There are a few things going weirdy on my baby pearl

1st My transmission no longer goes in reverse
2nd I have an exhaust leak in either them IM or before the flex pipe.
3rd My (e) brake light ( on dash ) stays on for some weird crazy reason.

My question for the semi-experts is how hard would it be to correct these problems?
I am some what mechanically inclined and can be coached to getting the job done.

I know a lot of people would reply with the ve5 swap but, I read that it is not as easy as it sounds. I don’t want to let my baby down. Can someone please shed some light on the ole girly I call Pearl?

 

1st..Your transmission is going out..Replacement/rebuild/or manual swap are your only options.

2nd..exhaust leak at the IM?..Do you mean EM(exhaust manifold)?Either way your going to have to crawl under the car while it's running to verify where the leak is coming from.

3rd..Does the brake light stay on even while the car is off(keys out of the ignition)?

 

Yes, the EM. Yeah I am going a lil abbreviation happy. As for the brake light nah it goes of when the car is off. The emergency brake still works properly car doesn’t budge when it’s engaged.

 

you might have corrosion on the tail light bulb assembly,use search to find threads about "tail light bulb corrosion"

btw..the regular forum search is turned on for all users now,no more google search..

 

This is a safety issue and should not be happening - ie - the brake lights MUST still be working when the car is switched off - if its not somebody screwed with your wiring and this needs to be fixed too.

If the brake light stays on when releasing the brake pedal then the brake switch is either maladjusted or has a burned together set of contacts.

 

brake light on dash not on rear end


if the dash light is on, you may need a new master cylinder because it doesn't have the correct pressure according to the sensor on it.
that being said we had a 78 camaro that always had the brake light on, bought it that way and sold it that way. Brakes worked fine probably a bad switch on the master

 

^^^ Inter.Am.^^^ My brakes does work fine. Sometimes it goes off also special if I drive it until it's warm.

 

from what i understand, the "e-brake light" on the dash is staying on, correct?

if so, you should probly check ur brake fluid and probly brake pads too.

if it's the actual brake lights (tail lights) then I think someone already said something about that...

 

+1. Always check this first, it is almost always the culprit to the light being on in the car. I didn't bother checking mine because it was so close to being the right amount of fluid, but apparently that less than an oz. of fluid made the light come on when I turned too hard and stuff.

 

as an addendum, there is a switch that may be stuck by the E-brake lever that is reading always on as well which would trigger the light too.

 

Oh, ok thanks guys. My simple **** didn't even bother to check that.

 

I missed that also..

 

As Maxshima said, check the brake fluid, if low.. fill to "MAX" line. If after several pumps if the light is still on...you probably have a bad ground for the ebrake.