workinforwood
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My daughters car is a 99 Saturn SC2. She's been having a few problems and is having some panick attacks about it because she is a student without lots of money to do repairs. So, I had most of the day free today and traded vehicles with her to attempt some repairs. I replaced the wiper motor and now the wipers turn off when you want them too..omg, what a rediculous job that is! Stupid motor is between the windshield and the dash and I in a hole that is smaller than the motor, so now my hand looks like I just escaped some hand cuffs that were put on nice and tight..shades of "The Hitcher"!
Fixed her headlight..she hit a deer, so I repaired it with epoxy and some screws, looks and works good as new. Door wouldn't unlock, took it apart, lubed it up and it works now.
Stereo...now this is the biggest bugger I ever faced! I used to install car stereo's when I was a teenager, so I kinda know what I"m doing..pretty much the only thing I know about a car. The car had no stereo when she bought it. She bought a pioneer and her bf installed it. I see it is a 50x4...can't remember is that 50 watts total or 200watts total..and I mention this detail because maybe it is important, or maybe not. The problem..and this is the problem she's always had since day one over a couple years now. You get in the car, you turn it on and the stereo works great. You can drive all day, no problem. Night time rolls around, so you need some headlights. You turn on the headlights, the stereo no longer works! The lights in the stereo still work, the display, the station, the time, all that works, just no sound. I had a thought..like back in the day we'd install some big kickers and thumpers and so we would need a better power source than the radio fuse can offer. Perhaps at some point in time, someone added something else into the radio fuse supply and that isn't offering enough amps to run the sound. So, simple enough solution, I get some wire and I run the wire out the door and straight into the battery. That is guaranteed 100% power source. I fire up the radio, and it works perfect. I turn on the headlights..still works perfect, but no sound!
Fixed her headlight..she hit a deer, so I repaired it with epoxy and some screws, looks and works good as new. Door wouldn't unlock, took it apart, lubed it up and it works now.
Stereo...now this is the biggest bugger I ever faced! I used to install car stereo's when I was a teenager, so I kinda know what I"m doing..pretty much the only thing I know about a car. The car had no stereo when she bought it. She bought a pioneer and her bf installed it. I see it is a 50x4...can't remember is that 50 watts total or 200watts total..and I mention this detail because maybe it is important, or maybe not. The problem..and this is the problem she's always had since day one over a couple years now. You get in the car, you turn it on and the stereo works great. You can drive all day, no problem. Night time rolls around, so you need some headlights. You turn on the headlights, the stereo no longer works! The lights in the stereo still work, the display, the station, the time, all that works, just no sound. I had a thought..like back in the day we'd install some big kickers and thumpers and so we would need a better power source than the radio fuse can offer. Perhaps at some point in time, someone added something else into the radio fuse supply and that isn't offering enough amps to run the sound. So, simple enough solution, I get some wire and I run the wire out the door and straight into the battery. That is guaranteed 100% power source. I fire up the radio, and it works perfect. I turn on the headlights..still works perfect, but no sound!
