Panhard and Starting problems
01-20-2005, 06:39 PM
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Panhard and Starting problems
I took off my 285's today and threw on my stock tires and rims. I was then looking around underneath and I'm missing the bolt that holds the panhard bar to the driver side of the axle!!!! I took it for a spin and it rides horrible as it wobbles all over the place. I guess tommorrow I'll go get a new bolt from the dealer (??) and try to nudge it in there. How could this have happened? It didnt ride like this until i took off the 285s.
Next, I have a leaking rear axle seal so I guess I need to fix that!
And for the grand finale.... I went to start my car after all this hell and it didnt start! The dome lights were really dull and nothing else worked. I switched on the driving lights and left them on even though they didnt work. I looked under my hood and the battery cables were on tight, they were clean, and the battery is brand new. Then a weird noise started coming from the fuse box. Then a few seconds later, my driving lights came on and the dome lights lit up! So I walked around and the car started perfectly!!! WHAT IN TARNATION IS WRONG???
Next, I have a leaking rear axle seal so I guess I need to fix that!
And for the grand finale.... I went to start my car after all this hell and it didnt start! The dome lights were really dull and nothing else worked. I switched on the driving lights and left them on even though they didnt work. I looked under my hood and the battery cables were on tight, they were clean, and the battery is brand new. Then a weird noise started coming from the fuse box. Then a few seconds later, my driving lights came on and the dome lights lit up! So I walked around and the car started perfectly!!! WHAT IN TARNATION IS WRONG???
01-20-2005, 06:41 PM
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And for the grand finale.... I went to start my car after all this hell and it didnt start! The dome lights were really dull and nothing else worked. I switched on the driving lights and left them on even though they didnt work. I looked under my hood and the battery cables were on tight, they were clean, and the battery is brand new. Then a weird noise started coming from the fuse box. Then a few seconds later, my driving lights came on and the dome lights lit up! So I walked around and the car started perfectly!!! WHAT IN TARNATION IS WRONG???
01-21-2005, 05:57 PM
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Ok, got a new bolt in the panhard and bought a battery terminal cleaner which i'll use to clean the hell out the terminals. Hopefully its all good now.
01-21-2005, 07:47 PM
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I lost the same bolt while wheeling one time, before I had the SS panhard rod. If you don't have a drop bracket or an extended panhard rod it will happen again. Call Schaefer and get it fixed right.
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Ok, so I go to start my runner again today and it didnt work. So I turn on the lights and the emergence blinkers and there is a ticking noise coming out of the dash and out of the fuse box under the hood like CRAZY. Then a few minutes later, it starts up perfectly. Any ideas?
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