NSR summer project in garage...car not scooter

[randyo]

mine was '82, last year of air cooling, you don't even know what bad fuel economy is till you're driving your son's hockey team up to the civic center in Portland, ME when it's 30 below zero and the gas heater is cranked. 50, maybe 60 miles to a tank, bad enuf to carry a couple 5 gallon cans spare.

[Iahawk]

blower motor had an annoying tick at low speed (the speed where I run it the most) so I ordered an inexpensive replacement and swapped it out. 3 T25 torx screws and 1 electrical connector to unplug. Easy access under the pass side dash. The whole thing took maybe 10 minutes start to finish.

I wish I knew how easy so much of this stuff was to DIY it back in the day. I would have saved a lot of money. Seriously, 3 screws and an electrical connector....new blower sounds much better!

[Stig / Major Tom]

blower motor had an annoying tick at low speed (the speed where I run it the most) so I ordered an inexpensive replacement and swapped it out. 3 T25 torx screws and 1 electrical connector to unplug. Easy access under the pass side dash. The whole thing took maybe 10 minutes start to finish.

I wish I knew how easy so much of this stuff was to DIY it back in the day. I would have saved a lot of money. Seriously, 3 screws and an electrical connector....new blower sounds much better!

Same same with my trucks blower motor. Youtube, part at auto store, 15 mins installed under passenger dash.
Stig

[Iahawk]

took an hour off from watching college football this afternoon to install the passenger door check.  $18 Ebay special...same one I installed on the driver's door.  Removed door card (with help from youtube videos, what did we do before youtube tutorials?) and removed old, worn out door check and replaced with new one that holds the door open, even on a steep slope!

Used this as an opportunity to clean the old grime and 'stuff' from in the hidden crevices around the door latch, switches, etc. Didn't break a single door clip on this 26 year old car. Didn't break any on the driver's side door, either. Was surprised at that. I broke 2 clips on the 20 year old Vibe when I replaced that driver door check.

Got it all cleaned up and put back together. Door works great. Next up will be removing both back door cards to replace the speaker in each door as one is blown.

Pics of removed door card, old and new door checks and door check installed.