3rd gen common repairs discussed in High Perf. Pontiac

[Everglades W68]

FYI - The latest issue of High Performance Pontiac (Oct 2002) has an article on repair some common problems of third gen birds:
-Overheating (broken airdam and ducting)
-Pop up headlight failures (Sunbird headlight motors can substitute for hard to find junked Firebird headlight motors)
-Rear latch pull-down motor failure.

The author is fixing up a 1988 GTA that was in pretty sorry condition.

H.P.P is a great publication. If you can wait a month or two, most of the articles appear online at www.highperformancepontiac.com.

[Mighty Thor]

On top of that list. There is also a 12 point leak spot on the 3rd gen. Which are both engine and transmission. Overall though it isn't bad. Nothing major failing that would cost you over $1000 in repair. This is according to the GM mostly article I read in my class(only the Dealers get this).

[Everglades W68]

My 3rd gen tranny did not start to leak until around 115K. Based on the way I drove it, that was nothing short of amazing to me.

[Raymond]

My 92 has 170,000 and the only thing thats bad was the alt. The clutch had to be replace too, but I dont think those can last that long.