Cellar car issue - Page 9

xoxoxoBruce · 06-03-2013, 10:32 AM

The fan has a resistor array, which has failed, so you only have full speed.

Undertoad · 06-03-2013, 10:38 AM

Well that makes sense!

It's just death by a thousand cuts now.

Undertoad · 08-06-2013, 09:07 AM

Rear strut mount failure.

jimhelm · 08-06-2013, 09:59 AM

oops!

I know a good suspension guy, but he's down here in Pennsauken.

you got this handled, or do you need some help?

Undertoad · 08-06-2013, 10:05 AM

I have a local guy I'm waiting for a call back from. I just hope it's just the strut mount and nothing additional. I was planning the end-of-life at the end of October when the inspection runs out.

lumberjim · 08-06-2013, 11:12 AM

There was a recall on older pathfinder strut mounts. Email me your vin, and I will ask service about your car.

Undertoad · 08-06-2013, 11:21 AM

I just dropped it off with my local guy...!

Undertoad · 08-06-2013, 11:44 AM

Preciate it though!!

Undertoad · 08-06-2013, 01:02 PM

The entire strut assembly has rotted out. They are replacing it. $300 gets me 10 more weeks of life.

lumberjim · 08-06-2013, 01:07 PM

Ok, it's the strut itself, not the tower that it mounts to then.

Regarding PA inspection. ... there are more than one way to inspect a cat.

wink wink nudge nudge knowadimean

Griff · 08-06-2013, 01:46 PM

Fill the glove box with this at $2.50 a gram. I've seen "inspections" done for less.

Undertoad · 08-06-2013, 02:20 PM

I dunno. I dunno.

I was willing to just sticker it last year, but this thing is getting seriously unsafe. If strut towers are rusting away, what else is? A failure like that at the wrong time could be a disaster. I drive the Schuylkill into the ghetto.

limey · 08-06-2013, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The Cellar Car electrical system has always been slowly dying but yesterday's failure is comical. We were driving in the hot afternoon yesterday when suddenly the AC fan quit.

Like a lotta car interior fans, this one works on a knob and has settings from 0 to 4 to vary how hard the wind is blowing. Well the fan only works on "4" now. If you set it from 1 to 3 there is no fan. Set it to 4, and the fan is on, at speed 4.
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Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The fan has a resistor array, which has failed, so you only have full speed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Well that makes sense!

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I had this trouble in my "new" second-hand car (a Volkwagen Polo, since you ask). It's fixed now with a new ... uh ... resistor array

xoxoxoBruce · 08-07-2013, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I dunno. I dunno.

I was willing to just sticker it last year, but this thing is getting seriously unsafe. If strut towers are rusting away, what else is? A failure like that at the wrong time could be a disaster. I drive the Schuylkill into the ghetto.

I lost a transmission last month when the cooling lines rusted through and blew the fluid out.

I know of three cases this year of brake lines failing, but of course they're all dual systems now so you'll be able to stop and clean the shit out of your pants.

orthodoc · 08-08-2013, 04:34 PM

I'd rather see the strut problem dealt with than a dealer paid off with 420. Your life (or somebody else's) is worth more than that, UT.

06-03-2013, 10:32 AM	#121
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The fan has a resistor array, which has failed, so you only have full speed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-06-2013, 09:59 AM	#124
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	oops! I know a good suspension guy, but he's down here in Pennsauken. you got this handled, or do you need some help? __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

08-06-2013, 11:12 AM	#126
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	There was a recall on older pathfinder strut mounts. Email me your vin, and I will ask service about your car. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-06-2013, 01:07 PM	#130
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Ok, it's the strut itself, not the tower that it mounts to then. Regarding PA inspection. ... there are more than one way to inspect a cat. wink wink nudge nudge knowadimean __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-06-2013, 01:46 PM	#131
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Fill the glove box with this at $2.50 a gram. I've seen "inspections" done for less. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-03-2013, 10:38 AM	#122
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well that makes sense! It's just death by a thousand cuts now.

08-06-2013, 09:07 AM	#123
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Rear strut mount failure.

08-06-2013, 10:05 AM	#125
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have a local guy I'm waiting for a call back from. I just hope it's just the strut mount and nothing additional. I was planning the end-of-life at the end of October when the inspection runs out.

08-06-2013, 11:21 AM	#127
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I just dropped it off with my local guy...!

08-06-2013, 11:44 AM	#128
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Preciate it though!!

08-06-2013, 01:02 PM	#129
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The entire strut assembly has rotted out. They are replacing it. $300 gets me 10 more weeks of life.

08-06-2013, 02:20 PM	#132
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I dunno. I dunno. I was willing to just sticker it last year, but this thing is getting seriously unsafe. If strut towers are rusting away, what else is? A failure like that at the wrong time could be a disaster. I drive the Schuylkill into the ghetto.

08-08-2013, 04:34 PM	#135
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I'd rather see the strut problem dealt with than a dealer paid off with 420. Your life (or somebody else's) is worth more than that, UT. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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