new owner 89 gts liftback

Welcome! You've come to the right place to have your questions answered.

Where are you located? Can you post some pics?

 

Hey! How's it goin! Welcome to the board.

Check the suspension, never hurts. 135k miles may want to start refreshing the suspension (struts, bushings, tie rods, like that stuff). When you do the clutch, do the rear main seal. You're in there, it's 5 more bolts. Leaking...in the liftback you need to watch the antenna hole and around the windows/rear hatch.

 

Welcome to the Site!!! Here you will find any and everything about the ST162! Keep an Eye on the Power Steering as it is notorious for leaking on these cars. Im sure some of the more experienced guys can tell you more.

 

welcome! post some pictures!

 

welcome!
a few common things: ps leak, starter issues (either not spinning or making a grinding noise), rear windows leak, spare tire area rust, and as you've mentioned, heat doesn't work)

for the heater:
the control box for the heat/cold is behind the radio, above the ECU. the best way to access is sticking your head near the gas pedal. you should be looking for a wire that is covered in a purple protector (i've seen them also in black) that leads to the firewall. if you look under the hood near the firewall, you'll see that it controls the flow of coolant for the heater. this wire tends to gunk up, so what i did was unhook both ends of it and use some sort of lube (i used bicycle chain lube) while moving the wire back and forth until it is easier to move. try that and see if that works. if it doesn't then it's something electrical.

 

Welcome!
Check out the topics in the parts for sale section on the site, I'm sure you will find someone who has a taillight for sale.

 

Welcome!Look forward to some pics.All the above are spot on,especially the PAS hydraulic pipe/seals.Also bodywise check where the wings bolt on to the underside of the body.Ill bet if you (carefully) unbolt them(after soaking in WD40) theres a ton of crud under there.Another good rust trap is where the toolkit etc is in the back,stick your hand down there as if the tailgate has been leaking,water sits in there .This is all worse case scenario stuff,but you got to look!Interested in seeing this red interior,havent seen one in UK

 

every gear has its own synchro, check for fluid? there's a bolt in front of the transmission that's pointing downward in a 45 degree angle that lets you stick your finger in as a dipstick to check for fluid level and condition. i wonder if it just had low fluid.

replacing the whole thing may be better, especially since we can use the later 5s-fe transmission is a nice thing knowing that you have a newer trans. i've put in a 1997 5sfe s54 trans to my 87, but you need the 3sfe/5sfe/3sgte/1mzfe/3mzfe starter and 5sfe/3sgte flywheel and you need to take the clutch fork from the old trans if you aren't replacing the clutch/pressure plate

 

Homework assignment - http://www.st162.net/forum/showthre...uot-series-boxes&p=54442&viewfull=1#post54442

 

To have your box repaired by someone else is unreasonable. Do it yourself and you can easy spend $1000 on parts.
Best is to find one from a later model, the later the better.

I guess it got hot due to lack of oil?

 

also, drive it for a bit to see if the grind goes away after a while.