20 Most Recent 1970 Oldsmobile 442 Questions & Answers

I would unhook the battery and take a digital multimeter with a resistance setting beeper and test my feed wires to see which one is touching ground .

It is located on the steering column under the dash. It is white switch that is about 3 inches wide. The easiest way to access it is to remove the plastic panels to get to the two nuts that hold the column to the dash.

That is an older car. A schematic may be available on a Google search. Chiltons and other repair manuals often do not have electrical schematics.

Yes most like the relay needs replacing. This is easy access as it is near the ac compressor and not too expensive.

very simple buy a new one and find transmission remove 2 wires and unscrew old one get ready for fluid to spill out and screw new one in and connect wires. but how do you know old one is bad ???,

I would suspect the torque converter or a clutch in the tranny is slipping. from the info you have posted.

We do not have these diagrams. You may be able to download them here www.alldatadiy.com

replace the thermostat and check the cooler fan

I presume that you're referring to the headlamps. If so, the usual cause for a bulb burning dimly is loss of its ground. The ground wire is usually a fairly large, 12 gauge, black wire attached to metal near the headlamp. Make sure the ground wire is good and firmly attached and the connection is clean.

I have the diagrams, but how to get them to you is the problem... all GM "A" body cars will have the same diagram. Google pontiac tempest/gto orchev chevell etc. It is fairly straight forward. I am not sure what you need the diagram for, but one of the most common problems with lighting issues with the cars is in the ground. Make sure one you have a good ground and that the old connector that is used to attach the ground wire to the car is in very good condition. If for any reason you are not sure replace it. Year One, and many others sell a compleate front and rear harness for these cars from various manufactures. The harnesses them selves are not dificult to install and can end a lot of frustrations in chopped up or broken wiring that has accumulated over the years. Good luck and next time you are looking for something let the forum know what the problem is so someone can dial in to the exact answer. Could save you a lot of time and money.

Most likely there's a problem with the connection to the fuel tank sending unit, the device that measures the amount of fuel in the tank. I have no idea if you can inspect the sending unit without dropping the fuel tank. If there is a way to inspect it, there would be an access panel in the trunk, most likely, since the gas tank is, I think, under the trunk. If not you'll have to drop the tank and check the wiring to see if the sending unit is installed and the wiring is sound. You'll need to verify that the sending unit is working by measuring ohms across it.

the wire to the indacator has broken some are a small string some are cable if it is the cable u can soider it bake together

if one of these get turnd up side down it messes with the float on them and they have to be reset

Making sure the seal & bearing that you got were
correct. I would make sure the parts are correct first.
Then make sure the spindle shaft is not damaged.
If all parts are correct, and there is nothing wrong
with spindle shaft. make sure by sliding bearing all
the way on the shaft. If you replaced the bearing race
make sure they are fully seated in the rotor.

got family here and they are all talking at once and its putting me off a slight bit ,right try charging the battery for about 2/3 days and see what happens then get back via this reply ,as i need to know is it cranking or is is turning over but not starting.