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#548 of 1889 Steering wheel removal by obus100 Mar 08, 2003 (10:55 am)
Hi Guys   I have a new LS 2003 and rather than buy the $4000 LT package just to get a leather wrapped steering wheel, I picked a line new one up from a 2000 at a local bone yard from a 99 which I understand is the same GM part number.   How do I get the SRS pod out of the middle and then the steering wheel off?   I certainly do not want to blow up the air bag!   I bet I have to disconnect the battery and then what?   I could take it to the dealer to have them install it but I would like to save the $100 for them to do it. But not if I have to disconnect and test all sorts of electrical circuits and still end up blowing up the air bag and costing myself $2000 or so.   Please let me know if anyone has had any experience with this.   I also received from Santa a wood trim kit and I need to get inside the glass/plastic cover on the instrument panel. How do I go about that?   Thanks for any help   Dennis O turnkeynew.rr.com
#549 of 1889 AWD Gas Mileage by creid Mar 09, 2003 (1:03 pm)
I wanted to pose a question to those Safari/Astro owners w/ the AWD feature. What is your typical gas mileage with your van? I have had my van for 2 years now and my gas mileage has been horrible, we would love to trade the van but the resale is also horrible. We average 13 in the city (feather light acceleration) & 16 on the hwy consistenly (at 70mph). This winter w/o warmup of engine our gas mileage was a consistent 11.5 mpg. We do have the 3.73 rear so possibly this is the cause, also on startup in the garage the exhaust fumes are extremely heavy but maybe this is normal. Any inputs would help. Thanks.
#551 of 1889 rwd mileage by apm Mar 09, 2003 (1:22 pm)
I've got the '99 safari and consistently get 1 mpg better mpg than you report around town. On the highway I get 18mpgs. I had a '93 Astro also w/ RWD and although it was slower and seemed to run abit rougher it would get about 14 mpg in town and up to 20 mpg on the road. The '93 started at 50k to blow oil smoke at warm up (valve seals) until I traded at over 100k. I'm happy so far at trade off what seems more power and durability (?) for 1mpg.
#552 of 1889 Astro AWD mileage by esto Mar 09, 2003 (3:41 pm)
We have a '99 Astro AWD; city mileage is 12 to 13 mpg, highway is 17 to 18. I agree it's painful.
#553 of 1889 need help for purchase by tprv Mar 13, 2003 (5:09 pm)
need advice on new van;came over from the windstar site-what a nightmare (even though wife had a 98 for a while w/no probs;have always liked view in astro's;have just started on this board, so may find what i need to know
#554 of 1889 Astro AWD mileage by sammycastagna Mar 15, 2003 (3:50 am)
13 is what I get in city also. 2001 cargo 3.42 axle. How much better are the 2wd in the city?   Sammy Castagna
#555 of 1889 gas mileage...ouch by dadoftay Mar 15, 2003 (3:41 pm)
13 mpg??...yes, the 2WD van is better. You're ok with 13mpg, buy a Suburban for the AWD, V8, space, towing, good looks, oh..and same mileage. My '00 2WD cargo gets 17city and 19-20hwy with the 3.42 rear end and I drive pretty hard. Yes, I document every fill up. Again, I go back to how bad do you need AWD. If you need it-suffer. If you don't- why suffer?
#556 of 1889 gas mileage...ouch by sammycastagna Mar 16, 2003 (4:31 am)
I was not complaining just wondering. I bought the Safari because I had to have a cargo van to use for work. I got the AWD because I wanted it.   Sammy Castagna

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