Bought an 84 Turbo T-Type

[cesarp]

I'm new to the forum and I'm hoping to have a great experience here & make new friends. It is an 84 Regal Turbo T-Type. It needs a lot of work but it runs & drives decent. It is all original. I want to first get it running right, then work on suspension and last do some body work & repaint. Let's start of the getting it running right.

I have cleared all the codes but 3 have come back. They are 32,42, & 44. Can anyone advice how to go about fixing the problem.

I'm going to try to give it a tune up this weekend. One of the spark plug wires shocks me everytime I touch it. I will be doing spark plugs and wires. On the passenger side were the turbo sits, do I have to take the exhaust pipes out that go to the turbo to do the plugs and wires or can I do them without taken them off?

Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[Lee_Burough]

Malf codes

You might find some help here:

http://www.gnttype.org/maint/malf.html

Its a list of all the Malfunction codes and what causes them. I'm assuming 84-87 cars would have the same Malf codes

 

[mike85gn]

It's a bitch doing the plugs, but they can be done without removing anything. Try from the fenderwell, you should be able to access it from there.

 

[Baron Von Buick]

Extensions and swivel sockets is all i can say.....extensions and swivels sockets

 

[racemybuick]

Plugs suck

I hated doing those plugs. Before I took off the pipes, I must have banged every knuckle twice. I ti better to take off the inlet pipe, in my opinion, because you can then get an idea of what is going into that turbo, you can see the elbow real good, and you can guarantee the condition of the inlet pipe. Plus, the spark plugs are real easy to do after that.

Good luck, send some pics of the new beauty!!!

John