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My set, the small one fits certain wheels but there are still ones that don't.

@ranwhenparked said in I was worried for nothing (Jolene).:

@mazda616 If her a/c hasn't been converted, that doesn't surprise me. I had an '84 Town Car that blew as cold as a meat locker with the original Freon

It was actually all rebuilt and converted to R134a sometime in late 2017, but it still blows SUPER cold.

@mazda616 You'll be fine. Jolene is the best Sunbird around and the odds of a mechanical issue that would cancel the trip are very low given how well she's been maintained. Cars NEED to be driven to be reliable.

I usually plan trips based on "miles since last major failure." If the car left me stranded 40 miles ago, then a 50-mile trip is out of the question. At this point, I'm good to drive it to California and back without worrying about it.

If Jolene hasn't left you high and dry somewhere, fill'er up and go!

@mazda616 That concrete looks like its fiber reinforced, like mine. It only takes a week to cure for most passenger cars to drive on it.

Reminds me of when the Mrs. had to drive my Mini. She learned how to drive stick once and then she had to pick me up from the dealer as her Jeep service was going to take longer than normal.

The look on her face as she came rolling in was hilarious. Glad to see your wife is ok with another woman in your life 😉

@mazda616 Nice that they handle that in-house. My Marti Report was less spendy, and included some fun if useless stats, including actual production date.

@mazda616 Grats on the garage+ living quarters

@mazda616 Can check it out for ya 😉 Looks impressive!

@mazda616 said in Jolene oil change!:

if I and my anxiety don’t talk me out of it.

Now that you posted that you're going on Oppo, you have no choice but to go. 4-post lifts are great for oil changes.

While past history does not indicate future performance, it's a pretty good indicator. By now you've got a feel for how long she can run. If it's been more than 140 miles since your last breakdown, either you're due for one now, or you'll be fine. I think the exercise will do the old girl some good.

@mazda616 Nice!

@mr-ontop It's happening everywhere now!

@mazda616 Nice.

@mazda616 Very nice. I’ve never liked those, but I sure like yours. 👍

@mazda616 Mrs. Shop-Teacher heartily approves. She is also a big Golden Girls fan.

Shout out to Jolene. Here is my 1991 Sunbird LE I purchased in 1998. Was 100% stock. Now I have Customized it into a Pontiac Z-Bird. Only one like this one !

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I had no idea. It makes sense that Volvo trying to be an upper level brand would move away from old tech. And that the other brands would keep the amortized tech around for their cheapest models.

Some of my really good friends had a repair shop for 20+ years. They've since moved on to greener pastures, but I used to recommend them to people I knew to not be difficult.

A guy I worked with was driving a 10 year old Chevy Venture that he'd bought new. He was complaining about the poor heat one winter, so I suggested he take it to my friends shop. He dropped it off one morning, and I picked him up and took him to work.

An hour later I received a text with a photo of the cabin air filter, that he's never changed. The heat was much better after it was replaced.

@pip-bip I’m pretty sure that’s what it is. The area around the distributor is dry but beneath it around the coolant sensor is not. It looks to be dripping down into that area.

@pip-bip At least whatever problem this is fixes itself. The light only stays on for 10-15 seconds at a time. 😂

@mazda616 I'm going out on a limb, but I have an odd guess. I assume that there is a rod going from the temperature lever on the dash to a valve that diverts coolant through the heater core when heat is selected. Is this the case on the Sunbird? If so, could you have accidentally knocked the end of that rod off of the control valve? Does the Sunbird even have a control valve for the heater core?

@mazda616 Good luck!!!

@beefchips I LOL'd. That's some of the funniest lyrics I've ever seen. Weird Al should take that stuff and run with it.

@boxer_4 Yep! Jolene is a super basic model so I don’t have a gauge, but I do have the warning light. I’m sure if I had a gauge, it’d be doing that.