing multi meater to see glitches.
"My dream car" "This car never ceases to let me down" Start and finish all of the videos like that.
That statement could be applied to children too, lol.
The red brick snap on scanner here works with well on older pre obd2 vehicles. Beware that many new modern scanners say they will work with pre obd2 vehicles but really they work on a subset of them.
For the 80s/90s Chrysler question: aside from the Viper, the only good cars were the turbo cars. Conquest TSI, Talon, Laser, the Shelby Omni, Shelby Charger, and there was also the Stealth/3000gt.
So basically rebadged Mitsubishi's.
@@goodforyou3000 not technically... Sure, that is the case for the Stealth and Conquest. Remember, DSM was a 50/50 joint venture, originally. Plus, the other turbo Dodges have a cult-like following.
2.2 turbo, 2.5 turbo. They always need a head gasket or an entire head replaced
I hate that you keep having car issues but on the bright side, you will always have content to make videos on.
When you own older cars it comes with the territory.. I’m always repairing my 1989 Golf GTi but it’s saved me thousands in mechanic bills.
Snap On is amazing. I was shocked when that thing still worked
So are their prices
@@_Junkers yeah but then lifetime warranty with traveling truck that fixes your tools. Id rather pay the right price once. Feel the same way about expensive leather wallets and belts lol
They don’t have a warranty on electronics.
Period.
By the way that prickly leaf was a dried Thistle leaf. Very common in CA and they are very prickly and sticky to clothes and skin.
Cool, have wondered about these before for the OBD1's, on my 83 I used the old bent paperclip test, actually worked well. The machine would be fun and detailed though.
Getting to that heater core is going to be fun.
I learn't form Car Wizard that might mean the whole dash and everything behind it has to come out to get to it
@@benerificable weeeeeezird
snap on and mac tools are premium tools that are worthy to invest in technician world
I daily drive a 94 suburban with tbi. I love simple fuel injection. Easier than a carb or multipoint fuel injection to deal with over all. It can be harder to diagnose at times because the electronics are so oblivious but the benefit is there is a lot less to go wrong compared to more modern systems. Vacuum leaks, map, tps, iac and o2 are about 90% of the issues it will ever have. All of those items mentioned are cheap and easy to deal with.
Loving your series. My brothers and I grew up working on our own cars, starting with bikes, then go karts, to cars. We did it because we had to (couldn't afford to pay someone) and we really got to enjoy it. I enjoy your videos in how you go through the problem and the fix, plus the things that didn't fix it.
Very cool video!! Very informative. Also love the 3rd gen trans am!! Have one 3rd gen myself (a 1988 Camaro IROC ) that I am restoring on my page. I was recommended off Reddit and so happy to watch your vids!
Awesome mate, will check out your page!
Gosh I remember these...Tech of the day. Very useful. Around 99-00' found a couple of kits at a junk yard for dirt cheap...many different cartridges. Worked just fine.
4.6l 2v has the opposite problem of seized spark plugs like on the 5.4l 3v . There are only 3 or 4 threads on the cylinder head. The plugs can loosen and shoot out damaging the coil, plug and threads on the cylinder head. Sometimes you can catch it on time. It'll misfire, sound like a exhaust leak tick, and have soot on the coil boot. Good idea to torque them, or just change them out. They will not sieze.
want...the playboy reviews....
Man time... booze, cigars, cars, sexism etc. But ya, this was a good video too
Tune in next week
There are ring seals around spark plugs holes. They get hard/dry over time causing them to leak. To fix need to remove valve cover and replace rings/gasket.
@ThePatUltra Hey bruh, I think you're missing some key info, perhaps re-watch the vid..... Bruh.
@ThePatUltra Doesn't matter, you'd order firebird parts for it anyways. Then probably leave negetive reviews at the autozone blaming them for your mistakes. Like how I'm supposed to fuck off when you came for me ...bruh...
Love it have a great day thumbs up stay awesome.
I WANT a mechanic though, because it saves me a shit ton of time.
And money
If your time is worth a lot of money then yeah. 🤷🏼♂️
Ikr, I mean with some research and effort I could make my own shoes too but ...
Then find the time and save yourself a shit load of money. That’s the trouble with us in the west we’ve become too dependent on others to do work that most of us could do ourselves with just a little time and effort. I have some Polish friends who grew up under communism and as a result they become very resourceful people because they didn’t have the luxury of spending money on a mechanic so they learned to do everything themselves. Repairing their own cars and trucks, building their own homes, including electrics, plumbing, irrigation systems everything where we became lazy & pathetic thinking we need to pay other people to do work we can do ourselves. Especially today with Google and watching TH-cam you have access to all the information in the world. I have a old 1989 Golf GTi and I repair most things myself. All self taught from just researching on Google and watching videos on TH-cam. Over the 5 years I’ve owned my classic it’s saved me thousands of Dollars in repairs.
I remember working on those early cars and to get the OBD codes I would short two pins in the diagnostic connector, then turn on the ignition and watch the MIL which would flash in a slow/fast combination, decoding that by counting the flashes would give you the diagnostic codes.
When I bought my first truck it had a bad heater core. It had been bypassed with a peice of heater hose. I went through one winter like that and discovered that dismantling the entire dash is completely worth the effort to have heat.
I actually used one of these scan tools. Very helpful. And yes, it can show you real time what each system is doing and how each system is operating.
Wow, it's so cool to see this side of you guys! I knew you had car/bike mechanic skills, but I had only thought of you two as the Asia guys until now
We can all have those skills but we become lazy and just got used to paying other people to do repairs most of us can do ourselves. With the likes of Google and TH-cam you can pretty much self teach yourself anything especially on older cars that don’t require a laptop and software just to diagnose a fault.
didnt mean to say "just the asia guys." i always thought you were cool and dynamic. just didnt know how much you knew about all this as well
@@matty6848 yes I want to learn about this stuff in several years
I just watched a TH-cam video about David Lee's $35 million car collection. And now I'm watching this. The different realities that are out there is insane.
As much as you may dis-like the Crown Victoria, our metro police still has a sizable fleet of them that they don't want to give up. Compared to modern vehicles they're relatively easy to repair, parts are cheap and abundant. The Explorers that replace them are affectingly called "Exploders".
I remember back in the 80s and 90s growing up my dad used to do most repairs to his Ford cars. Servicing, oil changes, brake pads and discs, bleeding the brakes, spark plugs, air filters most things I would help my dad do it himself and this was way way pre Google and internet days. It was just trial and error…
The anti-freeze leaking into the passenger well reminds me of the 1970's Ford F-250 that my dad had when I was growing up. Other thing was having the fuel tank behind the seat. How did people think that was safe?
Chrysler Conquest tsi is probably the best Chrysler made in the 80s 87 -89 probably the best
It was the best car chrysler didn't build.
largely because its actually a mistubishi built in japan
Blue driver OBD2 bluetooth reader $99.95 amazon. You should get a sponsored link I love this little gadget it's saved me so much money
Experience is gold...I know the Panthers, and immediately knew it was a coil. You can even see if they have a crack in the sealant on top. The Ford ones are still the best, though...you can fix them. Bring them indoors, as dry as possible (for me thats the basement, 20 percent humitidy..yes, basement. Between the heat on, and a dehumidifier, its dry down there. Its where I keep my parts storage lol).
I have a Snap-On Zeus. Got it new for very very cheap, but Im an idiot, and struggle to use it. Wanted the bidirectional stuff for diag stuff, like window switches, and other annoying tedius things. I cant figure out how to make it work. I tried to get the keyless entry on a Grand Marquis and nope. Dealer doesnt even have them computers for that. Forscan may work, but I guess they want subscriptions now. Im burnt out and refuse to do anything thats a subscription or service.
So, likely I will swap out the modul with one that has a known code. Yup, that stubbron. ON my TA...I have no oil pressure gauge, no temp gauge. No clue why yet. Ill check the direct way I guess. Pull a valveu cover and see how far is sprays through the pushrod lol. Then figure out if its a printed circuit or if the engine swap has some harness compatibilkity issues. Im sure I can rig something to work.
But, yeah...I have a Zeus that even though I got it for a quarter of its normal price, I hardly use the damn thing. Only things I manage to figure out are things my 25 dollars Sears code cleared can do. I read the manuals, the forums, and its not clicking with me. May try an Autel since theyre a tenth of the price, and might even come with the OBD1 adapters too.
That thing must of cost a fortune in the 80s, not only because its snap on but its actually amazing and still relevant.
I got one of those bricks and it made diagnosing old efi vehicles sooo much easier. Mine also has obd2 connectors & personality keys.
I had an 86 Firebird SE. The hatch closed perfectly. It had the 2.8 V6 with Multiport Fuel Injection. Reliable, great gas mileage. About 300K it started knocking and I stupidly sold it. I will never forgive myself.
I don't know how much those things cost today but Snap on scanners with all the modules could cost north of $10k 20 years ago.
Cost me around 200 bucks
I got a 74' Cadillac DeVille with an electric trunk lid closer like that. A nice piece of consumer magic.
Looking forward to the hatch pull down video. Something on my list of things to do...
Those older Snap On scanners were very helpful in testing parts without having to dig into the service manual for the cars of that era.
You know by now, it is the valve cover gasket leaking oil to plug and coil, do both sides. Scanners are worth it, good to have ,must have!!
Very cool, I once helped my dad rebuild a Rochester fuel injection system of a 1957 bel air that worked entirely off vacuum lines, this looks like luxury compared! Keep up the good work though there’s a lot of value in not wussing out of ‘complicated’ jobs and paying someone to laugh at you
I rebuilt my hatch motor, changed guide, switches etc. It took only an hour. The hatch system is pretty straight forward if you have basic mechanic knowledge
not if the previous owner had bolted it in place and deleted all the wiring
Intake manifold is toast. Looks like the original all plastic one.
Cool tool!
Good video. That Snap on tool looks good. I ended up buying the Actron 9690, as it does all the OBDI stuff, but it doesn't have all the "Troubleshooter" stuff on it.
I replaced the heater core on my 91 Firebird Formula last year. It's not too bad of a job and you can get it out without taking the entire dash out, but invest in some long extensions to get all the small screws out that hold that plastic shroud on. Take the passenger seat out too---it'll give you so much more room. Other thing--- the "new" heater cores for these cars are all cheap aluminum pieces of junk and don't fit properly. See my review of the OER3048945 on Summit Racing's website for pictures of what you are going to deal with when buying new. If you can take the original out and take it to a radiator shop (a dying breed) and have them repair it, it's well worth the time and money, as the originals are made of brass. Or, bypass the heater core until you can get time to fix.
Good luck, and keep up the good work!
I've been watching your channels for a few years now. Just when I lost interest in China and I bought myself a Corvette C3, you started with this channel. :D
25 bucks for an ALDL cable and another ten ish for the software, and you can talk to early gm and Honda ECU.
Also, a paperclip across the correct pins in the ALDL connector will give you codes for antilock, airbag, and ecu.
The hatch pulldown motor can also be replaced with a standard latch assembly from an early 3rd gen.
OBDII was required on all cars sold in the 1996 model year. Before that it was kind of a mess. Also, pretty much all American cars, at least, had electronic ignition systems from the early 70s. Big step up from points and condenser's
My 1997 cadillac deville had the same trunk feature. Kinda nice.
I still think you'd be happy with a MOATS ALDL OBDI cable a RedDevilRiver cable & CD plus your ECM bin & mask files (on the forums) so that you can interface directly with the ECU on a modern computer with the same type of software used to talk to and program many DIY EFI ECUs... Tuner Studio. It would let you do most of what that old SnapOn kit would and more. Although the snap-on kit might guide you through specific tests.
That looks really cool . Shame that I didn't check this channel earlier
Those MT2500's were the thing to have back in the day- You could have used that on your vette as well. I have the oem Tech1 scanner that was the dealer tool 20-25 years ago- pretty much you have to have one of these dedicated interfaces if you want to own an obd1 car.
Back then that snap on tool was most likely state of the art.
Sparkplugs in a Crown Vic are NOT HARD at all to replace and they do not break in half when you try to remove them. You’re thinking of the Ford 5.4l 3V with the 2 peice spark plug design. The 4.6l in the Crown Vic doesn’t use a two piece design. Easy job to do, just don’t over tighten the plugs and install them while the engine is cold. I’ve been working on Crown Vics for over 10 years now lol
Guess I mixed the two engines up, still glad we didn't need to change the plug
Hi I used own a few different trans am and used paper clips to bypass sensors and interior lights I still own a 1988 trans am but this one is restored no longer need paper clips
Just a heads up, many Crown Vic interceptors were optioned to use a fleet key so that any police officer could open any police car with the key they had been issued, as many of them then became taxis these keys are quite common, you can even get them on Amazon (search 1284x) I would compare your key to an image of one of these just to be sure. The immobiliser may also be disabled to accommodate the fleet key option
It even has the links to amazon so you can buy any faulty part...wow. My Dad would have loved this.
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I don’t know about the US, but the best Chrysler sports car in Australia were something like the sigma scorpion or gsr. Technically they were Mitsubishi’s but made at a time when the companies were working together and made at a Chrysler factory that became a Mitsubishi factory.
lol you got one, i watched the first 22 seconds of the video and said to myself, "it's about time". those used early snapon scanners are so cheap that it's stupid for any OBD1 owner not to have one although there is a simpler one that is actually better because it has a large conventional style screen that allows you to see more data at a time on one screen but i forgot the brand name, besides the cartridges the other downfall of the snapon is the little screen and they have all those stupid keys, but they give the info you need .....
There were many good Chrysler cars in the 1980s. They were all made in the Mitsubishi factory in Japan, but never the less, they carried the Chrysler badge. I loved my 1978 Chrysler Scorpion. Oh! you meant cars made in a Chrysler factory. Yeah, not so much.
The diagnostics not only saved you time finding the problem they saved you from replacing parts just in case one of them was the source of the problem. I’m all for preventive maintenance but replacing random parts can get expensive.
Chrysler in the 80s/90s had the turbo models of the FWD stuff(there's a whole cult following) such as the Omni GLH, Daytona turbo, and the Mitsubishi clones- Conquest, Laser, Talon etc.
Look them up... I still want a Conquest(Chrysler's clone of a Mitsubishi Starion), a very cool looking 80s car,
Good idea. I was looking into those old scanners, but there are also good new ones obd 2 and old GM and Ford scan tools, which are more convenient to use. Worth to look at for the best solution to the individual situation.
Your coil could be good, it could be the oil acting as a trace causing a weak spark.
On the red brick scanner, the primary cartridge should be placed in the left side only, also make sure the scanner is powered down before you install or remove cartridges or else main scanner board burns. That scanner has a live engine data stream, you only showed us the troubleshooting cartridge features. Also on the cartridges look at the electronics for any black burn marks. I downloaded the red scanner user manual, if you want it, let me know. Also those four led on the scanner mean something, one is for closed loop, one is for knock detection, rest I forgot, also that scanner has oxygen sensor diagnostic capabilities.
With the right cartridge and key you can read generic and specific non-can obd2 data 96-08 model years with your red scanner.
Winsten saying obd as odb is on another level.
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Panic Mechanic... Do you remember that movie Winston? C-Milk's honest review would be priceless. 😋
Trunk pulldown?? Awesome! It's an easy job on a Town Car, just plug and play.
That's our new "ANT" overlords!
The puddle of sadness, I had to replace the heater for in my 86 camaro, not fun
12:28 that Bluetooth voice is exactly the same voice as my Bluetooth speaker. 🤣🤣
You got a cheap Chinese speaker didn’t you lol
The eagle at the beginning had me. Sold and subscribed
The early 90 s dodge spirit r/t shadow csx Daytona s actually all them ol chrycos with the turbo 2 or 3 setups
With them there was the ol key on -off x3 trick for diagnosis
2003 dodge cummins has this same trick
What's the deal with the upload schedule this week? Matt uploads tomorrow, and everything is normal, just in time for a beer, with a SerpentZA upload at 1pm EST Friday?
Edit: Oh, and I almost burned down the GTI yesterday with starting fluid. Everything is not on fire now, but it still isn't starting.
I'm just here for the *AutoReilly* jingle
The OG jeep xj Cherokee with the 4.0 straight six is a pretty decent Chrysler from the late 80's early 90's (which is to say, it was good back when it was still basically an AMC/Renault design before Chrysler bastardized it)
Awesome video. Would you be able to leave a link to the tool you were using on the firebird?
Good Chrysler's from the mid 80's to early 90's ? Winston you're too funny. Good Chrysler is an oxymoron, as I'm sure you know ;) The best use I've seen for Chrysler's of that vintage is is to repurpose their engines as coffee tables.
place a paperclip and short the 2 rightmost pins in the obd jack, place key in acc on position. the computer will blink code the errors detected.
first code 3 blinks of start code
various 3 code sets of errors
end code set 3 times Same as start code.
I'm betting a mechanic paid for that SnapOn scan tool with his first born. Just the electronics packaging in it screams 80's !
Just bypass the heater core.
I did one on a Firebird, had to remove the fender.
February 1972 Centerfold model: PJ Lansing
excellent video boys
I hate replacing a heater core. Your lucky, you have a helper, I do it solo and it sucks.
No, I had to do it solo, C-milk is many things but mechanically inclined is not one of them
C-Milk knows about as much about car repair as.... me! :-)
Thats really cool Winston.
Hi from the state of Pennsylvania I love the that would have been nice to have all I bet you that tools expensive I had from 82 to 85 Z28 and then 79 Firebird and 80 Trans Am also had opportunities to drive 80 Corvette to 82 at that time
As OBD1 and it's easy as s*** just a the bottom-left wire to the top-right wire plug in
YUP the dodge Daytona IROC R/T and the DODGE STEALTH R/T were pretty powerful cars , the Daytona had a DOHC LOTUS HEADED TURBO III engine that had around 220+ hp. ....for comparison your formula produced LESS HP THAN THAT EVEN IN 350 CID TPI FORM! so the little four blasted to 14.1 in the quarter while most other sports cars were doing mid 14s...the dodge stealth was even faster in the high 13s..but my favorite of all the 90s cars was the dodge stealth R/T and the TRANSAM GTA 5.7L
I’ve got a white 89 formula so it’s like watching me drive around lol
I love my bluedriver
Mechanical diesel is king.
Only thing you ever need to diagnose is if it has fuel, power with the key, compression.
Winston cyl 7 coil you could’ve moved to cyl 1 and 1 to 7, then if miss fire moves from cyl 7 to cyl 1 you’d know it was the coil cause you moved the fault.....
If not it’s another issue....
A wee tip rather then shooting the parts canon