i have a 88 with 88,000 miles on it but i cant seem to get it started in the mornings, i aready change the cam sensor, plugs, wires but i dont want to have to change the module unless i reallyknow its that. if uhave any info or tip of finding out what it is, let me know please thanks.
@beerysol The module is probably the first thing you should have replaced. It's easily the least reliable part.
Many auto parts stores have equipment to test the module, so take the old module (top and bottom halves) to such a store and ask to have it tested. Then you will know for sure.
@420SLICKS I don't know where that wire would go, or even if it has anything to do with the air conditioning. I haven't had the A/C compressors out of our cars, but they seem to have only the two electrical wires that go to the electrical clutch assembly. I think the wire you found goes somewhere else.
It was given to us a few years ago by someone in the family who didn't want it any more. You may want to watch all the videos about it to hear the whole story.
NOOO!!! 3800s never break down. Don't worry, once you fix it it will give you another 50,000 miles before anything else goes wrong ;) And of course it will be nothing major
It also prevents debris from entering the engine compartment. But I personally am very focussed on the aesthetics of cars. I invite you to check out my Grand Marquis and my former GTS on my channel, they're both old cars but I'm always busy maintaining their looks inside and outside. I find it sad to see all the rust and the broken grille on your Buick, it could be such a handsome car.
I'm pretty sure I've seen your Grand Marquis, and it is a good looking car. I've got nothing against keeping a car as nice as it can be kept, but this is an exception. This car was pretty well busted up and broken before we got it. Our main goal has been to get and keep it running nicely. I don't think it's worth dropping a ton of money into it to repaint it, put a new grille in and fix all the rust.
When we get a car that's in good shape, we try hard to keep it that way.
Oh, I didn't know that. Guess your right in not putting lots of money in a car with that high of a mileage, but I thought it was new when you (or your father) bought it.
By the way I must say I appreciate the way you work with cars though. Indeed you always try to get/keep them running and it is interesting to get to know the way you repair your stuff. Instead of someone like "Dave" who doesn't have your kind of intelligence and got no further than destroying things.
Yeah, this car was a freebie. And I'm pretty sure the previous owner thought he had us taken. (Sometimes even "free" is too expensive.) But we nursed it back to health and have been driving it ever since.
We'll take care of its mechanical needs and drive it for as long as it will go. As others have stated, I think the body will quit before the powertrain ever does.
If you're thinking of the "Dave" I'm thinking of, I'm hoping he does not destroy any of his newly-acquired V8 cars. I want one!
was it loose, like wobbling? or loose where you can turn it a bit in either direction? IF its the latter, that is really common on the 3.8, the runner on the balancer rips. And the AC seized up on my 3.8, I got a belt for the model without AC, took care of that!
It was wobbly. I don't think it was possible to turn it by hand in either direction, only in or out with regard to the center of the pulley. It seems hard to believe, but this car had working (and downright COLD) A/C when we got it. But now it's got a serious leak somewhere. The compressor itself seems to be OK.
The compressor on our neighbor's '94 Pontiac Bonneville quit working and he bypassed it. I don't know if it locked up or not.
The belt was no more than a few months old, so that's why we hadn't checked it. When everything's right they last longer, and nobody thought to look at the crank pulley. :-)
Warming up a car prior to an oil change helps to get all the particulates in suspension so you're getting them out. It also thins the oil, making it easier to remove. At the very least, it can't hurt anything (unless you drop hot oil on yourself and then you have to say things like %$#@! or *&!#).
@uxwbill with the oil its better to change oil cold because its had time for all the oil and crap to get to the sump . its always good st put a bit of new oil in when drained to flush the crap at the bottom out the plug.
Ah well, I think I'd differ with you on that. But everyone's got a different idea and if it works for you, that's what matters. I'm going to keep changing mine with it warmed up...it's always worked well for me and it's what everyone I know does.
The crank position sensor behind the crank pulley probably got damaged or the wire knocked off. Probably nothing major, but I'd be curious why the crank pulley was loose...
What can I say? The Keykeeper was a in bad mood, it was retchedly hot out and we'd both been mowing on tractors immediately prior to this. So I guess you could say I didn't want to be outside any more than I had to be after all that. And then the rain came...
It was broken from the very start. When bizzarefurhead went to fix the crinkle in the hood, he broke the headlight assembly. We replaced it and that was the final insult for the grille I guess...that broken piece just fell out.
Ouch! But its a 3800, small bump in the road...a very load road at 285k! Looks like the grill has a new hole in it and some more rust spots lol. But it is a daily driver!
I have the opportunity to get a 1987 Bucik Electra for about $100 with 107k. Arizona car all its life so no rust, and im assuming little old lady car. Bad timing though since I dont have the cash. None the less when I do get the cash, I plan on getting me one of these older Buicks!
I'd ask the sellers of that car if they'd hang onto it for you. $100 sounds like a real steal to me! If it's really a little old lady car, I'd even bet that all the stuff on it works.
I found a 1987 LeSabre around these parts in very good condition. A vacuum and a wash would have it looking close to new. I know it's in loose hands as it has been sitting. Trouble is, I haven't yet found the owners.
i have a 88 with 88,000 miles on it but i cant seem to get it started in the mornings, i aready change the cam sensor, plugs, wires but i dont want to have to change the module unless i reallyknow its that. if uhave any info or tip of finding out what it is, let me know please thanks.
beerysol 1 month ago
@beerysol The module is probably the first thing you should have replaced. It's easily the least reliable part.
Many auto parts stores have equipment to test the module, so take the old module (top and bottom halves) to such a store and ask to have it tested. Then you will know for sure.
uxwbill 1 month ago
@420SLICKS I don't know where that wire would go, or even if it has anything to do with the air conditioning. I haven't had the A/C compressors out of our cars, but they seem to have only the two electrical wires that go to the electrical clutch assembly. I think the wire you found goes somewhere else.
uxwbill 11 months ago
its june, how is the old forgotton buick be cod in june
mikeluscher159 1 year ago
@mikeluscher159 Dunno. It's just that good? I guess you could say it is a tradition to call it that.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill this is true
mikeluscher159 1 year ago
Drive it intell something major goes like the engine or tranny. Its worth fixing at this point.
burntvalve86 1 year ago
man these gm cars are good if u take care of it. even though it looks like not the best car around no offense. i like it lol. i hope u got it fixed
hpkingf 1 year ago
It was given to us a few years ago by someone in the family who didn't want it any more. You may want to watch all the videos about it to hear the whole story.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@hpkingf okay i will watch them
hpkingf 1 year ago
Its a good old car, hope you guys can get it back on the road!! :)
The88camaro 1 year ago
NOOO!!! 3800s never break down. Don't worry, once you fix it it will give you another 50,000 miles before anything else goes wrong ;) And of course it will be nothing major
MichaelN75 1 year ago
The 3800 delivers the kind of reliability that Toyota can only dream of. ;-)
Yes, that's a somewhat smarty-pants comment.
uxwbill 1 year ago 4
Shoudln't you fix the grille?
McVaio 1 year ago
An unbroken grille is not cheap. As its function is almost purely decorative, I don't think it matters too much.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill
It also prevents debris from entering the engine compartment. But I personally am very focussed on the aesthetics of cars. I invite you to check out my Grand Marquis and my former GTS on my channel, they're both old cars but I'm always busy maintaining their looks inside and outside. I find it sad to see all the rust and the broken grille on your Buick, it could be such a handsome car.
McVaio 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure I've seen your Grand Marquis, and it is a good looking car. I've got nothing against keeping a car as nice as it can be kept, but this is an exception. This car was pretty well busted up and broken before we got it. Our main goal has been to get and keep it running nicely. I don't think it's worth dropping a ton of money into it to repaint it, put a new grille in and fix all the rust.
When we get a car that's in good shape, we try hard to keep it that way.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill
Oh, I didn't know that. Guess your right in not putting lots of money in a car with that high of a mileage, but I thought it was new when you (or your father) bought it.
By the way I must say I appreciate the way you work with cars though. Indeed you always try to get/keep them running and it is interesting to get to know the way you repair your stuff. Instead of someone like "Dave" who doesn't have your kind of intelligence and got no further than destroying things.
McVaio 1 year ago
Yeah, this car was a freebie. And I'm pretty sure the previous owner thought he had us taken. (Sometimes even "free" is too expensive.) But we nursed it back to health and have been driving it ever since.
We'll take care of its mechanical needs and drive it for as long as it will go. As others have stated, I think the body will quit before the powertrain ever does.
If you're thinking of the "Dave" I'm thinking of, I'm hoping he does not destroy any of his newly-acquired V8 cars. I want one!
uxwbill 1 year ago
was it loose, like wobbling? or loose where you can turn it a bit in either direction? IF its the latter, that is really common on the 3.8, the runner on the balancer rips. And the AC seized up on my 3.8, I got a belt for the model without AC, took care of that!
moldymac 1 year ago
It was wobbly. I don't think it was possible to turn it by hand in either direction, only in or out with regard to the center of the pulley. It seems hard to believe, but this car had working (and downright COLD) A/C when we got it. But now it's got a serious leak somewhere. The compressor itself seems to be OK.
The compressor on our neighbor's '94 Pontiac Bonneville quit working and he bypassed it. I don't know if it locked up or not.
uxwbill 1 year ago
poor poor old car
richthecardude94 1 year ago
lol. you should check them belts. why worm it up for a oil change., its pointless.
V8Jagnut 1 year ago
The belt was no more than a few months old, so that's why we hadn't checked it. When everything's right they last longer, and nobody thought to look at the crank pulley. :-)
Warming up a car prior to an oil change helps to get all the particulates in suspension so you're getting them out. It also thins the oil, making it easier to remove. At the very least, it can't hurt anything (unless you drop hot oil on yourself and then you have to say things like %$#@! or *&!#).
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill with the oil its better to change oil cold because its had time for all the oil and crap to get to the sump . its always good st put a bit of new oil in when drained to flush the crap at the bottom out the plug.
V8Jagnut 1 year ago
Ah well, I think I'd differ with you on that. But everyone's got a different idea and if it works for you, that's what matters. I'm going to keep changing mine with it warmed up...it's always worked well for me and it's what everyone I know does.
uxwbill 1 year ago
The crank position sensor behind the crank pulley probably got damaged or the wire knocked off. Probably nothing major, but I'd be curious why the crank pulley was loose...
WhoSaidTyler 1 year ago
I am very curious as to why it was loose.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill It could have been loosened before, Timing belt change? - and not torqued to spec.(renewed or glued if necessary)
saebbi 1 year ago
only 0:59 ?
djkain2007 1 year ago
What can I say? The Keykeeper was a in bad mood, it was retchedly hot out and we'd both been mowing on tractors immediately prior to this. So I guess you could say I didn't want to be outside any more than I had to be after all that. And then the rain came...
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill oh.... i see. i hate mowing in this heat X-(
djkain2007 1 year ago
Could be the timing chain. My buick had that problem
jumbomarkercreations 1 year ago
The Keykeeper didn't look to happy! Espically when he walked away he just looked mad! Good luck on it!
JDMowerGuy1998 1 year ago
He wasn't! I think he'd just mashed his finger on something.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill
ouch
JDMowerGuy1998 1 year ago
what happened to the grill? lol
randomrazr 1 year ago
It was broken from the very start. When bizzarefurhead went to fix the crinkle in the hood, he broke the headlight assembly. We replaced it and that was the final insult for the grille I guess...that broken piece just fell out.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill
haha yeah, the grille isnt the most strongest piece on the car lol, considering its all plastic.
looking forward to future videos of the buick!
i remember when i first saw ur fisrst videos of ti...good times lol
randomrazr 1 year ago
Ouch! But its a 3800, small bump in the road...a very load road at 285k! Looks like the grill has a new hole in it and some more rust spots lol. But it is a daily driver!
I have the opportunity to get a 1987 Bucik Electra for about $100 with 107k. Arizona car all its life so no rust, and im assuming little old lady car. Bad timing though since I dont have the cash. None the less when I do get the cash, I plan on getting me one of these older Buicks!
clubcar98 1 year ago
I'd ask the sellers of that car if they'd hang onto it for you. $100 sounds like a real steal to me! If it's really a little old lady car, I'd even bet that all the stuff on it works.
I found a 1987 LeSabre around these parts in very good condition. A vacuum and a wash would have it looking close to new. I know it's in loose hands as it has been sitting. Trouble is, I haven't yet found the owners.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill That sounds pretty cool! Be cool if you can get it.
Unfortunately, the Buick has now sold...but that wont stop me from finish fixing my car and sell it to find a better Buick!
clubcar98 1 year ago
what about the old farm-all tractor?
nemoviesnews 1 year ago
I just got the starter back earlier this week. Bear with me, it's coming.
uxwbill 1 year ago 2
Poor old Buick i hope that it won't be dead for ever does it even turn over anymore so if it does not make what are you going to do.
Corvette1658 1 year ago
You should expand the descriptions on my videos. :-) It does turn over no problem.
uxwbill 1 year ago
did the crank sensor get chewed up? I believe its' behind or near the balancer somewhere's in there.
iamdave0887 1 year ago
We're not sure yet. A storm blew up and we had to put all our things away for now.
uxwbill 1 year ago
no way! i love this car
patrick560sl 1 year ago
Fear not, we haven't given up. It still turns over just fine, and as long as it does that, there has to be hope.
uxwbill 1 year ago
@uxwbill Well lets hope for the best than the Buick will be fix and comes back to life.
Corvette1658 1 year ago