'86 Hatch to join the ranks

**ecogabriel** · 02-07-2011, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by SkateK610

So if emissions are not a big concern, does this effect the cars performance much?

I also opened up the black box and it seems like everything is as it should be, it looks like the day it was put in the car.

My black box looked exactly the same as yours, but my A/C idle booster was not working (not a big deal anyway). It turned out one of the small solenoids inside the box was dead (there are two similar ones, the other is for the distributor advance -extra advance it seems). I harvested a couple good ones from the junkyard (one for spare) and got it fixed.

Originally Posted by Dr_Snooz

It's not a big deal. EGR helps to reduce pinging, but some guys get rid of it entirely. The stuff inside the black box can look fine, but still fail. The EGR troubleshooting section helps you find what is failing and replace it.

x2. No need to fix it -other than pinging- unless you have to do smog/emissions.

**SkateK610** · 02-11-2011, 10:20 AM

Some more news, last night driving home the dash lights went out, where to start...

**Pico** · 02-11-2011, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by SkateK610

Some more news, last night driving home the dash lights went out, where to start...

start by replacing the dimmer switch on the dash.
Is it only the dash lights? headlights and turnsignals come on?

**SkateK610** · 02-11-2011, 10:52 AM

Headlights and turn signals work, dash lights license plate light and the running lights are out. I check the interior fuse box # 15 and 14 arnt blown, but there is some rigged up system going into #14, its a red wire from a harness split into a wire with a metal tab stuck into the #14 with the fuse also in there