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    fuel pump

    looking on ebay for a fuel pump E3978M I find one then see this at the bottm under compatibility "GRAND PRIX 1997 - 1997 Pump Assembly; 6-231 (3.8L), w/o supercharger opt; from VIN 238199" will it work on mine my tag on my bad fuel pump says WFA if that helps my vin is 1G2WJ52K5VF232380 maybe...
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    No right turn at all.

    Car wont turn right at all, not even with good pressure applied, pass side tie rod boot is wet, Thinking R&P. Started last week hard to turn right one morning, then fine for a few days, now no right turn at all. Would you buy this one...
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    new switch

    I had wires marked with permanent marker I thought, but the black box in picture splices into either the solid pink or solid red wire on switch, there is a wire coming from dash that splices in to one of them also. Black box may be some kind of relay. any reply's aprieciated.
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    ignition repair

    Hey do these contacts get sanded down to bare brass or is the contact on left, what they should look like. Thanks
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    Radio lights?

    Hey the lights on my stock radio just stopped coming on, the last time I put it back in and powered it up the light came on for about a min then went out, that was a few months ago, is there a fix for this. or is it toast as far as seeing what station, time, etc is. I tried just...
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    02

    Well if I tap on ignition switch box, car will start, going to change that asap, got home from store and smoke was coming out rear of hood, looked down below rear of engine and it looks like from o2 sensor,and o2 sensor looks melted, doesn't smell like plastic melting though, any idea's maybe...
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    Newer heads or not?

    Hey 97 Grand Prix SE. 3800 series 2 engine, 125000 miles, dd only, Automatic, would it be wise to purchase some newer heads/rockers(2003 ^^^), or would these 97 stock heads,(decked w/valve jobs), be fine for normal everyday driving. I punch it from time to time when I am alone, but most part, it...
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    clutch or?

    Hey guys, when I am sitting at a light in my 89 2.3 liter quad four, 5 speed manual, car is warmed up, I go to shift to 1st and it grinds, I actually have the clutch peddle down to the floor from when I stopped and putting it in first I can feel the gear or something spinning and I got to pop it...
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    Anybody had Valve work in Seattle WA.

    Anybody from Seattle Wa, or close and had valve jobs done on there heads? Looking for A machine shop to do mine, if no one has a particular one they go to. Then I will just call around. Thanks Mario
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    Is time for small claims court?

    Posted earlier I wonder If I can sue the b***h for 2000 half of what I bought the 97 grand prix for. She must of known there was a misfire due to a bad head gasket or something, cause when I got the scanner that was the first time ses light came on, since I bought the car for 4000.
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    overheating - loss of power

    First of all I left the lights on at a store, killed the battery I got a jump and was gonna drive the car 25 - 30 miles to charge the battery back up, was driving on the freeway, well after about 10 miles the temp was reading hot, then normal then hot again, and then the power dropped, I could...
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    After replacing blower motor resister

    I replaced the reister, so my blower motor is working now but the rubber hose on top of the blower fan is about 4 inches long, w/ 90 degree angle, at the end that goes into dash, if i lined the holes up, the hose would not go on male outlet coming from dash, firewall or console (?), if I turned...
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    ? 1. Alarm sensitivity and 2. Rear speaker

    1. Does an auto dealer have to set the sensitivety on my 97 gpse, I think its the stock alarm, I bought the car back in july of last year, but the only way to set off my alarm is by kicking the tire or unlocking the door befor deactivating alarm. I had hit the car, tried opening the locked door...
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    tow hitch

    Anybody ever added a tow hitch on there grand prix, I am a fisherman and had to get rid of my truck and 14 ft boat. I see towing hitches on ebay you can get for the grand prix, but is ok to tow a small 12 - 14" boat and 40 hp ob motor about once or twice a month in the summer time, or is that...
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    Burning rubber or spinning tires

    Hey my first 97 Grand Prix SE, 3800 series 2, automatic, wondering how you all burn rubber in these baby's? I see some people smoke there automatics for 10 15 feet or so. What do ya do, keep the car in nuetral while raising rpms (if so how much rpms?) then slam it in drive, Or hold the brake...
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