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How can I prevent the wind from coming in around the door window?
Will a CD radio work with my steering wheel
controls?
Why does my speedometer tend to bounce up and
down by a couple MPH?
How come air will only come out of my
defroster vents?
Why does my defroster come on and stay on
when I hit the brake pedal?
What is the purpose of the seat
belt recall?
How can I prevent the wind
from coming in around the door window?
Take off the door panel and on the inside of the door
there are white plastic taps that take a 10mm wrench. Move them ever so
slightly up and this will let the window come up a little higher. You will have
to play with it a bit to get it just right.
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Will a CD radio work
with my steering wheel controls?
Only if it's 1991 or after. The steering wheel
controls send a different signal than 1990 and before so that won't work.
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Why does my
speedometer tend to bounce up and down by a couple MPH?
The speedometer cable most likely needs to
lubricated. Most repair and speed shops can do this relatively cheaply. You
might also want to check where the cable goes into the
tranny. Over time, the
gears can slide apart and not mesh properly.
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How come air will
only come out of my defroster vents?
These "cables" are actually small plastic vacuum
lines from the A/C controls which actuate small vacuum "motors" underneath the
dashboard next to the firewall (they look like small silver tops with a small
color hose attached to them). If you pull out the A/C control panel, you will
see different colors corresponding to a control setting - blue for defrost,
orange for floor heat and so on. The "motor" moves the control gates for
directing the airflow via the dash and console vents and so on. The usual
problem is that the vacuum source line gets broken or pinched from the vacuum
box (on the firewall next to the washer assembly) to the controls. When the
vacuum source is interrupted, the controls freeze on the last setting of vent,
defrost, etc since there is no vacuum source to actuate the "motors". Follow
the main vacuum line (usually a stiff black plastic line) from the box to the
original vacuum source (A/C system or manifold) or from the box to where it
enters through the firewall to your control switch to see if either one is
broken or pinched. This is what you hope is the source of the problem.
Next, check your vacuum line to see how it connects
to the harness with the color coded lines (see the Chilton repair manual for
the difference between early and later f-body a/c system controls). If any line
is broken, it is usually another potential vacuum leak as it is all one piece.
This can happen when installing a new stereo system as everything can get
jammed up behind the console. These can be repaired by splicing in 3/8th inch
rubber hose. The problem you don't want is a broken connection at the control
panel. Since it is a one piece vacuum harness, it can mean removing almost the
entire dash, seats, and front console to comfortably
get at all the motors to
hook up the harness and the corresponding lines to the motors.
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Why does my rear
defroster come on when I hit the brake pedal?
It's probably a loose defroster wire on the hatch.
Check the connectors on both sides of the rear hatch glass to make sure they're
properly connected.
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What is the purpose
of the "seat belt" recall?
This is for the 1984 to 1990
Camaro's. Some of the
button assemblies on the seat belts will not connect or release over time. The
buttons also become discolored (to a pink color) and brittle especially when
exposed to long periods of sunlight. The recall number is #90-C-22. Contact a
dealership near you about replacement of the button assemblies. This should be
done free of charge.
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