87 8v automatic update.

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

> OK. $100 buys a car but not one without a few problems. The fan is not
> coming
> on when the car warms up. Any ideas? Also with the headlights off the turn
> signals work although the drivers side flashes really fast. With the
> lights on,
> the passenger side signal doesn't work at all. What gives? I haven't even
> started to trouble shoot these problems. Just looking for some opinions in
> advance. Thanks
> Matt
> 1981 Mars Red
> 1987 8v Automatic
> Louisville, KY


Everyone sing along now (to the tune of Monty Python's SPAM song) Grounds,
grounds, grounds, groundity grounds grounds grounds...

Seriously, the lights on all these cars often have crusty grounds. Check
for that or a dead bulb, as others have suggested. Even the sealed beams
benefit from it, most likely because it involves adding better grounds. I
automatically relay the headlights anyways, I'm on harness number five I
think. As for the fan, you can temporarily wire a manual over ride with a
switch till you get the problem sorted out, I have the headache's wired
that way on a parallel circuit actually. We use it in stop and go and in
the staging lanes.

Cathy
1987 2L 16V Scirocco - the Silver Headache
1979 1.8L 10:1 8V - Klaus- sounds like 0.33 of a Chevelle
"The light at the end of the tunnel is probably an oncoming train"