Several problems at once. Computer?

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97 Sidekick 1.6 auto has been frustrating to pinpoint culprit as of late. 3speed, or 4 speed, 2 door or 4>?
what a great list !

Here's the problem list.
1. Battery light on (no flash or flicker). (alternator dead. or wiring to it bad)
2. Oil light on (on with a flicker). (rpm too low,pray) normal rpm is 800 not 400.
3. Hard cold start (priming the pump with the key several times and a little petal before starting usually works). ISC stuck closed.
4. Tranny doesn't want to engage top gear and overdrive (does sporadically and rarely) 4th dead and tcc lockup, use any scan tool to see why)
5. On vehicle alternator test shows bad voltage regulator reading. (the reg is inside, alt, and is bad, if wires good outside, 12vdc on wires or more.
running 800 rpm voltage is 13.3 to 15vdc, so its not?

The thought it might be but didn't do much list.
1. New battery (old one was bad).
2. New starter (solenoid was going out in old one)
3. Refurbished alternator (same on vehicle test results, old one bench tested good) rpm needs to be 800 rpm, not 400, or belt slipping.
4. Plugs, wires, dist. cap and rotor.
5. Fuel filter.
6. Fuel injector cleaner x2 tanks with Seafoam.
7. Quart of tranny Seafoam.

Think it could be but don't want to keep wasting money list.
1. Fuel pump (don't know how to do a pressure test) (the gauge is only 20 bucks at harbor freight) at the fuel filter test banjo port.
2. Tranny or vacuum line to it (can't find a line or know if there even is one) ahhhhh the 3speed tranny, its not 4. the 4speed has no modulator Vacuum.
3. PCM, ECM, computer or whatever it's called (found a post on here somewhere that stated '96 and newer of these are well made and aren't known to go out) TRUE !

So any help would be greatly appreciated.

On a side note that may be of interest, when I bought the Kick about 6 months ago to putt around in, the owner said they tried jump starting it once and quit working by jumping it since and then sat a couple months. I found that the bolted-in fuse by the battery was blown. Replaced it and it started right up. Soon after all these problems started piling up. Have put about 400 miles on it now.

the 97 is a best car , has OBD2, and all scan tools made work on it. even $10 ones.


i can not help much not knowing if transmission is 3 or 4 speeds.
the 4sp shifter is clear. the 3 speed is 1970 relic hyrdamatic, same as mail delivery carts cars.l the 4speed, is modern it TCM shifted, via PCM.

http://www.fixkick.com/tranny/slush/4sp-selections.jpg

has od button
and power button
and has OD lamp.
no 3speed has that. the 4speed is usually found on 4doors,


the alternator, even good alternator can fail, easy with bad wiring.
hit list: all
rpm hot 800 rpm, is it? and belt not slipping at Alt.
the 97 alt, fuse box has 2 fuse links, 60 and 80 amp , if either fail the whole car dies. every thing....

the alternator huge wire must be perfect end to end. and to same fuse box, top and bottom no GREEN.
the charge light is on, proving lamp is good, (it must be) and its white-red wire is good.
the alternator sense wire. blk-white must be at battery voltage key on, or fuse 16 is bad.
that leaves ground to the alt. it too can fail.
measure the voltage from alt case to battery neg, 0v is perfect. running.
keep in mind the alternator can shut itself down, at a discovered fault. and makes diagnosis harder. (after the fact)
got this:?
http://www.fixkick.com/electrical-failure.html

are these 96+ grounds (column)
good??
http://www.fixkick.com/Good_Bad_Ugly/com...lures.html

G107 must be on starter bolt mount, not moved.
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