For a while now Beaters inside door handle hasn’t been operational. You had to open the door from the outside. This was not such an issue since it’s not the drivers door. Since I learned how to replace the internal door handle on my Dually it was a breeze changing out Beaters internal handle.
It’s taken me a few day to troubleshoot that the door power lock problem was due to a bad door lock actuator. I had replaced the automatic lock relay first thinking that if all doors failed it must be a common component between all four door (crew cab). It turned out to be the actuator itself. I disconnected the push lock rods and tested the original actuator itself and the plunger barely pushed out and retracted. The voltage going to the actuator was +12V constant. I could tell the actuator was the original part since the two mounting rivets were still in tact.
Took the Dually over to the local car auto stereo shop to have an alarm installed. I went in knowing that the doors lock/unlock function would not be working.
One of the reason I’m able to flip for other cars of higher value than mine is that the cars I’m trying to get have some issue that current owner doesn’t want to deal with. It could be a costly fix or maybe the registration tags are coming up and a required smog cycle is due. This is where I come in, I fairly good at smog, electrical, climate controller issues. These are the achilles heel for a lot of folks and at some point they don’t want to deal with their troublesome car.
This is the reading I was getting when I did a OBD2 scan.
After replacing Bank 2, Sensor 1 02 sensor and doing a reset the monitors required reset after going through the GM specific drive cycles.
Didley squat!
This is what I would like if I decided not to shave and I was part Arabian or I could be serving slurpies down the street at the local 7 Eleven convenience store. Now that’s messed up!
Mom’s birthday today and Brotherhood General meeting .
One year ago to this day I drove my 1963 Thunderbird home. It was a cloudy and rainy day, I really didn’t know what to expect getting a car that was only a year younger than me. Throughout the year I had spent countless hours fixing and repairing issues that cropped up or already had. It was a learning experience for me but also added the confidence to work on anything.
It was fitting that I purchased a couple of NOS tail light setup for Josie this morning, sort of a birthday present!
I plan on keeping Josie until my golden years. Hopefully by that time i would have done most of the work and restoration I set out to do.
Well… took some time off going out for my lunch walks. It started out as it was too cold, too much rain, yada yada. I decided to go for a walk after I ate and did the normal path and speed as before. I’m feeling it now.
EDIT: even though it caused some d
I jacked up the BMW this afternoon trying to find the source of an oil leak. It seems to be coming from the driver side of the car but the leaks I’ve seen on the garage and driveway indicate a passenger side motor leak. It may be such that the path of flow down to the ground is being channeled towards that direction.
After further research there seems to be a common leakage on the left side valve covers that will eventually make its way down to the floor. I will see if I can get into it this weekend, start looking at BMW valve gasket kits.
