DickieBear

It's 3:30 a.m. in the morning and I was awakened by the blaring sound of my 1977 Cadillac Eldorado horn. Not just a toot or two, but a full on steady horn. I jump out of bed and run out to the car, open the hood and unplug the horns to get it to stop. I have no idea why it would just go off by itself, for no reason, in the middle of the night. I didn't check the horn pad on the steering wheel yet. Does anyone have any ideas why? 👻

Thank you for your information. I have no under dash level control knobs so it's probably the ELCS system. I have yet to locate the air compressor under the hood, to see if it's humming. I'm also having issues with the battery going dead about every couple of weeks. I charged the battery and replaced the alternator, then about a week later the battery went dead again. So maybe the dead battery is related to the ELCS system. I will find out if the compressor is working, then I may ask you some further questions. Thank you so much for your help.

I have a 1977 Cadillac Eldorado that seems like it's low in the back. I have looked at other photos of these cars and some of them are level in the back and some of them are low in the back. It is my understanding that the air shocks are fed by tubes from a tank and an air compressor, that is powered by a vacuum hose from the engine. How can you tell if this system is working? Is it common for this system to fail, as I see other Eldorados that are low in the back? Can you override this system with regular air shocks without destroying the ride?

I have a 1977 Cadillac Eldorado that seems like it's low in the back. I have looked at other photos of these cars and some of them are level in the back and some of them are low in the back. It is my understanding that the air shocks are fed by tubes from a tank and an air compressor, that is powered by a vacuum hose from the engine. How can you tell if this system is working? Is it common for this system to fail, as I see other Eldorados that are low in the back? Can you override this system with regular air shocks without destroying the ride?

The bubbles are caused by a UV resistant film that was sandwiched between two layers of glass. The first windows without the film, had a problem in which the beveled areas of the glass actually magnified sunlight, causing interior carpet scorching. I am not sure how it is done, but I have read that this film can be removed.

Hello, I am needing the ginger plastic bezel that goes around the chrome door handle for both driver and passenger. Let me know if you have them. Thank you.

The 1989 Maserati Biturbo front end and hood are so much like the TC, that I would bet that the hood liner for the Maserati would most likely fit. I think that is what I am going to get, as there are absolutely no luxury universal hood liners out there, they are all custom. This seller on Ebay has the liner. http://www.ebay.com/usr/auto-italia?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

My 89 TC (Exotic Red/Ginger) has the original umbrella, however I have been unable to locate the tool kit. I have not unbolted the spare in the cargo compartment to look under the tire yet, so I was wondering, where the original tool kit would have been located in the car?

They are fairly strict in AZ, but not as bad as CA. You will automatically fail emissions if your check engine light is on.

I am here in Arizona and I did pass the smog test.

I have an 89 TC and there seems to be an empty space under the hood on the driver side corner near the firewall and the wheel well with unconnected wire harnesses. I believe this was where the CA emissions components go. However, the car has never been titled in CA. I figured they would not install CA Emission on cars not to be sold in CA. I am concerned that these unconnected wire harness are may be causing the engine to miss. I have replaced the plugs, points, distributor, O2 sensor, fuel regulator, vacuum switch, etc...so it should be running perfectly smooth. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.