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Hi everyone, glad to be back! Winter looks like it is finally done.
I've got high hopes this year will be a year of no major problems.
I desperately needed new tires on the back. When I first picked up my car it came with some fat rear tires(245/50/r16) I didn't like the look, and they were getting to be pretty old. I've got four new Goodyear Eagle sports on now, and I like the feel of the car a lot better.
Over the winter also had all the front lights reconditioned and clear coated. I can see great now!
I've got a fairly good sized crack/hole in the Y section past the CAT but have located a replacement piece I think and should be fixed soon. Should sound WAY better, it's been getting pretty loud!
In the absence of anything else needing immediate attention(knock on wood) I would like to take a swipe at a couple small annoyances. The whining sound from the wipers, and a newcomer, no back lighting on the instrument panel
First of all, I'll start with that back lighting. Fuses all look fine, everything else on the car seems to be working fine. As far as I know, all of the lights seem to be working as well on the dash, I am just not backlit. Is this as "simple" as taking everything apart to get the instrument cluster out and replacing a blown out bulb? I don't know if this is related in anyway, but when I got the car out of storage I had some bizarre stuff happening. First of all I was missing a headlight. Turns out I just lost that Second, while I was installing the passenger front blinker light into it's lens, the bulb went out. I had been just about to drive home after reinstalling my reconditioned headlight lenses, and forgot to put that bulb in. It seemed that I also now had no brake, reverse, DASH, blinker, running lights at all. I was down to one headlight, and one fog lamp. Needless to say I didn't get the car home that night. I showed up ready to check some fuses, and install one missing headlight.
After installing the headlight, decided to check things once again. Other than putting that headlight back in, I didn't touch a thing. All the lights were now working though. Never had a problem before, and hasn't happened since. Everything seems to be fine, just no dash lights now.
Anything simple I might check?
As for the whining wipers...
There is usually a constant whine that goes away when the windshield wipers are turned on. Sometimes I will start the car and find that the whine is not there, but if I use the wipers, the whine returns.
You can also make the whine go away by slightly lifting up on the wiper lever, doesn't even have to be enough to turn them on. I don't know if it's related, but sometimes when it s raining, and I turn the wipers off, they keep going, thought they do usually within a minute stop.
I don't know if the sound of the whine really matters, and it's hard to describe...
I put made a real quick video of the sound Listen here
When I try to listen for where the sound is coming from, it sounds like it is from within the dash to the left of the steering column. I thought at first it was coming from the speaker but listening closely, I really don't think so anymore. Also the sound is there whether the stereo is on or not.
Any advice to get me started would be really appreciated.
Thanks
I've got high hopes this year will be a year of no major problems.
I desperately needed new tires on the back. When I first picked up my car it came with some fat rear tires(245/50/r16) I didn't like the look, and they were getting to be pretty old. I've got four new Goodyear Eagle sports on now, and I like the feel of the car a lot better.
Over the winter also had all the front lights reconditioned and clear coated. I can see great now!
I've got a fairly good sized crack/hole in the Y section past the CAT but have located a replacement piece I think and should be fixed soon. Should sound WAY better, it's been getting pretty loud!
In the absence of anything else needing immediate attention(knock on wood) I would like to take a swipe at a couple small annoyances. The whining sound from the wipers, and a newcomer, no back lighting on the instrument panel
First of all, I'll start with that back lighting. Fuses all look fine, everything else on the car seems to be working fine. As far as I know, all of the lights seem to be working as well on the dash, I am just not backlit. Is this as "simple" as taking everything apart to get the instrument cluster out and replacing a blown out bulb? I don't know if this is related in anyway, but when I got the car out of storage I had some bizarre stuff happening. First of all I was missing a headlight. Turns out I just lost that Second, while I was installing the passenger front blinker light into it's lens, the bulb went out. I had been just about to drive home after reinstalling my reconditioned headlight lenses, and forgot to put that bulb in. It seemed that I also now had no brake, reverse, DASH, blinker, running lights at all. I was down to one headlight, and one fog lamp. Needless to say I didn't get the car home that night. I showed up ready to check some fuses, and install one missing headlight.
After installing the headlight, decided to check things once again. Other than putting that headlight back in, I didn't touch a thing. All the lights were now working though. Never had a problem before, and hasn't happened since. Everything seems to be fine, just no dash lights now.
Anything simple I might check?
As for the whining wipers...
There is usually a constant whine that goes away when the windshield wipers are turned on. Sometimes I will start the car and find that the whine is not there, but if I use the wipers, the whine returns.
You can also make the whine go away by slightly lifting up on the wiper lever, doesn't even have to be enough to turn them on. I don't know if it's related, but sometimes when it s raining, and I turn the wipers off, they keep going, thought they do usually within a minute stop.
I don't know if the sound of the whine really matters, and it's hard to describe...
I put made a real quick video of the sound Listen here
When I try to listen for where the sound is coming from, it sounds like it is from within the dash to the left of the steering column. I thought at first it was coming from the speaker but listening closely, I really don't think so anymore. Also the sound is there whether the stereo is on or not.
Any advice to get me started would be really appreciated.
Thanks