I picked up a 92 ETC in Toronto in July this year - for FREE. White with grey interior. Owner was a friend and the car was vandalised and was badly side-swiped thus causing damage to the driver's side of the car. Because I live north of Toronto, parts for this particular model car are VERY hard to come by at the 'yards. Literarily, I had to check car-part.com every day and sit there like some Ebay addict and watch to see if the parts I needed became available - when they did, I would immediately call the yard to put the part on hold and then take a long-distance trip to go buy it.
Heres whats been done so far:
- New driver side window (some kids smashed it out) $150
- New bumper, driver-side headlight, driver-side fender $200
- New DIC and ECM (DIC was malfunctioning and got both for a deal) $200
- Typical restoration/cleanup of a car not looked after by previous owner - PRICELESS (as in, priceless because I've lost count on how much I've spent on brake lines, brake rotors, fuel tank, engine flush as oil was not changed in a LONG time, etc etc)
- 320,000 klms, I think thats about 200,000 miles?
- Engine/tranny runs fine except for mild oil leak coming from oil cooler line.
PROBLEM - I have no heat in the car and its starting to be a VERY cold winter. Heres what happens. The rear blower motor works fine, and pushes out a little bit of heat. I'm guessing due to a plugged heater core. The front blower fan does not work AT ALL. The ACP/HVAC module is correctly "vacuuming" when changing from Auto to Econ, Defrost/Vent, etc. But no blower motor at all. Thus, the poor car is VERY cold to drive and the windows fog up pretty badly.
Occasionally I get a A037 error (Data link between DIC and ACP lost) does this mean that the ACP/HVAC unit is defective? There is no freon in the system either. Shouldn't the HVAC throw a Low Refrigerant message? Its not doing any of that - anymore. It was throwing the familiar A048 code then suddenly stopped doing that, even after a DIC/ECM code reset. The blower motor itself was working when I first picked up the car - the malfunctioning DIC caused the blower fan to run all the time.
Any help appreciated.
I will post pics shortly.
*Nick*
Heres whats been done so far:
- New driver side window (some kids smashed it out) $150
- New bumper, driver-side headlight, driver-side fender $200
- New DIC and ECM (DIC was malfunctioning and got both for a deal) $200
- Typical restoration/cleanup of a car not looked after by previous owner - PRICELESS (as in, priceless because I've lost count on how much I've spent on brake lines, brake rotors, fuel tank, engine flush as oil was not changed in a LONG time, etc etc)
- 320,000 klms, I think thats about 200,000 miles?
- Engine/tranny runs fine except for mild oil leak coming from oil cooler line.
PROBLEM - I have no heat in the car and its starting to be a VERY cold winter. Heres what happens. The rear blower motor works fine, and pushes out a little bit of heat. I'm guessing due to a plugged heater core. The front blower fan does not work AT ALL. The ACP/HVAC module is correctly "vacuuming" when changing from Auto to Econ, Defrost/Vent, etc. But no blower motor at all. Thus, the poor car is VERY cold to drive and the windows fog up pretty badly.
Occasionally I get a A037 error (Data link between DIC and ACP lost) does this mean that the ACP/HVAC unit is defective? There is no freon in the system either. Shouldn't the HVAC throw a Low Refrigerant message? Its not doing any of that - anymore. It was throwing the familiar A048 code then suddenly stopped doing that, even after a DIC/ECM code reset. The blower motor itself was working when I first picked up the car - the malfunctioning DIC caused the blower fan to run all the time.
Any help appreciated.
I will post pics shortly.
*Nick*