It’s “Torx bit”.This is all starting to feel somewhat familiar.
Now that half of my interior is sprawled on my garage floor, I can now replace the drivers side seatbelt, or at least I could if I had the right wrench.
stopped at autozone after work to pick up a torque wrench so I wouldn’t strip the screws responsible for keeping my fat behind in the seat in the event of an accident. The torque rating I’m seeing is somewhere around 28-30 ftlbs.
Unfortunately, the torque wrench I got was too big for the bit and I don’t have an adapter for it. Live and learn, I guess.
On the plus side, I got the quarter trim panel off and found a pretty little Rockford Fosgate speaker behind the grille, so that’s nice.
It’s “Torx bit”.
a “ Torque wrench“ is a completely different tool...one is an attachment, the other is the fixture that you attach it to.
Damn......I’m sure the lisle package that the socket cam in said that.....Something like T 25.......
It’s “Torx bit”.
a “ Torque wrench“ is a completely different tool...one is an attachment, the other is the fixture that you attach it to.
Damn......I’m sure the lisle package that the socket cam in said that.....Something like T 25.......
You may as well just order that roller tool cabinet you've always wanted, now.
The shop money you save goes to toys
The difference here is,...........That it‘s correct now.You wrote 'socket cam in'
Either get a battery charger, or take your battery with you to 'zone and have them charge it.Might even give it a jump and let it run to charge the battery.
Either get a battery charger, or take your battery with you to 'zone and have them charge it.
Alternators aren't designed to charge a battery up from dead, they're designed to replenish what was lost during cranking and provide power to the car while the engine is running. Using the alternator to charge up a dead battery is incredibly hard on it and leads to alternator failure in the long term (and sometimes in the short term).
Tilt wheel lever. I think you push it away from you (or maybe pull it towards you, can't remember) and the wheel will move up and down in an arc.
The lever is pulled toward you and held, then tilt the wheel to your desired location, then release the lever. If your lever does not move, or the wheel does not move when you pull the lever, something is wrong with the tilt mechanism.
You'll have to pull the wheel to check it.
Ps- congrats on this car. I know what you went though last time. Take your time and don't force stuff. I cringed when I read about the holes in the headliner. You paid a lot of money for that car. Patience my friend. You'll get it. Good luck.
But isn’t the tilt wheel lever usually on the left side of the column?
I completely forgot. I owned an ‘86. You’d think I’d know.The right side is the correct location for an 85-86.
If you take the trim collar off you may be able to see the issue but yeah, to really deal with it you will be pulling the wheel.
I have several tilt columns if you need parts.
Thank you for the well-wishes, this is something I’ve been working towards for a long time.
That quarter piece is a big chunk of plastic, so I didn’t even notice until I looked up. There were some words uttered that I wouldn’t repeat in front of my family.
As much as it pains me to say, there may be something wrong with the tilt mechanism, because it doesn’t move when I pull that lever and the column feels kind of loose. I also can’t get the cover to fit on it quite right.
One other thing I noticed when I was trying to put the interior quarter panels back, it looks like the holes along the c pillar never really lined up, and so somebody just drilled some new ones into the metal behind it and left some of the screws out entirely.
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