Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 at 00:03
Paul
I would assume you would regard your old Rodeo as being a far better engineered and reliable car than a 1950s FJ Holden ute and I would agree with you. The latest utes are that much better again. Car design does not go backwards.
" How am I going to work on this myself?"
The same way you worked on your previous cars. i.e you buy a workshop manual (preferably the genuine factory one) and study it then buy a few extra
tools for your kit if necessary and away you go. It is not hard if you try.
As an example: I worked on and off as a mechanic for sixteen years between 1961 and 1982 then spent three years in the service office before leaving the trade permanently.
In the mid 1990s I bought a damaged V6 Commodore and transferred its engine, transmission and many other parts into a
home made fibreglass bodied car. I looked at the ignition coil pack and noticed it had ten wires coming out of it. I did not know what they were for and I would imagine it would look like a like a nightmare to someone accustomed to a coil and distributor.
I bought the genuine GMH books covering the engine and the wiring diagrams. Of the ten wires, one was a 12 volt supply, another went to the tachometer, four went straight to the computer while the other four went down over the front of the engine to the crank angle sensor.
The engine book explained how everything worked. It had a trouble shooting diagram and a simple series of tests that you do with a multimetre to
test every part of the system.
Repairing everything was no different from and old points system. If a coil, a spark plug, the HT leads, the condensor etc failed the
test you replaced them. This Commodore was no different.
Take the time to study any new car that you buy and you won't have any trouble. You will almost certainly find you won't be fixing things as often as you did with your older cars.
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