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  1. I do have another bulb number for the tail lights #1156 but I have also found that the #2057 is a very tight fit and if the plastic tail light socket might have melted slightly causing the bulb to be scary to get out.  Not sure about the size of #1156 or if I have ever used it just have that number written in my service manual.

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  2. After about an hour searching thru the service manual I finally found this on page 14-24 of the red manual (same page for blue manual).

     

    If the problem is repaired or ceases to exist, the SMEC cancels the Fault Code after 50 to 100 ignition key on/off cycles.

     

    I wanted to make this its own thread as it applies to multiple cases.

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  3. This is a 1989 VIN 203279 SOHC.  When the car is being driven and the head lights are turned on the chime starts and continues until the head lights are turned off.  Any body have any ideas.  It makes it sound like something is connected into the head light switch but the car has not had any special wiring done on it like an alarm or radio swap.

  4. Here is one more version of the table that I created.

    D.L. I looked thru our table on VIN's and did not find any red/black/tan.

     

    Build Stats                
                     
    Engine/Transmission              
      1989 1990 1991 Totals        
    Turbo II - A413 3,377     3,377        
    V6 - A604   1,787 1,635 3,422        
    16V - 5 Speed 387 114   501        
    Totals 3,764 1,901 1,635 7,300        
                     
    Exterior Colors By Year              
      1989 1990 1991 Totals        
    White 1 477 528 1,006        
    Cabernet 1,454     1,454        
    Red 1,344 474 409 2,227        
    Yellow 965 474 304 1,743        
    Black   476 394 870        
    Totals 3,764 1,901 1,635 7,300        
                     
    Interior Colors By Year              
      1989 1990 1991 Totals        
    Bordeaux 649 1   650        
    Ginger 3,115 948 818 4,881        
    Black   952 817 1,769        
    Totals 3,764 1,901 1,635 7,300        
                     
    Exterior Interior Top Engine Emission 1989 1990 1991 Totals
    White Bordeaux Black 16V 49 states   1   1
    White Ginger Black T2 49 states 1     1
    White Ginger Tan V6 California   52 83 135
    White Ginger Tan V6 49 states   172 228 400
    White Ginger Tan 16V California   3   3
    White Ginger Tan 16V 49 states   10   10
    White Black Black V6 California   51 67 118
    White Black Black V6 49 states   173 150 323
    White Black Black 16V California   4   4
    White Black Black 16V 49 states   11   11
                     
    Cabernet Bordeaux Black T2 California 176     176
    Cabernet Bordeaux Black T2 49 states 405     405
    Cabernet Bordeaux Black 16V California 15     15
    Cabernet Bordeaux Black 16V 49 states 53     53
    Cabernet Ginger Black T2 California 157     157
    Cabernet Ginger Black T2 49 states 307     307
    Cabernet Ginger Tan T2 California 102     102
    Cabernet Ginger Tan T2 49 states 158     158
    Cabernet Ginger Black 16V California 12     12
    Cabernet Ginger Black 16V 49 states 40     40
    Cabernet Ginger Tan 16V California 6     6
    Cabernet Ginger Tan 16V 49 states 23     23
                     
    Red Ginger Black T2 California 406     406
    Red Ginger Black T2 49 states 375     375
    Red Ginger Tan T2 California 160     160
    Red Ginger Tan T2 49 states 300     300
    Red Ginger Black 16V California 17     17
    Red Ginger Black 16V 49 states 61     61
    Red Ginger Tan 16V California 8 3   11
    Red Ginger Tan 16V 49 states 17 10   27
    Red Ginger Tan V6 California   51 53 104
    Red Ginger Tan V6 49 states   171 138 309
    Red Black Black V6 California   50 59 109
    Red Black Black V6 49 states   174 159 333
    Red Black Black 16V California   4   4
    Red Black Black 16V 49 states   11   11
                     
    Yellow Ginger Black T2 California 156     156
    Yellow Ginger Black T2 49 states 378     378
    Yellow Ginger Tan T2 California 111     111
    Yellow Ginger Tan T2 49 states 185     185
    Yellow Ginger Tan V6 California   51 36 87
    Yellow Ginger Tan V6 49 states   171 105 276
    Yellow Ginger Black 16V California 18     18
    Yellow Ginger Black 16V 49 states 56     56
    Yellow Ginger Tan 16V California 11 3   14
    Yellow Ginger Tan 16V 49 states 50 10   60
    Yellow Black Black 16V California   4   4
    Yellow Black Black 16V 49 states   11   11
    Yellow Black Black V6 California   50 34 84
    Yellow Black Black V6 49 states   174 129 303
                     
    Black Black Black V6 California   51 64 115
    Black Black Black V6 49 states   169 155 324
    Black Black Black 16V California   4   4
    Black Black Black 16V 49 states   11   11
    Black Ginger Black V6 California   27 44 71
    Black Ginger Black V6 49 states   153 104 257
    Black Ginger Tan V6 California   26   26
    Black Ginger Tan V6 49 states   21 27 48
    Black Ginger Black 16V California   2   2
    Black Ginger Black 16V 49 states   6   6
    Black Ginger Tan 16V California   1   1
    Black Ginger Tan 16V 49 states   5   5
                     
    Totals         3,764 1,901 1,635 7,300
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  5. My quick answer is that I got the door open.

    In an article in the TC America newsletter back in March of 2008 there was an article about a sagging door.  The reason for the door sagging was that the coating on the door striker post is missing.  There solution was to firmly lift the door up while pulling on the door handle.  That solution was to simple and I did not learn about that solution until after I had gotten the door open.  I will try this solution when I get a chance to go to my mechanics shop and try it on the TC there with the same problem.  Now for my solution.  I removed the upper leather pleated panel on the door.  I then created a hole in the sheet of plastic, removing enough to put my hand into the inner door.  I then removed the insulation and water barrier in the area in the picture as there is no metal internal frame.  I had been playing with a spare door in the garage moving the rods and pulling the handles and watching what was moving at the latch.  In the second picture there is a brass looking small bar that comes out of the latch mechanism.  I pull the interior door handle and was able to push the brass bar up and at that point I was able to push the door open.  What I then found is the third picture where there was no white ring of plastic around the striker post.

    I hope these solutions helps out should you have this problem.  I would suggest checking your striker posts and if they look like they are deteriorating get new posts before the problem occurs.

     

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  6. Problem:  Passenger door in 2 of my TC’s will not open.  Today a friend called, and he has the same problem.  He wanted an internal passenger door mechanism and I had bought one off eBay to fix one of my TC’s.  Before I gave it to him, I thought I would label the 5 connections on the mechanism so he would know where to attach the rods.  In doing that I played with the mechanism and it was not working correctly either.  I played more with it and determined that the locking part that rotates against the bolt in the door jam and holds the door closed.  It will not move because the plastic coating on the metal rotating latch has bubbled up and will not allow the rotating latch to return to it’s unlock position.  I have attached pictures of the rotating plastic-coated latch and then a close up of the bubble of plastic that stops the latch from returning to the unlock position.  Now that I now what the problem is in opening the door the question is how do I get to the internal mechanism?  In the part I gave to my friend I told him to file off the plastic coating so that the latch could return to the unlock position.  The problem is to remove the mechanism from the door, there are 3 torx bolts holding the mechanism in.  Those bolts can only be accessed when the door is open as their heads are in the jam.  So, the question is does anyone know of any way to open the door without major damage or by reaching in the door and forcing the plastic-coated latch to move to the open position?  

    Before discovering the bubbled up plastic coating I tried sitting in the passenger seat, held the interior door opening handle and hit the door with my shoulder. No luck.  Next I tried tying the interior door handle in the open position and had my wife hold the exterior handle in the open position and jammed a 6 foot long 2X4 into the inside of the door where the latch lives.  Again no luck.  Next I tried using my crow bar on the outside of the door where the latch lives and without bending the metal, I had no luck again. 

    The pictures supplied are of the mechanism I purchased on eBay and I am assuming that all 4 vehicles have the same problem with their mechanism.

    Just remember when giving suggestions that he door will not open.

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  7. There is a good reason for the bolt not being in the power steering tube and that being you can't get to it.  The picture shows the nut you want to replace.  It has a 10MM head and attached from the fire wall side.  The alternator has been removed for better visibility to the location.  Yellow arrow points to the bolt connecting the tube to a bracket and you can also see the hole where the power steering attaches.

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  8. The wiring in the door has about 6-8 inches before it merges in with the harness in the door and the wires are pink and yellow.  My guess would be that the wires fell down towards the bottom of the door.  You may have to remove the door card or at lest part of it to get your hand inside to hold the silver back part from the back side as the front and back sides of this light snap together to be held in the door card.

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