Overall the car runs really well save for a few known items. Won't bore anyone with those but I do have a few "odd" things that I've noticed that I'd welcome feedback on:
1. Checked my back lights and the left back turn signal and brake light don't work (right is just fine, and left running lights work just fine). I pulled the light board and "flexed" the board and the lights work, but when I put back in the light, they don't work. As such, am either going to order a new incandescent board, or was thinking of upgrading to the LED back lights (welcome any feedback on the DMC LED upgrade kit). Regardless, seems like replacing the board one way or another will most likely solve this (and maybe the next point?) since getting power to the board doesn't seem like an issue
2. The left turn signal blinks faster than the right turn signal; hoping new boards in the back take care of this...or is that wishful thinking?
3. The speedometer only works a portion of the time. Since the front tires will be off to do the brake work, was going to have the speed cable checked out in that area to see if anything's going on.
4. I've got some radiator fluid leaking on the driver's front side, under where the reservoir is for the windshield washer fluid. It's coming out of the black box with the two holes in the bottom of it, and from what I see in the parts books, there's radiator lines in this area so I'm assuming one is leaking/has loose clamps/something.
5. I've got a vacuum leak behind the radio as the car "hisses" all the time; will eventually try to track this down as from what I read, it's not something that will cause trouble with the car running and is a bit of a bear to address
6. The fuel lines are original but look in really good shape. I see a number of discussions of how important it is to replace the original rubber lines with metal ones. Is it really that critical to replace these?
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