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Several here..
Posted by Aaron Gilbert [Email] (more from Aaron Gilbert) on Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:38:50
In Reply to: Common causes of getting stranded in a 9000?, TS, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:33:08
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First was the alternator regulator/brush pack. Could have avoided being stranded if the alternator light had come on, or had I been paying attention to the voltage in the first place.. :)
Second was the automatic transmission failure. I don't really count this though, as a month before, it made a really bad noise like something snapped inside, and I knew it had to be taken out and replaced, so I drove it another month, at which point, it disconnected itself from the engine completely. :) During that month, it just shifted at all the wrong spots and was kinda rough.
Third would be the ignition system. First it was the ignition amplifier module, which caused me to have no spark whatsoever. Everything seemed fine for a year, then the problem returned with more vengeance. Car would die, would not restart (tach needle would not bounce), but a few hours later it would start up as if nothing had happened. How long it ran though, was anyone's guess, until waiting another few hours.. Replaced the ignition amplifier again, with no improvement. Threw the old ignition amp back in (this would be the one I had put in a year prior), and had a good used distributor put in. It has run fine for the past 15 months, knock on wood!
Finally, I too was victim to a slave cylinder failure. It too was somewhat intermittent though, depending on it's mood, the clutch did or didn't work..
Think that is it... note that the ignition problem left me stranded no less than four times! Intermittent problems are by far the WORST.
Aaron Gilbert
1987 9000T 251k miles
Posts in this Thread:
- Common causes of getting stranded in a 9000?, TS, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:33:08
- Clutch Master Cylinder @ 100K, CJTurbo, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:49:18
- Re: Common causes of getting stranded in a 9000?, Fred Hannaham, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 17:12:45
- 86 9000 T, AE, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:46:30
- Almost unheard of, but does this count?, BillJ, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:13:14
- Several here.., Aaron Gilbert, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:38:50 <-- Viewing This Message
- Uncommon, but stranded, EricG, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:45:54
- Ignition switch, 5speed tranny failure, Kevin Lynch, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:27:19
- Re: Common causes of getting stranded in a 9000?, JimW, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:11:05
- Re: Common causes of getting stranded in a 9000?, Chris, Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:54:08
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