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My buddy posted a little video of some of his trip in the ‘82 245 I dug outta this old timer’s back 40 in BFE (White Hills, AZ). A little backstory: I picked this up for $125, it was sitting for 12 years, trailered it home to Vegas. I hit it hard with the vacuum, it was full of rat poop...

Hey all, My wagon was my everything for so long making 500 mile trips every week for 3 years until the head gasket blew in a spectacular way: about 200 miles from the destination she sent the whole cooling system through the tailpipe. I had about 4 gallons of water with me so naturally I fed...

Recently the heat has been killing my main fuel pump, which is not unexpected given my in-tank was faulty. So I installed a new Delphi in-tank and the damn thing wouldn't run! I ran hot to the connector and nothing... eventually tried adding ground directly to pump and she ran! I tried adding a...

85 245 N/A I get a very strong gas smell only when I open the window, no obvious leaks, doesn't smell under the hood and no leak at the injectors. I'm thinking maybe the lines are leaking? Charcoal canister doesn't smell and is hooked up, but that's not saying much. Anyone have a similar...

I have had this issue for a while now: very rough idle, surging, intermittent minor power drops. Things I've done to correct (or because they needed doing): New pumps (delphi and bosch after in-tank failed) filters and seals Intake gasket and injector seals (no change in idle when sprayed)...

My DD is an 85 245, but I really miss how much bigger the subsequent side-views are. It's there any way to (simply) modify 86+ or a good afternarket replacement for these that fits my doors?

when I first buy my cars I usually add a cup of diesel fuel to the crankcase and run the piss outta them for 30 minutes to an hour, then drain, flush and fill with fresh (almost always a full commenting Castrol 10-30/40 weather dependent) and Mahle filter. Has anyone else done this or see a...

Preamble: **Extreme caution must be used when making modifications to A/C systems, PAG oil and Mineral oil DO NOT MIX and may EXPLODE! Be sure to know what you are doing and I recommend replacing EVERY piece of equipment when making this conversion** This is for my 1985 245 N/A with M46...