Sorry about the double post, that old thread is quite old, and I dont think this would of gotten read in it :) And thanks for all the answers, you all are helping me a lot :)
The other day, my muffler rusted off. haha :) My father is somewhat good with cars, he fixes his, but doesnt know his way around a Volvo. He's all for american built cars, and I'm the other way around. :)
Upon looking at the whole exhaust system, there are three main components? Well, the pipe rusted off right before the last component. So, I picked up two clamps today and patched it back together by wrapping some copper around the break, and clamping down. This is just a temporary fix until I can get some money together and replace the whole kit and kaboodle. :( How much am I looking to spend if we do it ourself? Where would you reccomend getting the parts?
I havent gotten a chance to check the contacts on the headlights yet, I'll do this tomorrow.
Thanks to you all, I figured out the heat :) I've never seen a car with heating like this! But then also, I noticed, that my heated seats are not working, while the passenger side seats are indeed working. The first thing that I thought of, was to switch switches near the parking break, and see if that's the problem, as mine does not light up. How do you pop these buggers out? They arent coming out like the switches in the center console did...
I'm really interested in getting a tach for the car. What am I looking at to buy one salvage? Can I find compatible ones in auto parts stores? Does it require any custom wiring, or any hack jobs of that sort? I'm also assuming the lights for the dashboard diagnostics are using LED's, right? Depending on how hard it is to get access to them, I'd like to replace them with different color LED's, if they dont use bulbs, and the plastic isnt dye'd to the color. I have all these LED's lying around, with no use :)
How audible is a "knock" or ping in the engine from the wrong gas? I've been putting medium grade in since I got it, and recently am trying the low grade, 87 since your posts here. I'm not sure if my car idled somewhat erraticaly before the low octane gas, or if its a result of it. The car still idles, but it's not a very pure idle. I'm not sure if its fuel related :)
And pardon posting under the name "k," I didnt ever plan on actually posting to usenet :)