is this the forum for 86 pontiac bonneville questions?

I have a grand prix so I can't help you much, but I post over at the
bonneville forums and they are very knowledgable.
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:04:09 GMT, "cyberhun"
<cyberhun[no_spam]@shaw.ca> wrote:

I bought an 86 pontiac bonneville, and I have a bunch of questions about
maintaining it --- is this the right forum, or is this for more up-to-date
pontiacs? If this isn't the best forum for these questions, could you
suggest an alternative?

I've had my bonneville for almost five months now, driving it a few tens of
kilometers every other day or 2, and all it needs is gas (LOTS of gas) ---
it doesn't leak any fluids, at all, and almost everything including
air-conditioning works perfectly. I love the way it handles --- my friend
says it, 'handles like an aircraft carrier'.


In case this is the right forum, I'll just go ahead and ask:

--- How on earth do you get the wire wheel covers off? I tried everythiung
I could think of and I don't want to force anything, but if I have a flat
right now, as it is, I can't change it because I can't get the wire wheel
covers off. I have the jack and the spare tire and the lug wrench, but
nothing for removing these darn covers.

---It was tuned up by the seller just prior to the sale, and over the last
five months it has slowly become 'un-tuned' and although it still runs just
fine (for a 20 yr old engine) it's now starting to make kind of diesel-ish
sounds and has lost some power --- how realistic is the idea of tuning up
the engine by myself? I've got mechanical aptitude but I've just never
worked on autos before. My friend has a garage full of tools he's offerred
to let me use --- can you tune up this kind of engine (the smaller V8) with
everyday type tools or do you need something really expensive or unusual?

---Sometimes the left turn indicator lights don't flash, the left-turn
indicator light just stays on continuously as long as the turn-indicator
lever is in the "turning left" position. I noticed there are wires in the
trunk that have been screwed with and there's some kind of connector or
something black-taped onto the wires. How big a deal is this likely to be
to fix myself? I've got a decent multi-meter. Where is the circuit that
turns the power off and on to flash the turn indicator light? Is it in/near
the steering column or is it integrated into the light itself somehow?

---Sometimes, when it rains, the drivers side window stops working untill
the car dries out and then it starts working again.

---Are these cars good for fixing up? This one is in amazingly good shape.
The interior is unbeleivably new-looking and there is only one small ding on
the bumper. Almost zero rust. This is clearly a wet coast car (no salt
damage from salt sprayed on icy roads east of the rockies).



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