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Your suggestions are greatly appreciated. (Not all Jimmy's are lemons, mine's just sick)
Good luck.
1. gather 1 combo wrench and 1 pair of pliers.
2. unhook one side of the hydraulic arm.
3. change your tail light.
The problem was the multi function switch on the steering column. They call it a switch, but its the whole assembly including the turn signal lever and the hazard switch. I picked it um on ebay brand new for 160.00 . I put it in myself and no problems at all. Hope this helps!
Julian
If you know of anything to check or possibly had a reply can you let me know?
thanks so much!
Roxanna
Checked the fuses, they are all good. Checked the wiring as best as we could, no burnt wires...
Help!
If you know of anything to check or possibly had a reply can you let me know?
thanks so much!
Roxanna
COOLANT SYSTEM:
Turn on heater during normal driving conditions. Receive cool air and then hot air and reverts to cool air again (does this on a back and forth basis). At one point, I had an overheat condition in which the system had corrected itself. Parked the truck and smelled coolant. Looked for leaks around and underneath the engine and inside near the heater core to find anything obvious with no luck. My guess the coolant system is clogged and needs to be flushed. Am I correct on this or will it be more than that?
4WD:
I think my truck is possessed by the devil himself. My 2HI light will flash at start-up. During normal driving conditions, my 4LO will flash but doesn't engage. Sometimes when I pull out of the parking lot, my 4LO will automatically engage and I have to turn off the engine, put it in nuetral and start up striking the 2HI key which takes me out of the 4LO mode. My guess is that the computer is whacked, sending false signals to the drive transfer case thing-a-ma-jig because my 4WD will engage but not when I want it too.(physically)
Any assistance is greatly appreciated and hopefully I can save some bucks on my primary source of transportation. I really don't want to ride the secondary source of transportation to get to work...the city bus.
Jayme
Thanks
Sterling
In the past year: the handle to adjust the seat has broken off both passenger side and drive side, there is a clicking that sounds like blinker coming from dash, fuel gauge flutters and does not display accurate fuel level reading, and most recently, when we turned on the air, smoke (electrical) came from steering column. Turned off air, parked in safe area and turned air on again – we have fans but no temperature (cool or hot). The other issues are annoyances we can deal with, this one will require a trip to the shop.
Has anyone run into this last issue (smoke, then no temp control)?
Thanks,
Tracy
2 days ago: it would not start - again. We replaced the module a second time thinking something electrical was shorting them out. Still wouldn't start.
Yesterday: Had it towed to the garage. Still wouldn't start.
Today: Once they started to hook it up to the scope, it started and has been running every since.
We don't know whether to start with the electrical or the fuel system.
Is this something I can do myself? No I need to replace the accumulator also? (I don't even know what it does.) Can I just get a used compressor or a rebuilt from the junk yard, swap it out with the old one and have the system recharged or is there more to it?
Thanks in advance. By the way, I have a '98 Blazer LT 4WD.
Do you have a bug shield? If so, that will sometimes cause your hood to stick. Try pulling the lever then shove down on the hood, this will cause it to pop back up and sometimes open. You may have to shove down on it a couple times to free it from the jam.
Hope this helps
Frank
I had my tranny flushed and new fluid, filter and seal treatments added this morning; thinking that there might be some trash in the tranny clogging a valve. This didn't help.
So, before I left I had them put the code reader on the computer and it read:
SHIFT SOLENOID B ELECTRICAL
and a numerical code that was P047(and another number either 5 or 8 I believe).
How do I go about getting this fixed? Is the solenoid bad? Could a sensor or wire be out of place causing the trouble? I have no clue at this point. If it is a replacement part is it something I can get from the local AutoZone or OReillys or is it a dealer only item?
Thanks in advance for all your help!
Initially, I thought the transmission had gone out again, but then I noticed that it does still shift. When I was moving it to my back yard, I heard and felt it shift to second and the RPM's dropped a little. It didn't gain anymore power. Since it shifted, I am thinking it may be the torque converter or other problem, rather than the actual transmission.
I'm about ready to pull the tranny out and take it to be inspected, but was wondering if anyone had any ideas about things I should check first?
Thanks.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hope this helps.
also broke the cable when pulling the plastic lever to open hood, just snapped right at the lever. is this difficult to fix?
I have had most of the problems here plus a few more, now is out of warranty. Hate more big expenses if avoidable, so any advice would be appreciated!
For those who have the same experience, the problem turned out to be a loose and stripped frame bolt. It took the mechanic three different road tests to finally track it down.
I have had this trouble before, it took me 8hrs to diagnose and cost about 45.00 to fix. In the distributor there is a wire wrapped coil that is used for the magnetic pickup, this coil is going open and no longer delivering the signal to fire a spark or make the injectors pulse. I am sorry to see that all of the other parts were replaced.
Good luck, and I hope your problem is resolved.
Bill (tek4you@pacbell.net)
Thanks
heres my problem, my 98 blazer wont start I did verify that fuel pump was bad and was replaced along with the fuel filter,still wont start, voltage/continuity are there at the pump so that rules out a bad ground (I hope) my Haynes manual says if I dont have enough oil pressure it acts like a fuel cutoff. I'm not getting any pressure from the pump at all is this the most likely problem or am I over looking something more obvious, spark, ignition,relays etc... any help would be GREAT
ps 98 blazer 4wd 4.3ltr v 6
Another suggestion for fuel economy in this SUV would be the Synthetic Oil change the start ups are easier and the KNN really adds another 2 mpg not much in the city but it really helps driving on the interstate.
I also have a 96 Blazer S10 and now my tailgate will not open. It just buzzes. Were you able to find out the fix of is it a trip to the dealer?
Thanks