Pontiac Sunbird

The 3.8 v-6 with a 5 speed manual tranny puts out around 210 stock

It is very difficult to manually raise the roof. The top system is hydrolic. I once asked if I can convert it to a manual roof and I was told no way because of the hydrolic system. Sorry for the bad news, but the best thing to do is to figure out what the problem is. If it is the motor you can by pass it with a switch.

Darren 1992 sunbird conv owner

If you unhook the hydrolics from your trunk it is fine to do it. It is actually quicker if you do it that way because you can just flip it and go. When you take it off, make sure you have someone with the hoses and a cup to catch the rest of the fluid when you lower it for the first time, otherwise you will have a mess in your trunk.

Rochelle '92 sunbird convertible owner

You probably have a bad washer motor and its drawing too much amperage and it is blowing the fuse or you have a short in the wire .

Very simple. Under the radiator cap. It is one of the rare cars out there that can be serviced so easialy. Simply remove the cap and pull out the thermostat. It will have a small metal bar sticking up if it isn't there then someone has taken it out and it should have one put in.

What year? What year? What engine?

this is from another quetion I answered but you have the same motor and problem .. so here BACK PRESURE Hi .. I own a 91 buick regal custom and I bought it from my father in law for $1 because of the same problem ... he rebuilt the top half of the engine tring to fix the problem ...when I first started it .. i knew .... you have to keep your foot on the gas and the brake to keep it running at a light .... its the Cat ... cut about one inch into your exsust pipe between the cat and the engine ...and she will never stall ..... its gonna be loud but .. if you have $60 you can put a new one on ....... the cats in buicks overheat and jam up or somthin... but it puts to much back presure on the engine and without having the gas pressed it won't hold idle .... so cut it and yes let it run VERY low on fuel and unscrew the gas cap .. if it doesnt make a presure sound like breathing in .... it needs a new cap too ...

it does not have a distributor cap, it has a coil pack, all you can change is the plugs and wires, just fallow the wires from the plugs back to where they end and theres your coil pack, butch

you have to open the right front wheel well/fender there a second fluid reservoir located there that has the pump on it i have a 96 rivi, im not sure if there are any changes or not but i today changed the pump

In 1978 and 1979, the station wagon from the discontinued Astre series was added to the Sunbird line, as seen here in this 1979 Pontiac Sunbird Sport Safari Station Wagon example. They continued to use the same front fascia as the Astre with Sunbird badging. The 2.3 L engine was simultaneously discontinued.

Mine did this and I found out it was the timing belt that needed to be changed.

In the fuel tank.

Wikipedia says less than 1300 verts

Follow the Positive cable back til you find a relay the ground for that relay, which is the body of the car, your problem is most likely there if not, get a new starter the selonoid my be starting to go out on it.

remove belt pump is accessable remove bolts make sure coolant is drained first replace

stop at you're local parts store and buy an adapter they're usuall under 10 bucks, take you're new aftermarket stereo with you to make sure it's the right fit Was there a plug in for the aftermarket with the wires? You may have to clip the old plugin off and splice the wires together. Hopefully the aftermarket came with a wiring diagram. If not trace what wire goes where and start splicing. If you are not comfortable doing this you can just pay a shop that puts these systems in to do it.

The models available in 1955 were the Pontiac Pathfinder, Pathfinder Deluxe and the Laurentian. These pontiacs where available with a 261 Cubic inch STRAIGHT 6 or a 265 Cu inch V8.

The 265 V8 was the same as the new V8 introduced by Chevrolet in 1955. The 261 straight six was built for GMC pick-ups and trucks. It was the largest straight six ever installed in a passenger car in the post-War era.

The all-new 1955 Canadian Pontiac was basically a Chevrolet with Pontiac fenders. It rode on the shorter Chevrolet chassis with a 115 inch wheel base.

In the US, the all new Pontiac rode on longer 120 and 124 inch wheelbases. Also Pontiac introduced its own unique V8 in 1955 that became the basis for Pontiac's later 389 cubic inch workhorse used in everything from Catalinas to GTOs. Straight sixes and straight eights were discontinued after 1954 (except for the exceptional but underrated OHC six installed in some 1966-67 Pontiac LeMans and 1967-69 Firebirds).

Is there any chance that your fuel has water in it? This happened to an older vehilce of ours and while there was what appeared to be fuel at the injectors, it was too watered down to allow the vehicle to start.

If a signal light stays on, but does not flash on a 1989 Pontiac, there could be a light burned out in the turn signals on the exterior of the vehicle. It is also possible that the flasher unit has gone bad. The flasher unit is under the dash on the driver's side.

my brake light stay on but emergency brake is unhooked

8Where is voltage regulator located

on the right side of the block just above the trany The sensor is located just above the manfol.

Undo the two Phillips screws (the lower one is difficult to get) on the distributor cap and remove the cap. Pull the distributor rotor off the shaft. The module is mounted flat across the surface directly below the rotor. It is a semi-circular dark grey or brown piece taking up about half the surface of the distributor face, held on with two small hex-head screws. This is a NOTORIOUS failure item in early Sunbirds, if you have brutally erratic and total no-starts this is something to try early on in the diagnostic game.

on 4-cyl models its on the exaust manifold if u look under the car you should see it its right under where the 4 pipes become one

Put the convertible top in the down position, and insert side brace connecters into the slots on the sides of the interior cabin - behind the seat but in front of the rear deck. Place the hard top on the car (line up the holes on accurately). insert torqex head screws into all the holes, and tighten with the wrench that came with the car. Screw holes are in the side brackets, under the sun shades in the front, and there are 2 in the rear deck (rear deck uses normal bolts). Connect the defroster by inserting the wire leads from the top into the connecters that are by the side braces.

Access from the topside of the engine compartment drivers side under the intake manifold next to the main wiring harness loom.You'll need a 17mm socket short and a 3inch wobbly extension on a 3/8 ratchet.Next and this is the really fun part.Bend your wrist a bit to snake through the maze of lines and hose and wire looms to find the bolt.Once your there its a matter of slow turns a little at a time till its out.Its also a good idea to have either a jack ready to support the weight of the starter or a friend holding onto it from the bottom if your doing the top last.Otherwise you have to do the top first and then hold onto the starter as you remove the bottom bolt last which is a major pain considering the angle which is really awkward.Don't forget to remove the ground from the battery first and the small wires before releasing the starter from the last bolt.One other important note is to double check the threads on the bolts before installing the new starter because many times theyre really nasty or rusted up pretty bad.Give them a good cleaning or replace them with the exact same part preferribly stainless steel.Also double check the threads on the top bolt to make sure the thread pitch is correct.I got mine from Napa and the thread pitch was wrong.It was standard when it should have been metric.So I had to re-thread the starter bolt hole in order to use my original bolt which was O.E.

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