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Nothing as glamorous as some here, but today I finally got my driver's side electric window working almost like new on my Wagoneer!!!!! I also salvaged a new like (Junk yard pull 2 years ago) rubber-felt like vertical window guide out of the recently totaled 89 jeep and replaced the old one on my 87. That helped enormously!!!!!
The old one was supper hard brittle plastic like, the salvaged on one was like brand new rubber. Hard to believe rubber could turn that stiff and brittle....
Also discovered the spring loaded door catch on mine is not what is bad, it turns out the sheet metal holding that part is cracked and failing
I am going to cut a hole in the metal internal door so I can get in there to see and possible repair it with steel filled epoxy on both sides. It might be real hard to weld repair with such thin metal. Other option is a back up plate stiffener and longer bolts I ( if I use a thick plate), but I doubt I can swap the OEM bolts IF I can use a buch of epoxy on both sides, I can see that working, maybe.
Oil consumption has dropped 50-70% on the Saturn since I did the MMO into the spark plug holes overnight trick!!! Checked the oil today and topped it off again.
Unexpected issue there. Never seen it before.
I need to find a cost effective, easy to use parts list and source for replacing the entire 89 Renix heater and bottle hose assy next. Thinking of some custom stainless steel tubing, or copper, but maybe not. I have the tubing bender and 1/2 tubing, but the hose is 5/8 and 3/4 and my bender stops at 1/2".
I may have a hydraulic hose and tubing shop near me make it. But I thought I saw a hose package once for the 89s where you reused the old pipe Ts from the OEM hose?
The old one was supper hard brittle plastic like, the salvaged on one was like brand new rubber. Hard to believe rubber could turn that stiff and brittle....
Also discovered the spring loaded door catch on mine is not what is bad, it turns out the sheet metal holding that part is cracked and failing
I am going to cut a hole in the metal internal door so I can get in there to see and possible repair it with steel filled epoxy on both sides. It might be real hard to weld repair with such thin metal. Other option is a back up plate stiffener and longer bolts I ( if I use a thick plate), but I doubt I can swap the OEM bolts
IF I can use a buch of epoxy on both sides, I can see that working, maybe.Oil consumption has dropped 50-70% on the Saturn since I did the MMO into the spark plug holes overnight trick!!! Checked the oil today and topped it off again.
Unexpected issue there. Never seen it before.
I need to find a cost effective, easy to use parts list and source for replacing the entire 89 Renix heater and bottle hose assy next. Thinking of some custom stainless steel tubing, or copper, but maybe not. I have the tubing bender and 1/2 tubing, but the hose is 5/8 and 3/4 and my bender stops at 1/2".
I may have a hydraulic hose and tubing shop near me make it. But I thought I saw a hose package once for the 89s where you reused the old pipe Ts from the OEM hose?
