Okay, new guy here, but I've had my GS-X for a while. Love it, but it's been parked for about a year now...
I tried searching, but I'm at work and don't have a lot of time, so I figured if you guys have some quick answers, I've got some quick (hopefuly) simple questions.
1. When I parked it, it was because the rear wheel bearings were going. They weren't SUPER loud, but I could tell they were gettin louder and wanted to save the hubs before it was too late, so I parked it. I was afraid of the job because of its seeming complexity, but after swaping a transaxle in my MR2, I think I can handle it. Is it hard? Have you done it? Any tips?
2. As I was driving to park it, suddenly, on the freeway, I felt/heard something go/pop up front, and there was a puff of smoke that wafted through the cabin near the passenger side. Now the alternator isn't charging the battery. Is there some sort of main relay/fuse up there that went, or is my entire harness fubared? This is what finally put the nail in the coffin of me wanting to work on the car.
Any help you guys could offer would be great. I love this car and want to keep it, so I'm hoping these are simple and common problems to resolve.
The car has 297,XXX miles on an unopened 4G63. I want to get it to 300K so bad! I did replace the transaxle though due to the transfer case splines going out. Too much snow drifting maybe?
Thanks!
-Gary
I tried searching, but I'm at work and don't have a lot of time, so I figured if you guys have some quick answers, I've got some quick (hopefuly) simple questions.
1. When I parked it, it was because the rear wheel bearings were going. They weren't SUPER loud, but I could tell they were gettin louder and wanted to save the hubs before it was too late, so I parked it. I was afraid of the job because of its seeming complexity, but after swaping a transaxle in my MR2, I think I can handle it. Is it hard? Have you done it? Any tips?
2. As I was driving to park it, suddenly, on the freeway, I felt/heard something go/pop up front, and there was a puff of smoke that wafted through the cabin near the passenger side. Now the alternator isn't charging the battery. Is there some sort of main relay/fuse up there that went, or is my entire harness fubared? This is what finally put the nail in the coffin of me wanting to work on the car.
Any help you guys could offer would be great. I love this car and want to keep it, so I'm hoping these are simple and common problems to resolve.
The car has 297,XXX miles on an unopened 4G63. I want to get it to 300K so bad! I did replace the transaxle though due to the transfer case splines going out. Too much snow drifting maybe?
Thanks!
-Gary