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It's a long time since I looked at the internals of the latches, but the biggest problem with the latches has always been water ingress. As you have worked out, the cdl system is activated by the CDL sw when you lock with the key or push down the sill button. Thus sounds a bit like a mechanical...

Very interesting test Javars. Before fitting the new cables, one thing that you could have done is to measure the volt drops between alt body and the neg batt terminal and also the alt power stud and the batt pos terminal. This would have shown which cable was causing the volt drop. My money is...

1 mm above the mid position is absolutely fine, i would not worry about this. You are correct to check for ground shifts as this is why the sensor was changed at 97MY. An easy way to check if there is a ground problem with the engine is to run engine and switch on the front/rear screens and...

If you want to save some money. In the old days, carb balancing was done without the flow meters. It was done simply by listening to the hissing sound from each of the carb intakes. To make it easier, use a piece of plastic pipe to conduct the noise to your ear and place other end near to the...

This is probably quite normal. All engines have a certain amount of blow by gas (combustion gas getting past the piston rings). This blow by gas contains water vapour (same as what can be seen coming out of the exhaust on a cold day). The blow by gas get up to the rocker covers and on a cold...

Not sure what the crack noise is but the other noise that you are hearing are the electric solenoid valves in the brake modulator. These valves regulate the brake pressure to each of the brake calipers and they can easily be heard in both ABS and TC modes. The valves cycle rapidly to achieve the...

Having an engine running rich will make a big difference to fuel consumption. Before you spend any money on parts, its always best to try and diagnose and a faulty stat should not be too difficult!. I've not checked but the stat will probablybe a 82 or 88C. Run engine from cold &measure the...

In your other article on performance in the snow,you mentioned poor warm up & stuck thermostat. If the stat is stuck open, then in cold weather its like running with the choke on all the time. This will make a big difference to your fuel consumption. An easy test would be to check your mates 3.9...

The message that u got is for the transfer box. If you try and shift from hi to lo or lo to hi and pull away too quickly, you will get that message. A hi to lo shift is not immediate and if you drive off before it has completed the change properly the MES lines from transferbox ecu to becm will...

This is a common problem with Aluminium engines. The coolant creates an electrical circuit between the radiator and the aluminium block which results in white deposits collecting inside the radiator. The cold spots in the radiator is where the white deposits have collected and blocked the...