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I finished the passenger side door this morning. Waiting on a new power door lock switch and the round white plastic up stop for the drivers side door.


White plastic up stop arrived in this afternoons mail. Installed already. I will replace the inner door panel tomorrow after I get home from mowing.

Installed the drivers door inner panel. Still waiting on the power door lock switch.

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I got this on E Bay just now, $25.00 shipped. Has a compass and auto dimming


My power lock switch came in todays mail. Installed it in the car.

Installed the two power window switch in the mounting plate, and that plate onto the console. Also the door handle bezel onto the drivers door.

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Went out in the garage during half time and removed this piece. The nipple for the heater return is leaking:

the leak

Gonna find me a shop that can weld stainless steel one day this week.

Ordered some clear coat.

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I am having a problem with the wires that connect to the EMC. I was gonna install the console part that covers the ECM. Once in place the engine would not run. Cranks but will not start. Removed the piece again and all is well again. Starts right up. Replaced it and once again and No Go situation. Started wiggling the connectors with the engine running, and sometimes it will stop the engine. Nothing I have been able to pin point as the "Evil Gremlin" yet.

Ran a scan, and found:
Intermittent MAT Problem
Park/Neutral Problem
Low Fuel Pump Voltage

Bumped the wiring with my elbow just now when running the scan. The engine started to die, then recovered as I moved my elbow away from the wiring.

Looks to me like the green 16 pin connector E/F would be the culprit here. It has Transmission pins C and A at F 7 & 8, Fuel pump relay power at F 1 and the MAT signal at F16.
I removed the green plug and re connected it back in. No change. These codes were not here before today. This is the only place that the MAT is connected.

Any thoughts?

My interior looked real nice with the console installed. Mr Mike seats look wonderful with the interior complete.


Got this in the mail today. Gentex 177 auto dimming and compass, $17.00 on E Bay:


If you decide to get a Gentex 177 on E Bay, the plug in connector is nice, But no necessary. You can remove any old pin out of a computer Motherboard plug in, remove the plastic and connect it to the mirror. They are the perfect size for the Gentex pins. Looking from the back side of the mirror top side up, number one is first on the left, and the numbers get larger from there. Ignore the wire colors, as the are never the same. The auto manufacturers often build the connector into their harness and used which ever color they wanted to. My # 1 wire was yellow.
Here is a plug in connector for a Compaq that had died an untimely death:

PIN 1 = PINK = POWER = +12 volts*
PIN 2 = BLACK = CHASSIS, GROUND*
PIN 3 = LIGHT GREEN = BACKUP LIGHTS*
If not using the backup feature, connect this to ground otherwise auto dim will not function properly.
PIN 4 = GRAY = TO AUTO DIM OUTSIDE MIRROR
PIN 5 = PINK = TO AUTO DIM OUTSIDE MIRROR
PIN 6 = DARK GREEN/WHITE = TEMP SENSOR**

PIN 7 = BLACK/WHITE = TEMP SENSOR: (*required; **required if you have a temp display)

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I purchased a 3M kit for polishing the headlights on the Elantra. $18.00 at Wal-Mart

I did both headlight today, and have enough of the kit left to do the tail lights on my 88 in the morning. This 3M kit works real good and is easy as pie. A before and after shot of the wife's car:

and after

This headlight is so clean you can't see the front layer in the bottom photo. This took about 10 minuets using my electric drill.

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I did my tail lights this morning. About 10 minuets each side. The came out great.
First pass with the P500 pad.

Right side finished. You can see the trees outside in the reflection.

and the left side:


I have done two headlights that were real bad, and two ugly tail lights. I have enough left in the package to do four more easy. This 3M product will do ten lenses easy.

Neighbor came by while I was doing then last one. He advised to add a coat of good wax to prevent further UV clouding and oxidation.

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