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Hey guys,

Wondering if anyone can help me diagnose a noise.

When I have the car in first gear and i let off the clutch and the
first gear starts to engage I get a clunk type noise. Almost like there's play in the drivetrain or something. Any ideas?

Greg A

ok, So I've installed the Bilstein shocks i've had lying around. The front were easy......but the back were a pain in the ass. I had to remove the rear seats...and also remove the rear insulation that sits behind the seat back. Then i had access to the nuts for the top of the shocks. I had to also g...

Billy,

Thanks for the clarification. I don't speak french, well just a small amount that i learned in school more than 10yrs now.

Greg

Billy,

Thanks for the reply,

did you mean removing the vertical part on the rear seat? I'm going to give it a try sometime this week. I'll let you know how it goes.

Greg A

does anyone know how to access the top mounting nut for the rear shocks?

Thanks
Guys

Hey guys, i'm looking for 3 items 1. the trim that goes around the sun roof lever. it's a cream colour 2. the interior panels that go above the rear seats under the rear window (where the rear quarter panel is). i need both sides in black 3. 1 sunvisor clip. The plastic piece the sunvisor pops into....

have you inspected your AAV. This item helps out w/ cold starts. There's a temperatre sensative spring in it that opens and closes depending on the temperature.


Greg A

ok guys, here's the update. i tried a new compression guage and still very low compression resulted. 2 days ago i had a 3 friends push start the car. After 2 runs the car fired up....it ran rough for a while, but now runs nice. I think the battery was not strong enough and not turning the engine ove...

Murray,
I'll try to get my hands on a better gauge. Thanks for the tip

It is a cheap compression gauge. I should try it out on another car. Aside from the compression gauge. What else could cause this effect?
Any Ideas?
Thanks
Greg

wow, I finaly got the timming belt covers off. What a battle. I had to remove one of the colant sensors the top colant hose and the A/C belt. There's defintely a oil leak somewhere around there. It's going to be tricky to figure out where it's comming from. It looks like it might be coming from the ...

Murray,
thanks for the image! I need to get a hold of a manual.
It looks like i've removed the 2 bolts plus the third one connecting both sides. So I take it I do not have to remove the A/C belt. I just have to wiggle it out.

thanks
Greg

thanks for all the tips Yesterday was very mild here in toronto and i decided to go to the garage and fire up the heater and see if i could get things rollling. I was able to check if the timming was correct. I set piston one to T.D.C. and the lines on the cams and the cam cover lined up. The rotor ...

Yes the spark plugs do smell like gas. When i did the compression test i removed the wire coming from the coil on the dist. cap. I did not remove all the spark plugs i just removed the one while i tested that cyclinder. I'll redo the test according to your dirrections Jose. That sounds like a much s...

I only checked 3 cylinders and they all had low compression.


Greg