Just got word on 98' with 57k on clock for sale

So here is a pic of my new Marks front seat.

Then this is a pic of my Silver ones heated Driver seat. I can't even take claim for how shot it is as the original Paraplegic owner did this.

Just went for a nice daytime drive and love how the trans feels in this car. Still have to air down the tires and see how it rides?
 
Oh dammit, open the cup holder and it's broken :mad:

Just ordered my Blender Door from Amazon for $54 tho so I will have AC this week at least :rolleyes:
 
2002WRXSTi said:
Oh dammit, open the cup holder and it's broken :mad:

Just ordered my Blender Door from Amazon for $54 tho so I will have AC this week at least :rolleyes:
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I say swap the best parts from your silver Mark onto your new Mark & sell your silver Mark to someone who wants a nice project. They will have stuff to replace on it but your silver Mark is still a good car.
 
UltimateSVT said:
I say swap the best parts from your silver Mark onto your new Mark & sell your silver Mark to someone who wants a nice project. They will have stuff to replace on it but your silver Mark is still a good car.
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Sortta feel like I should use it as a parts car before I sell it. Thing that sucks is if I take the tilt/telescoping switch piece from my Mark is the windshield washer button is missing from the turn signal arm :(

Also noticed this morning that the rear defroster is unhooked at the rear window for some reason?

Also checked my door jam to see what the recommended tire pressure is on this one. Said 30psi and of course the tires say max 40psi and that is what he had em at. I let em down to 34.5 and it seems to ride much smoother but still not sure if I want to go all the way down to 30.
 
A good column should be $100 or less and very easy to replace. I would replace the tensioner and maybe the water pump. The squeek is from one of the two. Very easy repairs, even the blend door. The guy I bought my car from had just replaced the transmission with a brand new unit as well as the AC compressor and a bunch of other parts. When the blend door gave out he sold it to me cheap and I have fixed just about every thing else that was wrong with it including everything you have mentioned.
 
2002WRXSTi said:
Sortta feel like I should use it as a parts car before I sell it. Thing that sucks is if I take the tilt/telescoping switch piece from my Mark is the windshield washer button is missing from the turn signal arm :(

Also noticed this morning that the rear defroster is unhooked at the rear window for some reason?

Also checked my door jam to see what the recommended tire pressure is on this one. Said 30psi and of course the tires say max 40psi and that is what he had em at. I let em down to 34.5 and it seems to ride much smoother but still not sure if I want to go all the way down to 30.
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The chrome button can be popped out with something longish and thin. I want to say I used a knife and gently pryed it out back when I first bought it. Don't lose the spring that'll pop out from behind it.

I run mine @ 30-32. It soaks up the bumps alot better in my application.
 
marked8 said:
A good column should be $100 or less and very easy to replace. I would replace the tensioner and maybe the water pump. The squeek is from one of the two. Very easy repairs, even the blend door. The guy I bought my car from had just replaced the transmission with a brand new unit as well as the AC compressor and a bunch of other parts. When the blend door gave out he sold it to me cheap and I have fixed just about every thing else that was wrong with it including everything you have mentioned.
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All the tensioner pulleys are new but if you spray some WD40 on the tensioner arm the squeak go's away for a while. So thats on the to buy list. There is a blinker assembly on Ebay right now but it says tilt switch doesn't work plus he want's stupid money for it to boot :shifty:

I don't really wanna take the assembly out of my Silver Mark as the new car's setup feels so crisp and like new. Anybody ever try to fix the tilt/telescope switch on a second gen :confused:
 
You know? It seems like you are not too happy with the find. There's also option #2... You were going to get rid of the silver Mark anyway to fix this one right? Well, sell both Marks & get yourself one hell of a clean Mark. It seems like no matter what you do you end up dissatisfied with the purchase. I get the feeling like you are scared you may regret swapping over. Mileage isn't always everything. If I was in your shoes I'd look for ONE clean 80-90k Mark in place of both of yours.
 
UltimateSVT said:
You know? It seems like you are not too happy with the find. There's also option #2... You were going to get rid of the silver Mark anyway to fix this one right? Well, sell both Marks & get yourself one hell of a clean Mark. It seems like no matter what you do you end up dissatisfied with the purchase. I get the feeling like you are scared you may regret swapping over. Mileage isn't always everything. If I was in your shoes I'd look for ONE clean 80-90k Mark in place of both of yours.
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It's sortta true. I'm a bit pissed as it was someone I knows fathers garage kept car. His father died and he put 2000 miles on the car the lil bit of time he had it and then was going to get a VW R. Instead of using it as trade in bait he sold it to me and I am a bit shocked at the few things wrong with it for such a babied car :confused:

My Silver one wasn't beaten but had miles and had very few problems. However the problems with this 98' are pretty minimal besides the Blender door. I am not looking forward to taking this dash out.

On the thought of trying to get another one, right after I got the Silver Mark a 10,000 mile 98' popped up on EBAY for 9G's and it was only a few hours trip at a dealership. Sunroof and all but I was pretty happy with the Silver one for $3200 with 87k on the clock. Heck I still miss my 96's but cars crap out and I move on.

I guess I'm just peeved either at the small stuff that bad or that ever time I look at it with Octi's on it I imagine an old grandparent should be driving it :roll eyes:

Will give it this though, damn this car is so much tighter even with 57k on it. I now know what people where complaining about with the Arnott front airbags. This is so much more sports coupe feeling and turns into corners so nice with the stock LSC stuff even at 57k+:D
 
2002WRXSTi said:
It's sortta true. I'm a bit pissed as it was someone I knows fathers garage kept car. His father died and he put 2000 miles on the car the lil bit of time he had it and then was going to get a VW R. Instead of using it as trade in bait he sold it to me and I am a bit shocked at the few things wrong with it for such a babied car :confused:

My Silver one wasn't beaten but had miles and had very few problems. However the problems with this 98' are pretty minimal besides the Blender door. I am not looking forward to taking this dash out.

On the thought of trying to get another one, right after I got the Silver Mark a 10,000 mile 98' popped up on EBAY for 9G's and it was only a few hours trip at a dealership. Sunroof and all but I was pretty happy with the Silver one for $3200 with 87k on the clock. Heck I still miss my 96's but cars crap out and I move on.

I guess I'm just peeved either at the small stuff that bad or that ever time I look at it with Octi's on it I imagine an old grandparent should be driving it :roll eyes:

Will give it this though, damn this car is so much tighter even with 57k on it. I now know what people where complaining about with the Arnott front airbags. This is so much more sports coupe feeling and turns into corners so nice with the stock LSC stuff even at 57k+:D
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Have you done a blend door motor before? You don't have to remove the dash, only pull one side back a few inches. I have done 3 of them, they really are not that bad and pretty straight forward. With the new reinforced design it should give you many years of trouble free service after replacing it.
More than likely the previous owner of your other car dealt with the problems before you ever got it. They are common problems with Gen II Mark VIII's, but nothing that could not be fixed in one weekend for minimal cost.
 
Even thought the car has 57k on the clock it is still 14 years old, so we have to expect that it it wont be flawless. I would expect that there would be problems with the blend door, the tilt, and most likely some suspension work. I don't know about the price you paid, because the price varies everywhere, and it ultimately what the buyer and seller agrees upon. I do know that it will be hard to keep two Marks. It becomes unpractical in my opinion. Fix everything to your satisfaction on the low mile Mark, and sell the silver one and recoup some money. Keep in mind, we are cheap azz low ballers here, so you may not get what you want, as it is a buyers market. :cool:
 
marked8 said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Steering-co...pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr
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This does not have the switch that is bad. Column is functional and I did the Blender Door on my Silver Mark. He gave the full records to this Mark and the dealer did the Blender Door already once.

My question is to those that say you only have to take one side of the dash off to do the Blender swap? Do you still have to drop the column? I know I will have to undo the center console again. Saw a guy on Youtube that fixed his in place by just taking out the message center and using stainless safety wire :eek:

Makes me want to do this to mine before I put it in as a safety preventing it from happening again.
 
GMAN said:
Even thought the car has 57k on the clock it is still 14 years old, so we have to expect that it it wont be flawless. I would expect that there would be problems with the blend door, the tilt, and most likely some suspension work. I don't know about the price you paid, because the price varies everywhere, and it ultimately what the buyer and seller agrees upon. I do know that it will be hard to keep two Marks. It becomes unpractical in my opinion. Fix everything to your satisfaction on the low mile Mark, and sell the silver one and recoup some money. Keep in mind, we are cheap azz low ballers here, so you may not get what you want, as it is a buyers market. :cool:
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Yeah but my other 98' was not garage kept and babied like this one was. This one has a lot more annoying problems but how it feels handling wise blows the first one away. Only thing I am waiting to see is what my average MPG winds up being after a week of commuting. So far I am seeing this car needing a tune :shifty:

Oh yeah and I sold my 96' on here after it blew the trans. Got more than I thought I would wind up getting for a non drivable car.
 
2002WRXSTi said:
This does not have the switch that is bad. Column is functional and I did the Blender Door on my Silver Mark. He gave the full records to this Mark and the dealer did the Blender Door already once.

My question is to those that say you only have to take one side of the dash off to do the Blender swap? Do you still have to drop the column? I know I will have to undo the center console again. Saw a guy on Youtube that fixed his in place by just taking out the message center and using stainless safety wire :eek:

Makes me want to do this to mine before I put it in as a safety preventing it from happening again.
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It's usually not the switch that's bad. Most times, it is the potentiometer inside the steering column that is either bad, or gummed up.

The potentiometer gives a feedback as to the position of the column up/down, or in/out. If it's not receiving that position feedback, it doesn't know the actual position, so it doesn't allow the column to move.

It's POSSIBLE that your switch is bad, but if I were a betting man, I'd say it's the pot.
 
Will be digging for a Potentiometer then, or swapping out from Mark to Mark ;)

So next on the list of things to do is a deep engine cleaning :(

Then clean the cover over the headlights

Plus the Blend Door Motor should be arriving today cause it was a 2 day special shipping from Amazon $54.99 :wrench
 
Looks like the whole car could use a cleaning, that drivers seat doesn't look bad but I can see the cracks from that small picture viewing it from my phone, gotta hit it with some leather treatment..and damn, I don't know how you lived with that beat looking torn up seat in your silver mark..that would have been the FIRST thing I replaced..sh*t I've seen nicer drivers side leather in junk yard marks..what he hell did the previous owner do to it even if he is handicapped?? I'd just give the new one a nice buff and wax and touch up the nicks on the grill, hit the rims with some rubbing compound to get that baked on brake dust off and do the interior fixes and just enjoy the car, deffinetly has potential..and I don't think 3k is a bad price at all!
 
2002WRXSTi said:
This does not have the switch that is bad. Column is functional and I did the Blender Door on my Silver Mark. He gave the full records to this Mark and the dealer did the Blender Door already once.

My question is to those that say you only have to take one side of the dash off to do the Blender swap? Do you still have to drop the column? I know I will have to undo the center console again. Saw a guy on Youtube that fixed his in place by just taking out the message center and using stainless safety wire :eek:

Makes me want to do this to mine before I put it in as a safety preventing it from happening again.
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DO NOT ATTEMPT THAT!:eek:
Although doing a blend door is not exactly quick, I've done about eight of them so far, and the more I do them, the quicker I do them. Here are the steps.
  1. Remove the driver's seat
  2. Remove the center console
  3. Remove the upper dash cover.
  4. Remove the 10mm upper dash bolts.
  5. Remove the driver's side knee kick pad.
  6. Remove the AC duct crossover
  7. Remove the metal crossbar (Four 8mm bolts) Let it hang loose.
  8. Unplug and remove the the module. The module is held in with a 7mm bolt.
  9. Remove the two dash bolts on the left side. 15mm.
  10. Remove two bolts holding the angle bracket. (to the bottom left of the radio)
  11. Remove the two 11mm nuts under the AC control (EATC)
  12. Remove the glove box
  13. Remove the right side dash bolt
  14. With an assistant on one side, and you on the other side, grab the dash and pull it forward about six inches.
  15. Look through the opening of the glove compartment and see the blend door assembly
  16. Using an 8mm 1/4" socket remove the 4 screws holding in the blend door.
  17. Replace with new blend door
  18. Repeat in reverse order.
 
GMAN said:
DO NOT ATTEMPT THAT!:eek:
Although doing a blend door is not exactly quick, I've done about eight of them so far, and the more I do them, the quicker I do them. Here are the steps.
  1. Remove the driver's seat
  2. Remove the center console
  3. Remove the upper dash cover.
  4. Remove the 10mm upper dash bolts.
  5. Remove the driver's side knee kick pad.
  6. Remove the AC duct crossover
  7. Remove the metal crossbar (Four 8mm bolts) Let it hang loose.
  8. Unplug and remove the the module. The module is held in with a 7mm bolt.
  9. Remove the two dash bolts on the left side. 15mm.
  10. Remove two bolts holding the angle bracket. (to the bottom left of the radio)
  11. Remove the two 11mm nuts under the AC control (EATC)
  12. Remove the glove box
  13. Remove the right side dash bolt
  14. With an assistant on one side, and you on the other side, grab the dash and pull it forward about six inches.
  15. Look through the opening of the glove compartment and see the blend door assembly
  16. Using an 8mm 1/4" socket remove the 4 screws holding in the blend door.
  17. Replace with new blend door
  18. Repeat in reverse order.
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Do not attempt what? Wiring the Blender Arm before putting it in or trying to do install by just removing one side :confused: I did one and hated every minute of it but I did not remove the drivers seat. When I did it I dropped the tilt steering assembly down onto the drivers seat.

On a lighter note I did a quick reset on my MPG before I left for work and then when I pulled into my driveway this is what I got as an average :D

Best I was able to pull on the Silver 98' was 19.5MPG. Still wish I could get it to pull the 25MPG I was getting with my 96' :(
 
keVIIIn said:
Looks like the whole car could use a cleaning, that drivers seat doesn't look bad but I can see the cracks from that small picture viewing it from my phone, gotta hit it with some leather treatment..and damn, I don't know how you lived with that beat looking torn up seat in your silver mark..that would have been the FIRST thing I replaced..sh*t I've seen nicer drivers side leather in junk yard marks..what he hell did the previous owner do to it even if he is handicapped?? I'd just give the new one a nice buff and wax and touch up the nicks on the grill, hit the rims with some rubbing compound to get that baked on brake dust off and do the interior fixes and just enjoy the car, deffinetly has potential..and I don't think 3k is a bad price at all!
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I never saw how he got into the car but the back seat was cut in half so his wheel chair could fit. Also the guy that sold it to me told me the auto seat slide was removed and the seat was mounted directly to the floor. Also had steering wheel controls in it so the pedals and rug were like new. Guessing he drug himself in and out the way it was worn :confused:

About only thing I hated about that car.
 
Hate this car again!

Yeah so go to Verizon to get my 4th DroidX2 cause they are all defective :mad:
Go to bank ATM and pulling out the car starts to buck :confused:

Lil more throttle and get stuttering and bucking plus Cell light starts flashing :rolleyes:

Then it smoothed out but Cell is on now. Stuttering comes and goes so looks like I take Silver one to work tomorrow and scan White one when I get home...
 
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