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For Sale/Trade/Want To Buy / WTB window regulator without motor

« on: December 29 2020, 12:13:14 PM »

Found--no longer needed.  I need a driver's side regulator without motor for an '87 Regal.
Keith

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Computer/Tech Support / Re: WINALDL

« on: December 03 2020, 09:27:58 AM »

Do you have the correct ecm selected in Winaldl? Under configuration, ecm type

Yes

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Computer/Tech Support / WINALDL

« on: December 01 2020, 02:59:42 PM »

I used to use this program, a long time ago, and it worked fine for what it was.  So I found it online, still free, but updated so it would run on newer computers.  Since I no longer have a laptop that runs on Win 95 or older, I figured that was a good thing.  I do have a laptop using Win 8, which is supposed to be good for WINALDL.  My homemade cable, however, no longer has an old fashioned serial port to plug into.  So I bought a cable with the ALDL plug on one side and a USB plug on the other.  The cable maker said it worked with WINALDL.
Not so much.
I only get four streams of data and they make no sense.
I hooked the cable to the ALDL port on the car and to com port 4 on the computer.  WinALDL sees the cable and the car's ECM.  I drove around until the engine warmed up and the car went into closed loop.  It started streaming data--at least, some data--as soon as I started the engine.
The problem I have encountered is that the data flow makes no sense. With everything hooked up and the Raw Data tab OR the Sensor Data tab on, I mostly just get two data streams--and they're in the first two rows: MW2 and PROMIDA.

These numbers seem to change randomly.  Occasionally I get more data, but only a few more rows; PROMIDB, IAC, CT and MPH.  These numbers also make no sense.  MPH, for example, can vary from 3 to 145 when the car is moving at a steady speed or standing still.

The car has a non-stock chip, but the ECM is stock.  The chip is a Turbo-Tweak chip, if that helps.

Any thoughts?

Keith

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Car Stereo and Electronics / Re: 87 TR cassette deck won't accept cassettes.

« on: November 20 2020, 06:37:51 PM »

Thanks for the reply.  I'll check it out.
Keith

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Car Stereo and Electronics / 87 TR cassette deck won't accept cassettes.

« on: November 18 2020, 10:33:57 AM »

The tape deck in my '87 TR won't let you push the tapes in.  Not that I have any tapes, but I do have a cassette adapter that lets you plug your phone into the system with the mini-jack.  Any thoughts?
Keith

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Car Stereo and Electronics / Re: Low Fuel Light flickers

« on: November 07 2020, 12:20:08 PM »

Julio also used that in his ALKY kits as an option.

This was apparently the issue.  Don't know if Julio built this kit, but I topped off the alcohol tank and the light went out.
Thanks!
Keith

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Car Stereo and Electronics / Low Fuel Light flickers

« on: November 06 2020, 08:45:42 AM »

1987 Turbo Regal, new to me.  Dash is not stock--has 145mph speedometer.  My understanding is that the low fuel indicator was NOT an option on these cars.  Nevertheless, the low fuel light goes off and on no matter the fuel lever.  Any idea why this might be happening and how to stop it?  Other than pulling the bulb.  I know that.
Keith

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New Member Introductions and Welcomes! / Re: New kid in town

« on: November 05 2020, 10:30:44 AM »

Here's my current one.

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New Member Introductions and Welcomes! / Re: New kid in town

« on: November 05 2020, 10:18:12 AM »

Must have been the other Steve.  Todd King migrated over to V8s as I remember.  Here's a picture of my first TR.

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New Member Introductions and Welcomes! / New kid in town

« on: November 05 2020, 06:33:45 AM »

Hey folks,
My name is Keith and I recently joined your board.  I have a 1987 Turbo Regal and a 2012 Buick Regal Turbo (Yeah I know, who cares about the 2012?  My wife drives the 2012 and loves it).  I just recently bought the '87 out of nostalgia.  I had an '87 for about 15 years.  I'm retired military now.  Back when I was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in the early 1990s I bought a 1987 Turbo Regal. It was one of the light brown colors with two black rectangles painted on the hood.  I didn't do that, it was that way when I bought it.  I began doing some basic modifications, maintaining the stock turbo and injectors, while in California.  I bought a G-Tech Pro and began testing the car on the long straight roads out by the flower fields in Lompoc, California.  Lompoc is the town nearest Vandenberg AFB.  When we were transferred to Randolph AFB, on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, I learned that (at the time) San Antonio had a drag strip--Alamo, now known as Alamo City Motorplex.  It was there that I made my first officially timed runs.  Eventually another strip would open.  I don't remember it's exact name, but it might have been something like "River City Raceway" or something.  It was only open for a short time before I got transferred to Colorado Springs, Colorado. 
Anyway, I met a couple of friendly guys who also drove Turbo Buicks and were willing to give me advice.  One was Todd King, who had a really fast car.  The other was a guy name of Steve Wood, whose car was faster then mine too.  Now I don't know if that was the same Steve Wood who is here, but that was his name. 
Anyway, I had a lot of fun racing there and the car went from low 14s to low 12s as I made more basic "recipe" mods and put on a bigger turbo and injectors etc.
After Colorado Springs I retired from the Air Force and we moved to Missouri.  I kept the car for a few more years, but sold it in 2009.  From the day I sold it until a couple of weeks ago I wished that I hadn't.  Finally I caved in and bought another one.  I actually tried to find my old car--tracked it to Ozark, Missouri, then to Alabama and finally to Texas, where it might still be in Amarillo.  But no luck.
So I bought this dark blue one.  So far, loving it.
Keith Hansen