
oldsmobile-digest    Wednesday, November 24 2004    Volume 01 : Number 5099



RE: no brake lights
RE: the journey reaches a milestone
GM Healight on reminder pkg PN #999373
wanted: RA Cover
Selling my 1972 Olds 98 Regency
1972 Olds 98 Regency
Re: Selling my 1972 Olds 98 Regency
Wanted: 455/Diesel Crossover Pipes
RE: no brake lights
Re: no brake lights
2001 Aurora warranty info needed!!
84 Toronado Diesel Towing Capacity?

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:20:00 -0600
From: "Stephen Reed" <stephenreed@austin.rr.com>
Subject: RE: no brake lights

John,

> Sorry for a non-Olds question, but I suddenly have no brake
> lights in my 69
> el camino. There is no power getting to the brake light switch. One side
> should be hot all the time. Any idea which side (orange or white wire)? I
> tried a new switch for the heck of it, but of course to no avail. The fuse
> is good, so I'm not sure what's going on. They worked in the past.
>
> Thanks,
> John Nasta

Many moons ago as a teenager I had a '74 Chevy Blazer.  The same thing
happened.  The wiring harness for the tail lights had a connector a few feet
forward of the rear.  This connector had come somewhat loose.

I cleaned it, and then plugged it in tightly and everything was back to
normal.

I hope yours is that easy.


Steve Reed
'68 Cutlass
'70 Cutlass Supreme Ragtop
Austin, TX

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:15:00 -0500
From: "Gerow, Daniel R." <dgerow@stonehill.edu>
Subject: RE: the journey reaches a milestone

Chris,

Congrats man, that is most excellent!! Nice to see the triumphant return of
another W car.

Rock on,

 ~ Dan

- -------------------------------------
Daniel R. Gerow
'70 W-31 4spd post
dgerow@stonehill.edu
http://www.oldsrocket.com
- -------------------------------------

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:24:35 -0500
From: "Christopher Witt" <rocketscience442@hotmail.com>
Subject: GM Healight on reminder pkg PN #999373

Finally found one, got the PN again.

Group 2.461, Part # 999373

VERY HANDY unit for any vehicle

attach to headlights and ign circuits at fusebox, it will nag you if you 
leave the lights on with ign off.

Slowly getting more PN's back in to the file, never did recover the one that 
got away. Not worth the time/ hassle, easier to re-enter the numbers.
- -----------------------
Chris Witt
1303 W. Miller Rd.
Lansing MI 48911

RocketScience442@hotmail.com

Cell 517-449-0432 weekends or short weekday calls or leave message.
Home 517-882-9747 thru 10-11pm MI time most days

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:11:11 -0500
From: <old442@adelphia.net>
Subject: wanted: RA Cover

Looking to buy a valve cover or two for a mid 50s olds.  Green with "Oldsmobile Rocket".  Does not need to great, or even functional, as this will be wall art in the garage.
Please respond directly to old442@adelphia.net

Kurt Heinrich
OCA# 30442
71 Cutlass Suprene SX Convertible

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:21:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Green <chrisgreen@earthlink.net>
Subject: Selling my 1972 Olds 98 Regency

I have decided to sell my 1972 98 Regency that I have had for over 4 years.  This is the 75th anniversary Oldsmobile model and is rare.  The car is all original except for the paint, which I had redone myself.  The plush interior and vinyl top are both original and excellent.  The car has 48,000 miles original and runs very well, with ice cold air. Many mechanical upgrades have been done recently. Please check http://home.earthlink.net/~chrisgreen/cgpg8.html 

If interested, please email me.  Thanks!

Chris Green

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:23:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Green <chrisgreen@earthlink.net>
Subject: 1972 Olds 98 Regency

I have decided to sell my 1972 98 Regency that I have had for over 4 years.  This
is the 75th anniversary Oldsmobile model and is rare.  The car is all original except
for the paint, which I had redone myself.  The plush interior and vinyl top are 
both original and excellent.  The car has 48,000 miles original and runs very well,
with ice cold air. Many mechanical upgrades have been done recently. Please check
http://home.earthlink.net/~chrisgreen/cgpg8.html 

If interested, please email me at chrisgreen@earthlink.net.  Thanks!

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:26:26 EST
From: W451973@aol.com
Subject: Re: Selling my 1972 Olds 98 Regency

- --part1_bb.4b1262d3.2ed4f6f2_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Price and location are always helpfull.

Dennis

- --part1_bb.4b1262d3.2ed4f6f2_boundary
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT  SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Price and location are always helpf=
ull.<BR>
<BR>
Dennis</FONT></HTML>

- --part1_bb.4b1262d3.2ed4f6f2_boundary--

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:38:16 -0500
From: SteveH <k0xp@dandy.net>
Subject: Wanted: 455/Diesel Crossover Pipes

Anybody have any old crossover pipes from '72-'75 455s, or the later 
Olds 260/350 diesels?? Looking for a couple of each. Flange condition 
isn't important but the pipes should be usable.

Thanks,
SteveH



===================================================================
EASY access to your email http://webmail.dandy.net/mr2/nph-mr.cgi
===================================================================

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:25:30 -0500
From: "John Nasta" <email@johnnasta.com>
Subject: RE: no brake lights

Well it turned out it was the fuse after all. I checked it with a test light
and got power on both sides, so I thought it was good. Today I rigged up a
wire from cold side of the fuse to the switch, and another from the switch
to the white wire. Again, no brake lights and no power at the switch. So, I
decided to change the fuse just for the heck of it. When I took the old one
out, one of the end caps fell completely off. So I removed all of my
"custom" wiring from the switch, put in a new fuse and attached the switch
properly, and everything is fine. Just goes to show you, you can't always
believe your test light. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions.

John Nasta

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:57:09 EST
From: KS7RACING@aol.com
Subject: Re: no brake lights

John/List,

In my 1980 Starfire I had a problem with the radio going on the blink (no 
power, was just about ready to ship the radio off for some looking over) and it 
turned out to be a bad fuse holder in the fuse block!  You can actually wiggle 
this critter around and get/lose contact on the output side.

For now I used a tap off of another circuit (that doesn't operate when the 
key is in the "ACC" position), an inline fuse and an extra splice connector to 
get the tunes back on.  When I get the opportunity to take the fuse block out 
(probably once I get the other Starfire back on the road, not too soon) I'll 
fix it the right way.

So if you have an intermittent circuit that finally decides to stop 
altogether you also might check the fuse holder.  I've also had that pesky loose-ended 
fuse problem too -- glad to see yours was an easy fix.

Take Care,
SrA Ken Snyder
Kansas City, Kansas

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 20:21:22 EST
From: Oldsfire1@aol.com
Subject: 2001 Aurora warranty info needed!!

- -------------------------------1101259282
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I own a 2001 Aurora, bought it in 2002, it was a GM Certified used car.  As I 
remember the original warranty on the 2001 Aurora was 5 years/60,000 miles.  
Or is my mind playing tricks on me.  Anyway, the dealer is telling me that it 
was only 50,000 mile/5year.  Anybody out there with a 2001 they bought new who 
knows about their warranty??
John A.
Oldsfire1@aol.com

- -------------------------------1101259282
Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<HTML><HEAD>
<META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; cha=
rset=3DUS-ASCII">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff=
f">
<DIV><FONT color=3D#8000ff size=3D4>I own a 2001 Aurora, bought it in 2002,=20=
it was a GM Certified used car.&nbsp; As I remember the original warranty on=
 the 2001 Aurora was 5 years/60,000 miles.&nbsp; Or is my mind playing trick=
s on me.&nbsp; Anyway, the dealer is telling me that it was only 50,000 mile=
/5year.&nbsp; Anybody out there with a 2001 they bought new who knows about=20=
their warranty??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#8000ff size=3D4>John A.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#8000ff size=3D4><A href=3D"mailto:Oldsfire1@aol.com">Old=
sfire1@aol.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

- -------------------------------1101259282--

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:53:38 -0800
From: Greg Tjosvold <tjosvold@polar7.com>
Subject: 84 Toronado Diesel Towing Capacity?

Anyone know what the towing capacity of a 84 Toronado Diesel would be? 
There is one available locally that I'm looking into that I may convert to 
a biodiesel application. Just musing...

------------------------------

End of oldsmobile-digest V1 #5099
*********************************
