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    Rain leaking into passenger footwel- wher's the drain exit?l

    You'd think this would be common enough to search for "wet passenger footwell" or "body drain", but coming up empty on both counts. It rained, and I have a lot of water in the passenger footwell. I'm guessing that the body drain is clogged. Usually cars have a small opening in the rocker panel...
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    Help! Big oil leak pass side rear

    My son brought the 99 GP 3.8 home with almost no oil in it. We added oil and started the car, and it started peeing oil in the area of the oil filter. Fortunately the engine appeared to be fine once the lifters pressurized. We thought the filter might be loose, but it's fine. I'm going...
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    o-ring for temperature sensor?

    Back in the summer I replaced the radiator on my wife's '99 Grand Prix. One of the items that I kept was a temp sensor near the battery, which is held on with a wire clip. That sensor has been leaking lightly ever since, but it's gotten a lot worse with the cold weather. When it was installed...
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    Trans whine during left turn when cold

    Odd problem. When I first start the car and leave work, if I make a left turn I notice a distinct transmission whine. It's not a bearing whine (that's the other side, sigh). Doesn't do it in right turns, and I don't notice it after the car warms up. Any idea what this is? Other problems...
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    Source for stock front sway bar?

    I've an older '99 GT with a broken front sway bar. Autozone and Pep Boys have stopped stocking these, so where can I find one? I'm not working on an upgrade; this car has 230k, so I'm just trying to get a few more miles on it. thanks!
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    What size torx for lower control arm screw

    I need to remove one of my lca's. The front screw is a large torx. I need to know the size so I can go get a socket without guessing and going to the store two or three times. thanks in advance.
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    Tire wear on inside edges in back

    I was doing an oil change the other day and noticed that the inside edges of the front tires are really worn compared to the rest of the tire, almost worn out. These tires were rotated recently, so I think I've a problem with a worn rear suspension (225k on this '99 GT). I also have clunking on...
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    Looking for evaporator tubing ends at TB

    I'm in the middle of doing a LIM gasket replacement. As part of that job, I had to remove the evaporator solenoid and tubing that runs across the front top of the engine. There's a rubber piece that two of the rigid plastic tubes go into, and in turn goes to a single nipple on the throttle...
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    Most likely source for coolant leak?

    I tried a search and didn't exactly find what I was looking for, so here goes: I have coolant collecting above the engine mount on the passenger side. I tool off the passenger side wheel and splash cover, and it appears to be coming down by the oil filter housing. Using a mirror I looked...
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    lug nut covers for stock 1999 GT wheels?

    I've a 1999 Grand Prix GT, with the four spoke stock aluminum wheels. A garage considerately lost one set of lug nut caps. I've searched the internet, and all of the listings are for 1992-1998. Why are the 1999 caps hard to find? Who has them? thanks.
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    core charge for transmission?

    Now that I have the "new" transmission in my 99, I'm wondering what to do with the old one. The shop I recovered my car from disassembled the transmission completely, so have several boxes of parts. Does anyone pay core charges for transmissions, or do I just take it in for scrap? All help...
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    Adjustment procedure for shifter cable?

    While replacing a tranny I broke the end of my shifter cable at the bracket on top of the transmission. I've ordered a cable from a salvage yard, but the Haynes manual I have mentions an adjustment procedure. The same manual also says not to separate the two halves of the cable. Haynes aside...
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    Broke my shifter cable

    While lifting the tranny back in place, my shifter cable end broke at the bracket and near the end. It looks like I need to replace the last for or five feet of this cable, as there's a connection at the firewall to another section of cable. Is this correct? Can someone forward to me the...
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    Help with dropping the cradle

    I posted on a couple of older threads, but haven't heard anything, so here goes: 1999 with the 3.8l: I've got my engine properly supported with support bars, and I've disconnected the steering from the hubs. This may sound like a stupid question, but neither my Haynes manual or the...
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    Jacking points during trans install?

    Don't know if this counts as a stupid question, but I'll post anyways. My wife's 99 with 216k miles blew a trans recently. The original lasted 171k, the rebuilt lasted 61k. I wasn't willing to spend another $2k on a car with this many miles, so I got the car back from the garage...
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